Today Linksys has also announced the October availability of their new Dual-Band Wireless A+G Broadband Router, PC Card, PCI Adapter, and USB Adapter. The idea of combining the two protocols is to not just cover all bases (802.11a/b/g), but to provide higher quality 5GHz “A” signal to entertainment video streaming devices coming out in the near future (rumor has it that Windows Media Extender devices will connect via 802.11a) . According to Charlie Giancarlo, president of Linksys-Cisco, at a Linksys Press Event this morning, the industry is pushing for entertainment centric streaming devices to be predominately Wireless-A for the reason that 802.11g is a “busy and congested” frequency that will interfere with wireless video transmissions (true enough, but that leaves us recent 802.11g owners in the cold). MORE »

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Linksys has just upgraded their popular Internet Video Camera to 802.11g – up from 11Mbps to 54Mbps connectivity. Unlike most webcams that attach to the PC the Linksys WVC54G Wireless-G Internet Video Camera camera like its 802.11b counterpart, has its own IP address so it can connect via wireless or wired Ethernet. With the added speed increase comes smoother, higher frame rate MPEG-4 video in dimensions up to 640×480 with audio. MORE »

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Epson is jumping into the Portable Media Player bandwagon. At the Photokina Photo Show, Digital Photography Review brought back some pictures and reported on the Epson P-2000 Multimedia Storage Viewer, a handheld device with a 3.8-inch VGA screen, 40GB hard drive, SD card slot, and the ability to play Motion JPEG and MPEG-4 video files at up to 30fps. In addition, the player can display still JPEG images, as well as, play MP3 and AAC digital music files. MORE »

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Linksys is ramping up their new Voice over IP product line with the introduction of the Linksys Phone Adapter with 2 Phone Ports (PAP2), a Wireless-G Router with 2 Phone Ports (WRT54GP2) and a wired Broadband Router with 2 Phone Ports (RT31P2). We’re predicting that most routers will come standard with a VoIP phone port by mid next year. MORE »

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This news is more for industry types… Linksys will be hosting a Home Networking Press and Analyst Event tomorrow, September 29 in San Francisco. The event will include the announcement and demonstration of products and solutions for home networking, entertainment, monitoring and voice over IP from both Linksys and industry partners. MORE »

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Kenwood has announced today the availability of their high-anticipated Kenwood Fineline VRS-N8100, an A/V receiver and digital media adapter (based on Sigma’s EM8550 media processor chipset) combined into one, which will be available for purchase in Japan, the United States, and in Europe. MORE »

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Intel shelves the idea of putting integrated wireless connectivity into their desktop motherboards. While originally the idea was welcomed by most analysts, now has lost favor due to the fact that it would cost $50 to $75 to integrate the technology, while a stand-alone access point that can do similar duties only costs around $40 in today’s market. MORE »

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Get ready for TVIP or otherwise known as TV over Internet Protocol. According to Consultancy Multimedia Research Group, there will be around 15.6 million TVIP viewers by 2007, up from a few hundred thousand today. Already companies like France Telecom, Italy’s FastWeb, and Britain’s HomeChoice are paving the way for on-demand TV programs and choose-your-own music video channels delivered over phones lines equipped with high-speed Internet connections. MORE »

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eWeek caught up with David Proctor, hardware lead for the Microsoft Portable Media Center, and was asked about the future of Portable Media Players. Proctor envisions Portable Media Players will come equipped with 125GB of data storage by 2007 for recording and storing Hi-Def video, and that PMP devices will come with wireless connectivity to “stream content on the fly from a local source, connected to a user’s home server or content provider via the Internet” in the near future. MORE »

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Nokia has just announced that they will be introducing a new wireless home monitoring solution with an integrated motion detector called the Nokia Remote Camera. However, what sets this security camera apart is that it uses GSM cellular networks and MMS technology, as opposed to an Internet landline connection, to transmit its megapixel-quality photo images or video clips with audio. MORE »

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