Netgear to ship gigabit-speed wireless in May with 802.11ac router Gigabit-speed wireless LAN equipment that uses the emerging IEEE 802.11ac standard is about to hit the market, with Netgear saying on Thursday that it will start shipping a consumer 802.11ac router in May for a starting list price of US$199.99. The Netgear R6300 WiFi Router will be able to achieve a speed of 1.3Gbps (bits per second) and extend the range of high-definition video streaming in homes, the company said....

NY, LA, SF to be among Clearwire’s first LTE cities next year Clearwire will launch its LTE network early next year with service in high-demand “hot zones” in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco, the company said on Thursday as it announced its first-quarter financial results. By the middle of next year, Clearwire plans to cover parts of 31 cities. Those hotspot networks are expected to add capacity for the LTE service to be offered by Sprint Nextel, Clearwire’s main wholesale customer....

How to Make Video Marketing Work for Your Business You’ve all seen –and envied–that viral video that gets millions of views seemingly overnight, the one everyone talks about for days. But does getting millions of views on YouTube translate into getting millions of dollars, or even thousands of dollars, in sales? And does adding video to your website or product pages really improve your search engine rankings and make people want to do business with you?...

HTC rejigs smartphone with TV, WiMAX, cute email for Japanese market HTC announced Friday a smartphone designed specifically for the Japanese market, compatible with the country’s TV broadcasts for mobiles, touch payment system, and decorative emails. The company’s “HTC J” phone will be available from mobile phone operator KDDI, the country’s second largest, from late next month. It also supports a nationwide WiMAX network, to which it can tether up to eight other devices....

MIT and others launch a tech education revolution MIT’s free online course,6.002x: Circuits and Electronics, is a hit. The course, which began in March and ends on June 8, prompted 120,000 registrations. This online course is no different than the circuits and electronics course taught to undergrads on campus, said Anant Agarwal, director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, who leads 6.002x. The class is part of an open education program calledMITx....