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Here's one we haven't covered before, HackMyth is described as "the home automation control kit for mythTV" and offers Z-Wave wireless control of your smart home, from the same box that carries out your PVR functions... 

Here's more on the new HP Windows Home Server that's just 30 days away from shipping .  The machine is much smaller than we thought, and this video gives you a good understanding of the power of this little device, and how convenient it is to simply slide drives in or out...

We've just got news on a raft of updates across the Comfort Smart Home Alarm system.  Most notable of all is the news that Comfort II's CPU is now based on Flash technology (from firmware 5.xxx on). This means that new firmware can be downloaded by Comfigurator, the Comfort software (latest Version 2.2.1).  You'll also need the UCM05, which is the new Flash-based replacement for the UCM01.  Here's some other news for Comfort users... 

Looks like we missed this last week! Our favourite Media Centre add-in - WebGuide4 - has been bought by Microsoft and is now FREE.  Its developer Doug Berrett has also been hired to work in the Media Center team. Congratulations to Doug, and to Microsoft for recognising Doug's great work.  Here's some words from Doug from his forums...