The Home Server Show Podcast #33 is out with the latest news and your email questions. This latest episode asks the question, which is better home builds or manufacturer boxes and has some handy advice for you would be self builders. You can listen to it here.
On-demand digital technology TV show Tekzilla are doing a Windows Home Server challenge over the next 3 episodes, looking at the HP MediaSmart Server vs the DIY route. HP actually challenged the presenters to build up something better from scratch and next week they will also look at the ebox as a low power alternative […]
Mary-Jo-Foley, the tracker of Microsoft code names has a free 11 page PDF file for download which lists all the current code names in use by the corporation, including links to further information. Included is information on Snoqualmie (Power Pack 2) and Vail the next major release of Windows Home Server. Download is available from […]
TechFlash.com is reporting that Charlie Kindel General Manager on the Windows Home Server team is moving over to the Mobile Communications Business within Microsoft, the group responsible for Windows Mobile. Joining Charlie will be Joe Belfiore, an executive on the Zune project team who will both be working alongside Terry Myerson, who came from the […]
Tranquil PC now have the new SQA-5H-3000 added to their range. Essentially it is the same as the SQA-5H-2000 except it is equipped with the Western Digital Green Power 2TB HDD with a 32MB cache. These drives are not as cost effective as 2 x 1TB drives, but for those wanting to maximize their storage […]
Another build list and this one is from Ray who has just built his 12 TB Windows Home Server whilst keeping the costs down. Read about it here.
The Vancouver Island Computing Expert (Eclectics) users group, in co-junction with the Victoria Dot Net group are holding an IT Pro Day where amongst other things there will be a session on Windows Home Server. The event takes place Saturday February 7th at The University of Victoria in BC, Canada. Doors open at 8:30 am […]
Eset Smart Security 4 and Eset NOD32 Antivirus 4 are both compatible with Windows Home Server. It has just come to my attention that the beta versions of both products can run on WHS. The company issued a press release back in November which stated as well as running on the normal Windows 2000, XP […]
The Home Server Show Podcast #32 has the latest news for Windows Home Server enthusiasts as well as a review of the add-in Recorded TV Manager. You can catch it here.
MediaSmarthome.com have just published an FAQ for the HP MediaSmart Server EX485 and EX487 which is different to the one published on the HP support site and are categorized. Basic information on why you should buy a HP unit over a NAS product are covered as well as a look at the new features, including […]
