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Powerline networking adapters let you use your building's electrical wiring as a network, transforming any power outlet into a potential Ethernet port. They're typically used as a complement to a wireless network (see "Better Together: Wi-Fi And Powerline Networking" for more information) because they can be placed in spots that experience wireless radio problems; and they're good for networking devices that don't support Wi-Fi (many TVs, set-top boxes, and game consoles, for example) without requiring the user to lay down a lot of ethernet cable.
Both the AV 200 and the AV+ 200 report a maximum transfer rate of 200 megabits per second. The main difference between the two is that the AV+ has a noise-filtering outlet built into the unit, so you can use the power outlet for another device without interfering with your network performance, while the AV 200 lacks this feature. Also unlike the AV 200, the AV+ 200 has a grounding prong, which means that you can't use the AV+200 with older electrical wiring.
A single powerline networking kit contains two powerline adapters, a CD with drivers, and a pair of Ethernet cables. Each powerline adapter only has one Ethernet port, however, and you'll likely need one of the adapters to connect to your modem or router to link your powerline network to the Internet, so if you have multiple rooms that you want to add to the powerline network, you'll need more adapters. Though the CD includes an "Online Manual," it's a broken link to an older Netgear support site; the newer support site doesn't seem to have documentation for either adapter model.
The setup process is fairly simple. The only printed instructions are minimal--a pamphlet with a pair of diagrams explaining how to plug one adapter into a power outlet, how to plug an Ethernet cable from your router/modem into that adapter's Ethernet port, and how to plug the second adapter into a different outlet and connect that adapter to your PC with the other Ethernet cable. If you succeeded in setting up your home broadband connection, you can probably set up the AV 200 or AV+ 200 as well.
Once you've plugged everything in, your PC should automatically detect the new hardware as a normal Local Area Network connection. If you don't want just anyone to be able to plug a powerline adapter into your outlets and be able to access your network (or if you're in a building where you share electric circuits with your neighbours), you can set the adapters to encrypt their traffic by pressing a button on their side--just press each unit's button within 2 minutes, and they should automatically detect each other and be good to go.
We'll have more performance testing in for our full-scale review of these products, but keep in mind that the limiting factor for most powerline adapters is your building's electrical wiring, not the adapter's theoretical maximum. PCWorld reviewer Becky Waring managed to get 59 mbps out of an earlier Netgear XAVB101 powerline adapter, which had an advertised maximum of 85 mbps.
By way of comparison, I only managed to obtain about 12 mbps with the AV 200 and AV+ 200 in my (fairly old) apartment building, and up to 25 mbps in my PCWorld office. This isn't to say that the new adapters are slower than the old ones; rather, it underscores the fact that powerline network speeds depend on your wiring, first and foremost.
The drop in bandwidth between the two buildings was fairly noticeable when I surfed the Web and streamed YouTube videos. In the office, there wasn't much difference between the powerline network and standard wired Ethernet; but in the apartment, the powerline network felt like it had more latency than my 802.11g network did. Web pages seemed slower to start loading than usual, and YouTube videos stuttered a bit initially.
Though both speeds are sufficient for most Internet uses (albeit definitely a step down from Gigabit Ethernet) and though Netgear has announced 500-mbps powerline adapters (the AV 500 and the AV+ 500), they may not be any faster on houses with older wiring than the AV+ 200. pu
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The migration boom is running at its strongest pace for more than a decade, and risks reigniting the housing market, some economists say.
As the previous exodus to Australia dried up, there was a net migration gain of more than 38,000 people in the June year, according to Statistics NZ figures out yesterday.
Far fewer New Zealanders are leaving for Australia as the job market here picked up rapidly earlier in the year and the Australian labour market looked worse. And many more foreigners are coming to New Zealand.
Permanent arrivals for the June year topped 100,000 for the first time and those leaving dropped to their lowest point in a decade.
In June alone, just as many people arrived in New Zealand from Australia as crossed the Tasman the other way - the first time there has not been a monthly loss to Australia in more than 20 years.
The key factor in trans-Tasman migration is the job market.
The unemployment rate in New Zealand remains stubbornly high at 6 per cent, but job numbers have shot up 3.7 per cent in the past March year, with 22,000 jobs added in the March quarter alone.
The unemployment rate in Australia is 5.9 per cent, and has risen in the past year.
If the pace of the migration boom in the past three months continued for a year, the annual gain could top 50,000 - adding more than 1 per cent to the total population, stoking domestic demand and possibly the housing market.
The strong migration figures for June come just before the Reserve Bank's next decision on interest rates, due on Thursday. The central bank is widely expected to lift interest rates again, to 3.5 per cent, with more rate rises this year and next in part because of the migration boom. The month of June alone saw a net migration gain of almost 4300, the second highest on record.
In the past year, the net loss to Australia was about 8300 people, compared with more than 31,000 in the previous June year. Most migrants crossing the Tasman both ways are New Zealanders. Deutsche Bank economists said the stronger-than-expected migration figures "risk reigniting the housing market" and was a key risk that growth and inflation could be stronger than expected by the Reserve Bank.
