Back in November of last year (2009) we posted a link to a tutorial on setting up magicJack, a USB device for free US and Canadian calls. And now lazy man Gar (his words not mine) has published his experiences of installing it onto his Home Server, including how he gets an attachment in his […]
British based Tranquil PC have launched series 2 of it’s SQA-5H Home Server. The SQUASH V2 features a higher performing dual core CPU and comes with 2GB RAM, with the entry level model coming with a 500GB hard drive all the way through to an advanced unit housing a 2TB Green Power hard drive. Here’s […]
CES, the Consumer Electronic Show has kicked off in Las Vegas and Microsoft’s Steve Balmer started things off with his keynote address. Unfortunately for those of you wanting information on Windows Home Server v2 were out of luck as nothing was mentioned during this years keynote. The world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow carries on till […]
MediaSmartServer.net has a great post on transferring your backups and shares from a EX475 to the new generation EX495. Alex Kuretz used the command line utility "Robocopy" and a copy of the add-in "WHS Backup Database-Backup" to complete the move, which you can learn more about here.
Tranquil PC from today are shipping the new Intel D510MO mini-itx main board, powered by the dual core Atom D510. Code named Mount Olive, the board is based on Intel’s 45uM process CPU which has a TDP of only 13W, providing 2 cores at 1.66GHz with 2x 512K of cache which only requires passive cooling. […]
Version 1.5.3.1 of WHS Mobile is available which has a small update for those with iPhone’s . This won’t have any bearing on those that use Windows Mobile. Fixes a bug that crashes the client when many files and folders are loaded into one parent folder. For many people, this was the music and/or photos […]
There are several schools of thought about the idea of anti-virus scanning on a Windows Home Server; some people can’t see the point while others wouldn’t dream of running without it. Whatever your opinion on the subject, anything that helps to keep you virus free must be a good idea, and if a solution can […]
Network drive and storage provider LaCie has announced a network storage server for small business owners based on the Windows Home Server platform. Inspired by the LaCie 5big Network product, the unit features five user-replaceable drives, Gigabit Ethernet, and also backs up remotely to the cloud using LaCie’s Wuala technology. Here’s the official press release: […]
Version 5.1.2 of the TwonkyMedia server for Windows Home Server is available for download here with all the latest fixes etc.
The add-in which helps organize large amounts of data and can download ULRs has been updated. Version 3.2.0 of WHS-Download Manager can be configured to download a specified amount of data at a specified time and now supports uploaded.to (premium) and megaupload.com (premium) alongside the already implemented rapidshare (premium and free). Single-file-links as well as […]
