| Recent Cool Tools column: If Slingbox married TiVo
Monsoon Multimedia's Hava Titanium HD WiFi device connects to a video source like a TV or DVD player and your home broadband network and transmits TV over a wireless network. Latest Cool Tool blogs: Cisco launches wireless multi-room audio system, digital media NAS
The news of Cisco's home entertainment product push came out last month, but today we have learned some more details about the product names, pricing and availability. Is Cisco's price-point for its wireless multiroom music system too high?
Cisco launches its much-hyped wireless multiroom music system but at a cost of 5-bills for the basic combo package, is it priced too high for the masses? Cisco: Consumer business to be worth $10 billion in 5 years
Cisco wants you to think of its brand when you think consumer electronics. Going against big guns like Apple and Sonos it has been busy pre-briefing journalists about its push into the consumer electronics space, which Cisco CEO John Chambers, said would be worth $10 billion to Cisco in 5 years. DRM-free iTunes: At last, I can play Funkytown wherever
As part of its Macworld announcements, Apple today announced that all of its music will soon be available in the iTunes Plus format, Apple's, DRM-free format that includes 256Kbps AAC encoding. In April, songs on iTunes will be available at one of three prices: $0.69, $0.99 or $1.29, based on what the music labels charge Apple. CES: Lenovo launches new IdeaPads and thin desktop
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) starts on Thursday officially, but we're already getting a flurry of announcements and other news. Parks: Home networking gets mobile in '09
A new study from research firm Parks Associates says interest in home networking technologies will move away from connecting fixed devices (PCs, printers, etc.), and toward mobile and portable devices that can connect to an existing network. The study found that nearly 50% of U.S. broadband households want a digital camera with networking functions, and almost 40% would be interested in a networked digital photo frame. Streaming TV via Hava
I'm working at home today in the "basement branch", so I'm pretty psyched that I was able to get the Hava Titanium HD WiFi device hooked up as part of this week's Cool Tools column. I've got my work notebook connected to the VPN, and the desktop is streaming TV content from upstairs. For the past hour or so I've been monitoring news coverage, and the streaming has been very good (no jitter on the LAN). Latest from The video library: Consumer Tech 2009 Preview
Discover the trends we can look forward to in 2009 in the world of consumer electronics. 2008 Gadgets in Review
Surprisingly, it wasn't just about the iPhone 3G. Take a look at some other gadgets we loved in 2008. Year in Review: Robots Everywhere!
We present a series of videos taking a look at the past year in the world of gadgets, robots, Microsoft, Apple and other tech news. Mouse turns 40
This week saw the 40th birthday of the computer mouse. At a Stanford University event commemorating the invention, the audience took a trip down memory lane. They watched a video from December 9, 1968 where Douglas Engelbart demoed the first mouse. Latest Twisted Pair podcast: Jason would be a lousy Pilgrim
Surviving the Ice Storm of 2008, Jason and Keith talk about unsafe Web browsers, what the Apple faithful will do without a Steve Jobs keynote, and what we would do with our own space shuttle. Latest Newsmaker of the week: Phones to replace laptops by 2020
Newsmaker Janna Anderson, an assistant professor at Elon University's School of Communications, reveals details of the Future of the Internet report that found mobile phones will most likely replace computers for Web access in the coming years -- particularly in developing countries. (10:19) Latest Network World Panorama podcast: 2009 IT Prediction Podcasts
Our experts offer up IT predictions in the world of security, social networking, IT spending and the hottest job skills for the upcoming year. An entire series of podcasts are available for download to get you ready for 2009. The 5 Hottest IT Job Skills for 2009
Do you know enough about mobile application development, cloud computing and virtualization? Those are among the hottest IT job skills that companies will be looking for in 2009. Dave Barbato, Steve Allard and Brian O'Connor from Talent Retriever discuss the five key technology areas that IT job candidates will want to have on their resumes for 2009. (16:48) IT spending in the downturn
No surprise here -- discretionary spending is gone, while outlays for capital projects crimped. But what other spending trends will this year reveal? Since the downturn began, research firm Strategic Oxygen has interviewed more than 10,000 IT decision-makers about their technology purchase plans. CEO Michael Gale shares his 2009 IT spending outlook. Wireless in '09: Faster, greener, smarter
With wireless LANs well-established in the home and enterprise, the upcoming year will see the networks get smarter (better management, handoffs, etc.), greener (power savings) and faster (performance boosts). Kelly Davis-Felner from the Wi-Fi Alliance shares these predictions and other thoughts for the world of wireless in 2009. (12:17) Videoconferencing in 2009: The perfect storm?
Will the combination of tighter travel budgets and better technology (high definition!) finally propel videoconferencing into the mainstream? Joe Sigrist, senior VP and GM of Polycom's video solutions division, thinks the technology is on the cusp and poised for big growth in 2009. Enterprises to get even more social in 2009
Social networking has exploded into the market place over the past few years, and its reach into the enterprise will get deeper, in 2009, according to Pringo CEO Majid Abai. He discusses the groups of the enterprise that will embrace social networking functions in 2009 and beyond with Keith Shaw. From corporate HR using social tools to train employees, towards adopting new technology to foster Millenial employees, social networking is here to stay, Abai says. Top 5 watch points for the IT job market
As part of our 2009 IT Predictions series, we talk with Rich Milgram, CEO of job site Beyond.com. Milgram gives us his insider's take on what we can expect to see with IT jobs in the coming year. Find out how IT roles will change within the enterprise and learn which types of job openings will see posted most often. 2009: This is the year to automate IT
After a year of kicking the tires on IT process automation and seeing increasing costs in offshoring/outsourcing, many are convinced that 2009 will bring further investment in automating the manual IT processes as a way to cut costs while still extending IT services to the business. NetIQ's Chris Pick discusses the trends for 2009 with Keith Shaw, and also explains why IT process automation is like a giant universal remote control. (25:02) Top Cyber-Threats for 2009
Our resident security prognosticator, Mike Paquette from Top Layer Networks, joins us again to review his 2008 predictions in the world of cyber-crime (he did pretty well) and gazes into the crystal ball for 2009, including the prediction that we could be seeing the end of the "trusted" Web site. (13:47) New attack patterns emerge in 2009
Botnets were just the beginning. The bad guys will continue to use these to try and steal your data, but more sophisticated attacks over the application layer and targeted network attacks are on the way. Danny McPherson from Arbor Networks discusses the new ways that hackers will be trying to get into (and steal information) from your network in 2009. (10:30). Security Trends for 2009
The true nature of the cloud, the quagmire of data leak prevention and virtual machine blind spots are some of the security issues that IT managers will face in 2009. Sophos CTO Richard Jacobs talks with Keith Shaw about the big picture for security in the upcoming year. (16:13) Latest Voices from IT Roadmap: Blurring the lines makes security more difficult
Things like Web 2.0 and unified communication applications as well as virtualization all make securing an enterprise network more difficult. Nemertes' Andreas Antonopoulos explains how security policies and systems need to become more flexible to fit the new ways we work. (10:28) Latest from Cisco Subnet January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
Up for grabs: Two Cisco training courses from Skyline-ATS worth up to $6,990, a Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500, 15 copies each of the hot book titles Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration, IPv6 Security and Chained Exploits: Advanced Hacking Attacks. Get all the entry details here. | 
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