Last month, the Reserve Bank warned that if migration were stronger than expected, official interest rates might need to go up further and faster, by an extra 50 basis points, compared with the bank's main projections. Stronger migration offset the recent bad news of falling dairy export prices, Deutsche Bank said.
But so far there is little evidence that the wave of migration is spilling over into the housing market, yet.
That is possibly because more people are coming here for work for perhaps a couple of years and are renting, rather than intending to stay permanently and buying a home. This migration boom is much more job focused than a decade ago, economists said.
This year, house prices are cooling off, with prices up 6.2 per cent in the year to June, as higher interest rates start to bite and the impact of speed limits on low deposit home loans, introduced late last year.
Late last year house price inflation was about 9 per cent.
But ASB Bank economists said they expected the surge in net migration to cool down in the next six months, with Australian job market indicators picking up recently.
Even so, annual net migration was expected to peak at more than 42,000, but it could be even stronger. Strong migration could see increased domestic demand and higher interest rates. "Strong migration is one of the reasons why interest rates will continue to rise over the next couple of years," ASB said. A rate rise of 25 basis points was expected this week and again in December, with another three moves next year taking the official cash rate to 4.5 per cent.
But more migrants also add to the pool of workers and that would help keep a lid on wage inflation.
Arrivals: 100,800 (up 14 per cent)
Departures: 62,400 (down 22 per cent)
Net migration gain: 38,300 (7900 in June 2013 year)
Record net annual migration gain: 42,500 (May 2003 year)
Annual net loss to Australia: 8300 (31,200 in June 2013 year)
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India: 7000
China: 6300
Britain: 5500
Philippines: 3000
Germany: 2000
France: 1000
Source: Statistics NZ
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and Lambda Legal announced today that they have received assurances from officials at Greenbrier High School that the school will stop censoring a student from wearing shirts expressing pro-gay messages.
The ACLU said the school will also provide training on its anti-bullying policy to staff and students "to ensure that it is clear that harassment of any student, regardless of sexual orientation, is not acceptable."
"Students not only have a First Amendment right to be out at school, but the right to an education free from discrimination and harassment," said Tricia Herzfeld, ACLU of Tennessee staff attorney. "We applaud the school for recognizing this and taking steps to ensure that they are providing a safe and equal learning environment for all students."
The school's move was prompted by negotiations with the ACLU of Tennessee and Lambda Legal on behalf of Cole Goforth, a Greenbrier High School freshman, and his mother, Julie Gordon. The student contacted the ACLU of Tennessee and Lambda Legal after he was sent home from school on April 5 for wearing a T-shirt that said, "I [Love] Lady Gay Gay" and told by school officials that he also could not wear a T-shirt in support of marriage equality because doing so and, apparently, wearing any shirt with a pro-gay message on it, was inherently "disruptive."
The ACLU said the student "had long been subjected to daily anti-gay harassment at school, including threats of physical violence. Goforth was not only unable to get relief from the school, he was told by school employees that he had 'brought [harassment] on himself by coming out [as gay].'"
"Sending Cole home for wearing a shirt with the word 'gay' on it not only trampled this student's right to freedom of expression, but also sent a destructive message to all students that there is something wrong with being gay or even saying the word 'gay,'" said Lambda Legal attorney Beth Littrell. "We are pleased that school officials have recognized their obligation to respect pro-LGBT speech and to protect students from anti-gay harassment instead of allowing bullies to silence speakers."
The ACLU said in the 1969 case Tinker v. Des Moines, the U.S. Supreme Court held that students in public schools don't "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate," and ruled that schools can only censor student speech when the speech itself – and not other people's reaction to it – is disruptive to the educational process.
Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Tennessee "noted in discussions with the school that many schools have misinterpreted this notion, arbitrarily calling student speech disruptive in an attempt to illegally censor free speech. Furthermore, the organizations warned the school that attempting to use the harassment the student experienced at the hands of his peers as a justification for censoring his speech was illegal."
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The deadline has now passed for EA's hostile takeover bid for Grand Theft Auto developer Take-Two
Analysts and gamers alike are now waiting to see what gaming giant, Electronic Arts or EA, will do next after the deadline for its $2 billion bid for Take-Two passed.
Since making the offer in February, which Take-Two duly rejected, EA has taken its battle straight to shareholders, lowered the offer at the end of April in a show of muscle; and most recently, borrowed an extra $1bn to secure the developer.
But now it is waiting to hear from shareholders, who Take-Two is urging to reject the offer as too low.
Take-Two has initally refused to sit down with EA until after the 29 April, the release date of GTA IV - its now record-breaking game - accusing EA of just going after the franchise.
EA openly admitted the GTA series was its target but could not force discussions before the launch.
Analysts are now predicting that EA will raise its offer.
Colin Sebastian, an analyst with Lazard Capital Markets, told the Beeb: "The market's probably suggesting that EA should come up with a few more dollars and that may be a likely a scenario".
"It doesn't seem like shareholders would tender at $25.74 if the stock is trading at $27."
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Runners showed off their blazing speed. Gymnasts and divers spun through the air. Equestrians and their horses showed off their dance moves. Triathelets swam, biked and ran. Wind surfers sailed through the water. See these and more of the best photos from Tuesdays Olympics games.
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