This post was written by Ellen Rocklin
Microsoft brings a new era in home entertainment begins with the New Xbox Experience, as millions of Xbox 360 consoles will transform in an instant through the power of software. A bold new future begins now, where high-definition entertainment is delivered in an instant, the best games share the stage with the best movies and TV shows, and every experience is shared with friends and family in the same room or around the world. The New Xbox Experience isn’t the only thing that will look great on your TV.
Hewlett Packard has introduced its latest range of Photosmart printers that can be a good deal as a home office product. Coming with an attractive price tag, the Photosmart C5380can be really useful for those who print lots of photographs at home. Its five-ink system and the colour LCD are some of the features which make it valuable. It does not come with fax facility, but can scan and copy. The product from HP gets distinguished from its competition by its speed of printing photos. It takes just 18 seconds to print an A4-sized photograph.
Konica Minolta has recently launched a series of small compact colour printer the new magicolor 1600W. At an affordable price, this compact device produces minimal noise levels and comes with eco-friendly features, such as low energy consumption. The compact magicolor 1600W produces up to 5 pages per minute for colour documents and 20 pages per minute for black and white documents. Konica Minolta’s Simitri HD toner ensures that users get a high quality print result with fine details and true colour.
The recently released Crimzon Connects™ platform represents the first comprehensive digital home/office control and monitoring solution in the marketplace. Crimzon Connects(TM) enables users to remotely access and control office electronic devices from any WiFi enabled device with the help of multiple built-in wireless and wired connectivity interfaces. Digital control and monitoring solution supports Web-enabled and native application-based options; interface applications are available for Apple® iPhone(TM) and iPod® touch as well as Blackberry® Curve(TM).
MAAKL Mutual Bhd has launched its latest in-house sales and client management software, MAAKL Home Office (MHO) Version 3.0, which gives its unit trust advisors real-time access to monitor their portfolios. MHO Version 3 is built on the strengths of Microsoft’s technologies. They include some of the yet-to-be released 2008 technology suite. MAAKL’s CEO Wong Boon Choy said there would be new MHO upgrades moving forward as technology is always evolving.
TELSTRA is expected to roll out set-top boxes that allow internet customers to download films and play them on television, early next year. The launch of a digital video recorder would put Telstra in competition with Foxtel’s iQ DVR and Home Box Office on-demand movie service after the non-competition agreement between the two parties expired last month. The box will be given free to broadband internet customers as early as the first quarter of next year, with Telstra expecting customers to upgrade their broadband download package to take advantage of the service.
Linksys has launched the WRT110 RangePlus Wireless Router, a three-in-one device, which combines the functionality of a Wireless Access Point (WAP), built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 switch and router. It features an internal antenna technology, in which the antenna is integrated into the router body without any effect in the signal coverage. The WRT110 comes with the Linksys EasyLink Advisor (LELA) application that provides consumers with a flash video-based guided installation for PC and Mac users. LELA uses simplified terminology that does not require knowledge of networking jargon, and helps make setting up a wireless network easier.
Alereon Inc. has released a full range of high performance worldwide reference designs for Wireless USB applications. The reference designs include the Worldwide PCIe Half-MiniCard and Worldwide PCIe ExpressCard/34 reference designs for host laptops and the Worldwide Wireless USB Graphics Adapter reference design for device solutions. Leveraging on Alereon’s first generation products, which were certified by the USB-IF, the new reference designs are compliant with both the WiMedia and Certified Wireless USB specifications along with the Windows Premium Logo Program utilizing the Windows Host Controller Interface (WHCI).