And other wireless networking technologies such as Wi-Fi are gaining popularity, but mostly for short-range networks in offices and homes.

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The changes were designed to focus the company on creating groups of products that work together to meet the needs of specific end markets, such as the way Intel bundled a laptop processor with wireless networking technologies to create its Centrino brand.

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While the PC has gotten easier, newer technologies, such as wireless home networking, are as depressingly complicated as computers once were.

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For a start, that means agreeing on a wireless-networking standard: but there are several rival technologies.

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While a lot of attention has been paid on wireless networking in recent months--Apple Airport and Lucent Technologies ' (nyse: LU - news - people) Orinoco products come to mind--some of the products have been criticized for being difficult for the average home users to set up.

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Once on the network, the ARIS Wireless Card for Windows (included) automatically updates software over the Internet to maintain the latest networking and codec technologies.

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