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The Digital Living Network Alliance DLNA is working to turn its vision of interoperable networked devices in the home into reality. More than 100 member companies are committed to providing seamless interaction between consumer electronics CE, mobile technology and personal computers PC. The DLNA believes this is best accomplished through...

Tags: Use Case, Digital Living Network Alliance

White papers 2004-06-01

Additional Resources

Sony's Blu-ray player with built-in Wi-Fi, no interesting Internet services available this week

If you're looking for a cheaper alternative to buying an Internet-ready HDTV, and don't need all of the widgets the sets will be rolling out, a networked Blu-ray player could be a viable option. Most importantly, these units are offering the same Netflix and Amazon On Demand video-streaming...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Sony Corp., built-In, LG Electronics Inc., HDTV, Blu-ray, Internet Service, Wireless LANs, Internet, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, TVs, Web Site Development, Tv & Home Theater, Wireless And Mobility, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-09-07

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3

Photos and image samples: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3While it might be overstating the case to say the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3's Wi-Fi implementation drove me to tears, I can state without hyperbole that it terribly disappointed me. When I was first briefed on the camera, I had high hopes that with...

Tags: Keyboards, Wireless LANs, Wireless and Mobility, Wi-Fi, Sony Corp., camera, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3, Sony Cyber-Shot

Product reviews 2009-03-16

CES 2009: The world's first web-browsing camera [day 3]

Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer mentioned it in his keynote, but I thought this deserved its own post. The Sony Cybershot DSC-G3 is the world's first Wi-Fi-enabled digital camera that can upload photos and videos via a built-in Web browser. ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Web, Video, Photograph, Camera, Sony Cybershot DSC-G3, Cybershot G3 Camera, Corporate Communications, Wireless, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-08

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G1

Photo gallery: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G1Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-G1 defies summarization. Is it an overpriced, overlarge 6-megapixel camera with an optically stabilized f/3.5-to-f/4.3, 38mm-to-114mm (3x) lens? A portable photo album with a big 3.5-inch display but a mere 2GB of memory and frustrating Wi-Fi capabilities? An underfeatured portable media player with not...

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Monitors & displays, camera, DLNA, photograph, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G1, Sony Corp., Sony Cyber-Shot, LCD

Product reviews 2007-09-04

A Network Connectivity Power-Saving Mechanism for Mobile Devices in DLNA Home Networks

Mobile devices are increasingly assuming an important role in "Smart home" network environments. Although their computing, storage and networking capabilities have evolved significantly, these devices remain power-constrained and, therefore, need to actively take measures to minimize their power consumption. This paper proposes a Network Connectivity Power Saving (NC-PS) mechanism for...

Tags: Mobile, Network, Mobile Device, Network Connectivity, Networking

White papers 2006-10-06

Philips RC9800i

Philips was one of the pioneers of the premium touch-screen remote, but the company's trailblazing Pronto series has recently been retargeted as an installer-only line. For home-theater enthusiasts who still prefer to go the DIY route, however, Philips retains a consumer line of touch-screen models such as the RC9800i...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, Philips RC9800i, Philips Electronics N.V.

Product reviews 2006-04-27

Astonishing performance numbers from Freescale

Freescale's G4 successor, the e600 based series, is now making its way into the world with the 1.7Ghz MPC7448 available since June of last year and the MPC8641D apparently coming out this spring. It's the MPC8641D that's most important in the long run because its internal architecture combines I/O,...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., MPC8641D

Blog posts 2006-02-14

No surprise: DRM nightmare rears ugly head. Again.

If you've never heard of the Digital Living Network Alliance, now is a good time to get hip to it. The DLNA is a multivendor alliance that's promoting the idea of standards-based wireless and wired interoperation of everything from computers to hifi gear to multimedia-enabled phones. The alliance's...

Tags: digital-rights management, DLNA

Blog posts 2005-10-13

Tech, Hollywood heavyweights create content coalition

IBM, Intel, Disney and others will work on rules for ensuring the security of content in home networks. Consumers might soon be able to make legal copies of high-definition movies, if a new coalition of media companies can reach agreement. Several high-profile technology companies and...

