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Apple have just taken the wraps off their movies service in iTunes for the UK .  With around 700 titles available right away you have the choice of buying or renting.  Back catalogue titles sell for £6.99 while new releases go on sale for £10.99 on the same day as their DVD release.  It looks like the UK is getting a 48hr rental period (US currently 24hrs) with prices starting at £2.49 for older titles and £3.49 for new releases.  You can also download selected titles in HD quality for £4.49.  You'll be able to watch the movies on your iPod, iPhone or on a widescreen TV with Apple TV.  All the rest of the details after the jump...

In the third of our video interviews from this years Smart Home Show we talk to Dave Robinson of Sensible Heat.   Dave shows us round the new Web Manager, an embedded Linux PC heating controller.  We also talk about the third party home automation companies interfacing to their technology and the reason this year in particular people are taking heating control more seriously than ever...

In the first of our video interviews from this years Smart Home Show we talk to Andrew Pemberton of Schneider Electric, the UK distributors of Clipsal C-Bus products.  We talk about the new black and white C-Bus touchscreen with its much improved contrast and we get a chance to flip off the front to see what lies beneath.  We also check out the the new blind relay and chat about some possible future modules too...

ITV's on-line TV service - Catchup - is now Mac compatible.  You'll need to install Microsofts Silverlight plugin, the Adobe-Flash-like addon that's required for it to work.  We've just tried it and as you can see from the screen grab above it's v1.0 but still classed as a beta...

We've just got back from the Smart Home Show and while we can't say it was a big show, there was still some interesting stuff there.  We were lucky enough to be accompanied by a proper film crew this year so we have five interviews coming up in the next few weeks that we filmed at the show.  In the meantime here's a quick video (edited and uploaded within 2 hours of leaving the NEC - gotta love iMovie08!) of some of the sights round this years exhibition...