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We've just seen this first image of the new Sonos controller.  The CR200 uses a touch screen and comes complete with a charging cradle.  There's no word on pricing but it should be available pretty much immediately.

We're also told that Sonos will be releasing a new bundle. The BU150 now changes to the BU250 which includes the CR200. There also is a slight colour change with the zoneplayers hardware to match the new controller but there are no technical changes & will still be named the ZP120 & ZP90.
 

UK smart home security system AlertMe continue to go from strength to strength and last month secured £8M in series B funding.  When we first reviewed the product in May 2008 we said it was an ideal hub for home automation and CCTV with its link to the Net. AlertMe added their SmartPlug product earlier in the year and today have announced their IP CCTV add-on for the system. 

The camera is a Sercomm RC8021 unit with wired Ethernet and wireless 802.11g WiFi capability too.  It's VGA resolution (640x480) 30 FPS, with dual MPEG-4 and M-JPEG streaming plus support for 3GPP to mobile phones.  Read on for the introductory discount offer on the new camera...

We've been watching the Cortexa Home Automation system since 2005.  Recently they have the introduced Graphite, their new GUI which will be available on their controllers from V5 on. In addition they have released an Phone app that mirrors Graphites controls.  Watch the videos after the jump...

Cytech, creators of the Comfort smart home security system, have just released their new Prontoscript file for the Philips range of Wi-Fi universal remotes.  The free download gives full keypad emulation as well as control of C-Bus, EIB / KNX and X10 with others like Z-Wave, Dynalite, Ulti promised in the future,  Read on for all the details...

We've noticed through interweb chatter that Clipsal have launched an new Home Controller called "Wiser".  As usual we've received no press release or annoucement from Clipsal / Schneider and there appears to be no information available to the UK distributors either, but here's what we've found so far...