Archive for July, 2011

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WHS v1 – A History Lesson

Paul Thurrott’s Supersite for Windows has a article on the history of Windows Home Server (v1). From being announced at CES in January 2007 to Power Pack 3 being released in December 2009, it’s an interesting read with links to Paul’s existing articles on version 1 of Windows home Server. Windows Home Server: A Look […]

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BBS2 Power from Tranquil PC

If you would like to build a server your own way then the BBS2 Power unit from Tranquil PC could be the answer. With the same basic core components as used in the Leo HS4 and Leo SS4, the BBS2 Power delivers huge amounts of processing power for a high performance platform, yet consumes as […]

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BYOB Podcast Episode 50

Episode 50 of the BYOB podcast is up for the Build Your Own Box enthusiasts. This weeks episode has special guest Andrew Edney talking about various systems, which you can find here.

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TwonkyServer 6.0.34

The media server TwonkyServer is now at version 6.0.34 and includes the following changes: Bug Fixes: fixed: File scanning issue on Windows network drives fixed: Roku soundbridge cannot stream aac/m4a fixed: UPnP Discovery broken w/ Linn control point fixed: Web Config UI not working properly with Internet Explorer 9 fixed: improved ssdp responses to M-Searches […]

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Mac Backup with a Homemade Time Capsule

Website makeuseof have an article on how to backup your Mac with a homemade Time Capsule. After losing some fairly important accounting files recently, I realised that my backup strategy is quite flawed. Although I take a weekly bootable backup of my Mac, that doesn’t really help when I deleted the file I want a […]

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WHS2011, CrashPlan and the Windows Phone 7 Connector

The AwesomeSpaceMonkey blog give their option on using Windows Home Sever 2011 along with CrashPlan and the Windows Home Server 2011 Windows Phone 7 Connector. “Overall I am really enjoying Windows Home Server 2011 and the integration with Windows Phone 7.” You can find their blog entry here.

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DVBLink Public Beta of Version 4

The DVBLink software from DVBLogic which we have written about a lot in the past has a new version in the works. DVBLink TVSource and Home Server v4 products are now in public beta and there are a lot of new things and improvements comparing to version 3.x. Some features are the same but done/accessed […]

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WHS 2011 Worldwide Price Drop

The Windows Home Server 2011 software has seen a price drop around the world, with the English SKU being available for $52 + $7 shipping state side from online retailers such as Superbiz (take an additional $5 off using coupon code WOMBAT bring the total down to $47), whilst Newegg and Amazon still have it […]

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WHS 2011 in the Rack Mountable T2i

The rack mountable T2 chassis from Tranquil PC is now almost 7 years old but it has had a brush up and is now supplied with a new CPU and supports WHS 2011. The T2iWHS series is powered by Intel’s latest 2nd generation Core 2 CPU (the i3-2100T) and is available in either Satin black […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 142

Episode 142 of The Home Server Show podcast is up with live audio from their meetup. And that of course is along with the weeks Home Server news with plenty of chat, which you can find here.