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Ozzy smart home company Future Touch have released v3.0 of their MyServant system. The windows software is an add-on for HAL and provides touchscreen support complete with floor plan style graphics as well as occupancy tracking, security system control and weather display...

Melloware Intelliremote 2 is a Windows (98/NT/2K/XP,Vista) program that gives you control of many windows apps - think iTunes, VLC, GOM Player, Windows Media Player etc - all from your MCE remote.  Many other remotes are supported too (including X10).  Check it out...

Idratek have just released v23 of their home automation software, Cortex.  The new features include the ability for the system to estimate actual energy savings made from its intelligent heating and lighting control.  Other notable additions in this update are a new lighting automation engine and the inclusion of support for the xAP protocol...

ControlThink have introduced  the ThinkRemote Community Edition which bring Vista SideShow gadgets to your iPhone and iPod Touch, Windows Mobile phones, PSP, PS3, DS, Wii, web browser and others  Sign up for an invitation to the beta...

It seems some people are still confused as to what OSX XBMC is.  First off, it's not for the XBOX, you don't need an XBOX to run it, its only called XBMC (xBox Media Center) because thats the platform it started out on.  You've already got Front Row on your Mac so why do you need it OSXBMC?  Well, XBMC has always been know for the huge range of formats it can play back.  Codec support is un-rivaled as is the "user experience" when utilising the system in a home cinema environment.  Playback of DVD images with full artwork and movie info automatically ripped from the IMDB for example makes this free software compete with custom installation digital jukebox systems like kaleidescape that costs thousands, or even tens of thousands of pounds/dollars.  Read on for whats's new in the latest release including the ability to play DVD ISO images and the addition of the Samba client....