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September 26, 2007  In an effort to combat odor-causing residue in high-efficiency (HE) washing machines, Whirlpool Corporation, the industry leader in laundry, announces an innovative washer cleaner — Affresh™ tablets. Until now, some HE washing machine owners have attempted to clean mold and mildew stains with everything from bleach to vinegar with limited results.

Due to the efficient design of HE machines, mold and mildew stains have a higher potential for build-up in HE machines. Previously, no cleaning product provided a complete solution to effectively combat this problem. Affresh™ tablets, specifically designed for these washing machines, help remove and prevent odor-causing residue build-up in all brands. The oxygenated bubbling action of Affresh™ washer cleaner penetrates and dissolves unseen odor-causing residue, providing a more effective cleaning option than bleach alone. Read more

September 25, 2007 – Already considered a leader in manufacturing energy efficient home appliances, Bosch’s Green Resource Center web site has been awarded with several of Building Products’ 2007 Vanguard Awards, including Best Overall, Best Product Information, Best Interactivity and Best Section for Professionals categories. Bosch’s unique site also earned honorable mentions in the Best Navigation, Design and Installation Support categories. In its debut year, Building Products’ Vanguard Awards are voted on by actual builders and remodelers, and honors manufacturers leading the way in digital media, while also showing a commitment to providing accessible product information to their professional clientele.

Launched in late 2006, Bosch created the special Green Resource Center section on its www.boschappliances.com site to educate the consumer, builder and designer on energy efficiency and green building. It has quickly become a valuable, one-stop destination, offering unique tools such as the Energy Savings Calculator, that quickly computes the annual energy costs and savings for individual Bosch appliances, and a localized Rebate Finder. Read more

September 20, 2007—Monogram culinary sophistication takes a bold and innovative turn with new electronic induction cooktops. Available in 36" and 30" configurations—with the most powerful induction element in the industry1—these cooktops deliver design, performance and convenience.

Extremely responsive, induction cooking has been popular in commercial and European kitchens for years. Now GE is making the technology available to high–end households with new GE Monogram® electronic induction cooktops. Read more

September 19, 2007 – You TiVo the Food Network, you have the grocery store on speed dial and you’ve got the best recipes this side of town. All that you are missing is a professional-grade kitchen where you can recreate those fabulous meals you have been coveting.

This fall, cooking up a new look for your kitchen has never been easier. Upgrade your kitchen to professional status and be the envy of your neighbors with money to spare by following a few simple guidelines. Read more

September 19, 2007– Hideki Electronics today announced that its new Honeywell branded home weather stations are equipped with the NOAA Emergency Alert System with Specific Area Messaging Encoding (S.A.M.E.).

Available nationwide this month, three new Honeywell Emergency Alert Weather Stations that broadcast up to 62 different warnings, are products designed to keep the public informed of any potential or occurring hazard. National, regional and local alerts that range from icy conditions and tornado warnings to amber alerts and terrorist activity are all part of the alert system included within the base product of atomic time and wireless environmental conditions for temperature, humidity and many other features. Read more

Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- When the world's first countertop microwave oven, the Amana Radarange, debuted in 1967, it was initially viewed with skepticism but was hailed as a technological breakthrough. Now, in celebration of the microwave oven's 40th anniversary Amana introduces the next generation of microwave cooking with a new convection microwave that offers added conveniences and practical features. Since the sixties, consumers have enjoyed saving time and energy in the kitchen. In fact, the microwave has saved Americans an estimated trillion minutes in cooking time since its introduction, allowing consumers to do other things they enjoy. Over time, the microwave gave Americans not only cooking flexibility, but an entirely new category of food items developed solely for microwave use.

Today, the microwave oven has become a standard kitchen appliance in homes across the country. A microwave oven can be found in 90 million U.S. households and research shows that 95 percent of Americans own a microwave. Consumers even rated the popular appliance as one of the top five necessities they couldn't live without. Read more

September 17, 2007 – For more than five decades, premium manufacturer Bosch home appliances – part of BSH Home Appliances Corporation – has been perfecting its revolutionary countertop appliances, and now unveils its most versatile “secret weapon” for the kitchen: the “Universal Plus” Kitchen Machine. As the newest member to Bosch’s family of high performance small appliances, the Universal Plus is the ultimate stand mixer that offers high performance, multiple safety features and a striking new modern design. Having added a powerful 800-watt motor and an upgraded version of its legendary automatic transmission drive system, the Universal Plus is leading the next generation of Bosch Kitchen Machines that combine multiple countertop appliances into one easy-to-use unit.

“The advent of the Bosch Kitchen Machine over fifty years ago created a whole new way of thinking about countertop appliances,” said Steve Fox, director of Bosch consumer products. “Today, the versatility and power of our Kitchen Machines combine the capabilities of numerous individual appliances – like blenders, mixers, food processors and more – offering home chefs a smart investment.” Read more

June 20, 2007 – In an effort to educate Californian's on the excessive cost of heating water with inefficient tank water heaters, Rinnai Corporation, the leading tankless water heating company in the U.S., has posted a billboard on California's 405 freeway displaying the millions of dollars wasted in California each day by homes and businesses heating their water with inefficient water tanks.

According to an annual estimated cost from the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and Energy Factor (EF) from the May 2007 Consumers Directory of Certified Efficiency Ratings, the 13 million single-family homes in California waste approximately $5.1 million daily heating water with tank-type water heaters, equaling about $1.9 billion a year or more than $3,500 a minute. That amount is equivalent to the GDPs of several countries including Belize, Greenland, Mongolia, and Sierra Leone among others.* Read more

May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Rejecting the cop-out that it's only the thought that counts, Brookstone introduces unique and innovative Father's Day gifts that are sure to produce a genuine smile and 'thank you' from Dad.

Whether Dad is king of the grill or master of the media room these gifts, available exclusively at Brookstone stores and online at www.brookstone.com, will help make this year's celebration one to remember. Read more

May 24, 2007 - Hawking Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of innovative home automation, wireless networking and security solutions for home and business users, announced that it has begun shipments of its long awaited HomeRemote home control system today.

HomeRemote is an affordable, easy-to-use system that lets users control their household appliances and lighting both from within their homes and from anywhere in the world via a standard Internet web browser or mobile phone. For added security, HomeRemote also allows users to monitor their home with live video from HomeRemote Wireless Video Cameras (HRNC1). HomeRemote lets even the most inexperienced users tailor their homes for personal comfort and control within minutes. The HomeRemote System (HRGZ1) consists of an Internet Gateway and a handheld remote control for convenient, in-home control of lighting and appliances. Read more