Smart Home News

Residential CE installations on the rise in 2010, studies predict


A new study forecasts that about 75% of system integrators expect residential installation work to increase in 2010.

Can a Mouse Cut the Cable?

With new devices making it easy to stream Internet content to a television, more people are watching cable shows for free.

Panasonic sales of 3-D TVs get off to a strong start


In their first week of availability in the U.S., Panasonic said that it sold out its available stock of 3-D TVs, prompting the company to take back-orders.

IPad starts strong with pre-order sales


Analysts are predicting that the device, which actually hits store shelves next month, will rack up 5 million in sales during its first year.

Xbox edges out PS3, Wii in February sales


Microsoft's Xbox 360 beat out Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii to grab the top-selling spot among video game consoles during February.

Digital TV to get compulsory parental locks

MANUFACTURERS split over plans to make parental locks compulsory on digital TVs and set top boxes.

The confluence of social networks and video games


Social-networking sites such as Facebook can, and most likely will, play a big part in the future success of the video game industry, according to this report.

How Privacy Vanishes Online

Using bits of data from social network sites, researchers gleaned names, ages and even Social Security numbers.

Is the Twitter era finally coming to an end?


Twitter has dominated SXSW for the past few years, but at this year's festival, attendees were more impressed by location-based services such as Gowalla and Foursquare than by the microblogging site.

XpanD's 3-D glasses work with most 3-D TV models


Hoping to bridge a significant obstacle to rapid 3-D adoption by consumers, XpanD has come out with the X103 glasses, an active-shutter eyewear system that the company says works with most types of 3-D TVs.