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Hands On: HP MediaSmart Connect x280n

The first Extender for Media Center to fully support Windows Home Server lands at We Got Served, and we love it! Get the lowdown and find out why.

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How To: Play Media Stored On Your Playstation 3 With Windows Home Server and PVConnect/TwonkyMedia

Having problems playing back media on Windows Home Server with your Playstation 3. You went out and got TwonkyMedia didn't you, thinking that would solve it. Then that stopped working, right? Okay, let's fix it.

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Controlling Media Center From Your Windows Mobile Device

Ever heard of Windows SideShow? No? You’re not alone. I’ve been using Vista since it was first released to the public and I never even noticed that it was in the Control Panel. Perhaps because Microsoft has let it take a backseat in the Vista world and there has been very little hardware released to [...]

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Review: Logitech SqueezeBox Duet and SqueezeServer

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, [...]

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How To: Install Orb on Windows Home Server

If, like me, you have a long weekend coming up thanks to the Easter holiday, you may be looking for a project to work on with your home server. May I suggest working through the following How To developed by WGS forum member GaMeR, which walks you through installing Orb on your Windows Home Server system. Orb [...]

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Add-In Update: TiVo Publisher 1.21

Rob Durfee’s released an update to his add-in, TiVo Publisher which is now at version 1.21. The update includes the following features and fixes: Firewall Port exceptions are added automatically when the add-in first starts. FLV and files with the .DIVX extension now appear in Videos. Playlists now show up in Music (they appear as folders). M3U and WPL [...]

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Add-In: WebGuide for Windows Home Server

Great news for those of you who have been hanging on for Microsoft to do something with WebGuide for Windows Home Server since their acquisition of the product earlier in the year - from today you can download it as a free add-in for WHS. Webguide for Windows Home Server enables you to remotely access, listen, [...]

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TiVo Publisher for Windows Home Server - Coming Soon

TiVo never really caught on here in the UK, as it was up against some stiff competition against the Sky+ STB/DVR - however, I know that some of you guys in the US are all over TiVo, so you’ll be happy to hear that a WHS user called Rob is working on a TiVo Publisher [...]

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New Add-in: LobsterTunes 4 Released For Windows Home Server

LobsterTunes is an add-in that allows you to stream music directly from Windows Home Server to your Windows Mobile phone via WiFi or 3G. It comes with an MP3 player for your phone which allows you to: Play your entire music collection on your phone Play internet radio stations Find and view album art for all your [...]

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