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If this plug could talk, the stories it would tell

New "smart plug" allows homeowners and businesses to track and control individual appliances. by Heather Clancy

Tags: Homeowner, Plug, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-11-10

Avalere research demonstrates business model point

Avalere research demonstrates business model pointCall it "subsidized fee for service"The existing system is not a pure fee for service system which IMHO would be sustainable. but a fee for service system subsidized by employer and government provided health insurance. Since the price of anything is directly proportional to...

Tags: Strategy, Channel management, Insurance, HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Avalere, business model, service system

Discussion threads 2009-03-11

Ecobee programs energy savings with Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat

A Canadian company has just announced a new thermostat with built-in Wi-Fi, with the hopes that more homeowners will program their thermostats and reduce energy costs. Ecobee says it created its Smart Thermostat because too many homeowners can't figure out how to properly use their programmable...

Tags: built-In, ZigBee, Homeowner, Ecobee, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-19

Get Smart: Researchers call results of GridWise energy demand-response project encouraging

If this blog takes the form of a news story, that's because it kinda is. In some ways this is a phenomenon I’ve been writing about for years -- the fact that headless devices like sensors and meters and intelligent appliances will start driving more traffic on the Internet than...

Tags: Homeowner, Grid, Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-01-09

Homeowners Insurance Buddy 2.1 (Windows)

Homeowners Insurance Buddy 2.1 is a Free Tool to a Find Homeowners Insurance Quote. It is a free tool to help someone find homeowners insurance; It is a nice free tool to use. So if you want homeowners insurance try this. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com....

Tags: Homeowner, Microsoft Windows, Tool, VsiSystems, Insurance, Financial Planning, Productivity, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance

Software downloads 2007-12-04

Photos: Solar festival as green as it gets

Alternative energy and culture were on display last weekend at an off-the-grid learning center in Northern California.Madison Avenue advertisers and Silicon Valley venture capitalists may be pushing all things green into the mainstream these days, yet the countercultural roots of the sustainable-living movement are alive and thriving. More than 10,000...

Tags: photograph, SolFest, Solar Living Institute, dome, alternative energy, photovoltaics, hydrogen, dump, Santa Cruz, wall, greenhouse, tent, automated teller machine, homeowner, Northern California, nonprofit, technique, festival, pump, showcase, pyramid, California, Sharp Corp.

Image galleries 2007-08-23

Photos: iRobot's new 'robust' Roomba

New Roomba 500 series vacuuming robot gets corners and takes direction without sucking in rug fringe or loose wires.On Wednesday, iRobot plans to release a new generation of vacuuming robots to the public.CNET News.com got a chance to test out iRobot''s new Roomba 500 series ahead of time and got...

Tags: Robots, photograph, iRobot Corp., iRobot Roomba, subsystem, robot, Roomba 500, modularity, dust, dirt, homeowner, firmware, staff writer, incarnation, C, CEO, battery, Web

Image galleries 2007-08-21

The homeowner's guide to systems development

The homeowner's guide to systems developmentProof ReadMurph, this really needs a proof read cause it's a bit nonsensical at the minute.Rules four and five:Rule four:You don't know what you want until you decide you don't like what you've done.Rule five:Ask: What will the neighbors think? Be sincere and...

Tags: Construction, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, homeowner, nail, wall

Discussion threads 2007-08-03

The homeowner's guide to systems development

When it comes to do it yourself home improvement projects I find myself in the position the typical small business ownerin with respect to computer systems: full of confidence that I understand what I don't and a bit bewildered that things turning out badly.These things always look easier than...

Tags: What users care about, Productivity, Development

Blog posts 2007-08-03

Mortgage Manager 2000 1.3 (Windows)

Since 1995 we've been assisting real estate investors and homeowners to save 100's of thousands of dollars in interest and principal on their home loans. Why pay back three times the amount your borrowed. Get the Facts. A simple three-minute download could save you 100's of thousands of dollars on...

