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To: Rande Is who wrote (28013)	6/20/2000 9:55:00 AM
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To: Rande Is who wrote (28013)	6/20/2000 10:07:00 AM
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LBRT...looks to have bottomed(part of AOL tv)float is somewhat staturated but may have bottomed here;was $300 pre split in Jan 2000 Digital living room holds future of entertainment technology June 19, 2000 by Jeff St. John DANA POINT, CALIF. -- The third annual Upside Events Digital Living Room conference got under way today with a slew of presentations: a new Home Network server from 3Com (COMS); new OSGI platform-based development plans from Home Director; and demonstrations of Internet connectivity via Liberate Technology's (LBRT) new AOL (AOL) TV platform and TellMe Networks' and BeVocal's phone-based Internet services. Beyond the digital picture frame on the wall and the digital piano in the corner, the "living room" set on the main stage of the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel's ballroom is as yet unfurnished. However, as evidenced by the 30-plus companies presenting their networking, broadband, wireless and voice-recognition technologies here, there are plenty willing to finish the job. Panel discussions on the future of broadband entertainment and what's in store for digital music in the face of the Napster challenge will help determine just what that job will be. Step right up First in line was event sponsor Home Director, Inc., the networking company that was spun off from IBM (IBM) in January 2000. President and CEO Mary Walker, the first keynote speaker, brought out her laptop computer, cell phone, digital camera and various connecting cables -- what she called the "mess of connectivity" that companies must integrate with a single user interface and useful applications. The most advanced network "has no value if you have no applications that run on it," she said. To these ends, Walker announced that Home Director will be developing "real service bundles" to run on the OSGI standard service platform. She also said Home Director will partner with Inside Software to develop applications for National Semiconductor's (NSM) Web pad. Julie Shimer, vice president and general manager of 3Com's residential connectivity group, offered her company's contribution with the unveiling of HomeConnect, a purse-sized black box that is a dedicated network server with commercial-grade firewall protection. With a promised "easy, quick setup," HomeConnect is compatible with Ethernet or phone cord networks and with cable, DSL or analog modem Internet connections. Shimer stressed ease-of-use in her presentation, saying that too much new technology was "too hard to install, use and manage," and too often failed to "integrate into services consumers are willing to pay for." Mitchell Kertzman, CEO of Liberate Technologies, the software platform provider for AOL TV, made the case for television-based interactivity with a live demonstration of the newly launched interactive TV service. AOL TV carries over current AOL members' identities, buddy lists and other account features to the TV platform, which Kertzman said would entice current AOL members to pay the extra $15 per month for AOL TV. And, he said, the service's integration of TV advertising and online point-and-click shopping ability "moves point-of-sale and point-of-advertising together." Heady discussions touch on broadband, Napster A discussion moderated by San Jose Mercury News columnist Mike Langberg pointed out the main stumbling block for previous attempts to bring broadband entertainment to consumers -- the content wasn't very entertaining. Matti Leshem, CEO of AntEye.com, a website that lets visitors vote on which video clips they find the most entertaining, provided one possibility. Jonathan Taplin, president and CEO of video-Internet company Intertainer, said that documentaries could be enriched by allowing viewers to access the extra footage that had been cut from the film, as well as information resources on the film's subject. Panelists addressing the future of digital music online were quick to label Napster's brand of file sharing "piracy," but differed on what might take its place. Moderator Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies, noted that Napster was a "groundswell" that would forever change the way creative content was distributed and sold, and warned that those who could not adapt would be left behind. With all the searching for what the digital living room might finally look like, one message was clear -- it is the future for service and entertainment technology. As conference producer Stewart Cheifet said in his opening remarks, today's information technology companies "can't survive without networking in the home." Jeff St. John is a general assignment reporter for UpsideToday. Top Stories ú When DSL is put on hold ú Commerce One partners with XML software startup ú Volatility for dummies ú Anti-spam laws go national ú Wireless woes Reuters Breaking News ú Sony Aims to Be Big Player in Cell-Phone Mkt-COO ú Internet Use in Japan Surges, Thanks to Cell Phones ú Oracle Set to Report for Tipsy Market ú The Industry Standard: Stock Grok ú Internet.com: Market Close more... Financial Info COMS quotes ratings LBRT quotes ratings AOL quotes ratings IBM quotes ratings NSM quotes ratings Research Center Get more info from our vast library of national news, tech pubs and Web sites at UpsideToday's Research Center. Back to Yahoo