Archive for March, 2010

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Add-In: Windows Home Server on Facebook CTP1

There is a new add-in available from Felix Kollmann which connects Facebook to Windows Home server. The add-in “Windows Home Server on Facebook” enables you to share what add-ins you use with your friends. Got a new hard drive? Let your friends know! The add-in is available in Alpha status as CTP1 on the CodePlex […]

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WHS Shared Folders from the Windows 7 Taskbar

HomeServerLand have a great post on how to pin your Windows Home Server shared folders to the Windows 7 taskbar. Fellow MVP Alexander Kent has translated the original German text from Windows Guru Bjoern Buerstinghaus for this excellent tip, which i am using right now. Alexander takes us through the necessary steps, which you can […]

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SSD Compared with HDs

Website "Missing Remote" have a short post where they look at Solid State drives (SSD) compared with the more familiar Hard drive (HD). They compare the power usage and drive temperature of an Intel SSD with a 2.5" Toshiba 5200RPM drive and a 3.5" Seagate 7200RPM drive. An interesting read which you can find here.

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WHS at CeBit 2010 in Germany

CeBit 2010 takes place in Hannover, Germany and is the world’s largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments. This year participants will be able to attend technical sessions related to Windows Home Server and MVPs and CLIP members will be on hand to share their technical expertise with […]

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Add-In: WHS Mobile 1.5.4.0

The add-in WHS Mobile has been updated to version 1.5.4.0 and brings embedded icons, fixes foreign characters, fixes the alert number in the app icon, and more. Change Log: Fixed: Spaces in user names with streaming. Had left some code out by mistake. Fixed: Japanese/Chinese characters in files and folders making the folder/file not load […]

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HP EX495 at the Disneyland Park

The Innoventions Dream Home in Tomorrowland at the Disneyland Park in California has been updated and now features the HP MediaSmart EX495 Home Server. You can catch out a virtual tour of the home here, where you’ll find the EX495 behind the desk in the family room. Thanks to “The Windows Home server Blog” for […]

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Watch WHS Videos on the iPhone

The Air Video app for iPhone users is great for Windows Home Server users. Just point it to your Videos folder and you have access to your entire video library. HP makes a similar solution for their own home servers, in the form of iStream but it is nowhere near as functional and simple as […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast on DA Document Manager 2010

The Home Server Show Bonus Edition is a (nearly) 2 hour special which has John (DieHard) and Greg Welch (WelchWorks) talking about Digital Archound or DA Document Manager 2010, which you can find here.