Audio/Video Distribution in your Home over CAT5!
Avstar is possibly the first UK based commercial product aimed at the home market to offer AV distribution over CAT5. The product release date is officially…
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Netgear Wireless Home Lan
Just noticed this new Netgear proprietary home LAN wireless stuff. Available in PCI, USB or Ethernet flavour (seemingly no PCMCIA yet?) it is peer-peer and…
HomeTech Exhibition Dates Change
The UK’s first Home Automation and Networking exhibition – HomeTech – has been moved from its original announced dates in March a new slot on…
iPAQ ROM Upgrade
The ROM upgrade for the iPAQ has just been released! Enhancements Microsoft update to the Pocket PC operating system. Enhanced USB/Serial Drivers for improving connection…
IdentiGuard
“Available in USB and PC Card versions, the Kingston IdentiGuard Touch Verification products put all your passwords at your fingertip. From websites to networks remembering…
New Remote From Yamaha
From RemoteCentral.com – news of the Yamaha re-working of the Pronto remote – "It's official, Yamaha is releasing their own touchscreen LCD remote which…
Linn Launch Kivor
Linns interesting new hard disk based music system “Kivor” was launched recently at CES. – “The KNEKT KIVOR, high quality music on demand system is the…
UK Home Automation Newsgroup
There has been a lot of discussion recently about the creation of a UK specific Home Automation newsgroup. Please take part in the latest Poll…
Pronto Controls Comfort Alarm
Comfort has released new keypad that incorporate an IR receiver, allowing control of the alarm and home automation tasks via the Philips Pronto touch screen…
MP3 Pro
Received this one from Dr John Tankard. Info on a new version of MP3 compression that promises high quality from smaller files. a new version…
UK Epod Fever
Since Graham Howe posted a seemingly ordinary message to the UKHA mailing list last Friday, UK home automators have been in an Epod frenzy!…
Smart Home Portal
Just received this – IntelliCom has released an independent portal about Smart Homes and Buildings. We focus on the technologies used to enable concepts and solutions…
DataPlay
A new optical storage technology promises tiny 500 meg discs costing just ! Drives will be built into all sort of devices including MP3 players,…
uk.tech.electronic-security
A new newsgroup that may be of interest to readers… CHARTER: uk.tech.electronic-security uk.tech.electronic-security is for discussion of technical matters in the field of electronic security…
New UK Installer
Just added Tech@Home to the links page – Tech @ Home is a UK company who’s mission is to make the concept of home automation a…
Pronto Pro – First Pictures
As usual RemoteCentral.com are first with pictures of the new colour Pronto Pro. Rush over there now and prepare to WANT ONE! Remote Central
New Home Automation Products at CES
ZDNET have info on some new home automation products launching at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week… “A consortium of about 60…
Comfort Demo On-Line
CHC have just announced that the live demo of the Comfort system is now on-line. Best to try it out over the web. You can…
Using WAP Server for Home Automation
Just recieved an interesting review from Adam Stevens on how to setup a DIY WAP server in your home in conjunction with HomeSeer… “The next…
AvantGo Channel Launches
The Automated Home UK channel for your PDA has just launched. It carries the latest stories from the News page of the main website. It…