Headline Feeds|
The Wide-Open Gateway to the Connected Home October 29, 2009 
"The connected home" is a term used frequently but often defined ambiguously. Consumer electronics manufacturers, the PC industry, pay-television service providers and broadband providers are driving the development of the connected home, for obvious reasons, as the interplay of these elements expands the businesses for all these players.
|
HP Launched the Craziest DreamScreen Last Night September 18, 2009 
HP has just made either the most hyperactive digital picture frame on the market or the lamest tablet PC ever. The DreamScreen looks sort of like what you'd have if someone tore an HP Mini in two and handed you the monitor side. It's a device that can run video, show pictures and play music with built-in speakers. It has USB ports and it can hold 2 GB of data.
|
|
Seagate Lifts Home Networks to the Cloud September 16, 2009 
Hard drive manufacturer Seagate has come up with a new way to attack the chaotic home entertainment market: Let users create their own personal information clouds. On Tuesday, it unveiled its FreeAgent Theater + high-definition media player; and on Wednesday it announced the FreeAgent DockStar network adapter.
|
Wall Socket Adapters Offer WiFi Alternative September 06, 2009 
Setting up a WiFi network at home has gotten much easier, yet the process can still be daunting. Or the wireless signal won't reach everywhere. A good alternative that has gotten little attention involves your electric sockets. Simply plug palm-sized adapters into regular wall outlets and connect your computers to the adapters.
|
|
New Tech and New Horizons for Home Media Installers August 18, 2009 
The current recession and the steep decline in the construction and sales of new homes are forcing dealers and installers to reevaluate their current product offerings. Average 2008 revenues were down almost 11 percent from 2007, and dealers are actively looking for new avenues to expand their business and make up for the shortfall in 2009.
|
Home Automation: The Unfulfilled Promise May 05, 2009 
For the last 30 years, many people have invested a lot of money and effort chasing an unrealized promise of hoped-for explosive growth in home automation. With not a lot of commercial progress, it might be seen as foolish to pursue opportunities in this space. However, the promise of addressing latent needs of millions of households worldwide to create a new consumer electronics category is highly seductive.
|
|
Is It Too Late for Homes to Get Smart? February 03, 2009 
Ten years ago, the "smart home" was all the rage. Almost every company in our market had a concept center or display house that showed the functionality of the digital home. I remember a visit to GTE's offices in the Dallas area, where they had a multiroom digital home display that showed a variety of advanced communications, entertainment and home management features.
|
Portland Becomes WiMax's Second City, Chicago Waits January 07, 2009 
Portland, Ore., became the second city to get Clearwire's 4G WiMax wireless broadband services, dubbed "Clear," the company announced Tuesday. With the rollout, users in the Portland metropolitan area will have access to anywhere broadband services whether at home, in the office or on the go. The deployment comes three months after the service was initially launched in Baltimore.
|
|
HP Makes PC-Mac Peace, but at a Cost December 29, 2008 
Picture yet another Windows vs. Mac ad, with the dweeby PC guy and the ultracool Mac dude engaging in their usual schtick. Now picture a Jimmy Carter-esque peacemaker parachuting into the shot, getting the two to shake hands, and you'll understand the rationale behind HP's new class of MediaSmart home servers.
|
How to Build a Mac Home Network December 29, 2008 
Most home networks are cobbled together without a lot of forethought about which devices are used to create it. For most, the decision is basically to use whatever their service provider shipped in a cardboard box. Whether they're going for wireless or wired, homeowners often haven't thought through their options.
|
|
Home Networking: More Than Entertainment November 05, 2008
Increasingly, consumers are connecting their stereos, plasma TVs, DVRs, PCs, laptops and gaming systems to intelligent entertainment systems designed to record, store and share media across devices throughout the home. As the home networking market continues to gain traction, what devices will they hook up next?
|
Expanding Consumers' Digital Closet Space August 01, 2008 
Consumers have embraced digital media, primarily content such as music, photos and video. They generate their own content, transfer their analog data to digital formats, and download media from the Internet. The percentage of U.S. households with platforms for image and video capture, as well as music playback, has grown significantly in the past three years.
|
|
Sony Gives PS3 a Shot of Adrenaline: Movies and a Twirling Globe June 26, 2008 
Sony's Blu-ray won the battle of high-definition DVD formats, but its PlayStation 3 gaming console has been losing the war over networked home entertainment. That will change this summer in the U.S., promised Kaz Hirai, president of Sony Computer Entertainment, during a Tokyo press conference.
|
'Dream Home' Adds High-Tech Touch to Disney Magic June 18, 2008 
Microsoft and HP are teaming up to develop the high-tech home of the future. The two companies revealed their Innoventions Dream Home at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., this week. The home features some of the newest developments in communications technology and is now open for public tours.
|
|
HP Enters Media Convergence Scrap June 17, 2008 
HP has a new way to bring all your home media together in one central place. The company introduced the HP MediaSmart Connect system Tuesday. MediaSmart Connect is essentially a wireless server that aggregates content from various sources around your home and makes it all accessible via your high-definition television.
|
A Home Server of Our Own February 19, 2008 
In the world of information technology, businesses turn to servers to manage the storage, flow and backup of just about every bit of important data. What about the family home? Many households around the world have broadband wireless networks, multiple PCs and everything from priceless vacation photos to bank account information stored on individual PC hard drives.
|
See More Articles in Home Networks Section >>
