Tim Higgins
Belkin today introduced its new Desktop Internet Phone for Skype,
which has an embedded Skype client for calling without needing a computer. Plug
it into an Ethernet port on your Internet-connected LAN and you’re ready to go.
Features include speaker phone, speed dial, call hold/release, call pickup/park,
mute, redial, hold, call-timer display, and contact list.
The phone will be out in March at an MSRP of $100.
NETGEAR has announced extensions of its network camera and ReadyNAS families.
ZeeVee today announced the start of shipments of its ZvBox HD "localcast" device.
At the Broadband World Forum Europe today, Microsoft announced that it has partnered with Cisco, Motorola, Philips, and Tatung to provide new set-top boxes for Internet Protocol TV (IPTV), to support high-definition TV, digital video recording, and other advanced features.
