Most basic, low power home surveillance system

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I am thinking of setting up a simple but effective surveillance system for my house that is:

Very low powered (preferably no PCs left running out of stand-by mode)
Cheap.

When motion (or sound) is detected, I would like it to:

Send an email/phone alert to me
Record and upload video to the web (in case they steal the camera)

So I imagine a system where I leave a netbook PC in stand-by mode and have it woken up by a motion detector. This initiates software to send alerts and periodically upload recorded video to the web.

The software part is easy for me, but I'm not really a gadget-man so I'd like some advice on using a motion sensor of some sort to wake up the PC.

Does anyone have some good advice?

I know there are a couple of questions dealing with this topic already (see here: http://superuser.com/questions/3054/looking-for-a-moderately-priced-home-surveillance-setup, and here: http://superuser.com/questions/2929/can-you-suggest-a-great-home-security-setup-anti-burglars-e-t-c) - I am seeking more specific information with this question.

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