Electronic Gadgets And Gizmos

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Aside from the actual speculated products, the big news surrounding the Apple Macworld keynote was that Steve Jobs would be out sick. But as I refreshed the Gizmodo liveblog, I wondered, did it matter?

I’m a sucker for any Apple keynote, whether I’m in the stands with the press or F5′ing away at my browser like most of you. There’s a certain hypnotic timing to them, a clean presentation and a controlled, meticulous unveiling process that makes even the less exciting products seem monumental in scope.

During today’s last Apple Macworld keynote, not having been there, I actually forgot at times that Steve Jobs wasn’t presenting with Phil Schiller taking his place instead. Indeed, from the text/content alone, I wouldn’t have even noticed. The presentation style was intact—from the clean slides to the dramatic structure, it was an Apple keynote, even if it wasn’t Steve’s Apple keynote. But I want to know, do you feel the same way?

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According to Asus, their S121 12-inch netbook we saw last week features a 512GB SSD and 8 hours of battery life.

The 512GB option is predictably priced at “quite a bit,” but no specific numbers were given. The system will be available later this month.

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FROM APPLETELL - Geotagging became an official part of iPhoto ‘09 as Apple announced its new “Places” feature. Users will either be able to tag the location of the photo manually, or, if using a camera that has GPS capabilities (like, say, an iPhone), the data will be added automatically. From there, iPhoto… MORE »

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Section: Video, Accessories, HDTV, Computers, Networking, Trade Shows, CES

With the evolution of Hi-Def, the tech world has been searching for an answer to the HDMI cable issue.  Granted you can hook your computer directly to your HDTV in many cases, but a lot of people have their television in one room and their computer in another.  Well Calvium networks and Celeno communications are collaborating to bring you a whole-home full wireless HD solution.

Meeting a demand like standards based Wi-Fi solutions for HD is no small order.  But with Celeno’s OptimizAIR Wi-Fi HD home networking technology combined with Cavium’s “Super Low Latency” H.264 codec technology, the two have come together to meet capacity demands as well as reach and latency requirements for a whole-home, full wireless HD streaming video experience.

If you couple this with the push for digital television in the U.S. users will now be able to nearly do away with traditional cable, using their computer as their total media source for television, music, movies, and more.  And you can have it all in HD.

According to Lars Herlitz, GM Multimedia group Cavium Networks, “Leveraging standards based, Wi-Fi technology is key for interoperability in multi-device and multi-room use cases.  Celeno OptimizAIR Wi-Fi technology offers extra range while maintaining reliable bandwidth and special interference immunity. This will enable CE manufacturers to provide wireless display connectivity with best-of-breed video quality and practically zero latency at an extremely attractive price points.”

This all adds up to Multi-room DVR and Connected TV services, televisions with 802.11n Wi-Fi technology, and digital home networks that accommodate future plug & play of any Wi-Fi enabled TV screen.

The future of television, Hi-Def, and computers is changing and we all get to enjoy the great benefits of beautiful, streaming video in a Wi-Fi world.  No more having to figure out how to hide all those cables, just clean, pure HD. 

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