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Cisco Plans Its Home Invasion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the my-fridge-talks-to-me-at-night dept.

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."

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  1. Simply not in Cisco's genes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cisco can buy a virus.

  2. PEOPLE WITH MOD POINTS: CALL FOR HELP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dear Slashdot readers,

    I am Mr. Abii Debe, staff of Citco Trust & Finance House Accra Ghana, I am the
    Credit management and recovery manager with the Company office in Ghana before I
    was transferred to our head office here in Lagos Nigeria, Late Engineer Wilson
    Joe was my personal Client before he died in an accident, he was a contractor
    with Shell Development Company and he is from your Country.

    On the 21st of April 2002, Engr. Wilson, his wife and their two children were
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    All I will need is to put your name and particulars as his next of kin to in our
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    Please contact me as quickly as possible through this email address
    (adebe021@yahoo.com) treat this matter as very important and confidential.

    When I hear from you, we shall discuss the terms of sharing of the money after
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    I await your urgent response.

    Best regards,

    Mr Abii Debe

  3. Re:Duke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    NCAA CHAMPS 2006! :D

  4. Quit piddling around... by Hosiah · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    If you're hot to develop the next Big Thing in appliances connected to the web, it's time to look at: sexbots. Take one blow-up vinyl doll, add some light machinery (with low-trigger pressure cutoffs for safety sake), screens for faces (to show your partner's webcam shot, natch), and controls which can be operated wirelessly. The interface should be simple enough to work from a cellphone and movements sequences should be recordable.

    There's already a slew of gizmos out there to help couples feel intimately close when they're a world apart (here's another one); this would just be the final piece of the puzzle. All it is is cybersex with moving parts - message with *both* hands on the keyboard for a change. You'd be a millionaire, there'd be fewer wars because nobody would come out of their apartments for weeks, and the human race would gradually become extinct.