The Home Technology eMagazine - Top Stories

Media Center, Music Server, Video Server? What do I need?
In this article I try to give you a brief description of the products and then break down and highlight their features.Gregg Cannon

Virtualization for Smart Home Technologies
There are a number of potential applications for virtualization in smart home settings. These hidden virtual machines could serve a number of functions, such as replacing physical devices for home entertainment and media servers, supporting remote healthcare services and defining the home automation control modules. Thinagaran Perumal 

Retrofitting in Insulated Walls
Drilling up or down, or fishing cable in insulated walls is an inconvenience but nothing more. Grayson Evans

Product Review - OutCast Wireless Outdoor Speaker System
I pulled it out of the box and in about 10 minutes had a new and very full bodied speaker out on the patio playing music from my ipod. Bob Hetherington

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Today's Home Technology News Headlines

Momentum Building for 2008 D-Tools Design Awards
Companies show support through sponsorship of winning categories and offering over $20,000 in prizes. 2008 Sponsors include APC AV, Atlantic Technology, Draper, Inc., and Middle Atlantic Products

CONNECTIONS™ Europe to address mobile TV and other entertainment platforms and applications
While Europe has adopted a standard for mobile TV, this move actually makes it more difficult for operators to reap the benefits of this service sector, according to a new white paper from Parks Associates.

Service and hardware revenues will contribute $1.8 billion to the U.S. eldercare industry by 2013
Digital health technologies designed to monitor and care for the elderly population will bring in U.S. revenues in excess of $1.8 billion by 2013.

New RIGOL Digital Storage Oscilloscopes and Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes to be Distributed by Test Equipment Connection
Test Equipment Connection Corporation today announced the company has been chosen to sell new RIGOL digital storage and mixed signal oscilloscopes, digital multimeters and function generators.

Planar Announces Its First 3-Chip HD Projector for the Custom Home Theater Market
Viper uniquely combines Planar’s engineering expertise with 3-chip DLP® image accuracy to offers stellar big-screen HD performance to demanding video aficionados.

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