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Hands-On: Tranquil PC T7-HDx Storage Device

10. May 2008

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The World's first Windows Home Server has a new friend to play with. We took a look at how well they play together.

Tranquil PC Launch French Retail Site

7. May 2008

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Tranquil PC are today launching a new online site at www.tranquilpc.fr offering a full range of PCs and of course, their range of Harmony Home Servers to the French public. The site is being operated in partnership with French firm, Springeo SA and will offer both sales and ongoing support to French consumers. So, if you’re a [...]

Turn Your USB Flash Drive into a Windows Install Disk

30. April 2008

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Many of us more technically-inclined poeple have probably built our own Windows Home Server systems by now or are considering it. But one of the more tricky problems with building your own Home Server is how to install it. Sure there is picking up a spare DVD drive just to install Home Server intially, but most [...]

PlayTech Windows Home Server Reviewed in New Zealand PCWorld

29. April 2008

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Helping New Zealand rank well at number 2 on the global WHS World Cup standings are a wide range of home servers from local system builders. One of these systems, the PlayTech Home Server which is a AMD Athlon X2 4600+ processor based system, is reviewed in the May issue of New Zealand ‘s PC World. The review is authored by [...]

Routers That Successfully Auto-Configure with Windows Home Server

25. April 2008

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Over on the WGS Forums, we’re compiling a master list of Routers that auto-configure with Windows Home Server using uPnP. You’ll probably know that Windows Home Server is meant to be able to configure remote access for your router if it supports uPnP, but in fact, this only seems to work with some routers. If you’re having [...]

Build a Home Server for Just $400

22. April 2008

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One of the criticisms I hear a lot regarding Windows Home Server is that its an expensive option compared to a Linux-based NAS box. However, if you select the right components, and hunt around for deals, you can build a Windows Home Server machine much more cheaply than buying one off the shelf. I bumped into Donavon [...]

HP’s Managed Home Team Answer Your Questions

21. April 2008

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A few weeks ago we invited WGS readers to submit the questions they want answered by HP’s Managed Home Team - these are the people who brought you the HP MediaSmart Server, as well as HP’s MediaSmart TV, the HP MediaVault and the forthcoming HP MediaSmart Connect media receiver. As you’ll see, the team provide a [...]

Review: Logitech SqueezeBox Duet and SqueezeServer

21. April 2008

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I’ve been looking around for a while trying to figure out the best way to get my music from my home server to my HiFi. For a long time I used an old laptop and just streamed stuff using Windows Media Player, took the output from the audio out socket and plugged it into my HiFi, [...]

Avideus HSE Home Server Announced

20. April 2008

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Another OEM has joined the select group of those providing commercial WHS systems - welcome to the Avideus HSE Home Server which is another system, along with the Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo and Velocity Micro Netmagix servers, based on the Intel SS4200-EHW Server design. Available now, from US$799, the Avideus HSE Home Server is the first Windows Home Server product [...]

MVP Summit Day 3: Sleepless in Seattle

17. April 2008

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The originality police may be knocking on my door shortly for that headline, but on Tuesday night my jetlag really decided to kick in as I awoke at 2.30am and couldn’t get back to sleep. So Wednesday ended up as a bit of a blur! We were back to campus for the second day of our Windows Home [...]