The Home Server Show website has just published an article on using a social cloud backup called CrashPlan to backup your Windows Home Server. The free version of CrashPlan will automatically backup your machine daily to multiple destinations e.g. a friends computer in the US and another in the UK. For a low fee you […]
The Xtreamer player allows you to play and stream your HD (MKV H.264) movies or user-generated videos, listen to high-quality digital music and show high-resolution slideshows of your family photos on your TV. And for a launch price of only £99, this tiny box, approximately the size of a small book, or a 3.5" Hard […]
CompuGeek Software has released an update to TV Manager as a preview build to show what’s been added and changed since version 1.0.1 was released back in September 2008. The TV Manager add-in moves your Media Center recordings to your Windows Home Server for storage and management, allowing you to view your moved recordings from […]
Proxure has released a new version of KeepVault, the online backup solution for our Home Server’s, which provides improvements to upload speed and a new KeepVault Connector “sync tool”. Version 3.15: Up to 50% increase in upload speed Includes new KeepVault Connector WHS add-in allowing you to sync files from any PC (either local or […]
CloudBerry Lab has been beta testing CloudBerry Online Backup – an application that allows users to backup their data online to an Amazon S3 account. Currently available for the Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 platform, the best news of all is that Windows Home Server support via an add-in will be available shortly. If you look at […]
Windows Home Server developer Andreas M has posted how to install the latest version of FireFly onto our Home Server’s. FireFly enables an easy way for you to access your server’s music on iTunes and although the latest version from fireflymediaserver.org dates back to 2007, Andreas explains how to install a later version from September, […]
Scott Miller has posted his experiences of getting the Logitech SqueezeBox working with Windows Home Server. Scott ran into a number of problems during setup and kindly document the steps he took to get it working. You can read them here.
The add-in Update History has been updated to version 0.2.1 Beta. Update History displays the complete system update history so that Windows Home Server owners can make sure their machine is fully patched and up to date. This release fixes an issue where the Windows Home Server console could crash when the add-in was […]
The latest edition of The Home Server Show Podcast is now available. Episode 53 has the latest news and the weeks email read by host David McCabe. You can catch it here.
Technology website "Gear Diary" has a review of the HP MediaSmart LX195. Writer Joel McLaughlin asks questions like "Is it Secure?" and "Is it Grandma proof?". On conclusion Joel writes: “It pains me to say this, but the Linux community has a lot to learn when it comes to setting something like this home server […]
