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FireWire Gets Ready to Go Wireless
mindless4210 writes "The 1394 Trade Association has approved a specification for the development of wireless FireWire applications, which will let 1394-enabled devices, both wired and unwired, to connect with each other. The new spec will enable communication between a variety of devices, such as set-top boxes, HDTVs, tuners, and DVD players, all of which will be able to interoperate in home networks. Officials speculated that in the future there could be plug-in cards for set-top boxes enabling wireless connection to DVD players and hard-disk drives. The trade association also said it will work with the WiMedia Alliance to jointly develop collaborative products."
Great! Now that I've got this awesome free internet connection from my neighbors I can look forward to getting HBO without cables too! The future looks bright!
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They need to get away from the 1394 name. It's confusing for people. They should call it FireWireless!!!
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Wireless FireWire
Yes but can it charge my ipod?
Im dreaming ofa big bndwdth, That can resist the
On a hard drive of its own where the wife can't find it!
Wireless Firewire, aka Fire.
Wireless Firewire... wouldn't that just be called "Fire"?
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Snider speculated that there could be plug-in cards for set-top boxes enabling wireless connection to DVD players and hard-disk drives.
Great, so I wasted all my time on a SFF MythPC for nothing... J/K. Actually, come to think of it, my home theater is almost wireless already. I pulled back the entertainment center the other day to plug in the X-Box and decided to do some cleaning up (Gasp!). It was like a fight to the death between the lonely geek and the green glowing tenticle creature from bad anime pr0n. Anyway, I ended up pulling out about 4 composite A/V cables, an S-Video cord, numerous cat-5 cables, and some Molex plugs that werent being used.
How the molex's got there is beyond me. I think the cat may have had something to do with it. Little Kerberos has had her evil eyes on me since then, maybe I distrupted her evil plan to take over the world... Or at least the home network.
Im dreaming ofa big bndwdth, That can resist the
Liar liar wireless bra and panties on fire.
Its not fireWIRE at all. Better names would be:
FireFi
WiFire
Fireless
FiFi
FireTooth
NAWP (not another wireless protocol)
This is a hacker's dream come true!
One of the great things about firewire is that it can power devices.. I guess this is no longer the case.
Actually, read the spec. Firewireless can power your devices, too. You just have to buy the optional, 4 foot tall Tesla coil, and plug it into a 480 volt commercial power adapter.
I can say "read the spec" because I'm pretty sure you haven't... this is SLASHDOT!
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You can power your wireless Firewire devices with your cordless extension cord.
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The cave men had fire without wires, and we're talking about how advanced we are. Hell, they didn't even have to worry about RF interference!
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