Category: Wireless home
Lexmark announces new wireless range of printers
With many houses having a wireless network and more than one PC (or Mac) in the house, it seems sensible to expect wireless printers to become the norm. Lexmark certainly think so, with the majority of its new inkjet printers…
Acer unveils Altos easyStore – network storage for small business and consumers
Acer has launched the Altos easyStore, described as an "intelligent" network storage solution suitable for small office and home network environments. The Altos easyStore provides up to 2TB of storage capacity using 4 high capacity drives. Through a web interface,…
Apple TV finally ships in the UK
Delayed from its original February launch date, Apple TV (formerly iTV) has finally gone on sale in the UK – and can be yours for £199. If you've yet to encounter Apple's latest gadget, it is a way of…
Miglia TVMax+ – record to your Mac and stream to Apple TV
Here's a neat little add-on for the Mac – the Miglia TVMax+ – which offers TV recording to your Mac and streaming to your Apple TV box. And if you have a Mac Mini, all the better, as it's sized…
20Mbps broadband, huh? What is it good for?
Last week, Virgin Media announced plans to double the speed of its most expensive broadband service from 10Mbps to 20Mbps. Due to come into effect this May, it’ll be the fastest widely-available home internet connection in the UK.
CeBIT 2007: Just what is Commodore up to?
We've come a long way since the 8-bit days, that's for sure. One of the key stories from this year's CeBIT show so far has been the fact that Commodore is back with a vengeance. And happily, that doesn't just mean trading on the past glories of its C64 home computer, but is instead based on an entirely new generation of gadgets.
CeBIT 2007: Linksys on how its new KiSS 1600 media adapter fits into its Connected Home vision
A few years ago, I was lucky enough to spend a week in Japan interviewing the likes of Sony and Panasonic about their visions of the connected homes of the future, where all your content (TV, music, internet data etc) would come into your house through a fat broadband pipe, into a media gateway device, which would then distribute it around the house.
CeBIT 2007: Linksys unveils KiSS 1600 wireless media player
Yet another wireless media player – and like the Netgear player, the Linksys KiSS 1600 is also HD-friendly. The KiSS 1600 can stream high definition video, audio, pictures and other forms of digital content to your TV – either…
Netgear launches EVA8000 – HD-friendly digital media receiver
More and more streaming media devices are hitting the market, the latest of which is the EVA8000 from Netgear, which offers streaming of standard and high-definition content, plus content from popular internet sites. The EVA8000 automatically discovers HD movies,…
Pinnacle PCTV To Go – stream your living room viewing around the home and beyond
Pinnacle has launched the PCTV To Go network TV box, which allows you to watch their living room TV on a PC at home or anywhere in the world. Connected to any set-top box, DVR or VCR, the Pinnacle…
