Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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My Movies for Windows – Home and Essentials v5.13 Build 2

The final version of My Movies for Windows – Home and Essentials 5.13 is now available. Version 5.13 has the following change log: My Movies for Windows 5.13 Build 2 Fix: There was some kind of build error causing the Collection Management program to be unable to start. We are sorry for the trouble. My […]

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Add-In: Drive Bender v2.3.8.0

Plenty of updates to Drive Bender including windows 10 support (v2.3.5.0), an important update if you are running multiple pools (v2.3.6.0) and a fix for the slow, sometimes none finishing file system health check (v2.3.7.0)/ 2.3.8.0 change log: [u] Pool scanning tasks (aka health monitor, landing zone clearing and balancing) now cache folders for improved […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 284

Episode 284 of the Home server Show podcast is about using the HP Stream Mini Desktop, Plex and Synology on the go. Not apps, in vehicles! With Dewain Robinson taking us through his setup and how he synchronizes and views content from his home to his “home away from home” setup. This is a great […]

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Add-In: StableBit CloudDrive v1.0.0.282 BETA

StableBit, the company behind DrivePool today announced a brand new product called StableBit CloudDrive which aims to be the best way to securely store your data in the cloud on Microsoft Windows. What it Does: StableBit CloudDrive creates a new virtual drive on your PC that stores its data in the cloud. You can optionally […]

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Add-In: My Movies for Windows – Home and Essentials v5.13 Pre Release 4

The pre-release build of My Movies for Windows – Home and Essentials has been updated. Version 5.13 Pre Release 4 has the following change log: Added: Convertion of Disc titles with mapped TV Episodes now adds paths to the episodes. Added: Option to pause converting before next job, in Converter Tasks. Added: Import/Monitoring of movie/disc […]

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Add-In: StableBit Scanner v2.5.2.3100 BETA

StableBit Scanner the advanced hard disk surface scanner and monitor add-in has been updated. Version 2.5.2.3100 BETA has StableBit CloudDrive compatibility and various fixes. You can download this latest beta release from here.

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Hard Drive Reliability Data Q1 2015

Backup company BackBlaze uses thousands of hard drives in its business and regularly publishes hard drive reliability data. In their latest report for Q1 2015 Hitachi drives (HGST) is still the reigning champion with no more than 1.83% of drives failing. Regarding the 2 main players in the market, Seagate has the highest failure rate […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 283

Episode 283 of the Home Server Show podcast is all about Plex, power and NAS: “Power outages either cause problems or reveal them so @JCollison and I are talking power.  I’ve also got some Plex on NAS info for you as well as a follow up on Otixo and CloudHQ.  Lastly, CloudBerry Labs has some […]

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CloudBerry Dedup Server v1.1

CloudBerry Dedup Server is a data deduplication software for Windows Server. It is designed to reduce size of your backups by recognizing and storing only one copy of identical blocks across all files. The program works in conjunction with CloudBerry Backup and processes all the data received from client workstations and servers. After deduplication is […]

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HP ProLiant MicroServer for Dummies

HP ProLiant MicroServer for Dummies is a free eBook in the popular Dummies series of books which will help you: Server and network basics Why the HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 is right for them The benefits of the HP Just Right IT solution including the MicroServer Gen8, PS110 11n Wireless VPN Router, and the PS1810-8G […]