X10.comŽ and Salon.com To Give-Away Nearly $50,000 Worth Of Wireless Mini-Color Video Cameras

XCam™ can be placed anywhere within the home to broadcast live video to a TV, VCR or stereo up to 100 feet away

Seattle — November 23, 1999 —X10.com (www.x10.com/pressroom38.htm) and Salon.com (NASDAQ: SALN, www.salon.com) will give-away 100 XCam mini-color video cameras over the next six weeks in an effort to introduce web savvy computer and technology enthusiasts to the latest in wireless home entertainment products.

Three people a day selected at random will each receive an XCam worth a retail value of $350 simply by completing an entry form on Salon.com and answering a couple of easy questions about X10.com’s Anywhere products. (The answers can be found on the X10.com Web site.)

The XCam takes only minutes to install and is easy to use. You can watch your infant toddler sleeping in another room, keep an eye on visitors at your front door, and even capture special moments forever.

Since its debut in November of 1995, Salon.com has become the most lauded and respected symbol of quality to be found on the Internet. Salon.com attracts users that are known to be involved, discerning, intellectual and highly involved in the latest trends and developments affecting technology.

"We are thrilled to be offering our users this fantastic new product," said Bruce Roberts, senior vice president of sales for Salon.com. "X10.com is the perfect partner for this promotion as it has clearly established itself as a premier source for the very latest in home technology."

"There is no question that X10.com will benefit from a business relationship with an online network whose users are simply better educated and more involved in cutting-edge technology products than average Internet users," said Alex Peder, president, X10.com. "At the same time, we are convinced that our entire line of unique and ingenious wireless entertainment products are a perfect match for this audience."

For more details on the XCam wireless mini-color video camera, visit www.x10.com/pressroom38.htm.

About X10.com

Based in Seattle, X10.com is a division of privately held X10 Ltd., the world leader in design and manufacture of proprietary home control, entertainment and security technology products for over 20 years. To date, X10 has shipped well over one hundred million units of home control products worldwide. X10 has received numerous consumer and industry awards. X10.com sells and promotes X10 products direct to the consumer through its web site at www.x10.com/pressroom38.htm Recently, Media Metrix has ranked X10 as a top one hundred e-commerce Web site based on traffic and sales.