It ’ s been a strange decade for Cisco. After being a dot-com darling in the late 90s (everyone desired a couple of Cisco routers for their door-to-door animal food distribution services), the business attempted its hand at consumer items with the Flip camera series and, a little while later, Linksys routers. It seems, then, that Cisco ’ s marvelous consumer experiment is over.

The regards to the sale are confidential however it must close in March of this year. Belkin has actually been taking a harder consider networking hardware for the past couple of years while still keeping their ties to the computer accessory market that defined the company for years. Their existing crop of routers are aimed in the house individuals so Linksys could possibly provide Belkin a bit of an edge in the home/small workplace market.

Exactly what ’ s more fascinating, however, is where Cisco wishes to go now that the company has actually divested itself of all customer products. Consumer electronics are a horrendous company. The margins are reduced and demand fluctuates relying on what comes out of Cupertino or Redmond. In short, there ’ s extremely little reward to sell hardware to consumers when they ’ re fickle, hungry for Zappos-esque “ You screwed up so provide me complimentary stuff ” support, and rarely, if ever before, update their Computers and peripherals. Exactly what electronic devices producer desires to waste his time with consumers when IT customers sign a nice contract and pay on time?

However the customer market is leading the IT market. The tale in CE nowadays is BYOD – I get e-mails about it nearly every day – and IT managers used to dropping a couple of thousand on fleet laptop computers now have to contend with individuals bringing in iPads, Surfaces, MacBooks, and their very own mini-routers. It ’ s a maddening situation, to be sure.

Big iron isn ’ t the watchword any longer. Purchasing a Cisco router for a small home workplace barely makes good sense and, increasingly, it makes even less sense for a larger workplace. That is not to say that IT infrastructure isn ’ t lucrative – it ’ s just not as profitable.

Belkin must have the ability to do benefits with Linksys. Cisco clearly couldn ’ t.

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It’s been a weird decade for Cisco. After being a dot-com darling in the late 90s (everyone wanted a few Cisco routers for their door-to-door pet food delivery services), the company tried its hand at consumer products with the Flip video camera series and, a little while later, Linksys routers. It seems, then, that Cisco’s grand consumer experiment is over.

The terms of the sale are undisclosed but it should close in March of this year. Belkin has been taking a harder look at networking hardware for the past few years while still maintaining their ties to the computer accessory market that defined the company for years. Their current crop of routers are aimed at home users so Linksys could give Belkin a bit of an edge in the home/small office market.

What’s more interesting, however, is where Cisco hopes to go now that the company has divested itself of all consumer products. Consumer electronics are a horrible business. The margins are low and demand fluctuates depending on what comes out of Cupertino or Redmond. In short, there’s very little incentive to sell hardware to consumers when they’re fickle, hungry for Zappos-esque “You screwed up so give me free stuff” support, and rarely, if ever, upgrade their PCs and peripherals. What electronics manufacturer wants to waste his time with consumers when IT clients sign a nice contract and pay on time?

But the consumer market is leading the IT market. The story in CE these days is BYOD – I get emails about it nearly every day – and IT managers used to dropping a few thousand on fleet laptops now have to contend with people bringing in iPads, Surfaces, MacBooks, and their own mini-routers. It’s a maddening situation, to be sure.

Big iron isn’t the watchword anymore. Buying a Cisco router for a small home office barely makes sense and, increasingly, it makes even less sense for a bigger office. That is not to say that IT infrastructure isn’t lucrative – it’s just not as lucrative.

Belkin should be able to do good things with Linksys. Cisco clearly couldn’t.

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Michigan is the most recent state to pass an expense that avoids companies and schools from asking for login information for social networks. Governor Rick Snyder signed Home Expense 5523 on Friday, saying that “prospective workers and pupils should be evaluated on their abilities and capabilities, not personal on-line activity.” Anybody breaching the new law deals with “up to 93 days in prison” in addition to a $ 1,000 fine.

This isn & rsquo; t the first time a specific state has actually taken actions to safeguard employees from disclosing their personal social network details. Maryland came to be the first state to ban the practice back in April, with a number of other states – consisting of Delaware, Illinois, and California – jumping on the bandwagon right after. It & rsquo; s all in response to a.

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We know you have actually got concerns, and if you’re brave enough to ask the globe for answers, then here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget query is from Jordan, who wants some geeky assistance with an ambitious house project. If you’re wanting to ask one of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.

