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Hard drive vendor gets into a new line of business

Western Digital (Nasdaq: WDC), unveiled its first line of wireless networking products, designed specifically to accelerate video and gaming in high-definition.

Called My Net, the new line features FasTrack technology that can detects video traffic on the network and fast-forwards it to consoles, media players, smart TVs, tablets, smartphones, computers and other Wi-Fi connected devices.

My Net routers can also centralize storage and backup for all computers in an environment as well as create a personal cloud for digital media and remotely access those files anytime, anywhere. Part of the My Net family, My Net N900 Central is Western Digital’s all-in-one N900 router with an integrated 1 TB or 2 TB internal hard drive.

Remote access to My Net N900 Central is available on any computer through www.WD2go.com and with WD mobile apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch or Android smartphones and tablets.

Pricing starts at $69.99 and goes up to $349.99.