May 2002

KAT5-AVS – Review

  What Are They? – As peoples lifestyles and expectations get ever more sophisticated, consumers expect to be able to do cool things like watch…


X10 IR543AH – Review

What the Heck?  Yesterday a package arrived containing a prototype of a new X10 device, the IR543AH. So what the heck is that, I hear…


Visonic Powermax

Submission by Mark Stainton-James – The Visonic PowerMax is a wireless burglar alarm system, with some useful features for home automaters. There seem to be…


PCBlastIR Software V2

Concept Devices in Scotland are working on V2 of the software for their PCBlastIR hardware. This will be a free ugrade. They are looking for…


Motion Activated Soap Dispenser

Just received this – “Hi Mark, I have been a regular visitor over the past few months to your News page and found it most interesting….


Digital Home Magazine

Just heard about this from Charlie Morton… “Welcome to the wired home – These are exciting times. A new era of digital technology convergence beckons,…


PDAWin Now Supports CCF Files

Just had an email from Jim Brett with interesting update on PDAWin. The latest Version 3.0 now supports CCF files meaning you can load your…


WinDAB – Winamp

If you pop over to WinDAB’s site you’ll be able to download a new build of WinDAB (build 92). The new feature (at my request)…


Smart Home Technology – Glimpse of Future

Computer-controlled kitchens, intelligent smoke alarms and electronic delivery boxes could be the norm in every home within the next ten years. Technology to link domestic…