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Does Mac OS X 10.8 Really Exist?

By Terry Walsh on October 31, 2011 in Apple Mac, News

The Apple watchers are already salivating at the prospect of Apple’s next operating system release. There’s no word on release dates or features from California’s famously secretive company. But a quick look at Google Analytics suggests that it’s already in the works.

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Hands On: Drive Bender Storage Pool Add-in For Windows Home Server 2011

By Jim Clark on October 31, 2011 in Apps & Add-in Reviews, News, Reviews, Windows Home Server

Drive Bender is first out the gate as a publically released Drive Extender replacement for WHS 2011. The question is how well does it work and does it do a better a job of protecting your data than Drive Extender did for WHS v1?

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Using OS X Lion Server as a Home Server (Part 13 – iChat Server)

By Terry Walsh on October 30, 2011 in Apple Mac, How to Guides, Mac OS X Server, News

Our run through of OS X Lion Server continues with one of the platform’s smaller features, but one that may well be useful to some in the home. iChat is Apple’s instant messaging service, and will be a familiar sight to Mac users. It offers text, voice and video messaging across the Internet in its standard guide (that is, when used on a Mac client without a server) but with Lion Server installed on your network, iChat can also be used locally around the home.

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ISO Mounter

By Terry Walsh on October 30, 2011 in Add-ins & Apps, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, WHS v1, Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Add-ins

ISO Mounter is an add-in that allows you to mount ISO files (DVD and CD images) stored on your server so they can be viewed directly through the server’s folder share on all of your PC’s and laptops.

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No Ordinary Briefing (A.K.A My Short-lived Life as a London Spook)

By Terry Walsh on October 29, 2011 in Cloud, Cloud Services, News

I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to many product briefings in my time writing WGS , but none as mysterious as the event I attended today. Little did I know it would see me serving Queen and Country, spying and spooking around the streets of London. Here’s my story.

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How To: Manage Windows Home Server 2011 From Any PC With Remote Desktop

By Terry Walsh on October 29, 2011 in How to Guides, News, Windows, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server 2011

Ever wish you could sign onto your server’s desktop from your workstation or laptop? You can with Remote Desktop Connection (RDC). RDC has been around for sometime, but has been primarily used by systems administrators to access their servers from their desk and avoid the long trip to the server room.

Now that servers are showing up in the home, it’s time to learn what system administrators have known for some time. You don’t need a monitor for every server and it’s easy!

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Samsung Makes a Bold Move in Mobile With New Form Factors, Old Input Devices

By Terry Walsh on October 28, 2011 in Mobile, News

Last night saw Samsung take over the iconic Battersea Power Station building in London for the European leg of their Samsung Galaxy Note World Tour. The event saw the company launch the new 5.3″ Galaxy Note mini-tablet as well as the opportunity to get hands on with the all new Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone – the first device to run Google’s Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” operating system.

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How to: Enable WebDAV Support on Windows Home Server 2011

By Terry Walsh on October 28, 2011 in How to Guides, News, Windows Home Server, Windows Home Server 2011

Our final walkthrough of the week will show you how to set up and configure the use of WebDAV on Windows Home Server 2011 which, according to Wikipedia, “facilitates collaboration between users in editing and managing documents and files stored on servers”. For the uninitiated, that means you’ll be able to access and edit documents stored on your home server across a wide range of devices and applications (mobile devices in particular) which support WebDAV. Nice!

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