Tag archive: Greg Butz

U.S. cable operator Comcast has announced it plans to offer its customers a new application integrating email, voicemail, and instant messaging capabilities. Dubbed SmartZone, the Web-based service is a partnership with Hewlett-Packard and Plaxo, and builds on the open source Zimbra Collaboration Suite. Using SmartZone, users will be able to check their voice mail, send instant messages, manage their address book, plus send and receive email… Read More

Comcast announced yesterday that its offering its broadband customers three McAfee computer security products—VirusScan, Personal FireWall Plus, and Privacy Service—for free. The products retail for about $115, but are commonly available bundled with other McAfee products for about $50. The McAfee products require Microsoft Windows XP Home, XP Pro, 2000 Pro, ME, or Windows 98 along with Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher. The… Read More

Comcast today announced the launch of Comcast PhotoShow Deluxe, a service that provides a simple way to organize and share digital photos – but does it broadband-style. Leveraging broadband's interactive power, Comcast PhotoShow Deluxe also enables users to create multimedia slideshows as a special way to share their photos. Users can literally become directors of their own photo slideshows – complete with music,… Read More

With Time Warner's Road Runner announcing yesterday a boost of up to 6Mbps, Comcast says it is also now offering a higher-speed cable Internet service. Today the company officially announced a 4Mbps speed tier as a new option for its High-Speed Internet service. This announcement comes within a year of Comcast doubling customer downstream speed to 3Mbps, at no additional cost – and establishing an industry benchmark. Comcast… Read More

From Comcast's press release: Comcast today announced the launch of Games on Demand, a premium games on-demand service, provided through an agreement with Exent Technologies, that lets consumers enjoy blockbuster games on the Comcast.net portal. Leveraging the power and convenience of Comcast High-Speed Internet, titles available through Games on Demand will offer single player and interactive gameplay across a wide range of genres.… Read More

Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, Inc., today announced the deployment of the Linksys Wireless-G Cable Gateways as part of the Comcast Home Networking Platform. This teaming helped deliver theindustry's first CableHome deployment, which includes a certified all-in-one networking hardware device -the Wireless-GCable Gateway (WCG200) - which makes it easy for households to share a cable broadband connection wired or wirelessly… Read More