Tag archive: Orb

To celebrate its 15th anniversary, Netgear is taking home networking beyond the PC and home. At its pre-CES press conference a few minutes ago, Patrick Lo, CEO and founder of Netgear announced eight new wireless routing products, all of them aimed at extending Wi-Fi connections to non-PC products like tablets, smartphones, and HDTVs. In addition, the company is launching a new device that allows you to organize & stream video, pictures, and… Read More

The world of Internet-streaming set-top boxes is getting more and more competitive—and some of the offerings look more like hockey pucks than boxes. Orb has announced its new $99 Orb TV device, that enables users to stream video content from Hulu, ESPN3, Comedy Central, YouTube, and more sources from their existing PC to their television. And instead of charging customers for a separate remote that will just be lost in the depths of a… Read More

You could be excused for dismissing wearable tech after 20 years of corny 3D glasses, Nintendo Power Gloves and goofy Bluetooth jackets, but there might just be a light at the end of the tunnel. Not only are Samsung and LG both hard at work on watch phones you might actually want to show off, one company is actually working on a new concept we haven’t seen before: a ring that converts into a Bluetooth headset. The Orb Wireless Earpiece looks… Read More

BitTorrent and Orb Networks have announced an agreement to bundle together the BItTorrent client application with the Orb PC application in an effort to create a one-step solution that enables users to download content from the Internet and push it to any other Internet connected device, including mobile phones, large-screen TVS, compatible game consoles—even jailbroken iPhones. Orb users can also use the application to organize their… Read More

Orb Networks has added Sony's PlayStation 3 to the list of devices which an access video, photos, music, and other media streamed from its MyCasting software from a home PC. The move comes comes only a few weeks after Nintendo opened up Internet access for its Wii game console; since then, the company claims to have had nearly 50,000 downloads for its Orb software from Wii users looking to watch video and other computer-hosted media… Read More

Orb Networks has announced enhancements to their service to enable users to play podcasts and Internet radio via any mobile device supporting Windows Media, Real Player, 3GP player, or Macromedia Flash, regardless of whether those devices connect to the Internet via 3G mobile networks or WiFi. Using Orb software, a user of a Nokia mobile phone with RealPlayer support could listen to (or record) an Orb iRadio feed of a live sporting event… Read More