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Luring TV watchers to interact with the tube
Will the TV become the next great Internet-access device? Will SIP trunking be the best VoIP service? Despite some modest successes by high-profile players (Microsoft’s WebTV and AOL TV), it’s still something of a $64 million (billion?) question. But that isn’t stopping plenty of technology providers from joining the game.
Coollogic, for example, recently released a set-top box called the Internet Ready 7200. Based on Coollinux AE, the company’s Linux-based OS for Internet appliances, the device employs National Semiconductor’s MediaGX processor and can connect to the Internet using a dial-up modem or—via Ethernet—cable or DSL. The box comes with Netscape’s Web browser and supports Java applications and all major plug-ins.
Coologic aims to sell Coollinux AE to OEMs in the Internet device market, but also sees a lucrative market for the device itself among ISPs who want to expand their customer base to non-PC homes.
Ravisent Technologies, meanwhile, has introduced Nucleo,… Continue reading