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Owners of a Crestron digital home management system can now use their iPad as a Crestron Touchpanel at home or from out of the home.  Using the latest wireless technology the Cretron Mobile Application allows you to access and manage your in home appliances from over the web.  The Apple tablet screen provides real-time control of your Crestron AV systems, lighting, shades, room temperature and any other area of your Crestron system.

A technology collaboration between Ericsson and Netgear has created a new  3G mobile broadband router, the MBRN3300. The new MBRN3300 3G wireless router with internal 3G radio, is a combination of Netgear’s wireless, routing, firewalls and IP network technology and Ericsson’s expertise in 3G mobile networks. The MBRN3300 is available now and will be demonstrated at this month’s GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

If you are planning on buying a home media storage solution or just upgrading then I would suggest you have a look at Pogoplug.  The system has been recently upgraded to offer new and improve features.  The new version of Pogoplug offers web access, safe and simple sharing, anywhere data access and iPhone application support. The system acts as a gateway for your home PC or office through the internet.

Atheros recently announced the availability of the AR7400 chipset. The new Powerline Ethernet communication technology is capable of using the existing electrical wiring inside the home to transfer data at up to 500Mbps, a capacity that is 2.5 times faster than what is currently available among Homeplug AV products.  Atheros said with this capacity household should be able to experience HD quality entertainment from every power outlet in the home.

With the potential of being the platform for the next generation of internet-connected digital home, MIPS technology announced that it had started an Android early access program.  The program allows key customers and partners access to MIPS Android technology, and to take Android into the digital home.  At this year’s CE show MIPS along with other partners were a

At last week’s CE (Consumer Electronic) Show in Las Vegas D-Link under the theme “Link Your Life” announced and demonstrated some of its latest in connected home technology.  The  innovations covered Home Entertainment, Home Security and Home Connectivity.  According to D-Link the solutions are affordable and easy to setup, so consumer can start implementing then now.

SimpleHomeNet, a provider of home and building automation solutions and a division of Compacta International announced that its ZBLC30 and ZBCID products were awarded the ZigBee PRO HA certification. The ZBLC30 is a versatile Dual-relay Load Controller capable of making high current appliances smarter buy allowing you to control and monitor your ZigBee PRO network from network gateways and PCs.
 

Phone.com announced on Tuesday the launched of its new hosted High Definition (HD) phone service for home offices and other small businesses.  The new High Definition Business Phone service is an add-on to Phone.com's successful Virtual Office service. With the new service home offices will get phone menus, extension dialing, sophisticated call routing, professional welcome greetings, voicemail and fax.

AlertMe, the award-winning home energy management service, announced the launch of AlertMe Energy, giving consumers the ability to monitor their home energy usage online and act on that information to reduce their bills and carbon footprint. AlertMe Energy includes easy-to-install hardware and an online service that can be accessed from any Web browser. It is also tightly integrated with Google PowerMeter, making it easy to track energy consumption live from an iGoogle home page.

HSTouch integrates tightly with all HomeSeer-based automation systems and the screens are fully customizable to work with virtually all backgrounds, buttons and graphics. An integrated RSS browser is also included for easy access popular data feeds for weather, news, sports and stock information.