D-Link Wireless AC1750 Dual Band Gigabit Cloud Router (DIR-868L)

D-Link's newest pre-draft 802.11ac router, the Wireless AC1750 Dual Band Gigabit Cloud Router (DIR-868L) does not deliver the powerful performance of some competing 11ac routers I've tested, but the device offers good enough performance and adds some feature improvements over D-Link's lackluster introductory 11ac router?the Amplifi Cloud Router 5700 (DIR-865L).

Specs
One noticeable difference between the DIR-865L and the 868L is the physical shape. The DIR-865L is a traditional square router. The DIR-868L has a cylindrical housing reminiscent of a large coffee grinder. The design is very similar to another D-link networking product I've tested, the D-Link Amplifi DAP-1625 Wi-Fi Booster. This shape is intended to enhance a D-Link feature called AC SmartBeam, D-Link's version of beamforming?a technology that helps wireless performance by guiding a wireless signal to the wireless clients. The height of the DIR-868L also is conducive to housing high-power amplifiers. The router measures 8.5 by 3.5 by 4 inches (HWD). The front panel has two LEDs: One indicates power status and the other, WAN activity.

The 868L is a dual-band router, supporting up to a theoretical 450 Mbps at the 2.4GHz band and up to 1300 Mbps at 5GHz. It has four Gigabit LAN ports, a Gigabit WAN port, one USB 2.0 port for connecting external storage and printers. The device also supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup).

Setup
There are two setup options for the AC1750:? You can either use a Web-browser-based setup wizard or you can perform a QRS Mobile setup. The latter uses D-Link's QRS Mobile app for Android or iOS to allow setup of the router from a smartphone or tablet.?

The router ships with a Quick Connect guide that includes a QRS code. You scan the code from a smartphone and your phone's browser is redirected to Google Play or iTunes to download the D-Link QRS mobile app. Unfortunately, no Windows Phone version is yet available. Once the app is installed, you connect to the router with the phone using the preconfigured SSID and passphrase. That information is printed on a small card that slips in and out of a slot at the bottom of the router.

Once I had the app installed on my Android phone, tapping it open displayed a welcome screen that guided me through setting up the router. From this screen, I could set my own wireless network passphrase and change the admin password to the router?as you should always do.

After using the app to configure the router that way you want, the app applies the changes and throws the router a reboot?or at least it's supposed to. Although I saw confirmation of a reboot in the app's interface, as I stared at the router it never rebooted. I confirmed my smart phone and router were connected to the same Wi-Fi. They were, but the app was unable to reboot the router and apply the changes I made.

So, after all that, I had to go through the browser-based setup anyway. The app not only did not work, but it seems like a time-waster since you have to go into an app store, download, install, and then set up the router. I prefer connecting a laptop or tablet and just using the browser to configure it.

Interface and Features
D-Link's interface has not changed since I had the D-Link DIR-655 Gaming Router back in 2007. The interface is adequate but looks dated and cluttered and could use a refresh. It is, however, still feature-packed as I noted in the review of the DIR-865L. D-Link's routers have always been a favorite among gamers and techies because of advanced capabilities such as QoS that, according to my testing, really does improve buffering time and lag. Other advanced features include robust IPv6 support, the ability to enable IPv4 or IPv6 multicast streams, virtual servers and inbound filtering rules.

I was pleased to see that one feature I'd previously found not up-to-par when reviewing the DIR-856L has improved: the mydlink app. This app allows you to remotely manage the router. When I last tested it, I had problems just signing into the D-Link cloud service the app uses. This time I was able to sign in and easily associate the DIR-868L to the remote management cloud service. The mydlink app and service are convenient for managing the router and monitoring connections remotely from a mobile device or PC.

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Arkadium reports strong growth for its Windows 8 mobile and PC games

VentureBeat writes, Arkadium Arkadium's Taptiles Casual game publisher Arkadium said today it has seen strong growth for its titles on Microsoft?s Windows 8 platfrom. Arkadium is also launching a beta test of a Windows 8 games analytics program that it will create for measuring the success of its own games as well as those of other developers. Arkadium is inviting other developers to join it in kicking the tires on the new analytics system. New York-based Arkadium launched four new games, including Taptiles, on Windows 8 PC and mobile game platforms in October. It has seen increased downloads and game plays?

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At least 38 dead after coach plunges off viaduct in Italy

MONTEFORTE IRPINO, Italy - Thirty-eight people were killed and 10 injured when a bus plunged off a viaduct in southern Italy in one of the country's worst road accidents.

Initial reports suggested that the coach was travelling at speed and had hit four or five cars before crashing over the roadside barriers on a stretch of road near Monteforte Irpino, east of Naples, on Sunday night.

Many children were among the 50 people on board.

"It was an immense tragedy where we first had to rescue the injured people who were trapped inside the coach and then successively have had to work to pull out the bodies," said Alessio Barbarulo, head of the local fire brigade division that coordinated the rescue effort.

It was the second transport disaster to hit southern Europe in the space of five days. Seventy-nine people were killed when a high-speed train derailed in the Spanish pilgrimage town of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday.

Crushed wreckage from the coach lay on its side, while bodies covered in white sheets were lined up on the road. It was not clear for the moment whether there was any mechanical damage to the vehicle's brakes or problems with its tyres, or whether there was any fault on the part of the driver, who was killed in the accident.

"You would think that the barriers on the viaducts and bridges should prevent this type of accident but evidently it seems the impact was so strong that even the barrier gave way," Barbarulo said.

Prosecutors have already opened an investigation into the case.

