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Cisco gobbles up Jabber

Cisco gobbles up Jabberhaha...that's funnyI think Cisco is losing its mind if it thinks its going to go after Microsoft on the Collaboration front. With the AD and Exchange at the centre of almost every major business, I don't see how they even think they'll be considered a serious...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., home network, home automation, Jabber, network

Discussion threads 2008-09-19

Control4 Introduces $499 Home Automation Controller

Control4 Introduces $499 Home Automation ControllerWe need cheaper prices and easier retrofits. We need to get these down tothe cost of a wireless router, or maybe these feature added to wireless routers. Zigbee will make for easier retrofit, but you will still need one transmitter for each light in...

Tags: Routers & switches, TV & Home Theater, X10 Wireless Technology, Home Automation controller, Control4, Home Automation

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Control4 Introduces $499 Home Automation Controller

Home automation has been the wave of the future for what seems like forever, but it's been more of a gentle wave than something tsunami-strength. But the ability to control lighting, security, and other home systems from a centralized unit is slowly making inroads, and that trend will continue with...

Tags: Control4, Home Automation, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-09-10

The real end game in home automation

The real end game in home automationHome Automation will be key ....It is the same concept that engulfs the 'aging in place' movement; different industries, doing different things, yet all saying they have the same end goal.I've been researching the real-world use of home automation to improve the quality of...

Tags: Games, home automation, game

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

The real end game in home automation

We're getting older, the world's getting colder. There aren't going to be enough workers available to care for us when we get into our 70s and 80s. The answer is home automation. Not just to run our TVs, either. But to manage us in our old age. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Game, Marc Fleury, Automation, Home Automation, Medical Device Approval, Healthcare, Quality, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-29

Fleury's Open Remote is all about the software

Once you have a standard which runs your home remotely, what about all those heart monitors and glucose meters, those baby monitors and grandma trackers, now running as proprietary, one-off solutions? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Marc Fleury, Fleury, Home Automation, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Monitors & Displays, Operating Systems, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Software, Hardware, Components, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-28

My road map for CES 2007

My road map for CES 2007MacWorldI know it's not your beat, but you'd get more info on the future directions of Windows, gadgets and related technology next week at MacWorld.Control4I think you're right on with the sleeper hit of the show. Home automation is taking off right now. I'd check...

Tags: Strategy, Control4, Macworld, Home Automation

Discussion threads 2007-01-04

Additional Resources

Thinking Home 2.2 (Mac)

Thinking Home is the easiest-to-use, affordable home automation solution for Mac OS X and is now even better! v2.1 boasts a modern design that delivers performance without compromising ease of use. It is the only Mac app to store a schedule into an ActiveHome Pro (CM-15A)! Thinking Home...

Tags: Web, Apple Macintosh, Thinking Home, Desktops, Channel Management, Hardware, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-18

More evidence of the coming collision between home broadband and the smart grid

Collision?Not the word I would have used.In any event, I think this is a positive and necessary direction to go. In order to manage more diversified, less dependable/consistent sources of energy, the demand side HAS TO be managed. Without it, we are just setting ourselves up for a lot of...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, collision, home broadband, grid, smart grid

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

TopSales Personal 6.62 (Windows)

TopSales is a useful and powerful sales automation, contact management, document management and email message processor tool for sales and marketing people who are into internet marketing. It enhances sales productivity by automating sales process with daily contact management functions, mailing lists and email autoresponder. With TopSales you can maintain...

Tags: Contact Management, Microsoft Windows, Ceek Software, TopSales, Sales Strategy, E-mail, Sales Force Management, Sales, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-11-09

Seeking a bright idea on light bulbs

Government please helpI need to big Gov to feed & cloth me.Dimmable Light BulbsI hope those new dimmable light bulbs are completely dimmable from 0 to 100% in a linear scale.Otherwise, incandescent is the only way to go for home automation as I use ramp rates in Insteon lamp modules.CFL's...

Tags: Engineering, bright idea, CFL

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

LBackup 0.9.8r2 (Mac)

LBackup is a simple backup system aimed at systems administrators who require reliable backups with minimum fuss. LBackup is configured with configuration files and the backup is started from the command line. The core LBackup code has been tested for over 2 years. Features at a Glance: ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Lucid Information Systems, LBackup, Backups

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Macro XP 4.0.0.1195 (Windows)

Macro XP is a simple point and click style macro recorder and scripting and automation application ideal for IT Admins, Home users and QA testers to automate tasks on Windows operating system. Salient features of Macro XP. Position independent Mouse and Keyboard recording and playback. (Unlike other macro recording applications,...

Tags: Macro, Superscalar, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Keyboards, Mice, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-10-24

Indigo 4.1.1 (Mac)

Indigo is a home control server that integrates INSTEON and X10 hardware devices. Save money, conserve water, and reduce electrical usage by automating your home with Indigo's unlimited scheduling and control logic. Using Indigo's built-in Web server, you can access and control your home from anywhere using any modern Web...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Indigo

Software downloads 2009-10-10

Salesforce.com Plays In the Enterprise - Again

Back in 1999, I was a salesforce.com user and at that time, it was a rather kludgy sales force automation application that didn't do much right - for example if I tried to export a .CSV file it gave me an .XLS file and vice versa.  I read something by Marc...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Accounting, Financial, Sales Force Management, Sales Force Automation (SFA), Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Poll: When buying a new PC, what's the most important component?

The option you forgotMotherboard.The motherboard and sometimes specifically the chipset dictates what kind of each of the other components you can use. It also dictates options like onboard graphics.Each situation calls for a different answerAt least that's how it has been in my experience. For myself personally, however, storage...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, motherboard, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

FOWA 2009: Microsoft Surface 'proof of concept' actually pointless

Grats on being closed mindedWell done for putting someone down, your price point argument is fair but doesn't negate the number of possible uses of the surface device, which frankly are only limited by imagination, something that seems to be questionable for you.How do you define genuine uses? That sentence...

Tags: Tablets, FOWA 2009, Microsoft Surface, proof of concept, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Let the smart grid vendor consolidation begin!

Award winning journalist?You speak of Smart grid vendors as if they peddle some cheap USB devices that can be had on ebay for a $1 each. Does the enlightened award winning journalist realize that smart grids aren't selected by bidding on ebay. A smart grid deployment is expected to last...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, grid deployment, grid vendor consolidation, smart grid vendor consolidation, vendor consolidation

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

HP's DreamScreen faces tough competition for holiday spending

DOAWhen I saw the YouTube video of this I thought they had accidentally linked to a 3 year old promotional video of a digital picture frame. What an outdated concept this thing is. No Internet browsing no touchscreen? A $99 iPod Touch does more than this thing.I feel bad for...

Tags: Keyboards, Corporate communications, Monitors & displays, HP DreamScreen, hardware, Hewlett-Packard Co., touch screen, video

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Pioneer's Project ET networked entertainment concept phones home (theaters)

After bailing out of the plasma HDTV market, Pioneer seemed destined to selling Blu-ray players and A/V receivers, but it has a bigger idea in mind with its Entertainment Tap or Project ET networked concept player. At its heart, it's a streaming media box that plays files from your networked...

Tags: Home Theater, Phone, built-In, Blu-ray, Entertainment, Home Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Tv & Home Theater, Web Site Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Internet, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-09-12