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New Linux-based multimedia STB "blows you away" (ZDNet)
Jan. 07, 2002

ZDNet's Richard Shim reports that after two years of secrecy, start-up Rearden Steel will jump into the home entertainment market today by announcing its first product (an Embedded Linux based set-top entertainment system) and a name change at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Shim writes . . .

"The Palo Alto, CA based company will announce that its new name is Moxi Digital and its first products will be the Moxi Media Center (MC) and Moxi Media Extension (MCx). As previously reported, the company designs software and hardware for cable and satellite set-top boxes that lets them effectively function as digital entertainment centers. With an MC, consumers will eventually be able to send email, download video, play games and perform other PC-like tasks on the TV."

"Satellite television company EchoStar, an early investor in Moxi Digital. is working to add Moxi's software to EchoStar's advanced satellite television receivers."

"Moxi debuts in what is shaping up to be the latest gold rush for technology companies. Microsoft, Intel, Apple Computer and the major PC companies, among others, are coming out with technology that will bridge the gap between the TV, a fixture in the home, and computer technologies."

"The Moxi MC is a set-top box design using the company's middleware, which runs between a modified version of the Linux operating system and interactive services, such as a digital video recorder, digital music jukebox, enhanced DVD playback as well as online capabilities including instant messaging, e-mail, Web browsing and chat. It serves as the focal point for digital content in the home and can wirelessly, or through wires, communicate with other consumer electronics devices, such as televisions, throughout the home using the Moxi MCx, which serves as a sort of a terminal for the set-top boxes using Moxi MC software. The set-top boxes based on Moxi MC software can be designed to include a modem, hard drive and Firewire ports."

"In future versions of Moxi Digital's software, the set-top boxes will be able to communicate with other devices so consumers will be able to watch television programming on handhelds or download video from camcorders to be displayed on the television."

"Moxi Digital will not manufacture the boxes, but will work with customers, such as cable and satellite companies, to incorporate its technology into a customers existing infrastructure. Moxi will also assist in designing set-tops. The company aims to generate revenue through software licensing . . ."

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