Back in August last year we brought you the first glimpse of LG’s new Smart TV platform (then branded as NetCast), with an integrated media streaming application powered by Plex. Fast forward five months, and a refined version of the platform was on show last week at CES 2011 in Las Vegas.

Microsoft Breathes Life Back Into the Current Windows Home Server “Vail” Preview
Earlier today, Microsoft released instructions on how to extend the life of the expiring Windows Home Server “Vail” Preview.

Turning to the Dark Side
I got an iPad recently, so I spent a little time looking for iPad stuff. Here is one “looks cool” app for the guy who won’t ask for help.

Windows Home Server is a No Show at CES
With excitement generated for new media streaming, file sharing and storage solutions here at CES this week, Microsoft’s Windows Home Server “Vail” was conspicuous by its absence, other than news of a Windows Phone 7 app that has been developed for the platform.

Haier Windows Embedded Connected TV – Hands On
Whilst Microsoft were demonstrating their new Windows Embedded Standard 7 media devices in private this week at CES, Haier had their prototype Windows Embedded Connected TV on show at their booth. At this point, no information is available on release dates, territories and pricing and from first looks it definitely appeared that there’s more development work required to get Windows running on the TV hardware with the kind of stability you need from a CE device.

Microsoft Showcases New Windows Embedded Media Center Devices at CES
Whilst Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave them ne’er a mention during his CES keynote this week, the company are demoing a range of new Windows Embedded Standard 7-powered media devices here at the show. Concept products from a wide range of manufacturers including Haier, Reycom, Prime Time, Acer Gateway and Evolve are on show with Microsoft demostrating media integration scenarios between Windows Media Center, Windows Home Server and Windows Phone 7.

LG’s S1T1 Brings Network Storage to the Living Room
Korean giant unveils new lounge-friendly home server with on the fly transcoding, DVD and network media streaming to DLNA TVs, PCs, Tablets and mobile phones.

Windows Home Server “Vail” Preview Expires 10th January 2011
Microsoft have announced that the current build of Windows Home Server “Vail” Preview will expire on 10th January 2011. The company have stated that there will not be a patch to extend the life of the build, forcing testers to migrate data off their test machines.

Syabas Announces Partnership With Intel to Bring the Atom CE4100 to Future Products
Syabas, the manufacturer of the Popcorn Hour and Popbox digital media jukeboxes today announced a strategic partnership with Intel to introduce the Atom CE4100 processor to future products. The Atom CE4100 is the same chip that powers the competing Boxee Box and TV solutions from D-Link, Iomega and Viewsonic.

Viewsonic Boxee TV – Hands On
Earlier this week Viewsonic and Boxee announced a partnership to bring the Boxee media platform directly to the TV, no set top box required. We headed over to the show floor today to get hands on with the product and talked to representatives from both Boxee and Viewsonic on what we can expect from the collaboration later in the year.
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Windows Home Server 2011 Finally Gets Anti-Virus Protection January 8, 2012 -
The Spirit of Drive Extender is Alive and Well – It’s Called Storage Spaces in Windows 8 January 5, 2012 -
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Add-in Update: ISO Mounter v1.20 January 2, 2012
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Windows Home Server 2011 Step By Step – Introduction January 26, 2012 -
WGS’ New eBook “Windows Home Server 2011 Step By Step” Is Now Available January 24, 2012 -
How to: Install Microsoft Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Home Server 2011 January 23, 2012 -
Home Server SMART 2012 January 23, 2012 -
The $249 HP MicroServer & Windows Home Server 2011 Combo is Back January 21, 2012
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