Watching Your Home From Afar
November 2000, Time Digital Magazine
With nifty little X10 modules, you can inexpensively control your home appliances over the Web. Read story.

PC-Based Video Camera Receives High Marks
October 22, 2000, San Jose Mercury News
...A useful, Web-enabled gadget that's great for home security, or for monitoring a child's room from anywhere in the house or halfway around the world. Read story

Tech 2001/ When Ruby Met Webby: A Star Is Born
October 16, 2000, New York Magazine
Of course I'd seen the ubiquitous XCam2 banner ads promising inexpensive wireless household security surveillance plenty of times while surfing the Web. But what would be the point? Not much goes on in my 500-square-foot household that I'm not aware of. Or so I thought. Read story

Remote Video Camera Sees Inside and Out
October 10, 2000, Tech Talk by Mike Berman
You turn on your TV set or computer and see that Fritz, your sleepwalking cat, just knocked over your favorite lamp. You return to bed, wondering what cat stew would taste like. Read story

Testing Ground: XCam2
September 8, 2000, IGN For Men
With all of these voyeuristic shows flooding the television today, watching ordinary people is hip. In order to watch people in their most ordinary state, methods of amateur video recording need to be used. Read story

DVD: From PC to TV
July 30, 2000, Access Magazine
The problem: You'd rather sit in the living room Laz-Z-Boy, not in your computer room, to watch your DVD movie rental, but you don't have a DVD player in your home entertainment system... View the PDF article online here  (requires Acrobat Reader)

With Home Security Products, You Can Keep a Watchful Eye Via Net
July 24, 2000, Los Angeles Times
The other day, I saw someone knock on my front door. Normally that wouldn't be a big deal, but I wasn't home at the time. I was monitoring my front porch via the Internet. Read story

I See You
July 2000, by Kim Komando, Popular Mechanics
We all dream of a world without worry. A place where you never have to lock your door, where your keys can dangle from the ignition in full view, and where being ripped off is just a silly nightmare. Wouldn’t that be grand? But the reality is, trust doesn’t come easy and it must be earned. Read story

X10 Firecracker
June 08, 2000, By Rick Popko, Equip (ZD Net)

X10 XCam2 with XRay Vision
June 01, 2000, by Scott Koegler, PhotoHighway.com

Air Force
May 2000, By Simon Dumenco, New York Magazine

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