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Cybercamps partners with local technology company to launch kids to the head of the class
Hi-tech camp for kids at University of Washington introduces
cutting-edge technology as part of Mars Rover Robotics Class

X10.com®’s XCam2™ with XRay Vision™: The World’s First Personal Video Broadcast System is Now Totally Wireless!
X10.com has launched the only true wireless consumer video camera that can be mounted literally anywhere in the home or office, drawing its power from a newly released battery pack.

Taking Flack From the Wife about Too Many Gadgets?
X10.com’s FireCracker Home Control Starter Kit has received the only stamp of approval that really matters, approval from the wife of the chief geek at Geek.com.

Lockergnome Subscribers and X10.com®’s Free FireCracker™ Kit…
X10.com pr_networkhas tapped into the "King of Click-Thrus" Chris Pirillo and his red hot Windows email newsletter known as Lockergnome to offer subscribers the chance to receive a free FireCracker Home Control Starter kit for only $5.90 to cover administrative and handling charges.

X10.com® Hooks up with Music.com to Offer Free Shot at Creating 21st Century Wired Home in New Millennium Contest
^{X10.com and Music.com are providing serious music lovers a free taste of the Wired Home revolution by teaming up to give away 10 XRay Vision™ kits, X10’s leading-edge wireless video camera technology to view pictures and sound from any room in the home via the Internet.}

X10.com®’s New DVD Anywhere 2000™ Broadcast System
X10.com’s DVD Anywhere 2000 wireless broadcast system allows anyone to connect their PC’s with TV’s without rewiring or remodeling and is now available for well under $100.

X10.com®’s New XCam2™
X10.com’s new XCam2 is key to the company’s vision to provide the best wireless technology possible packed into a lightweight analog video camera for under $100.

X10.com®’s MP3 Anywhere 2000™ Wireless Broadcast System
X10.com’s next generation Boom 2000 software is the backbone to the MP3 Anywhere 2000 and the one-step software solution for sending MP3 tracks wirelessly from a PC to the best stereo in the most comfortable room in the home.

X10.com®'s Knows How to Introduce Another 14,000 Technology Enthusiasts to the Wired Home…
Team up with a leading-edge web community like 3DN.NET to offer readers a chance to join the Wired Home revolution for FREE

X10.com®’s New Credit Card Controller™:
Latest Sleek and Versatile Pocket Remote is Perfect Addition to Free FireCracker Home Control Starter Kit.

X10.com’s New XRay Vision Video Camera Kit
X10.com has combined its 2.4GHz wireless platform with USB technology to offer the XRay Vision Kit, the premier solution available to capture and send images remotely via the Internet from anywhere in the home or office.

X10.com® and Salon.com To Give-Away Nearly $50,000 Worth Of Wireless Mini-Color Video Cameras
X10.com  and Salon.com (NASDAQ: SALN, 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.

X10.com® & DoItYourself.com Offer First Mainstream Resource Center For Creating 21^st Century Wired Home
X10.com’s  quest for mainstream adoption of its cutting-edge Wired Home products is becoming a reality with the launch on DoItYourself.com  of the first complete resource center for creating a 21^st century Wired Home.

Largest Online Distributor of Internet Software Joins Wired Home Leader to Offer One Million Dollar FireCracker Give-Away
X10.com and Tucows.com are known for offering their audiences the chance to fuel the mass adoption of the latest cutting-edge technology products, and now the two companies are teaming up to literally give-away one million dollars worth of the FireCracker Home Control Starter Kits, each with a $73.00 retail value, for only $5.90 to cover administrative and handling charges.

13,000 Linux Users to Join Ranks of Wired Home Early Adopters
X10.com and Andover.net are looking for 13,000 web builders who have what it takes to participate in a free test of the FireCracker home control starter kit, an introduction to the home of the future where electrical devices are controlled via remote control.

X10.com® ’s MP3 Anywhere™ Called Missing Link For Connecting Computer to Stereo
In addition to providing a huge boost of momentum for X10.com’s  MP3 Anywhere, several outstanding product reviews are providing computer and technology enthusiasts everywhere with new reasons to listen to MP3 tracks from a PC on a legitimate stereo system in the home.

