MacNN | home+automation News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us home+automation, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ XTension home automation adds new hardware support http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/17/xtension.home.automation/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/16-extension-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sand Hill Engineering on Thursday unveiled XTension 6.0, a major update to its home automation software that adds support for a number of new hardware devices, as well as a new web-based interface. XTension now offers connectivity with multiple concurrent powerline and RF interfaces, supporting devices from Oregon Scientific, such as barbeque temperature monitors, atomic clocks, power monitoring, ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/17/xtension.home.automation/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:10:00 GMT Briefly: CleanApp, crumpler bag reviews http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/05/lyndacom.cs4.training/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/reviews/crumpler/chester-squander-brwn_med.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In brief: We have posted a review CleanApp 3 and a review of the Crumpler Chester Squander bag, lynda.com offers new CS4 training, and Savant Systems holds a home automation showcase ... We have posted a review of CleanApp 3 Beta. Wouldnít it be useful if this utility could archive the whole package, so you could save it and reinstall it later, or even back it up or burn the archive onto a CD. Suc... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/05/lyndacom.cs4.training/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:40:00 GMT Indigo 3.0 adds INSTEON support http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/07/indigo.30.released/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/indigo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Perceptive Automation has released Indigo 3.0, the newest version of its Mac-based home automation server. Connected to proper accessories, the server can control appliances such as lights, thermostats, lawn sprinklers and hot tubs. The upgrade supports INSTEON technology, which for instance lets users wirelessly control Venstar thermostats. Users can define links and lighting schemes between m... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/07/indigo.30.released/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:40:00 GMT