Apple Computers' latest "small device, huge potential" product is addressed to the rapidly melding world of online & television. It connects the TV set wirelessly to any PC or Mac, making it easy to enjoy digital & online media on your TV set. Did we hear someone say "finally" ?!

Apple TV
Technically speaking, Apple's Airport connects your PC to your TV set through available standard ports using high-speed wireless capability (IEEE 802.11). So that you can treat your TV set as an additional (wirelessly connected) monitor.


Microsoft Xbox
Microsoft's Xbox is another product which addresses melding of online & television. Unlike the Airport, Xbox is wired to the TV set and acts like a set-top box for IPTV and connects to your IPTV service provider. (In addition to playing games, connecting to the Internet, downloading & storing digital content, Xbox gives you the option to susbcribe to IPTV - provided your service provider has tied up with Microsoft.)

But all things considered, Apple's device stands out for its simplicity. On one level, it is a simple wireless device which extends your PC to your TV set. But on another level, it elegantly brings online video to your living room" TV set !


TV Guide for the Internet
Offline leader in Program Guide content TV Guide is on the verge of launching a video search engine for TV content on the Internet - a sort of TV Guide of the Internet. With its strong relationships with TV networks & cable channels, will its video search engine help TV Guide regain its ' 70s glory?

* TV Guide has the distinction of being one of the world's largest circulation print magazine in the '70s