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If you were looking for a global player powerful enough to enter the Home Automation space and finally create a universal standard I guess Google may be near the top of your list.  Earlier today at Google's I/O 2011 event, the search behemoth announce a new framework for smart home applications called 'Android @ Home'...

The Comfort system integrates an intruder alarm, home automation, voicemail and an intercom.  Cyteck have released version 3.2.7 of their Comfigurator software for the panel which adds a new 'Scenario' feature...

1remote for Kaleidescape is a new iPhone and iPad remote control application for Kaleidescape Entertainment Systems that gives you full movie and music control. You are also able to check out your media collection away from home which can be handy when shopping for new films or albums. It can also be integrated with 3rd party home automation systems such as AMX or Crestron for full AV control...

Freedom is a new open source home automation project on Google code.  Written in Java it runs on Windows, Linux, Mac and Solaris and it's distributed under GPL2 license.  It supports X10 devices, Android, Arduino, BeagleBoard and more, and can be deployed on a network of cheap peer-to-peer hardware. It is scalable and provides automatic load balancing across nodes on the network.  If you are a professional developer or interested in do it yourself (DIY) building automation, Freedom can help to easily create your own building automation system without starting from scratch.  The team describe the system as a CMS for home automation...

This months My Automated Home feature comes from Tom Lawrence, a final year student at Staffordshire University.  Along with his friend Andy Jackson, he has created a bespoke C# home automation system which controls X10 and XBMC with clients for Android and Windows Phone...