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Savant are building a reputation with their ROSIE system which offers control, automation and entertainment around the home.  A company building home automation products on the Apple platform, it's no big surprise they (like many others) have already lept on the iPad to utilise its smart home potential.  They've just released two new iPad docks, one a desktop unit, the other for mounting the tablet on the wall.  Full details in the PR after the jump...

We've had a lot of people ask about the Marware EcoVue iPad case since mentioning on Twitter we had one on order.  We originally saw the EcoVue winning the round up of iPad cases on the Daily Giz Wiz show - see the video below - and ordered one from Amazon.  Even thought the Amazon delivery date still says '1-3 months' ours was despatched just 9 days after we ordered it.  Checkout some quick photos and our initial impressions after the jump...

Steve Jobs took to the stage a short time ago at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.  While much of the fourth generation iPhones secrets were already known through a controversial Gizmodo expose, we didn't have the details until now.  So here's the confirmation of the specs along with some surprises too - check out our iPhone v4 cheat sheet for everything you need to know down the pub tonight...

Here's a useful little device for your smart home set-up.  An Ethernet bridge that allows you to connect your USB devices at any remote location on your LAN.  The interface has 2 x USB 2.0 ports and a gigabit Ethernet socket.  It's compatible with Windows and Mac and allows you to connect up to 15 devices (using a hub) and can be managed and configured using its browser interface.  Its perfect if you are using USB based I/O interface or sensors and would be especially useful if you are running your home automation server on a virtual machine.  the Silex SX-3000GB is around £100, checkout the video after the jump...

Ah, the smell of an Apple rumour in the morning.  Engadget is reporting that the famous Cupertino 'hobby' - the Apple TV - is to be reinvented using iPhone OS with full 1080p HD capablities.  The new hardware is purportedly aimed and sucking content off the cloud - we're hoping that includes stuff outside of the iTunes ecosystem - BBC iPayer, (Hulu in the US) etc and local streaming too.  The device is said to have only 16GB of local flash storage rather than a Hard drive, but this is exactly the sort of hardware that most of us crave.  Best of all the reportedly tiny size of the device is matched by a similarly diminutive price - $99!  All sounds to good to be true?  Let us know what you think in the comments...