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Hands On: Snoop-de-dupe Add-in for WHS 2011

Got duplicate files on your server? Weed them out with Snoop-de-dupe.

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Hands On: ISO Mounter Add-in for WHS 2011

If you have a Windows Home Server and if you deal with ISO files, here is one must-have add-in for you.

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

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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Software Review: PerfectDisk 12 Home Server

Raxco unveils the latest release of their disk defragmentation add-in, PerfectDisk 12 Home Server and it’s certainly got a lot more features than its predecessor. But the release of Windows Home Server 2011 and loss of Drive Extender means that Windows’ own basic disk defragger is now a valid (and free) competitor to third-party apps. So what’s right for you?

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Add-in Review: Cloudberry Backup v1.7 for Windows Home Server

We continue our look at online backup services for Windows Home Server with Cloudberry Backup, a relatively new service (the first release was in November 2009) but one that has quickly gained popularity in the community. Initially powered by Amazon’s S3 storage service, Cloudberry has recently added a Windows Azure storage option to the service, allowing the user the choice of where their data is hosted.

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Hands On: My Movies for iTunes Pro

The latest device to be supported in the My Movies family is the iPhone. This week, mobile apps for both Android and iPhone were released in free (limited to 100 movies) and Pro (unlimited) form. Today, we’ll take a look at the iPhone release, and walkthrough how you can manage your movies on the move.

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Add-in Review: Duplicate File Finder for Windows Home Server

Whilst the vast amount of storage available in the typical home server is a great advantage to the owner, over time, as more and more movies, photos, audio files and documents are added to your shared folders it can be difficult to keep those files in order. Duplicate File Finder aims to help Windows Home Server owners keep their files in good order.

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Add-in Review: WHSThumbnailer

Today, I look at a WHS add-in that resizes JPEG files.  This is a very polished looking program, but does it work as well as it looks?

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Add-in Review: Poca-WHS (Pod Caster)

Computers do a great job of automating repetitive tasks, once programmed to do so.  There are several repetitive tasks that I would like done for me and integrated into the WHS console.  Poca-WHS is one such program that meets both of those criteria.

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Add-In Review: Directory Watcher 1.1

Following the recent version update of Directory Watcher, here is a brief review of what could be a key add-in for those wanting to have their server self-monitoring. For good measure there is a sample application of how it can be put to good use.

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