X10.com® Steamrolls to Number 69 on List of Top 100 Internet Retailers
X10.com is among the Top 100 Internet retailers according to a survey of more than 1,300 on-line shoppers commissioned by Stores magazine, a publication of the National Retail Federation, with support from Verifone.

X10.com® Declares Its Wired Home Products Future Proof
X10.com is declaring its Wired Home products future proof based on a long history of developing wireless products that send commands remotely to almost anything electrical without incurring the costs typically associated with the installation of a PC-based home network.

X10.com’s® Wireless Entertainment Products
X10.com has developed the first family of wireless entertainment products designed to extend the reach of the PC on a platform that allows each of the kits to work both together and alone to send DVD movies from your PC to a big screen, listen to MP3 tracks on a home entertainment system, even transmit live audio and video using a mini-color video camera to any TV up to 100 feet away.

X10.com Develops EagleEYE Motion Sensor
X10.com’s new EagleEYE Motion Sensor is the only Wired Home tool available to secure or monitor both the inside and outside of a home wirelessly without spending thousands of dollars on the installation and monitoring fees normally associated with a traditional security system.

X10.com’s leading Family of Controllers for the Wired Home
X10.com is constantly developing new products to allow computer enthusiasts everywhere the flexibility to control almost anything electrical from anywhere in the home remotely by using one or a combination of their family of controller products.

X10.com’s FireCracker Home Control Starter Kit and Revolutionary Slimline Wall Switch
X10.com is yet again making it possible for computer enthusiasts everywhere to experience first hand the thrill and excitement of the premier starter solution for home control available by offering customers the opportunity to purchase both its hugely successful free FireCracker starter kit and the company’s super-thin, lightweight wireless remote wall switch known as the Slimline

X10.com™ 100 Percent Focused on Delivering High Functionality Low Cost solutions Designed for Today’s Do-It-Yourself Computer Enthusiast
While the majority of home networking vendors concentrate primarily on expensive products for the future, X10.com is capturing the attention of a whole new generation of computer enthusiasts learning how create their 21^st century Wired Home with the free FireCracker™ home control starter kit.

X10.com™’s New Stylish Slimline Switch™ Packs Latest Home Control Technology into Size of Regular Wall Plate
X10.com’s Slimline Switch is the only product to adhere to the specifications of traditional light switch wall plates while at the same time using the latest technology to remotely control multiple lights and appliances from anywhere in the home.

X10.com™ Miles Ahead of Home Networking Vendors in Extending Reach of the Home PC
X10.com is gaining a key segment of the home networking market with customers who want to build a home of the future using their PC as a command center to control and manage automation, entertainment and security products.

X10.com™ ’s UltimateREMOTE™ Latest Way to Control Everything Electrical in the Home
X10.com’s new UltimateREMOTE™ is part of a family of devices sold by the millions worldwide to control lights and appliances from the same remote used for audio and video products.

X10.com™ Is First Manufacturer to Develop Suite of Wireless Color Video Cameras Using 2.4-Gigahertz Platform
X10.com is virtually alone in developing wireless home entertainment products that are absolutely the highest quality options for transmitting pictures and sound from one location to another in the home.

X10.com’s™ XCam BabeWatch™ Parent’s Premier Solution For Monitoring Rooms Remotely
X10.com is making it easy for parents to join the Wired Home revolution by adding to their hugely popular XCam Anywhere™ the ability to send clear, crisp pictures and sounds from rooms with no lights turned on.

X10.com™ to Computer Enthusiasts Everywhere: Help Us Define Wired Home Revolution
X10.com in support of National Techies Day October 5^th, is considering providing computer enthusiasts everywhere the chance to help the company solidify its leadership position and gain a permanent presence in mainstream computer press and consumer trade publications.

X10.com™ Targeting Influentials to Write About the Wired Home Based on Personal Experiences
X10.com is rolling out a public relations effort designed specifically to place their flagship home control and entertainment products in the hands of a select group of influentials with the intent of bringing coverage of the Wired Home category into the mainstream publications permanently.

X10.com™ Now Working With More Than 70 Publications to Grow Wired Home Category
Since June, X10.com has filled nearly 70 requests from editors representing some of the most respected computer and consumer press publications seeking to test the company's family of 2.4-Gigagertz entertainment products and FireCracker™ home control starter kit.