All of the victims appear to have been Italians returning from an excursion to the town of Telese Terme, known for its hot sulphurous springs and a nearby lake popular as a fishing spot. Local media said the stretch of road where the bus crashed had been the scene of repeated accidents.

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Source: http://www.lfpress.com/2013/07/28/at-least-24-dead-after-coach-plunges-off-viaduct-in-italy

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Microsoft prices XboxOne controller at $60, headset at $25

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Microsoft has revealed the prices of two of the Xbox One's key accessories.

Microsoft revealed early Monday the prices for two of the key accessories for the upcoming next-generation Xbox One video game console ? the standalone controller, which will cost $59.99, and an official Xbox-branded wireless headset to support the consoles various chat and voice features for an additional $24.99. Like most video game hardware, the starting bundle that Xbox One owners receive will include a single controller, and Microsoft has said that the new device will not be compatible with current-generation Xbox 360 controllers.

For a point of comparison, Sony's upcoming PlayStation 4 console ? which at a starting price of $399.99 will debut for $100 less than the Xbox One ? comes bundled with an earbud-style headset but will only offer its motion-controlled camera peripheral, the imaginatively named PlayStation Camera, for an extra $59.99. Unlike the Xbox One's Kinect hardware, the PlayStation Camera is not a mandatory feature for the PlayStation 4 console. Additional PS4 controllers also cost $59.99, and the console is not backwards compatible with older versions of the PlayStation DualShock controller.

Regardless of whether or not a headset is contained in the starting console package, however, that most serious gamers will likely look to make a heftier investment in a high-end gaming headset like those offered by Turtle Beach, Tritton, or Astro if they're actually planning to use either console's chat capabilities for actual gameplay purposes. According to a report from the video game site Polygon, Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation 4 will be compatible with the same headgear that currently befits the PlayStation 3. Microsoft, meanwhile, has been vague on whether or not gamers will be able to use their current headsets, which can run upwards of $200 for the best models, on the next-gen hardware.

This story was updated at 3:20 pm ET.

Yannick LeJacq is a contributing writer for NBC News who has also covered technology and games for Kill Screen, The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic. You can follow him on Twitter at @YannickLeJacq and reach him by email at: Yannick.LeJacq@nbcuni.com.

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Will Nexus 7 beat iPad Mini by out-cooling it?

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I want to take you to a world that some might never be able to imagine.

It's a world in which Google is cooler than Apple.

I know, I know. In this world, the devil must be ice-skating.

Still, you'll find quite a few sentient humans who'll tell you that the Nexus 7 is better than the iPad Mini.

They're talking about the new Nexus 7. I'm talking about the old one.

I chose a Nexus 7 over the iPad Mini for the simple reason that it felt better. No, this might not be the way you buy things. But I can live with that if you can.

I use it mostly to watch TV shows and movies, as I wander about the house searching for inspiration, last night's party guests, and my orange sneakers.

Yes, I put up with the user interface, which looks like it was designed by the same man who designed hieroglyphics -- except that the work he performed for Google was done late at night, with ouzo oozing from his pores.

Still, the product works for me.

So when the new one came along with its shiny screen and glorious reviews, I was fascinated to see how Google would market it.

The answer, at least so far, is one charming ad featuring a boy trying to get a girl by trying to conquer his fear of public speaking.

I fancy many won't have seen this ad.

It certainly hasn't adorned my sports watching over the last few days, and I'm wondering if that's deliberate.

You know that when Apple comes out with its next iPad Mini, it will offer advertising in so many breaks that it'll seem like a break only when you don't see an Apple ad.

Yet, in Nexus 7, Google has a product that even a human (as opposed to techie) consensus is impressed with and yet is being released more through the positive feelings it's engendered, rather than a vast marketing push.

This might be because more ads are coming, but, in the rush of these things, they just aren't ready.

It might also be that Google is trying to let Apple flood the market more and more with ads that aren't being well-received, while itself standing back and looking, can one even conceive it, cool.

That would be an interesting strategy. Over the last couple of years, Google hasn't been afraid of public speaking.

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Its advertising has been far more cleverly focused on real humans and has often delivered a warm, modern glow. Even the latest ad for Chromecast shows a company that's actually interested in you, for a change.

Google has never seemed entirely sure how to advertise its hardware products. Originally, the company thought it could sell Nexus phones without any real advertising at all.

And yet with the Nexus 7, it clearly has an excellent product on its hands.

Of course Apple isn't (entirely) panicking.

Because it's built a vast emotional well of commitment (as well as a severe emotional dependence on its ecosystem) from its customers over many years, those customers forgive more easily when a product isn't quite there -- or is even very late in coming.

Yet its ever-increasing global ambitions force upon it certain compromises that might cut into its public perception.

The Nexus 7 is a cool little thing. How might Google capitalize on that?

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Huge Bee Swarm Attacks Texas Couple, Kills Miniature Horses

PANTEGO (July 27, 2013)--A swarm of an estimated 30,000 bees attacked a North Texas couple as they exercised their miniature horses, stinging the animals so many times that they died.

Kristen Beauregard, 44, was stung about 200 times and her boyfriend about 50 times.

Beauregard said the swarm chased down her and her boyfriend.

She said they were sweeping up piles of bees "like a bad movie."

Firefighters sprayed a foam substance to clear the bees, and dragged the horses to a pasture to be treated by police and paramedics, she said.

A 6-year-old show horse named Chip died before a veterinarian arrived and Trump, a Shetland pony, was taken to a veterinary clinic but also died.

The bees are being tested to see whether they are Africanized or "killer" bees.

Source: http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Huge-Bee-Swarm-Attacks-Texas-Couple-Kills-Miniature-Horses-217231181.html

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