Hi-tech start-up, PacketVideo, has developed software to let people watch streamed video on their mobile phones and palmtop computers. The software was originally designed to run on third-generation mobiles - not due for release until 2003 - but it...
Earlier this week, Sony said it was working with eight other Japanese companies - Hitachi, Matsushita Electronics Industrial, Sharp, Toshiba, Sanyo Electric, Victor of Japan, Pioneer and Mitsubishi Electronics - to develop technical specifications...
Over a long period, a low bandwidth connection can deliver large data files (for instance, a movie) and as long as they are there when the viewer wants them, it is of no moment that they didn't arrive over broadband.
A few years ago, when the term 'appliance' first came into common use in the IT industry, comparisons were often made with domestic appliances like fridges. Appliances are ideal for network-based applications: you plug two or more wires into the...
Companies like Dell, HP, and software behemoth Microsoft envision the PC to be the cornerstone of digital home entertainment, capable of everything from video recording to wirelessly streaming music and pictures from desktops to stereos and...
We have notified all customers and provided them with clear instructions on how to protect their appliances," he wrote, adding that no Google Search Appliance or Google Mini users have reported any exploits of the flaw.