Archive | May, 2011
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Add-in: Serviio for Windows Home Server

Since Twonky dropped their dedicated DLNA media server add-in for Windows Home Server, users have been forced to become a lot more friendly with Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection app to deliver the best streaming experience from the platform. That’s set to change today with the release of a new add-in which brings the open-source (and free) Serviio DLNA media server to Windows Home Server.

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VIA and Zotac Introduce Nano X2-based ZBOX Mini-HTPC at Computex

It’s been at least a few weeks since we heard of a new ZBOX mini-HTPC, and as new models appear from the company with alarming regularity, the odds were stacked on the company unveiling a new specification at the Computex trade show this week. True to form…

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Add-in Update: My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 v2.0 PR7

Continuing the My Movies updates from this morning, the guys over at Binnerup Consulting have also released an update for the Windows Home Server 2011 edition of the add-in. WHS 2011 users jump straight to version 2 of My Movies (there’s no first release available) which is in testing.

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Add-in Update: My Movies for Windows Home Server

Binnerup Consulting has released two updates to My Movies for Windows Home Server v1 in the past week – an incremental update to the stable release as well as a pre-release version of My Movies version 2. As previously reported, this new pre-release version of the add-in includes support for TV series alongside other improvements.

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Tranquil PC Goes Continental

New servers speak seven European languages with a further three to follow.

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Hands On: Icy Dock MB982SPR-2S SATA HDD/SSD Converter

Do you want to set your system drive up in a hardware RAID 1 configuration? Using 2.5” mechanical or solid state drives? Using only one drive bay? And do so easily? If so, here’s the bay module for you.

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Sans Digital Rounds Out Their TowerRAID + Lineup

Sans Digital rounds out their TowerRAID + series of Direct Attached Storage units with the introduction of the 8 bay TR8UT+ and TR8U+ boxes.

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Hands On: IOGEAR GKM681R 2.4GHz Wireless Compact Keyboard with Trackball and Scroll Wheel

The GMK681R Compact Keyboard with Trackball succeeds brilliantly in keyboard size reduction. But at what cost?

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Add-in Update: StableBit DrivePool v1.0.0.1671

The StableBit DrivePool beta continues to roll on with the release of version 1.0.0.1671. This looks very much like a bugfix release.

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Add-in: Exchange Defender for Windows SBS Essentials

Vlad Mazek’s hosted Exchange solution, ExchangeDefender for Windows SBS Essentials, just won the award for the first dedicated add-in for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials.

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