Archive | October, 2007
The Truth About Windows Home Server
PC Pro (UK Computer mag) apparently has the truth about home server in this week’s podcast. Hero or zero? Die a death or secret success? Check out the podcast to find out their view.
Continue reading...HP MediaSmart Server - Full Details Next Monday
30. October 2007
I just got off the phone with a few people from HP’s US and European operations, and they kindly filled me in on full release details for the HP MediaSmart Server in both the US and Europe. Sadly, the deal is that the information is under wraps until Monday, November 5th so make sure you drop [...]
Continue reading...Join Microsoft and HP Online to Hear About the HP MediaSmart Server
30. October 2007
The HP MediaSmart Server fest continues in November, with a series of four live online presentations, hosted by Microsoft and HP and featuring some of your favourite digital pundits. Here’s the blurb: Do you have multiple PCs with increasingly large amounts of digital photos, music, video and documents? Is managing, accessing and protecting this digital media becoming [...]
Continue reading...Add-In: Windows Home Server Event Monitor
29. October 2007
Windows Home Server Event Monitor is a new add-in from Dave Mercer which monitors your home server’s event log and sends an email to the address of your choice when a pre-defined event occurs. The add-in is in alpha and Dave’s looking for testing support and feedack from the community. Future features will include WHS Health [...]
Continue reading...It’s an All-New HP MediaSmart Server Data Sheet!
28. October 2007
Along with releasing a new mini-site featuring the HP MediaSmart Server, Hewlitt Packard this week also issued an updated data sheet for the EX470 and EX475 models. You can download it from HP’s website. I’m chatting with the guys from HP’s US and UK businesses on Tuesday, so expect to hear more on the MediaSmart server in [...]
Continue reading...Add-In: Firefly for Windows Home Server
27. October 2007
Firefly is a media server application which allows you to stream music to DMR’s like the Roku Soundbridge and to iTunes. It’s an open source, community build application, offering the following features: Support for running on unix/POSIX platforms Support for Windows (beta versions) Support for Mac OSX (coming soon!) Support for on-the-fly transcoding of OGG, FLAC, Apple Lossless, and [...]
Continue reading...HP Mediasmart Server Online Demo
25. October 2007
The HP Mediasmart Server will be available to buy in the coming weeks - HP have kicked off their marketing with an online demo of the server which outlines its features and benefits in detail. Alongside the recent Windows Home Server minisite at microsoft.com, it’s certainly the most detailed (and glossiest!) overview we’ve seen on WHS and [...]
Continue reading...Get a Preview of Windows Home Server for Dummies
25. October 2007
Woody Leonhard’s “Windows Home Server for Dummies” will be published in late November. However, if you’re itching for a preview of what’s in-store, Windows Secrets is offering a download of two chapters of the book in e-book form. (You do have to register on this site, and, in Radiohead style, offer a voluntary financial contribution depending on [...]
Continue reading...Add-in: Digital ArchHound for Windows Home Server
23. October 2007
Digital ArcHound is a new add-in for Windows Home Server that allows you to scan, archive and retrive important paper-based documents and records. It works with your existing scanner, to save your documents to PDF, (via a free PDF creator included in that package) which are then saved on to the home server under particular home [...]
Continue reading...Windows Home Server User’s Guide - Available Next Week
21. October 2007
Over the summer, I was lucky enough to be invited by Apress to be the Technical Reviewer on Andrew Edney’s Windows Home Server User’s Guide. The job entailed ensuring Andrew’s text was technically correct, all walkthroughs, hints and tips did what they were meant to, and generally give a steer on ensuring that the technical [...]
Continue reading...- What If: There Were Two Versions of Windows Home Server?
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- Data Corruption Bug - List of Potential Applications Affected Grows
- Windows 7 Media Center Revealed
- Windows Home Server Data Corruption Bug Fix Slated for June 2008
- Exclusive: The Next Generation HP MediaSmart Server - Codename Encore
- HP “Investigating Options” For Official MediaSmart Server Memory Upgrades
- Windows XP SP3 Update Breaks Windows Home Server Remote Access?
- Hands On: HP MediaSmart Connect x280n
- Should Microsoft Release Windows Home Server PP1 Now?
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- Windows Home Server System Builder Software - Now With Power Pack 1
- Add-in Update: Recorded TV Manager Vista Media Center Add-in Beta 2
- Tranquil Announces TLS – The Ultimate Home Server Backup Service
- Get a Deal on Raxco’s PerfectDisk and a Free Upgrade
- Going Green: Recycle Your Old Laptop Case
- Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 Coming Mid-2009
31. October 2007
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