“What most researchers fail to take into account the dominance of hybrid wireless/Ethernet solutions,” says Michael Greeson, CEO and Founder of The Diffusion Group. “Virtually every wireless solutionsold today has an embedded Ethernet switch or hub with multiple ports of LAN-side connectivity. Moreover, in most networked households the desktop PC is connected to the home networkinggateway/router via Ethernet, while other PCs in the home make use of wireless connectivity. To declare that wireless has somehow ‘eclipsed’ Ethernet as the dominant home networking technology iserroneous.”
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Powerline Connectivity Integrated Into PC’s
By embedding Intellon’s ICs into the power supplies, the new desktop PC platforms use a single power cord to provide both power and reliable whole-house connectivity.
Known as imedia and ixtreme, the new PCs are true media centers designed for today’s popular uses, such as digital entertainment, audio and data communications. With powerline networking built-in to these new PC platforms, imedia and ixtreme users can add the PCs to a home network by simply plugging them into any existing electrical outlet and experience whole-house connectivity in a matter of seconds. Additional products in the home can be connected to the new networking infrastructure instantly by simply plugging in to Packard Bell’s Net2Plug adapters. The new imedia and ixtreme PC platforms will be available in Europe later this summer.
Acer launches Digital Home products
With the coming of the “Digital Home” generation, the Acer Value Labs are striving to develop innovative Information Entertainment Technology (IET). Following more than a year’s effort, informationtechnology (IT) products have been integrated with consumer electronics products using a wireless home network to share the information and digital content – and fulfil the Digital Home vision.
Users are being faced with more and more digital content; however, the digital content in information technology products (such as PCs, notebooks, PDAs and servers) is not easily merged with the information generated by entertainment products (such as digital cameras and digital camcorders), since technology barriers exist between these two realms.
Rhapsody to hit your home stereo
In a significant step forward for the online music market, RealNetworks today announced it is working together with Intel to make it easy for broadband-connected consumers to link their PC and homestereo systems and enjoy the award-winning Rhapsody digital music subscription service throughout their homes. Through these efforts, Rhapsody will soon be the first digital music service to enableconsumers to control and listen to the service in their living room. Consumers will be able to access Rhapsody’s wide-ranging library of more than 30,000 CDs and build a single, vast library of musicthat’s accessible both on their PC and through high-fidelity home stereo and home theater systems.
The new service offering is made possible through Intel’s Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Authoring Tools, which RealNetworks has used to integrate support for UPnP home networking technology into the current version of Rhapsody. As a result, Rhapsody is now capable of communicating with a new generation of digital audio products that enable consumers to access music from their PC via their stereo and home theater systems. These products include the latest version of the Omnifi from Rockford Corporation, which is expected to ship with Rhapsody support beginning November 14, 2003, and a number of devices from other manufacturers that are expected to ship in the coming weeks.
Phlips enters the wireless networking arena
Philips is introducing a range of accessories aimed at making it easier for consumers to share their PC-based personal entertainment content around the home using WiFi© wireless home networking technology.
As part of its strategy of developing products for a wireless-connected consumer electronics environment, Philips will be launching in September the first members of an entire family of branded home networking accessories and peripherals.
The first four products will focus on providing solutions for the PC enabling consumers at home or on the move to use wireless connectivity to share content with other computers, or to access the Internet. These products include:
Philips unveils wireless networking gear
Philips is introducing a range of accessories aimed at making it easier for consumers to share their PC-based personal entertainment content around the home using WiFi© wireless home networking technology.
As part of its strategy of developing products for a wireless-connected consumer electronics environment, Philips will be launching in September the first members of an entire family of branded home networking accessories and peripherals.
The first four products will focus on providing solutions for the PC enabling consumers at home or on the move to use wireless connectivity to share content with other computers, or to access the Internet. These products include:
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