Nokia Announce Home Control
Nokia have announced their entry into the Smart Home world with the introduction of their “Home Control” program. They are actively seeking third party partners…
November 2008
Comfort gets Embedded Webserver and GSM Module
Cytech has introduced two new products for its flagship Comfort Intelligent Home System. The new CWM02 is a Linux powered Embedded Webserver while the…
Weather Station Home Automation
Kevin from the xAP team has reported that Sandaysoft’s Cumulus weather reporting software has now added support for xAP in its latest release – v1.8.3. …
Apple TV V2.3 Update – the Good & the Bad
Last night Cuppertino released the latest upgrade for the Apple TV. V2.3 has some interesting new features – like support for IR remotes other than…
Aviosys IP Power 9212 Review
The Aviosys IP Power 9212 is an inexpensive way to add 8 inputs and 8 outputs to your home automation system that are network addressable either…
Innovus Home Automation with Logitech Squeezebox
What do you get if you cross the Logitech Squeezebox Duet with the Innovus Z-Wave House Controller and some custom software? Home Automation of course! …
Plex Seven Brings Media Player Nirvana
Plex, the media player / library manager for the Mac just hit another major milestone with the release of v0.7.0. The whole community has been…
New Idratek DFP-H02 Multifunction Module
IDRATEK have provided us with some photos of their (now in production) multifunction user interface module – the £228 DFP-H02. This device is the replacement…
Format Factory – Free Video and Audio Convertor
Converting video formats is one of the banes of the digital home. Transcoding video files to .mp4 format (H.264) to work on the unmolested Apple…
New Xtreme X38HD Multimedia Player
The Xtreme X38HD is a new high definition multimedia player with support for H.264, SATA and HDMI. With a front mounted 2″ TFT LCD display…
Crestron TPS-6X Touchpanel Coming In White
We reported back in June on the gorgeous new TPS-6X touchpanel from Crestron. Now the company have announced a new white version of the 5.7″…
Inexpensive 3 Way Remote HDMI Switcher
Marmitek have announced a new inexpensive 3 way IR remote controlled HDMI Switcher. The 40 Euro (around £33) Connect310 is a 3 to 1 v1.3…
Dynalite DDMC802GL Multipurpose Controller
Dynalite’s new all-purpose module is flexible enough to accept up to four dual-channel or two quad-channel plug-in modules/cards for different loads. This allow its channels…