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Future of Home Networking - Sharing Media

Friday, 9 January 2004

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2004--Consumers planning to create a home network are most interested in sharing digital entertainment content through the integration of PCs and related CE products according to a new survey conducted by The NPD Group. The NPD survey and report, "Bringing the Network Home: An In-Depth Assessment," shows increasing interest in sharing movies, music and photos using televisions, DVD players and audio systems along with traditional sharing of files, printers and Internet access. In addition, consumers are beginning to embrace home networks for security and for controlling appliances, creating "smart homes." Among the newer media-centric applications for home networks, NPD found that sharing personal media was the most popular application among 40 percent of those planning to install home networks during the next 12 months, up from 33 percent among current home-network owners. More home-network planners intend to share personal photos and video (32 percent vs. 27 percent for home-network owners), distribute music across the network (24 percent vs. 18 percent for home-network owners) and distribute movies and TV across the network (16 percent vs. 8 percent for home-network users)...

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Sony drop MP3 support from PSX

Saturday, 6 December 2003

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From the BBC: Sony forced to clip PSX's wings - The console bundles gaming and entertainment Sony's revamped PlayStation console, the PSX, has been stripped of some features so it can be rushed onto shop shelves in Japan in time for Christmas. The entertainment system, on sale in Japan from 13 December, is a PS2, hard disk drive, DVD recorder and TV tuner. But its recording speed has been cut and some audio and picture formats will not be supported, like MP3...

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Intel Inside Your Home

Saturday, 8 November 2003

"Intel is teaming up with a wireless control network vendor so consumers can control lights, thermostats and other devices through the same interface they use for wireless entertainment gear, the companies intend to announce Monday...

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Connected Home Conference 2003

Saturday, 25 October 2003

Rob Mouser reviews the Connected Home Conference that was held in London in September 2003...

What is it about trade events? You never quite know what you're going to get when you arrive. But lets face it for us UKHA folk the subject matter is enough to get us reaching for our credit cards for that ticket! Well yes I was there and for the benefit of those who did not go I have written a brief (OK, not so brief!) report...

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X10 Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

Thursday, 23 October 2003

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As a followup to the recent Slashdot story about X10 losing a 4.3 million US Dollars patent infringement suit over pop-unders, X10, the wireless camera company that 'only last year billed itself as the world's largest online advertiser', have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This allows them to continue to operate, but they'll be shielded from creditors while they reorganize their finances - so rest easy, X10 popups are here to stay.

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