As a standalone tool Watcher does motion detection, video logging, broadcasting and more. Used together with the RemoteView (free), you can do real time remote video surveillance by connecting to Watcher via a telephone line or internet.

The program monitors your home or office 24 hours a day, captures motion event using webcams, saves into compressed video clips and triggers various alerts, such as ftp, e-mail etc. It also has camera image broadcasting capability.

Other key features of Watcher include advanced motion detection algorithm including masking feature, video clips are highly compressed and can be converted to AVI format, and it can operate in stealth mode.

This is the free trial version which will only run for 30 minutes at each use and has some functions disabled. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "Buy Now" button below for $49.06 US (around £31.25 UK).