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AOL Time Warner's Schuler To Lead Digital Services Unit -
04/09/2002 WSJ
NEW YORK -- AOL Time Warner
Inc. announced that Barry Schuler will leave his post as chairman
and chief executive of the company's struggling America Online
division to head a new unit developing digital products and
services.
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Microsoft planning home entertainment hub - 01/15/2002 C|NET
Microsoft plans to transform
its new Xbox (news - web sites) game console into a general
home device that handles everything from e-mail to video recording,
according to analysts who follow the company.
Prudential Securities analyst Hans Mosesmann released a report
Tuesday, stating that HomeStation, a multifunction consumer
appliance that has been the subject of rumor and speculation
for several months, is real and could dramatically change
the PC market.
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New Products
Rio
HSX-109 Digital Audio Center
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Market
Statistics
- 10 Million US homes will have home networks by 2003. Source:
Yankee Group
- 20 Million US households will adopt home networks by 2010.
Source: Parks Associates
- Residential gateway market will grow to $2.4 billion by
2003. Source: Cahners In-Stat Group
- Residential networks and home automation subsystems industry
will reach $6.2 billion in revenues by 2005. Source: Allied
Business Intelligence.
Bedroom emails kitchen -
April 12, 2001
Demand for new wireless products pushed sales of in-home networking
equipment up 97 percent in 2000, to $290 million, according
to market research firm Cahners In-Stat. Agere Systems' Orinoco
products earned a 37 percent share of wireless equipment sales,
while Proxim's Symphony products grabbed a 25 percent share.
Intel dominates the phone-line networking segment with 53
percent of all connections.
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