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Windows Home Server World Cup Results for April

10. May 2008

The team over at the Windows Home Server Team Blog have been keeping a tally of the uptake of WHS around the globe since February. They’ve come up with a formula to make comparisons across countries relevant - based on Windows Home Server sales divided by the number of households with a broadband connection in [...]

HP MediaSmart Server and Windows Home Server - Analysts React

22. April 2008

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HP have passed us through a YouTube video with interviews with noted Tech Analysts Richard Doherty and Rob Enderle singing the praises of Windows Home Server and, of course, the HP MediaSmart Server. If you have a spare five minutes, check it out below:

Forrester Research: Home Servers In The Digital Age - Windows Home Server Will Accelerate Growth Of A New Product Category

22. April 2008

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Home Servers In The Digital Age is a new 14 page report by J.P. Gownder and his colleagues from Forester Research and is available to download at no cost from Microsoft’s web site (so you can reasonably expect that it is supportive of the WHS concept). Consumers’ growing digital assets in the form of music, photos, and video will [...]

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 [...]

Win a $10,000 Digital Home Makeover From Microsoft

25. March 2008

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As part of the launch of the new Windows Media Center v2 Extenders, Microsoft are holding a competition in which one lucky winner can have their digital lives transformed from their current frustrated, disconnected experience to a digital enthusiast’s dream with $10,000 worth of new kit, including a new PC with Windows Media Center, Extenders [...]

Iomega Drop Windows Home Server-Based HomeCenter

12. March 2008

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Interesting news today from Personal Computer World today, that Iomega have decided not to release their planned Windows Home Server product, but will instead release a Linux based NAS product. Iomega claim that the hardware logo requirements set by Microsoft are too high to allow Iomega to price their planned product low enough for their customers. More Info: [...]

HP MediaSmart Server Owners: Time to Speak Up

8. March 2008

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HP are seeking the views of MediaSmart Server owners in an online survey published this week. The MediaSmart team want to understand how people are using the product and what their experience has been so far. Josh Peterson, HP’s Director of Home Server Marketing, told us, “We hope to uncover information on what they like, what we [...]

Will We See OneCare for Windows Home Server?

25. February 2008

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Joe Wilcox revealedlast week that Microsoft are preparing a new version of Windows Live OneCare for Windows Server - the product will be bundled with Windows Small Business Server and Essential Server 2008, providing 12 months of free anti-virus protection for those systems. Given the relationship between SBS and WHS (and the closeness of the teams [...]

“Mommy, Why Is There A Server In The House?” Now Pre-Ordering at Amazon

2. February 2008

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When I was told by Todd Headrick from the WHS Team, that they were planning on releasing “Mommy, Why Is There A Server In The House?” on Amazon for people to buy, I have to admit, I thought he was joking - sure, releasing the rumour around the Net would be a neat extension to the [...]

Who Won the “Mommy, Why Is There a Server In The House?” Competition?

18. January 2008

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Thanks to everyone who entered last week’s competition to win a copy of “Mommy, Why Is There a Server In The House?”. Congratulations to Brendan Grant, whose name was pulled out of the hat! Stay tuned for a new competition shortly….