“I have actually just purchased a run-down old house (all I might afford) and I wish to make it into a geek haven. Part of that indicates I wish a world-class residence network, however exactly what should I choose? The electrics will all need to be re-done, so I could effortlessly wire in Gigabit ethernet along the way, or should I settle for a few high-powered WiFi routers at either end of the home? Any support you could provide would be wonderful, thanks!”

Well, we’ve provided it some thought and we’re questioning if you’re not better off doing both. After all, with a beefy ethernet switch, you can wire up your durable gear, but you’ll need a minimum of one WiFi adapter for your mobile phone or tablet. The only concern is if you really require wired networking in 2012 at all, but that’s a concern we’ll leave open to our commenters.

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Amped Wireless has a single-minded purpose of eliminating blackspots in your WiFi coverage with a range of routers, adapters and repeaters to pump out 600mW of internet where you need it most. Now that it’s done adding dual-band technology to its lineup of products, it’s busting out a similarly-equipped access point that promises to add a further 7,500 square feet of coverage to your home. Capable of automatically setting itself up on your home (or office) network, it’s packing the same USB port for storage that its recently revamped brothers have seen. It’ll be available at the end of September for $ 170, and you can find a high-powered collection of words and punctuation arranged in the form of a press release included after the break.

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Are you one of the few out there who thought Latitude was, like, totally awesome, but your heart lies with the boys at Redmond? Well, rejoice Bing fans, because We’re In is the location-based social network you’ve been waiting for. At its most basic, the app lets you share your location with friends, find contacts on a map, and update your status — great for seeing who is around and organizing outings. But, We’re In has one unique feature that’s actually quite ingenious, location sharing is time limited. You choose who to share GPS data with and for how long. Once the invite expires — poof! No more tracking. A few more details and the download link can be found at the source.

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You’ve heard of the Special Victims Unit, but what about the Social Networking Unit? The time has come for criminals dumb enough to boast about their exploits on Facebook and Twitter to pay the proverbial piper. According to NY Daily News, the Big Apple’s newly minted Assistant Commissioner, Kevin O’Connor, will enlist the department’s juvenile justice unit to hunt down ne’er-do-wells on various social networking sites. So remember, even if you’re friends don’t care about the Cookie Puss you just posted to your Facebook page, somewhere out there someone is watching.

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Pepsi plans to introduce a new line of touchscreen Pepsi machines that, not only serve cold beverages (♫ I like cold beverages ♫), but also help you interact with your friends by buying them sodas. Which, for the record — I AM NOT YOUR SUGAR DADDY. Get it? Because of all the sugar in soda! That’s why kids are so chubby.

The new machines of course let you buy a beverage via a fancy animated UI, complete with swipe controls, but they also let you gift a Pepsi to a friend, or even a complete stranger through “Random Acts of Refreshment”.

All you have to do is enter a friend’s name and cell phone number (I’m sure PepsiCo has NO plans to keep a database of such details) and they’ll receive a txt message with a special code that can be redeemed at any of the interactive machines. You even have the option of recording a 10-second personalized video message that will be played back when they redeem it. Or, you can send a caffeinated gift to a complete stranger in a different city if you’re feeling particularly philanthropic.

Yeah, how about no. The only social networking Pepsi machine I need is one that can communicate with the vending machine next to it to choose the best snack to accompany my Mountain Dew. I kid, I kid. IT’S FLAMIN’ HOT CHEETOS, DERDER.

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This week Netgear made a battery of new product announcements related to home entertainment and Powerline networking. On the media side, the NeoTV 550 & 350 HD players look a lot like last year’s Digital Entertainer Elite, minus the 500GB of internal storage and access to VOD services like CinemaNow. Both are however capable of playing a robust list of codecs in full HD from a variety of attached sources like USB, eSATA (in the case of the 550) or SD storage, as well as streaming content from UPnP, DLNA or WMP11 networks. The 550 adds in support for external Blu-ray drives and BD-Live too, all for $219, which should appeal any of the poor souls with an unused standalone drive.

Three new Powerline kits — AV 200, AV 500, and AV+ 500 — were also announced to help consumers avoid the pain of stringing Ethernet in every direction. The entry level AV 200 appears to improve on the previous HDXB101 kit by offering the same theoretical 200mbps in addition to push button security enhancements and greener power consumption. The AV 500 kit provides the same and ramps the networking speeds to up to — you guessed it — 500mbps, while the “+” version throws in a pass-through filtered AC socket to avoid sacrificing precious outlets. Priced all below $200, every kit will available by mid November for all the fall home networking networking your heart could desire. Peep the galleries and PR below for further details.

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