The box will boast HDMI ouput, WiFi, USB expansion, UPnP and DLNA compatibility.

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However, to me, one of the most exciting new features was their long-overdue update to the 360's UPnP client.

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The company refused to accept UPnP, even though company officials admitted that there was no technical reason for doing so.

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Apple was compliant already on five, but used its own Rendezvous (now renamed Bonjour) instead of UPnP for discovery and control.

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UPnP has long been considered a liability by network administrators because of its ability to offer a path through a corporate firewall to devices that use the protocol.

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Perhaps the most exciting feature, according to AAS, is the inclusion of UPnP, which allows content to be streamed to and from the phone from any number of compatible PC and home theater devices.

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His company has released a scanning tool to find vulnerable UPnP devices, and suggests users disable UPnP on both any endpoint devices that use the protocol on their internal network as well as their Internet router.

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