Moments ago at the Wi-Fi Alliance Smart Energy Forum, four key networking alliances announced a consortium to test and certify the interoperability of Smart Energy Profile 2.0 applications and devices. This is big. Important. Vital to the success of the Smart Grid, even. Why? Well, until now, the ZigBee Alliance had a stranglehold on the ...

Very compelling announcements coming out of the  AT&T press conference–20 new “4G” devices in 2011; a full LTE buildout by the end of 2013; Wi-Fi integration between the iPad and the U-verse set-top box, enabling enhanced control of the TV viewing experience (vital, particularly in light of Comcast’s announcement this morning about enabling streaming to ...

Yesterday, Motorola announced that they’re acquiring 4Home, one of the industry’s leading software solutions for the connected home. In addition to being really good guys, the 4Home team has done a great job building out a very cool platform for a number of home applications, including energy management. At first pass, I said "A cell ...

Moments after Steve Jobs announced the new Apple TV yesterday, I sent out a status update that said, "Time to pre-order the new Apple TV. DLNA needs to worry, right freakin’ now. And I’m a HUGE DLNA fan." I made it nearly an entire minute before my phone rang; that call was shortly interrupted by ...

Today I’m at the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, D.C. The array of energy talent here from around the world is mind-boggling. I’m extremely proud that the United States as a country was able to pull together an initial conference like this; UAE and the U.K. will have a high bar to meet as they ...

I’ve been following the recent hubbub about Google’s collection of data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks with great interest. Why? Been there, done that. Even got the t-shirt, along with news articles and local TV. In early 2002, I went to work for a security software company called Cranite Systems; our claim to fame was that ...

Each year at CES, queues for taxis, coffee, and lunch always seem to take a month, particularly during the first two days of the show. Pretend it’s still CES…it’s been a long month.  As Editor Rizzn says, you don’t read us for quick snippets, you read us for analysis.  Maybe even insight, at least occasionally. ...

I spent this morning with Dan Borislow and Y.W. Sing, the CEO and Vice Chairman of MagicJack.  In mid-November, I met with Dr. Sing in his Silicon Valley office for a preview of what we discussed today, enabling me to noodle on applications and show up with a raft of questions.  Dan has been talking ...

Most overlooked development which will change your world: SD Association is showing prototypes of SD cards using SDXC format (announced last year), breaking through the previous 32 GB limitation of SDHC. While initial shipments will be at 64 GB, the SDXC specification supports up to 2 TB–that’s right, terabytes, allowing storage of 100 high definition ...

In mid-November, the California Energy Commission passed a law regulating energy efficiency in televisions 58” and smaller.  The outcry from manufacturers and many consumers was swift, loud, and often nasty.  The praise from environmental and regulatory groups was just as swift, not nearly as loud, and had no reason to be nasty.  A bunch of ...