Emerging Technology

Voice over IP, Ultra-Mobile PCs, IPTV, wireless streaming, and other convergence products and technologies

Just when we were getting used to having everything go through our connected PC, the industry starts streaming it through the air. WiFi-enabled products like D-Link for HD and Digital Entertainer from Netgear perform tasks we didn't even think needed performing. Think dream-features like wirelessly scanning all the drives in your house for content and sorting them into a searchable list you can view from your TV. What next? A feature that lets you pause the football game playing in your living room and resume playback in the bedroom? In fact, yes.