"Cisco's Linksys products set the standard for great home networking experiences with their ease of use and outstanding performance, " said Scott Kabat, director of marketing, Cisco Home Networking business unit.
There is better support for gaming and home networking, but at heart Millennium is just Win 98 with extras as standard.
Denon receivers continue to set the pace for today's revolution in home entertainment networking, with a host of exciting networking and Web access capabilities.
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When it is finished in the second half of this year, the specification is expected to deliver data rates of 10Mbps for home phoneline networking and also to be backward-compatible and interoperate with existing HomePNA 1Mbps technology.
Ericsson's Screen Phone, which runs the open-source Linux operating system, combines both Internet access and a speaker phone, and will communicate with a home base station using the emerging Bluetooth technology for wireless personal area networking.
Skydog.com, and with first products available to backers in May 2013, Skydog is poised to disrupt the home networking market.
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Years ago, home networking was a technical curiosity meant only for those with the patience and the cash to undertake it.
Executives with Philips Electronics outlined strategy and gave advance demonstrations of new and upcoming peripherals, including a home networking system for consumers and thin-client products aimed at corporate users.
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Cisco competes with well-established players like D-Link (TPE:2332) and Netgear in the home networking market.
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Founded in 2000, the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Inc. is an industry-led initiative with 70 member companies that creates specifications and certification logo programs for using the power lines for reliable home networking and Smart Grid applications.
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For instance, Apple and Intel could leverage each other's strength to go deeper into the home entertainment realm, such as with TVs or a hub device that is more networking- and satellite-oriented than it is computer-oriented.
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