First, D-Link put routers in your pocket. Now, they’re thinking about the environment. D-Link is proud to claim it’s the first manufacturer to produce green home network WiFi routers capable of saving up to 40% in power usage. These routers are like a thoughtful roommate who never leaves the TV on or forgets to put the toilet seat down. With the ability to detect cable length and link status, they’ll adjust power accordingly, so you’re not racking up that electric bill for nothing. Each router can also be programmed to turn the WiFi radio off in an effort to save power.

D-Link has equipped three of their routers with this new technology: D-Link Xtreme N Gigabit Router DIR-665, Xtreme N Duo Media Router DIR-855 and the Xtreme N Gaming Router DGL-4500. While the new green ethernet technology affects each router differently, you can be sure that surfing the web without ruining the planet has never been easier, so long as you’re not using that Buffalo Nfinity.

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If you’ve got soldering skills and you dabble in the Arduino programming language, this add-on will allow Internet access to your Arduino via Ethernet. This will allow you to check your email, your Tumblr and lots of other stuff the government won’t allow me to tell you. DailyDIY provides step-by-step instructions for this simple build for the novice solderer.

Remember, it only takes one trip to Radio Shack…

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Our United States are still at war. Maybe if we had lesson human soldiers on the front line, there’d be less controversy on the subject. What can you do to protect your country? If you have some extra CAT-5 cable lying around, you can make your very own CAT-5 soldiers.

If you have enough wiring, maybe you could even make your very own CAT-5 army! Always on guard, protecting the tubes from any suicide hackers. (more…)

We’ve all been there. You show up at a relative’s house for some holiday (you’d much rather be somewhere else), you bring your laptop in hopes of connecting to AIM, and when you arrive, no wireless. They do have the internet, but you would have to sit at their tiny desk in order to plug the ethernet into your laptop. The D-Link Wireless Pocket Router is here to solve our wireless-less problem. The Pocket Router serves up 802.11g wireless connectivity in a 3.15×2.36×0.67″ size device. This can be used for things other than you personal distraction. For all you parents, give your kids laptops, plug the Pocket Router in, and you now have a way for all the little kids to play Yahoo! Multiplayer Games (so they aren’t bouncing off the walls breaking your dishes). It’s great for hotels, conference rooms, and even hotspots. Hotspots because it is able to connect to existing wireless networks. It seems like a panacea, but what happens when the laptop batteries die… — Nik Gomez

D-Link Wireless Pocket Router [via UberGizmo]