CES 2010: Highlights from FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski public forum
US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski was interviewed by CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro at a Super Session panel January 8 at CES 2010. Topics of discussion included Chairman Genachowski's efforts to modernize the FCC and his vision for the agency in the coming decade.
Genachowski and Shapiro also discussed developments in crafting new pro-competition policy, and the ability to develop incentives to keep mobile and hardwired broadband cheap.
CES 2010 Live: How soon can Netgear deliver HD video on 11n?
Consumers said quite clearly that they just don't want another "box" hanging outside their PCs. That's why, this year, set-top box (STB) technology is being relocated inside the guts of HDTVs. Last year, Netgear showed off a device it thought might catch on, an "Internet TV" box. But what it really wants is the part of the action where its technology streams HD content locally within the home. So this year, we're expecting to hear more about something called "4x4 MIMO Full-11n" (say that three times real fast), which promises to be a more invisible way for Netgear routers to stream full HD content from the Internet (or from other devices) to the STBs built into new HDTVs. Patrick Roanhouse reports live from the scene of Netgear's morning press conference at CES.
Netgear had some nice wares to show off:
3G/4G Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router (MBRN3000)
5-port Home Theater & Gaming Network Switch (GS605AV)
Digital Entertainer Express (EVA9100)
Powerline 200 AV Adapter Kit (XAVB2001)
Powerline 200 AV+ Adapter Kit (XAVB2501)
Stora (MS2110) - Media Raid NAS
Wireless-N 300 Router & DSL Modem (DGN2200)
Wireless-N 300 Router & DSL Modem-Mobile BBnd Ed (DGN2200M)