There are many issues that make the inter-connection of Digital Lifestyles devices a pretty big headache. With this is mind a lot of the heavy hitting companies in this area – Fujitsu, Gateway, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intel, Kenwood, Lenovo, Microsoft, NEC CustomTechnica, Nokia, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, STMicroelectronics and Thomson – are getting together to try and make this simpler. To this end they’ve formed the Digital Home Working Group after realising that everyone trying to create their own standards isn’t that sensible. Watch the space, it could be promising.