Apple Ships AirPort Express Base Station.
Apple ships its streaming audio, printer sharing, portable base
station: Apple announced today that it is shipping its $129 AirPort
Express, a 7-ounce base station that has no external power cord in its
default configuration, and which combines a single Ethernet port, an
audio output jack for streaming music from iTunes (Mac and Windows),
and a USB port for sharing printers across Mac OS X, Windows XP, and
Windows 2000. This is Apple's most Windows-friendly hardware, ever. The
company said it has 80,000 pre-orders for the unit, which is listed as
shipping in 3 to 4 weeks from the Apple Store online. Amazon.com says
their stock will be available July 20…. [Wi-Fi Networking News]