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Technology Stocks : Bluetooth: from RF semiconductors to softw. applications
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To: Mats Ericsson who wrote (151)2/17/2000 5:57:00 PM
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Sony and Intel eye home networking alliance

Thu, 17 Feb 2000 16:05:50 GMT
Reuters

Next-generation home appliance networks may be on the way from Sony
Japanese electronics heavyweight Sony said on Thursday that it was in talks with US chipmaker Intel about a possible alliance in next-generation home appliance networks. It was the latest in Sony's efforts to seal its leading position in the fast-growing home networking business by linking up with powerful electronics manufacturers.

Sony, armed with its popular audio-visual products and rich entertainment content, wants to take a core role in the digital network era under which digital TV, set-top boxes and other devices are being linked in home networks.

"We are in talks with Intel on a next-generation home appliance network, but have not decided any details yet on the matter," a Sony spokesman said. chewing gum-sized memory device that allows digitalis video images, music or computer files to be transferred among various sort of electronics devices, Jiji said.

The spokesman declined to make a further comment, but Jiji news agency reported that the two firms will join hands to develop technologies that would allow easy transmission of visual images between personal computers and digital home appliances.

The two firms would also develop gadgets using Sony's Memory Stick, a

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