Comments on: Intel's Remote Wake Gives PCs a Super Poke

By: Innovaciones que dinamizan mercados « Telematica & Linux

Innovaciones que dinamizan mercados « Telematica & Linux — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:16:36 +0000

[...] del teclado completo y pantalla grande de un portátil, sin perjudicar la duración de su batería. Una función verdaderamente disruptiva. ¿Cómo la ha conseguido Dell? Muy sencillo: instalando en sus portátiles un sistema operativo [...]

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Innovaciones que dinamizan mercados » El Blog de Enrique Dans — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:15:26 +0000

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:46:45 +0000

@Jim

Sure, just like Centrino requires a bunch of Intel chips. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get the very same functionality without the Intel chips — just that you can’t call it Centrino! I’m not claiming that Remote Wake is just marketing speak for Wake on LAN, just suggesting that it might be and there is reason to be suspicious. And if it’s not WoL, what exactly is wrong with WoL, in Intel’s view?

By: Yuvraj Agarwal

Yuvraj Agarwal — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:04:11 +0000

It is definitely interesting, especially since it serves to show how important reducing the power for desktops/laptops is. However it is relatively scant on the details. Also, as pointed out this solution does require an entirely new motherboard/chipset and also changes to the software (e.g. on Jajas servers etc).

Just a shameless plug for some of the work myself and my colleagues have been doing for the past year on a project with similar goals. Our solution called “Somniloquy” is incrementally deployable in *current machines* and is a lot more configurable… Interested readers can look at the public Technical Report at:

http://research.microsoft.com/research/pubs/view.aspx?type=Technical%20Report&id=1458

By: Intel Makes Video Delivery Greener, a Bit Creepier « NewTeeVee

Intel Makes Video Delivery Greener, a Bit Creepier « NewTeeVee — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:37:16 +0000

[...] to discover that your computer hasn’t pulled down the last night’s episodes yet. And as Om points out, with your PC increasingly becoming a media hub for your whole home, this “could make Pando [...]

By: David

David — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:37:43 +0000

Nice feature but would this not also be ripe for hackers to abuse when they have been able to infect a computer?

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:10:04 +0000

I believe I recall reading that Remote Wake requires an Intel chipset with an additional chip (besides standard Intel chipset components, so I would be surprised if this was simple WoL.

Not absolutely sure about this though.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:42:41 +0000

@Jesse Kopelman

I am not sure how they are doing this. will try and get some more information from their PR department. Stay tuned.

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:25:00 +0000

I think the big question is how/why this would be easier to use than Wake-on-LAN. I’m suspicious this is just marketing move, like Centrino, and the underlying technology will be Wake-on-LAN. Still, even if that is all it is; it will be a good thing. Awareness of the potential of WoL is very low and a surprising number of people leave home/SMB servers running 24/7 despite only having them active for short bursts throughout the day.

By: Fabian Schonholz

Fabian Schonholz — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:22:22 +0000

Interesting approach to remote access. I like the Jajah integration. If you really take a step back and look strategically at this, you can see where telcos and cable operators can be put om the defensive with this.