X10.com™ Targets Early Adopters for
One Million Dollar Wired Home Give-Away
X10.com™  will offer the more than two million people who visit the Maximum PC Network each month the chance to receive one free FireCracker home control starter kit worth a retail value of $73.00.

X10.com’s 2.4-Gigahertz Platform Catapults Wired Home Leader
X10.com’s family of 2.4-gigahertz products such as the XCam Anywhere are becoming the most popular way to transmit high quality audio and video from one location to another in the home.

X10.com’s™ Latest Enhancements to its
Mini-Color Video Camera:
Outdoor Use/Built-In Microphone
X10.com has developed the XCam Anywhere as the latest improvement to its family of products using 2.4-gigahertz wireless radio signals to transmit live video and audio throughout the home.

X10.com™ Once Again Leading the Way in Wireless Technology
X10.com is adding XCam Alert to its already hugely popular mini-color video camera that is selling by the thousands each week.

X10.com™ Fans MP3 Revolution with MP3 Anywhere™
X10.com has developed a way to bring the *three million tracks downloaded every day from the Internet to any stereo or entertainment system in the home with the MP3 Anywhere Kit.

X10.com™ Teams with Webgrrls International to Offer Free Home Automation Starter Kits
During this inaugural promotion with Webgrrls, X10.com is looking to give-away more than 3,000 FireCracker kits valued at $73.00 each.

X10.com’s ActiveHome™ Kit Turns Manufacturer Into E-Commerce Leader
X10.com’s best selling home automation kit known as ActiveHome is one of the main reasons why the consumer electronics manufacturer is now one of the top 100 e-commerce sites on the web, according to Media Metrix.

X10.com’s XPress Room: The Ultimate Resource for the Wired Home
It was to design a site where editors could file a story on the latest developments in the Wired Home category without ever having to leave the website.

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X10.com™ to Editors: It’s Easy to Cover the Wired Home
The recruitment of Denenholz is part of plan to provide editors with everything they need to write a really cool story about X10 products without ever having to leave the web site.

One Million Dollars Worth of Product in Just 30 Days
The 20,000 orders for the FireCracker™ kits from members of Slashdot.org and freshmeat.net total more than one million dollars worth of inventory.

X10.com™ and Freshmeat.net are Kicking "A--" and Taking Names
X10.com and freshmeat.net knew they had something "different" when they joined forces last Friday to offer freshmeat’s loyal members the chance to receive one free Firecracker™ kit and pay only the administrative and handling charges ($5.90).

X10™ Teams with Freshmeat.net to Give Away One Million Dollars Worth of Firecracker™ Product
X10 (USA) Inc., the leader in developing products that improve quality of life by providing solutions for home automation, security, and entertainment, has teamed with freshmeat.net to offer its loyal members the chance to receive one free firecracker kit and pay only the shipping and handling charges ($5.90).

X10.com™ Introduces Wireless Color Video Camera
The XCam is essentially a mini-camera that plugs into a VideoSender transmitter (which plugs into the wall) to send real-time video to a TV, VCR or monitor up to 100 feet away. That’s one-third the length of a football field.

ZDNet™ AnchorDesk Features $1M "Wired Home" Product Giveaway
ZDNet’s (NYSE: ZDZ) AnchorDesk with Jesse Berst today kicked off coverage of new home-control products for linking common appliances.

X10’s DVD Anywhere™ Kit inexpensive solution for home entertainment
X10.com, the first manufacturer to develop a way to use the existing A/C wiring in your home to automatically control your lights and appliances, has now figured out a way for you to easily enjoy DVD movies from your PC on any TV in your home.

Wired Home E-Commerce Site X10.com™ Attracts Millions
X10 figured out a long time ago how to use the existing AC wiring in your home to remotely control almost anything. While others race to create the home network of the future, X10 customers are enjoying the benefits of home automation right now with systems that are extremely affordable and install within minutes.

X10’s ActiveHome™ Kit-Welcome to the 21^st Century
X10 (USA) Inc., the first manufacturer to develop a way to use the existing A/C wiring in your home to automatically control your lights and appliances, now has a way for Ward and Beaver to avoid June’s wrath for leaving on a light, coffee pot, or TV.

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