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Xtenscape is a free Java based application for Windows 98/ME/XP/2000/Vista and intel-based Apple macs.  Just connect a CM11 / CM12 to your PC or Mac to easily shedule and control your X10 devices.

Now Scott Hather has released a free iPhone app to control the system, either from your LAN or the Internet...

Here's a project that made us smile.  Some inexpensive X10 kit, the creative use of a window sensor and some imaginative macro programming brings together the Automated Talking Chair....

LinuxMCE is of course a open-source media centre distro.  But did you know you can use it as a home automation controller as well?  Other goodies are lurking under the bonnet too such as the integrated Asrerisk VoIP system, already pre-configured for many providers and phone hardware.  Read on for the overview of this amazing free system...

Marmitek have just announced a new in wall X-10 micro module for shutters, blinds and projector screens.  You can program the preset address of all sunblinds in for instance the living room to the same address. With the Preset key of any sunblind modules in this room or by means of sending the Preset address ON via a Marmitek interface all sunblinds can be set to the Preset mode simultaneously.  The SWM1Pis available now at around £80...

Owning your own home automation installation company is a bit like being a kid in a sweetie shop. You get to play with all sorts of cool gadgets and gizmos.  Well the CM15 is finally here in Europe. Like many things Home Automation related it takes time to filter through from the States.  So does it live up to the hype and our expectations, or is it a lame duck and nothing more than a CM11/12 with a few go faster stripes on it...