Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog That includes mobile devices hanging off wireless. Last year, an American marketing bod came into the offices ostensibly to talk about wireless networking, but halfway through his laptop-based PowerPoint pitch he said "Oh, you've got to see this...
[June 2, 2006, 18:00]
Little Things Mean A Lot For Gates
News Gates showed off the first product based on Smart Display, Microsoft's design (introduced at least year's CES as Mira) for wireless PC tablets that would allow gadget junkies to access digital media and other PC content anywhere in the house.
[January 9, 2003, 7:51]
Yahoo Ups Its Mobile Game
News The initial applications will be Yahoo Widgets Engine - small applications that perform tasks for users like checking for the presence of a wireless network - and Yahoo dashboard, which provides one-click access to Flickr photos, Yahoo Messenger...
[January 6, 2006, 8:30]
Media Center Wins Starring Role
News A class of products dubbed Media Center extenders will allow a television to access content over a wireless network from a Media Center PC elsewhere in the home. For example, shuttling all that content around the home requires a fairly...
[January 28, 2004, 8:05]
XP's Smart Display Enables Double Vision
News Once detached, the smart display connects back to the PC using 802.11 wireless networking for accessing email, surfing the Web or reading documents. We realise the benefits to customers in being able to access content on the host PC from both the...
[May 8, 2003, 13:39]
TiVo Upgrade Sets Up Streaming Network
News The Home Media Option software will let US TiVo boxes access and distribute content such as music files or digital photos stored on the hard drives of Apple Computer's Macs or on Windows PCs, streaming them to a television set or stereo via wired...
[April 9, 2003, 14:42]
Microsoft: The Next Quarter Century Pt II
News It's working on Microsoft's wireless-access middleware, codenamed Airstream, producing Microsoft Research's email prioritisation software, called Priority, and developing wireless jackets for the Pocket PC platform and next-generation phones like...
[September 4, 2000, 14:28]
Philips Builds Bridge Between TV And PC
News The Wireless Home AV Platform is expected to be available in some form early next year, costing anything from $300 to $800, depending on features -- for example, whether it has the ability to stream audio and video content from a PC.
[November 20, 2002, 11:05]
Digital TV Will Be Home 'nerve Centre' - Sony Chief
News Whether wired or wireless, your home network will be the platform for dozens of consumer devices co-existing within the home -- set-top boxes, smart phones, a whole new class of devices designed for what Sony calls the coming era of intimate...
[January 8, 1999, 10:26]
Dell Inspiron 9100 review
Reviews Our review system was well stocked with wireless options, featuring a dual-band TrueMobile 1400 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI card and a built-in Bluetooth module. The single Type II PC Card slot is also on the left-hand side, along with the audio...
[March 17, 2004, 7:45]
XP Media Center Gets Makeover
News He described extending Media Center's functions beyond the PC to other devices and making use of 802.11 wireless networking in the process. Portables running Microsoft's Tablet PC software also require wireless networking to make use of the full...
[February 14, 2003, 11:52]
