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Jungle Disk: Windows Home Server Market “Not Large Enough” For Dedicated Product

Jungle Disk announce the decision to retire their dedicated Windows Home Server online backup product. But was anyone interested in the first place?

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Great Deal on the Linksys DMA-2200 Extender for Windows Media Center

If you read our recent review of the Linksys DMA-2200 Extender for Media Center and were interested in picking one up, Amazon currently have an eye-wateringly good deal on both that unit, and it’s little brother, the DMA-2100.

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WHS v2 Job Postings Spotted

Two recent job postings have shed light on the potential future of Windows Home Server.

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My Personal TV Digital

I recently came across a post over at Ian Dixon's Digital Lifestyle blog, and first reported by Broadcast Buyer, talking about a new addin that will be available in November from Microsoft as a free update to Vista Media Center.

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Integrating Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server for the Average Family - Part 1

The first in a series of articles detailing how one network went from dilapidated junker to media hero with the help WMC and WHS.

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Add-In: Media Connect Controller

Brendan Grant has released a new add-in called Media Connect Controller, which allows you to share more of your shared folders to devices and computers around your home via Windows Media Connect. More Info: Media Connect Controller | Discuss

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Vista Caller-ID WHS - Now in Public Beta

A few weeks ago, you’ll remember that we wrote about a caller-ID add-in for Windows Home Server called Vista Caller-ID WHS. Alexander Kent got in touch this week to let me know that after a successful private beta (powered by many of you, I believe) they’re now opening up the beta to all. So, if you’d [...]

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Add-In: PowerSwitch

   PowerSwitch is a new add-in for Windows Home Server which puts your home server into standby and resumes it at user defined times. The add-in is a tab in the settings dialog. In the tab you’ll see two time entries and a drop down for selecting power down state. Simply select the times you want WHS to [...]

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Add-In: Vista Caller-ID Home Server

Vista Caller-ID is a free Windows Vista application that tracks and announces phone calls. It uses your Voice or Data Modem and Caller ID service provided by your local phone company in order to identify who’s calling. The team have now released an accompanying add-in for Windows Home Server, which automatically saves and logs caller ID information [...]

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Add-In Review: Advanced Admin Console 0.2.0 Beta

If an FBI profiler was asked to produce a profile for the average Windows Home Server user, I don’t think it would raise too many people’s eyebrows if they were to describe them as; male, 25-55 years of age, able to hold down a job and appear as upstanding members of their communities. As with [...]

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