This time next week will be the beginning of the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Taking place from October 27th – 30th, this years PDC2008 has 2 sessions dedicated to developing for Windows Home Server, that is if you or your business can afford the $2395 USD registration fee. On […]
The Old The Stay-At-Home-Servers website has been revamped. Gone are the tongue-in-cheek "America’s Talking" debate show videos and instead are FAQ’s with questions like: WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO TELL MY PARENTS I BOUGHT A STAY-AT-HOME-SERVER? WILL IT SCARE MY KIDS? and WILL MY NEIGHBORS LOOK AT ME? And it’s now entitled "Stay-At-Home" Server Neighbor […]
Blog "Windows Home Server – a user’s experience" has built a Windows Home Server into a MSI Wind Desktop. Although the Desktop in only available in the US, the British blog managed to get hold of one and in the process it has saved a third on juice costs. The MSI Wind Desktop on top […]
.NET Developer Dan Hounshell has a great 6 part series about building not just a eco-friendly Windows Home Server, but an economical one too. Part 1: In search of an Eco-Friendly Economical Home Server Part 2: In search of an Eco-Friendly Economical Home Server 2, Electric Boogaloo Part 3: A Cheap and Green Windows Home […]
UK based Tranquil PC have been in contact with us to announce their latest offering, the SQA-5H Home Server. The multi-drive server comes with the latest 64 bit ready Intel Atom Dual Core processor (Intel Atom 330 – 2×1.6GHz) and 1GB of memory (upgradable to 2GB) and supports five quick install 3.5” HDDs, 6 USB […]
It is now easy to host your own applications inside its own tab within the Windows Home Server console. By using the new add-in TabCreator you can add frequently used applications to the console. As an example TabCreator can create the following tabs: DVD Shrink Notepad Task Manager As well as the download documentation is […]
We all know that ISPs are now restricting internet bandwidth across the globe, from Comcast in the US to UK providers on the other side of the pond. But how can we monitor our bandwidth usage along with using Windows Home Server? Easily, thanks to Joe DiFiglia from computingondemand.com. Joe has put together a tutorial […]
With the latest mix of news reviews and comment, The Home Server Show #20 is now available for your listening pleasure. More details are available here.
The Home Server Show has posted details about an update to the online backup service, KeepVault. Version 2.30 adds the ability to see exactly how much space you have used and also the ability to delete files from your online repository. The new version along with instructions is available from here along with additional details […]
Technology review site PCStats has a review of the Icy Dock MB454SPF-B 4-Bay hot swappable Hard Drive Module which can mount up to four 3.5" SATA hard drives. The 4 page review covers the three unit high 5.25" device in detail and concludes that: Overall PCSTATS has been quite pleased with the the IcyDock MB454SPF-B […]