Tags: Technology Company, Consumer Electronics, Network, Home Network, Movie, Microsoft Corp., TV, Intel Corp., Home Networking, Networking, Personal Technology, John Borland, Hardware

News items 2004-07-13

H-1B visa limit reached

H-1B visa limit reachedIf a company needs a H1BIf a company says they need a H1B....Get them to send their job spec to Immigration, Immigration can send it round the US job agencies and see if they can fill it with US staff.If they can fill it, then the company...

Tags: Group Inc., H1B, H-1B visa, H-1B

Discussion threads 2004-02-18

Week in review: SCO delivers a warning

SCO Group, claiming its Unix intellectual property, sent letters to about 1,500 of the world's largest corporations warning that they could be liable for using Linux. The mail seems to be the preferred method of delivering a warning. SCO Group, which claims its...

Tags: Game, Network, RIAA, SCO Group Inc., E-mail, Microsoft Xbox, UnitedLinux, Computer, SuSE, UMD Disc, Linux, Open Source, Productivity, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Steven Musil

News items 2003-05-16

Everyone can live like Bill Gates

The goal of Microsoft's new eHome division is to bring technology from Bill Gates' house into yours--such as digital art that can be changed with the push of a button. Some of the futuristic technology in Bill Gates' Seattle-area mansion could be heading for less-affluent consumers. That's the...

Tags: eHome, Software, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Home Entertainment, Tools & Techniques, Personal Technology, Management, Rebecca Buckman, Hardware

News items 2001-11-26

A Net divided

Americans have achieved progress in gaining access to the Internet, but the digital world is still divided. A recent report by the Washington, D.C.-based Pew Internet & American Life Project states that 56 percent of American adults had Internet access at the end of 2000, up from 47 percent...

Tags: Internet Access, Income, Personal Finance, Brian Horowitz, Technology News

News items 2001-06-19

PlayStation 2 gains Net access via AOL

The online giant and Sony team to combine AOL Internet features such as instant messaging, chat and e-mail with the PlayStation 2 game console. Internet giant America Online and Sony Computer Entertainment on Tuesday teamed up to bring the Internet to...

Tags: Sony Corp., Internet Access, Console, America Online Inc., Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Corp., Sony Playstation, Game Console, UltimateTV, AOLTV, Game Players, Games, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jim Hu, Technology News

News items 2001-05-15

Can Napster survive as a business?

Analysis: AOL and Napster? Music-minded Netheads may shudder at the thought, but such an alliance just might make sense for the sultan of song-swapping. Amid all the hubbub about Napster, few people seem to be asking the question that will truly determine how this changes the music world: Is...

Tags: America Online Inc., P2P, Napster Inc., Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Obviously, Battle.net, Games, Peer To Peer (P2P), Personal Technology, Internet, Sergio Non, Technology News

News items 2000-07-13

The home networking e-box-ing match

Ericsson's e-box is about turning your home into a corporate workstation. The Open Services Gateway Initiative was announced with little fanfare in early March, and could have been mistaken as just another home networking consortium (yawn!) In fact, Ericsson's "e-box," which spawned the group, wasn't even mentioned....

Tags: Oracle Corp., Network, Home Network, Sun Microsystems Inc., Electronics, Microsoft Corp., Ericsson Inc., OSGI, Home Networking, Networking, Personal Technology, Bob Sullivan, Technology News

News items 1999-05-04

Panasonic's goal: Networked appliances

Panasonic invests in home networking firm and plans to develop interactive appliances. The maker of Panasonic appliances, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., announced on Thursday an equity investment in phone line network technology firm Epigram Inc., add credence to assertions that future consumer appliances will talk to others throughout...

Tags: Panasonic, Epigram Inc., Home Networking, Investment, Networking, Personal Technology, Finance, Robert Lemos, Technology News

News items 1999-03-11