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How-To: Listen to Internet Radio with Windows Home Server and SHOUTcast

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

SHOUTcast is a free application which anbles you to access thousands of internet radion stations from all over the world. Did you know you can set up Windows Home Server to be your own, personal SHOUTcast server, so you can listen to internet radio anywhere in your home? We’ll show you how, thanks to Drashna’s [...]

Hands-On: Chenbro ES34069 Home Server Chassis

Saturday, March 29, 2008

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Model: Chenbro ES34069 Manufacturer: Chenbro Price: £175 (inc VAT) More Info: www.mini-itx.com With only a few OEMs releasing dedicated Windows Home Server systems to the market, many enthusiasts have taken it upon themselves to build their own home servers, either through recycling old systems and components lying around the house (Windows Home Server’s hardware requirements a far more [...]

HP Update Regarding the Windows Home Server Data Corruption Bug

Friday, March 28, 2008

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I had the opportunity to catch up with Allen Buckner from the HP MediaSmart team yesterday, regarding progress on the data corruption bug. He told me that HP share Microsoft’s point of view that the bug has only hit a very small percentage of their customers, although reiterating that whilst it’s an obscure bug, it [...]

Exclusive: Tranquil PC to Launch WHS-based M one Media Server

Thursday, March 20, 2008

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Whilst we’ve been sworn to secrecy, we’ve been aware for a while that Tranquil PC have been working on a new cutting edge Media Server system, and today we can at last reveal some of the details. Launched this Easter weekend, the M one is a Windows Home Server based system which combines 2Tb of internal [...]

Top 5 Things You Didn’t Know You Can Do With Your Windows Vista Media Center PC

Friday, March 14, 2008

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Hey guys I put together a video tips video on soapbox of the top 5 things you can do with your Windows Vista Media Center PC. This isn’t purist Home Server but one of the tips is! Let me know what you think! Video: The Top 5 Things YOU didn’t know you could do with your Vista [...]

Iomega Drop Windows Home Server-Based HomeCenter

Wednesday, March 12, 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: [...]

Windows Home Server Video Training from Scott Lowe and Train Signal

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

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Here at We Got Served, we’ve featured quite a few Windows Home Server related books which help you build, install, configure and manage your new home server. Some people are much more visual thinkers however, and if you’re one of these type of people, or you don’t have the time to read a manual, a [...]

Should Microsoft Release Windows Home Server PP1 Now?

Monday, March 10, 2008

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Todd Headrick (who is the Product Planner over on the Windows Home Server team) is seeking some feedback from the community on a question. Earlier today, Microsoft revealed that the Data Corruption bug fix was currently scheduled for June 2008 - previously, we’ve been advised that Power Pack 1 would be held back until the bug [...]

Add-In Update: TiVo Publisher 1.3

Monday, March 10, 2008

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Rob Durfee has updated TiVo Publisher to version 1.3: This update adds the following features: FLAC, OGG, M4A (AAC unprotected) audio formats are now supported. Updated ffmpeg to newer release (2/5/2008, r11870). TagLib# library is now used to read audio file tags. Additional Video Metadata fields are now viewable on the TiVo (e.g., year, cast, ratings). Updated the Video Metadata Editor [...]

WGS Supporters: New Exclusive Features at We Got Served

Sunday, March 9, 2008

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If you’ve recently made a donation to We Got Served’s running costs, you’ll see that your WGS Forum status will have been upgraded from “Member” to “WGS Supporter ‘08″ - this gives you access to a number of exclusive benefits here at WGS which include a much larger inbox for personal messages, larger limits on [...]