Netgear CEO: 'Mother of All Applications' Is Home Control

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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366272,00.asp

Netgear hopes to eventually unwire your thermostat, transforming your home into a series of unwired but wirelessly connected devices, chief executive Patrick Lo said in an interview on Thursday night.
Netgear launched the its ReadyNAS Ultra on Thursday night, but the company's traditional business has been built on Wi-Fi, the ubiquitous wireless network standard that's the anchor of Netgear's consumer routers. Wi-Fi, meanwhile, has been built into everything from the Boxee Box to the Erector Spykee Robot.
In an interview, Patrick Lo, the chief executive of Netgear, called home automation "the mother of all applications," and hoped to direct his company into that space over time. ...