Engadget HD is blogging about a BusinessWeek report that says that Cisco is putting the finishing touches on a “souped up” set-top box that sounds like it will help you do everything around your den bar put the ottoman under your feet.
As you may be able to surmise by that confluence of companies, the new do-it-all box will apparently be networked like nobody’s business (wireless, naturally), including the ability to pull content off the Internet and distribute it to other devices around the house. It’ll reportedly include its own web browser as well. While Cisco’s pulling all the strings, it apparently won’t be slapping its own name on the boxes, selling them instead directly to consumers under the Linksys brand and offering ’em up to various cable companies. If all goes as planned, you should be able to snag one for yourself by the end of this year or early next year.
