CeBIT 2005: Digital Lifestyle and Mobility

CeBIT 2005:
Digital Lifestyle and Mobility

Solutions for a digital world - that is this year's CeBIT motto. The transformation from a trade show purely for IT decision makers to a multimedia event mirrors the current trends within the industry. Following years of focus on professional business, the private consumer again ranks high in favor with IT companies. And lo and behold: the long written off PC is celebrating its revival as media center in the living room. In this special feature on the digital lifestyle, ZDNet brings you the latest news, backgrounders, and two daily videos of the most interesting products for the digital home.

Latest headlines from CeBIT

CeBIT: MPIO debuts multimedia player 15.21 Uhr

The MPIO One digital all-rounder will be available from the middle of May

CeBIT: Ensonido's surround sound for stereo headphones 15.19 Uhr

These headphones produce 5.1 multichannel sound from an MP3 player

CeBIT: Tatung 14.49 Uhr

Entertainment PCs and portable media players steal the show from servers

CeBIT: Wyse plans video thin client 14.45 Uhr

Video-on-demand is now available on a thin client with Celeron processor

CeBIT: AIM to squeeze into Blackberry 14.43 Uhr

Research In Motion is expanding its cooperation with AOL

CeBIT: Kensington puts notebooks on a pedestal 12.28 Uhr

The company presents three keyboard sets and fluorescent mice

CeBIT: JVC receiver targets high definition 12.25 Uhr

The RX-D701 high-end receiver should be available from July for €999

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		CeBIT highlights for the living room People looking for digital home solutions should go to Hanover where companies are presenting their latest developments.

		Digital Home: The PC reaches the lounge as media center For a long time, the PC was considered to be dead. Some companies had already written it off in favor of Thin Clients. Now PC technology is experiencing a renaissance and is even spreading out into the lounge. ZDNet explains what is going on.

		Power for the Digital Home: Intel's 64-bit Pentium 4 660 The Pentium 4 6xx-series sees Intel finally entering the 64-bit desktop CPU market. The new chips also offer improved power management (EIST) and memory overflow protection (XD bit).

		Room for improvement: TV reception via Media Center PC The optimal living-room PC looks good, delivers very good performance and can hardly be heard. Digital TV reception is however not yet perfect.

		Security standards: Protect your wireless digital home Only those who know WLAN security standards can configure them to optimally protect a network. ZDNet provides a current overview.