If you own a Mac and are thinking of buying the new HP MediaSmart Server EX485 or EX487 when they are released in February then you may want to look at the following article at MediaSmarthome.com. "Managing Your Digital Lifestyle With A Mixed Mac & PC Environment" is a five page article which takes a […]
Computer geek site ExtremeTech has a review on the newly released 2TB green hard drive from Western Digital. The WD20EADS GreenPower with a list price of $299 uses four platters and consumes up to 70% less power than two 1 TB drives. The full six page review can be read here.
Servicing the IT needs of small and midsized business customers, LPI Level Platforms Inc. makers of the remote monitoring and management software for solutions providers and MSPs (Managed Service Provider’s) has announced that the company’s Managed Workplace software is now available for Windows Home Server. It’s good to see that a managed service provider is […]
A new Windows Update is available which improves the capability of Windows Home Server to repair abnormalities detected in the home computer backup database on machines with 512MB of RAM. More Information: Windows Home Server regularly checks the home computer backups for abnormalities. If it finds any, it will prompt the user to fix them […]
A couple of short videos for you: First up Todd Headrick, Product Manager on the Windows Home server Team demonstrates new hardware which will soon be available for Home Server in this video from Microsoft’s enthusiast site Channel 10. http://on10.net/blogs/nic/CES-2009-Windows-Home-Server-Update-New-Hardware/ Secondly, The Home server Show has a video interview with Allen Buckner of HP who […]
We discussed yesterday about the latest update package from HP being available for the EC470 and EX475. Today MediaSmartServer.net has more details that within that update package HP and TZO are now delivering a Comodo 5 year signed SSL certificate so that users using the TZO domain name will no longer experience a certificate warning […]
The Home Server Show podcast #31 is now available with the latest news and views for the Home Server enthusiast. You can find it here.
The Media Center Awards Show podcast is available for listening, where host Ian Dixon announces the awards for various categories for Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server. It’s good to see that the best free Windows Home Server application award went to My Movies which was followed voting wise by Whiist and Grid Junction. […]
MediaSmartServer.net is reporting that an update package for the HP MediaSmart Server EX470 and EX475 is available for download. Labeled as HPMSS-1.3-R1, the update has a built date of Jan 12 2009 and provides the following enhancements: Improves the image processing performance in HP Photo Webshare. The correct error messages are now displayed when using […]
The HP Customer Care site has now been updated to include information on the new EX485 and EX487 MediaSmart Server’s. Detailing setup and install and information on how to solve a problem from either an error message or from the front lights there is lots of information here. Some of the best information is under […]
