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“Extending” Your Computer Power Supply

Jim Clark gets to work on a new project to power more of his digital home directly from his computer's PSU.

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Add-in Review: RipNAS Essentials

From the makers of dBpoweramp comes RipNAS Essentials for Windows Home Server, a CD Ripping and Metadata manager. Andrew Carr takes a look to see whether this kind of add-in is at home in a home server sertting.

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Welcome to Low Power Computing

A new site dedicated to Low Power Computing started up about a week ago.  I know that WGS has had a few discussions regarding getting the most computer power per kWh, and I hope that this site will provide some additional and useful information on being “Green”.

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Exclusive: Tranquil PC Announce SQA-5H Home Server

Tranquil PC today have announced details of their new next-generation home server – the SQA-5H, an Intel Atom 330 Dual Core Based system with 5 hard drive bays.

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Add-In: GridJunction 1.2 Beta

Alexander Kent has updated his power management add-in, GridJunction to version 1.2. The add-in allows you to manage an Uninterruptible Power Supply Battery Backup System via the Windows Home Server Console.

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Having Problems With Your UPS and the HP MediaSmart Server?

I was interested to see this support post up at HP.com regarding the use of Uninterruptable Power Supplies with the HP MediaSmart Server: HP MediaSmart Server - Uninterruptible Power Supply is not Supported The Media Smart Server does not support active Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). Using the USB cable to allow the UPS to communicate with the [...]

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