Archive | June, 2010

WGS Readers Undecided on Windows Home Server Vail Preview

By on June 30, 2010 in News, Windows Home Server

A few weeks ago we asked you for your thoughts on Windows Home Server Vail Preview – whilst it’s early days in terms of the beta, many of you have downloaded the preview which has been available since the end of April. The results are mixed, to say the least.

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HP Announces Data Vault X311 Pricing for Europe

By on June 29, 2010 in News, Small Business, Windows Home Server

Further to the release of the HP Data Vault X310 in the US earlier this month, HP today announced the availability and pricing of the X311 Data Vault for the European market.

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Hulu Plus Heads to Your iPhone, iPad, TV, PS3 and Next Year… Xbox 360

By on June 29, 2010 in Cloud Services, News, TV

$9.99 subscription allows access to current and previous seasons of popular US TV shows on a wide range of devices, but Xbox 360 will not be supported until 2011.

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Stream Tunes From Spotify, Pandora From Your PC Wirelessly to Consoles, Smartphones With Jamcast

By on June 29, 2010 in Digital Media Receivers, News, Software

Want Spotify, LastFM, ZunePass & Pandora on your Xbox 360, Playstation 3, digital media receiver and iPhone? No problem.

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World’s First 3TB Hard Drive Lands From Seagate

By on June 29, 2010 in News, Storage

Seagate today announced the world’s first 3TB desktop drive, in the form of the FreeAgent GoFlex Desk External Drive. The $249.99 external USB drive is compatible with USB 2.0 and 3.0 standards on Mac or PC.

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Free Windows Home Server Training Videos Now Available

By on June 28, 2010 in News, Windows Home Server

Train Signal have posted a suite of Windows Home Server training videos on their website, which are free to view for anyone interested in learning more about the platform.

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Transform Windows Home Server Vail Into a Windows Media Center, My Way

By on June 28, 2010 in Hardware, News, Software, TV, Video, WHS v2, windows 7, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server Vail, Windows Media Center

The title of this series is now “Transform Windows Home Server Vail Into a Windows Media Center”.  This is just one final post detailing the successful process from beginning to end in one article.

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Add-in: Duplicate File Finder for Windows Home Server

By on June 28, 2010 in Add-in News, Add-ins & Apps

Duplicate File Finder for Windows Home Server helps you find duplicated files stored on your home server, allowing you to maximise the free space available

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Shuttle X350 Mini-HTPC Now Pre-Ordering

By on June 28, 2010 in Hardware, News, Windows Media Center

Vying for your attention in the Mini-HTPC category is Shuttle’s X350, a fan-less, 1.5” thin PC powered by our favourite CPU/GPU combo, the Intel Atom D510 processor and NVIDIA ION2. With HDMI out and 1080P video support, the X350 looks like it’ll do a great job for high definition media in the living room.

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Sony Lifts Geographic Restrictions on Dash

By on June 26, 2010 in Digital Media Receivers, Hardware, News

Following many of our non-US readers complaining about the restricted use of the Sony Dash outside the USA, the company today announced that all geographic restriction on the product have been lifted.

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