Consumer NAS systems seems to be going the way of Netbooks, in that once one company jumped in, everyone and their mother decided to offer one. Now NetGear has jumped on the consumer NAS market with a 1TB unit of their own, simply named the “Stora.”

Netgear has been fairly successful in the business NAS market over the last few years and their new NetGear Stora unit is basically a “dumbed down” version of those systems. Stora was built with online cataloging in mind, including the companies MyStora.com web location which allows users to access their files via an FTP Client.

The Netgear Stora is Mac, Linux and Windows compatible and according to Engadget can “double as an iTunes or DLNA server.” The unit also ships with a two-bay configuration which is auto-set to mirror data.

The MS2110 model is shipping for $229 and features a single 1TB drive. There is also an optional service being touted by Netgear which supports third party integration services such as mobile phones and Flickr. Users can purchase the additional service for $19.99, while a 30 day free trial period is also offered.

NetGear Enters Consumer NAS Market With 1TB Stora Offering is a post from: The Inquisitr

Netgear has announced a standalone internet TV box imaginatively titled the “Netgear Internet TV Player” or ITV2000 at this years CES.

While internet boxes for television sets aren’t new (my Apple TV gets a good daily workout), it’s the extras it offers that makes it a winner.

On top of access to video sites such as YouTube (pretty much standard these days), Google Video, Metacafe, Veoh, Daily Motion, NBC, Reuters, CNN and more, the box also supports BitTorrent and live online television.

BitTorrent built in is naturally exciting most people; TorrentFreak has more in that regard. It’s nice to have, but if it’s not a killer feature for me; if you’re prepared to download content via BitTorrent, most would find the syncing process onto a box not that hard to begin with.

Where this completely rocks is the inclusion of live online television.

There’s thousands of live feeds online today, but precious little way to access them outside of a computer. A plugin years back did bring some of these to the Windows Media Center, but that presumed you had a WMC box attached to your television (I did for a while). Bringing these feeds to a television is like offering Cable or Pay TV, but for free. Sure, you can’t get everything you might want to watch, but there’s still plenty to choose from, and it’s a great selling point.

The ITV2000 is due out in the Northern summer with an affordable price of $200.

Want: Netgear Internet TV Player includes Live Streaming Online TV, BitTorrent is a post from: The Inquisitr