At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Marvell showed a Plug Computer small enough to plug directly into a wall socket, designed to draw so little power that it can be left on all of the time. Unlike other embedded devices in the home, it contains a GHertz class processor.

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With sales direct to consumers at only 2% of Cisco’s $40 billion business, Cisco wants to add yet another box or two to the home network. Cisco will introduce at CES a line of home entertainment products, including its own wireless digital stereo.

The appeal of the residential market is obvious. HP has updated its MediaSmart Server, a home network appliance for data distribution and backup, and something similar is may be coming from Apple.

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