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  Where broadband Internet is headed: To the kitchen 

  http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/16/news/novel17.php

  NEW YORK : Dream kitchens may soon include a computer along with the latest refrigerator or oven. That way, people gathered at the family hub can satisfy their digital needs along with nutritional ones. ... Hewlett-Packard's new TouchSmart IQ770 PC, which retails for $1,699 in the United States, is designed for that kitchen of the future, where people turn on the computer - along with the coffeepot - and then check the screen for the weather, ball scores and the family calendar as they prepare breakfast. The calendar on the TouchSmart is easy to use. Entries can be written on the touch-sensitive screen with a finger or stylus, or entered on a keyboard, so that everyone knows what is ahead during the day, from the dentist at 9 in the morning to the parent-teacher's association meeting at 7 in the evening. The computer also has a high-definition television receiver, a DVD player and a 19-inch, or 48-centimeter, screen that moves up and down and tilts, so that people having a snack at the   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 17 September 2007, by: Kate Porter  [Report as spam]

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  Tags:  broadband, consumer electronics, internet, connectivity, kitchen , communications   [More...] [Less...]