PC World currently have the Philips 7FF1AW Digital Photo Frame on special offer currently. It's now £129.99 athough you can simply reserve it on their website at £99.99 and collect it at your nearest store!

High quality, print-like picture display
* High pixel density for top quality photo display
* Full colour display to show photos in print-like quality
* Brightness adjustable to match ambient light conditions

Easily display your digital photos
* View photos directly from memory cards - no PC required
* Create a slideshow for all stored photos
* Display single photos, thumbnails or slideshows
* Store 50 or more full-screen photos
* Read photos from cameras or download them from your PC

Click Here to Buy

UPDDATE - looks like the collection offer is over so it's £129.99 on the web now too.

A new training course in 'Home Automation' will be offered at East Tyrone College in Dungannon in Northern Ireland. It is designed to offer small groups of 4-6 delegates, individual, specialised intensive training in KNX/EIB home automation installation.

East Tyrone College is the only Certified Centre of KNX/EIB Home Automation training in Ireland. For further informtion check the course website...

We've just received this offer for our readers... "Westmorland Fire & Security are pleased to announce that the UK Biometrics range of Finger Print Door Locks are currently being offered at much reduced prices for readers of Automated Home. This is to celebrate our new distribution deal and help jump start sales...

We've just received this special offer for our reader from new Smart Home eTailers - UK Automation...

"We're running a special offer exclusively for Automated Home readers - If you buy a Merlin Garage Door Opener from our site and quote 'Automated Home' in the 'notes' section of the checkout then we'll give you a free beam sensor kit worth £40. This applies for the Merlin Prolift 230T (Up and Over Doors) and for the Merlin Prolift 430RG (Roller Doors)...

The UK has a new Home Automation etailer...

"Berkshire, UK - February 3rd, 2006 - UK Automation - With a goal of trying to bring home automation to the masses, UK Automation have announced the launch of their online home automation shop.

"We're aiming to try and be a bit different," explains partner Craig Atkins. "Although there are some big websites serving home automation in the UK, they seem to have a large catalogue of products that they either don't stock, or don't know much about. Our plan is to offer a range of key products in useful home automation areas such as appliance and lighting control, multi room audio, gate and door automation and home security...

The Meteor Caller ID Interface has been in use at Automated Towers for years and years. It can be used with many home automation systems (I recommend the superb and free - xAP Switchboard).

Pathway Data Ltd have offered a deal on the Meteor exclusively for Automated Home readers...

"Special offers (Thursday 5th until Sunday 8th) - These deals are for Automated Home users only and run from 8AM on Thursday 5th until midnight on Sunday 8th.

Free Serial to USB adapter with every Meteor (While stock last) - Get the Meteor Plus (hardware only) with a free serial to USB adapter for £79.95. Our retail price for the serial to USB adapter is £15 (read more about ActiveCID at www.pathwaydata.co.uk/CallerIDProducts.asp#METEOR ) A free serial to USB adapter is also included with all orders of the Meteor Plus with ActiveCID Standard Edition.

To take advantage of this offer, please enter the promotion code "AutomatedHome" on the Trolley page and then press the "Update Shopping Trolley" button.

Quantities are limited to five Meteors' per Company / person."

While we're talking about IP TV I thought I'd upload our little UKHA2004 movie to the Google Video service. It's now much easier to view as you stream it (you seem to need the latest version of Flash to view it properly).  The UK Home Automation community have been meeting annually since 2001. The "UKHA2004" event was held on the 15th and 16th May 2004, in Ramada Jarvis Hotel in Hatfield, near London. Paul Gale from Silicon Pixel recorded a professional video of the event. Around 20 minutes long, the video is a great opportunity to get a real flavour of the show...

As we move towards celebrating ten years on the web Automated Home is delighted to have secured the .com version of our domain name.  So, that's two less characters you'll have to type to find us now!

We just received the following from Lets Automate..."Let's Automate are pleased to announce the imminent release of the successor of the colour RU980, the new ProntoProNG RU990 with a massive 48Mb of RAM, new, better tactile buttons and better IR learning...

While 2006 will be a very special year for Automated Home (as we'll have been on the web for a decade) today sees the mailing list part of Automated Home reach the ripe old age of Seven!

Launched in September 1998 the list has expanded from its embryonic beginnings into a huge resource of over 120,000 posts.

Thanks as ever to all our members, and especially the regularly contributors. UKHA_D has become known as one of the friendliest mailing lists around, and there have been many long lasting friendships forged over the years.

We currently have over 1,600 members and if you would like to join the UK Home Automation community click the following link - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ukha_d/

You can also search the list archive using the following link - http://www.ukha-archive.com/ml/ukhad/index.shtml

Happy Birthday everyone!

Mark