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Could this be the "X Smart Home Utopia" we've been waiting for?  The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has approved a new technical standard called 'G.hn' which could finally lead the way to a workable standard by providing a set of protocols and profiles to enable a diverse range of devices to communicate with each other around the home...

Philips Dynalite has announced Morban Ltd as the first UK member to its Dimension dealer accreditation and training group.  Lancashire and Oxfordshire-based Morban, are a residential systems integrator, which has been working with Philips Dynalite for three years, delivering home automation solutions that combine lighting, security, AV, environmental, and communications/media systems. The Philips Dynalite Dimension program provides standardised training, improved access to technical support, and essential marketing support to all accredited companies and individuals.  Read on for the full details...

Earlier this month we had a request from a reader to setup a new forums facility for users to write up their home automation projects so others can benefit from their experience.  So the "Projects" forum was born.  To start us off there are now projects there from user jaffaon - Temperature Capture plus a two-part post on ripping / storing your DVD collection and then streaming the movies around your home.  Join in and post your projects in the new forum...

Vesternet have launched what they are describing as the worlds first dedicated ZigBee eCommerce store.  With a huge range of ZigBee equipped products plus their own newly developed Zigbox Ethernet gateway and Zigbytes web-based user interface, the site is sure to be of interest to home automators.  Read on for the full release...  

News this morning from our forums that Clipsal are going to open up access to their C-Bus protocol. This is the news many custom installers and DIYers have been waiting for as it should seemuch easier integration of C-Bus prducts with other systems.  Interestingly this comes very soon after the announcement that Philips have aquired Dynalite.  The future of lighting control is definatley going to be interesting...