Rearden Steel unveils multimedia system
Source: CNet News
L33tdawg: I just heard about Rearden Steel today on TechTV ... seems like set top boxes are forcasted to be the 'in thing' for 2002.
After two years of secrecy, start-up Rearden Steel will jump into the home entertainment market Monday by announcing its first products and a name change at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company will announce that its new name is Moxi Digital and its first products will be the Moxi Media Center (MC) and Moxi Media Extension (MCx). As previously reported, the company designs software and hardware for cable and satellite set-top boxes that lets them effectively function as digital entertainment centers. With an MC, consumers will eventually be able to send e-mail, download video, play games and perform other PC-like tasks on the TV.
Satellite television company EchoStar, an early investor in Moxi Digital. is working to add Moxi's software to EchoStar's advanced satellite television receivers.
