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Integration for homes big and small

New approaches to keeping your system—large or small—under control from ThinkFlood and Altec Lansing.
- By Michael Berk
- Posted April 5, 2011
Altec Lansing's newly announced Octiv 650 iPhone/iPod Touch dock makes your mobile companion the centerpiece of your living room.

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iPhone or Remote Control?
- By sandv blog
- Posted January 5, 2009
The list of applications for your iPhone is becoming more and more fun, and in many ways, useful. Sure it's great to be able to practice guitar licks from your iPhone, but what if you could control your home automation system? Networked audio system? Even turn on and off lights when you're not at home?

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Global Standard for Home Wiring
- By sandv blog
- Posted December 15, 2008
Looking to make sure your new home theater is up to spec? The International Telecommunication Union, an agency within the United Nations, has finalized a standard - a global standard - for wiring that covers cable, phone, power, and all your home network wiring.
Why do we need a standard?

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Serving Up Music on Home Servers
- By sandv blog
- Posted July 21, 2008
I don't know about you, but my music collection is quite scattered. Half on a laptop, half on the desktop PC. Half of the CDs are in the living room, half in the home theater. All are a mess, and none are where I want them to be.

I need someone, or something to organize my music, and put it all in one place, accessible every place.

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