Engineers working for car companies and using networked computer-aided design terminals still file their ideas directly to the server for the chief designer to approve rather than bouncing them around among colleagues for collective improvement.

ECONOMIST: Wiring corporate Japan

PCs are another thing: the advance of networked-computer systems in business has already led, he argues, to a new surge of organisational innovation.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

The new Onkyo TX-NR807 also capable of playing computer music files from networked PCs, is fully compatible with the Digital Living Network Alliance's DLNA 1.5 consumer electronics interoperability specification, and sells for less than half the price of the company's previous network-capable model.

ENGADGET: Onkyo TX-NR807 and TX-SR707 receivers keep the updates rolling