Archive | July, 2011

Windows Phone 7 Connector for Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows SBS 2011 Essentials Released

By on July 15, 2011 in Mobile, News, Small Business, Windows Home Server

Microsoft today announced the full release of their Windows Phone 7 Connector for Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows SBS 2011 Essentials.

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Competition Time: Win the Bitfenix Shinobi Window Case

By on July 15, 2011 in Hardware, News

It’s time for another WGS competition and this week, we’ve got the awesome Bitfenix Shinobi Window Case up for grabs. Check out how you could win!

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Western Digital to Enter the SMB Marketplace With WSS 2008 R2 Essentials

By on July 14, 2011 in Cloud Services, Mobile, News

Microsoft and Western Digital team up to bring you a server product loaded with Windows® Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials.

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Add-in Update: KeepVault 4.10 for Windows Home Server

By on July 12, 2011 in News, Software, Windows Home Server

Proxure has released an update to their online data backup add-in, KeepVault, which introduces pricing changes and new features.

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Hands On: Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive, Cloud Edition

By on July 12, 2011 in Network Attached Storage Reviews, News, Reviews

We last reviewed Iomega’s entry-level NAS device, the Home Media Network Hard Drive 18 months ago. We uncovered a few no-brainer compatibility issues with Windows 7, but were generally impressed by its on board DLNA media server and backup software. That said, our verdict was that it was very much a “smarter hard drive” that lacked the breadth of features required to compete with more capable NAS servers. Things have moved on, and how will the company’s latest version of the media drive compare?

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Hands On: Bitfenix Shinobi Window Case

By on July 11, 2011 in Hardware, News, Reviews

Some like small computer cases. Some like large ones. I like the ones in between that have the features of a big case in a size that is still easy to tuck into a corner. Like the Shinobi Window, for instance.

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Microsoft Slashes the Price of Windows Home Server 2011

By on July 8, 2011 in News, Windows Home Server

Looks like home server system builders are about to be very happy. News has just reached us that software distributors have just slashed the price of the Windows Home Server 2011 system builder software, in response to a similar price reduction from Microsoft.

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Western Digital Punts a New My Book Studio for Mac, But Where’s The Thunder?

By on July 8, 2011 in Hardware, News, Storage

Western Digital this week announced a brand new release of it’s My Book Studio hard drive. Shipping is capacities of 1TB – 3TB and clad in that same silver aluminium finish that the Mac guys and gals love, the My Book Studio utilises Firewire 800/400 and USB 2.0 interfaces for pumping data between the Mac and its platters.

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Tranquil PC Extends Windows Home Server 2011 Range

By on July 8, 2011 in News, Windows Home Server

Fresh from announcing a £100 reduction on the price of their Leo SS4 small business server range, Tranquil PC has launched two new Windows Home Server 2011 models utilising their T2 and T7 chassis.

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HP TouchPad EU/UK Model & Accessories Unboxed

By on July 5, 2011 in News

One of the first HP TouchPad tablets designed for the UK and/or EU markets landed at TouchPad Talk today, alongside a host of accessories. That’s a full ten days ahead of the official release to retail on July 15th.

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