Archive for December, 2008

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Use a Sony PSP as a Monitor for WHS

YouTube has a video showing a Sony PSP being used as a monitor for the Windows Home Server desktop. The handheld Sony is running custom firmware from a guy known as Dark Alex called PSPdisp which allows you to see your WHS screen on the PSP by using the USB port. The firmware and homebrew […]

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Virtual Live Mesh on WHS

Developer Andrew Grant has just published the following on his blog: This is a screenshot of using Live Mesh on my work machine to login to Vista (running under VMWare fusion) on my MacBook at home, which is logged into my Windows Home Server development box, which is installing a copy of Vista Home Premium […]

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Home Server a NAS Device with a Brain

The Windows Home Server Team Blog has a great 10 point chart highlighting the differences between a Home Server and a network attached storage device (NAS for short). After reading through the list, you may agree with one reviewer who called Home Server a "NAS device with a brain." The chart is available here.

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Christmas Pressies for a Home Server Geek

The Home Server Show website has a two part gift guide especially for the Home Server enthusiast. From enclosures and docking stations to a UPS and external hard drives, the guide can be read here and here.

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Win a HP MediaSmart Server

Gadget and computer hardware blog "CrunchGear" have a holiday gift guide dedicated to the HP MediaSmart Server with a chance to win it too. Available from here.

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The Death and Rebirth of a Windows Home Server

Blogger Christopher Price writes about the death of his Celeron D Home Server after the PSU literally exploded in front of his eyes. Chris explains how he was able to recover his data even though the motherboard also died at the same time. You can read the story here.

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PC Pro SQA-5H Home Server Review

UK based magazine PC Pro have reviewed the SQA-5H Home Server from Tranquil PC and give it a respectful 5 out of 6 star rating. "As a cherry on top, Tranquil has thoughtfully installed the open-source Firefly media server, adding the ability to stream music over your LAN to iTunes and network devices." You can […]

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MediaSmart Server EX470 $419.99 with free shipping

You can get the HP MediaSmart Server EX470 from the HP Official Store for just $419.99 with free shipping. From the original price of $549.99 the following link will take you to a page with two lots of $50 rebates taken off. During checkout just add coupon code SV2132 for an extra $30 discount, bringing […]

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Via ARTiGO A2000

Here is the new ARTiGo A2000 from Via Technologies. Based around a 1.5 GHz VIA C7-D processor and using the VIA VX800 Unified Digital Media IGP chipset. The ARTiGO A2000 can support up to 2 GB of 667/533 MHz DDR2 SODIMM memory and comes complete with Gigabit LAN. As well as space for two SATA-II […]

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Add-In: DVD Manager 0.0.0.10 Alpha

For ripping your DVD’s automatically using Windows Home Server, the new DVD Manager is the add-in to use. This free and easy solution supports ripping to various formats including to a folder or a WMV, AVI or ISO image. Please note that DVD Manager does not decrypt your DVDs so you will need an on-the-fly […]