Cisco Plans Its Home Invasion

theodp writes "Despite lots of scars from earlier consumer craziness which included an Internet-connected fridge, Newsweek reports Cisco has set its sights on your living room, including videoconferencing which would let CEO John Chambers watch his beloved Duke basketball with far-away relatives. While recent acquisitions of Linksys and Scientific Atlanta make Cisco the only company that can come in on top of technology that's already inside homes, some skeptics say speaking to the consumer is simply not in Cisco's genes."

Comments

Re:CEO != the general public

[ZachPruckowski]

Just because the CEO thinks something is cool doesn't mean the general public will.

Is that a nice way of saying "Duke sucks?" Because I whole-heartedly agree.

Re:CEO != the general public

[AubieTurtle]

Well, this is Slashdot, not Fark...

Home Invasion

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm not worried. I have a panic room.

That's not home invasion...

[edunbar93]

I don't know about the states, but around here when we say "home invasion", we mean "Kick in the door and beat the crap out of the residents so we can take their stuff."

It's a term they use in the criminal code too; it's not slang.

Foremost reason Cisco will flub

[suitepotato]

comcast-sub03225697>
Password:
comcast-sub03225697#set vod op adult yes
comcast-sub03225697#set vod channel 561 on
comcast-sub03225697#set vod purchase hotsexynudenurses-ep1 confirm

I don't see them being too swift on the need for enabling one-handed remote use among today's cable and satellite users. Sort of like Cisco writing Windows. It would be like using Linux to surf for pr0n. Oh, wait...

Cisco home invasion?

[sharkey]

Anyone else have visions of a $2000 4MB Flash PCMCIA card inserted rectally in the privacy of one's own kitchen?

Re:First they should know what they're talking abo

[TPS Report]

From TFA (1) audio, video and data technology requires a new type of wiring called "category 5," which has five strands within one sheath. Wrong....

You know, I can just see some real tech guy, testing him to see how much disinformation he can get away with, trying not to choke with laughter..

Real Tech Guy: hehe. And uh, so we have this new hightech stuff that's just out on the market, it's called "category 5" cable. They uhm, they call it that because it's like hurricanes. Like, a category 5 hurricane is super powerful. So the network manufacturers stole that idea, and a category 5 cable is super powerful. Like a hurricane.
Brad Stone: huh. thats so cool.
Real Tech Guy: And uh, (choking sounds, as he tries not to laugh) uhmm, what else. So anyway, Cisco, they --
Brad Stone: Sysco?
Real Tech Guy: ... yeah. Yeah, Sysco. I think you Americans spell it "Cisco" here, but anyway .. heh.. uh, so Sisco, besides making good food products, they decided to diversify into electronics. They make these things called Internet Routing Components.
Brad Stone: Mmmhm. I've heard of that.
Real Tech Guy: You can just call them "IRC" for short. hehehe. hhehehe... ... and uh, well anyway. I think that's enough for your first article. Let me know how it turns out!
Brad Stone: Thanks man! I'm gonna write all this up right now!