Archive | May, 2007
Getting Windows Home Server Ship Shape
So with the Release Candidate of Windows Home Server due this week, and subsequently the final version hitting RTM before long, I would imagine that life is pretty busy over at Redmond right now in the WHS corridors. But what goes into getting a product ready to ship? Find out here.
Continue reading...Get Ready For Windows Home Server RC1!
26. May 2007
It’s looking pretty certain from this post that the first (and who knows, possibly only) Release Candidate for Windows Home Server will be released at some point next week! Release Candidates are considered to have the potential for release, unless any major bugs appear. Various websites are reporting on an email sent to beta testers stating that [...]
Continue reading...Betanews Interview with Windows Home Server’s Joel Sider
26. May 2007
Betanews caught up with Windows Home Server Group Product Manager Joel Sider at WinHEC a couple of weeks ago - no major revelations, but you can read the interview at their website.
Continue reading...HP Windows Home Server Advert With (Probably Not) Bill Gates
26. May 2007
I came across this video on the web yesterday evening - it’s alledgedly a HP commercial for Windows Home Server, featuring the hands of a well-known Chief Software Architect and the HP MediaSmart Server. Video: Microsoft Home Server HP Commercial I’ll let you decide whether this is genuine or not….
Continue reading...WinHEC 2007: Press Round-Up
21. May 2007
Looks like Windows Home Server ended up being one of the highlights of WinHEC for many commentators. Here’s a round up of some of last week’s online press: Information Week: What’s Hot From WinHEC? Windows Home Server PC Magazine: What You Can’t Do With Windows Home Server PC Magazine: Will Windows Home Server Be the Next ‘Me Too’ [...]
Continue reading...WinHEC 2007: Press the Red Button?
18. May 2007
PC Magazine feeds back on Charlie K’s Chalk Talk session yesterday at WinHEC. Amongst other things, Charlie revealed: 1. WHS will not support WiFi connections to home routers - ethernet only (a pretty sensible decision, if you ask me, with the amount of backup activity required each night). “We looked at the mountains we wanted to climb [...]
Continue reading...WinHEC 2007: WHS Software Partner Press Releases Erm… Released
18. May 2007
Further to my post this morning regarding the software partners for WHS announced at WinHEC, the Microsoft PressPass site has now been updated with Press Releases for each of the partners announced. LAGOTEK provides remote access to home Control with Windows Home Server Riptopia Chosen as an Independent Software Vendor for Microsoft Windows Home Server SageTV Announces Support [...]
Continue reading...WHS Add-ins Page Added
18. May 2007
Seems like the WHS Developer Community out there is starting to flex its muscles to create some great new add-ins for Windows Home Server, so I thought it would be a good idea to create a new page on the blog to keep track of what people are releasing. As ever, if you see something out [...]
Continue reading...Photosync for Windows Home Server
18. May 2007
The list of WHS Add-ins continues to grow with the Beta 1 release of Photosync for Windows Home Server, an application which monitors the Photos folder on WHS and automatically uploads the contents to Flickr to allow you to easily share (and remotely backup) your digital photo files. With add-ins like this, I’m starting to get [...]
Continue reading...WinHEC 2007: Software Partners Announced for Windows Home Server
18. May 2007
At WinHEC, Microsoft have announced a number of partners currently developing applications specifically for Windows Home Server. They range from nice home automation products, through digital media serving, all the way to (at last, for those worried about their beta machine) an anti-virus application. Let’s take a look at the list! • Diskeeper Corp.’s Diskeeper 2007 [...]
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- Windows Home Server Data Corruption Bug Fix Slated for June 2008
- HP “Investigating Options” For Official MediaSmart Server Memory Upgrades
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31. May 2007
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