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TECHNOLOGY: Geek eye for the ordinary guy; DVD scratchers; wi...
...MORE WIRES The Philips Streamium FlatTV with built-in wi-fi pulls music, photos and even MPEG video content from your computer and displays it on an LCD screen. Sony is also introducing a wireless TV, the LocationFree flat panel. Plug the transmitter into a DVD player and take the screen for a stroll. The cool thing is, it's also a networked Internet appliance, so you can check your e-mail when the movie is over...
...Visart Technologies, a Chinese firm, unveiled a 17-in. LCD monitor ($900) that doesn't need any wires. The screen can be carried anywhere within about 30 m of the base station, which transmits a cable-TV or DVD signal using the same frequency spectrum as cordless phones and wi-fi. A rechargeable lithium battery that lasts four to six hours cuts the TV loose from electrical wires as well. The portable tube will be available worldwide by early 2004. - By Daniel Sieberg...
...assistant to the legendary Andy Grove, Barrett's predecessor. Last year, as Intel faced cutthroat competition from rival Advanced Micro Devices in a declining PC market, Otellini sat down with his engineering team, which wanted to make a new microprocessor for laptops. His big idea: since laptop owners add wi-fi cards to their machines so that they can surf the Internet wirelessly at any hot spot, why not build wireless connectivity into the chip itself? The result was the Centrino, which was launched this past March and has already netted Intel $2 billion in revenue--about a third...
...Visart Technologies, a Chinese firm, unveiled a 17-in. LCD monitor ($900) that doesn't need any wires. The screen can be carried anywhere within about 100 ft. of the base station, which transmits a cable-TV or DVD signal using the same frequency spectrum as cordless phones and wi-fi. A rechargeable lithium battery that lasts four to six hours cuts the TV loose from electrical wires as well. The portable tube should hit stores in the U.S. in time for the holidays. --By Daniel Sieberg