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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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The new 8" panel is a fully functional inwall touchscreen PC with all necessary input/output ports to control any subsystem or automation hardware in your home or office. The N8 comes standard with a fanless 1.0 GHz Intel Celeron M processor and Intel 852GM+iCH4 graphics chipset. The N8 is available with Windows XP Professional and XP Embedded.

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Nextar(TM) Navigation System Features Both U.S. and Mexico Maps
Nextar M3-MX, a bilingual (English & Spanish) GPS that comes pre-loaded with US and Mexico Maps. It features a 3.5 inch TFT touch-screen, 1.6-million POI, 2D/3D map view, walking routes, stores up to 300 address and include a host of PMP functions.

Long-Range New HDMI Extender from Tributaries
Tributaries Cable introduces a new HDMI-extending solution!

Cooper Wiring Devices expands Aspire RF™ with new wireless controls for retrofits
Cooper Wiring Devices will be displaying a series of new “no neutral required” two-wire dimmers and switches as additions to the ASPIRE RF line at the 2008 CEDIA Expo.

Cooper Wiring Devices Introduces New Aspire RF™ Home Controller and Programming Module at CEDIA ‘08
Cooper Wiring Devices announces additional product introductions to its ASPIRE RF line, which will be featured at CEDIA 2008. The new products include the Aspire RF HomeController and the Aspire RF Serial Interface Programming Module.

Numinus Receives The Excite Award From Custom Retail Magazine for Remote Control StarTiles
(Carlsbad, CA) You have heard of the world at your finger tips… Well now you can have the galaxy at your finger tips with Numinus Remote Control StarTiles!

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Need to connect those stand-alone devices to a network? Use a GC-100. The GC-100 Network Adapter physically connects infrared (IR), RS232 (serial), contact closure (relay) devices, and sensor input to a network so that they can be automated or controlled using any software of choice. Global Caché has partnered with almost all automation and control systems manufacturers, ensuring plug-and-play compatibility in almost any installation.

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