Tags: Homeowner, Microsoft Windows, Finance Brokerage, Mortgages, Real Estate, Financial Accounting, Finance, Capital Structures, Business Operations

Software downloads 2007-02-25

Zeus Home Control 3.3.0.16 (Windows)

Zeus is a Windows based home automation program for controlling lights, appliances, and security around the home. Control events can be scheduled for a specific time or triggered by conditions defined by the homeowner. Sophisticated Scenes and macros can be created and tailored to the homeowner's needs.

Tags: Homeowner, Zeus, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-12-28

Home Improvement Project 1 (Windows)

This tool will enable expert contractors calculate quick project bids and homeowners to get a clear understand of project cost make up. This tool is part of HomeInitiative.com - World's Largest Marketplace for home professionals. What eBay has done to transform the auction concept for purchases of products, HomeInitiative.com is...

Tags: Homeowner, Home Improvement, HomeInitiative, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-11-09

Security flaw knocks La. site offline

Louisiana's Road Home site, which allows residents to apply online for home repair grants, was yanked offline last week, because of a security flaw that allowed other users' information to be displayed to applicants. The site is back online now, said the technology vendor, ICF International. Times-Picayune reports: ...

Tags: Road Home

Blog posts 2006-09-01

New Orleans: a digital city?

New Orleans city government, just as overwhelmed as its citizens, turned to the Internet to respond to a crushing demand for building permits in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the New York Times reports. "We had to inspect 110,000 homes in six weeks, and I had nobody to...

Tags: Greg Meffert

Blog posts 2006-04-21

All tomorrow's services...

It's easytoget lost in the technical minutiaeassociated with SOA and Web Services. Presented with a blizzard of acronyms (SOAP, SOBA, XML), business decision-makers might even be tempted to roll their eyes and walk away. But that would be a terrible mistake. As Accenture's Anatole Gershman has written, the challenge for...

Tags: Web service, Web, homeowner

Blog posts 2004-12-22

Early Mortgage Payoff 1.06 (Windows)

Many homeowners are not fully aware how much money can be saved in interest expense by shortening the life of a mortgage. Early Mortgage Payoff was written to show the homeowner the huge savings that can be realized by making additional principal payments to a loan. There are no gimmicks...

Tags: Shareware, Homeowner, Microsoft Windows, Mortgages, Finance, Capital Structures

Software downloads 2003-10-30

Lead Time Turnaround Improves by 180 Percent With IVR Solutions

ServiceMagic is an online marketplace where homeowners can find residential contractors and home service professionals. The company needed to speed up lead turnaround time, find a more efficient way to schedule contractor appointments and match to homeowners, quickly orient new contractors and improve fee collection. The company and Gold Systems...

Tags: Homeowner, IVR, Microsoft Corp., Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

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Homeowner Calendar for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

With Homeowner Calendar for iPhone keep track of all your home improvement, gardening, and maintenance project. It features built in calendar of tasks you need to do throughout the year to protect your investment in your home, alert badge lets you know on the home screen when you have tasks...

Tags: Task, Apple iPhone, Mobile, SplashData, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-20

Abomination or civil right? Solar clothes drying sparks heated argument

When homosexual, transgendered couplescan no longer air their laundry in public, we have gone to far to the left in suppressing basic freedoms in the USA.Lame PollWhat a lame poll. Talk about silly choices. How about the most blanet. It saves money. I know a mom with four small boy...

Tags: dryer

Discussion threads 2009-10-11

Most Americans support energy infrastructure overhaul

Energy overhaul is not the issueThe issue is ENERGY EFFICIENCY.Products from 30 years ago specially cars were more energy efficient than todays.What is the point of changing technologies, if that technology is less efficient that what we have today.One example: Biofuels. Not only are we destroying organic material to burn...

Tags: smart grid, energy usage, grid

Discussion threads 2009-08-16