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LAKE FOREST, ILL. - Salton Inc., the countertop appliance marketer known for its Toastmaster, Juiceman, George Foreman and Welbilt product lines, has resurrected the venerable Westinghouse brand for use with a new collection of smart, networked kitchen appliances.
The program, developed with Saltoris wholly owned subsidiary Icebox, LLC, includes microwave and convection ovens, coffee and bread makers, and a gateway device, or Information Center, that allows the products to interface with the Internet.
The Information Center utilizes Microsoft's Windows CE.NET platform, an embedded operating system designed for maximum interoperability between home appliances and CE devices. Icebox announced its intention to develop a CE.Net-based kitchen entertainment terminal at the 2002 Consumer Electronics Show in January, citing reduced overall cost to...