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Add-In: Xbox Community Feeds for Windows Home Server

By on August 25, 2007 in Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

Xbox Community Feeds is a great new add-in for Windows Home Server, which aggregates your RSS feeds and podcasts, and serves them up to your Xbox 360. Here’s the blurb: Xbox Community Feeds allows you to view xml based content feeds (xml, rss, rdf) on your Xbox 360 video game console; you can also listen [...]

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Is Paul Thurrott the New Simon Cowell?

By on August 20, 2007 in Add-ins & Apps, Software, Windows Home Server

If you’re a North American developer who has entered the Code2Fame challenge with a kick-ass Add-In for Windows Home Server, then if you’re lucky enough to get to the final presentations, as well as impressing a host of internal Microsoft judges (I’m guessing this may be the usual suspects from the WHS team) you’ll be [...]

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Add-in: Sage TV 6.26 Release Candidate for Windows Home Server

By on August 17, 2007 in Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

Sage TV allows you to stream your digital media directly from your home server – enjoy TV/PVR, Online Video, Music and Photos on any TV, PC or Mac screen at home or away from home with SageTV Placeshifter. SageTV is designed to be your “always on” digital entertainment hub that’s accessible at home or over [...]

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Add-in: DHCP for Windows Home Server

By on August 16, 2007 in Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

Brendan Grant has released a new Windows Home Server Add-in for testing and feedback over at the MS Forums. It’s a DHCP server for WHS. DHCP is a protocol used by networked computers (clients) to obtain IP addresses and other parameters such as the default gateway, subnet mask, and IP addresses of DNS servers from [...]

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Add-In: ipsHomecontrol 2007 for Windows Home Server – Coming Soon

By on August 2, 2007 in Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

Over in Germany, it looks like ipsHomecontrol will soon be adding support for Windows Home Server. The software allows you to control various elements of your home automation system (if you have one) including lighting, temperature and more. The add-in will compete with previously announced home automation software including Embedded Automation Inc.’s mControl and Lagotek [...]

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Preview: Diskeeper 2007 for Windows Home Server

By on July 21, 2007 in Add-ins & Apps, Software, Windows Home Server

I’m going to take you on a journey – to the future. Imagine life in a year’s time. July 2008. Your Windows Home Server has been in place running RTM since November, meticulously backing up your files on each of your PCs every night. It’s saved you already on a couple of occasions where files [...]

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Add-In: Program Launcher

By on July 20, 2007 in Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

Dan has written a new add-in for Windows Home Server that will let you launch any application directly from the WHS Console. It’s succinctly named “Program Launcher”. Download | Support (MS Forums)

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µTorrent Add-In Updated

By on July 13, 2007 in Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

Marcel Nouwens has updated his µTorrent add-in for Windows Home Server to version 1.1. As well as a number of big fixes and new features, the new version includes a full installation guide. Download | Support (MS Forums)

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Add-In: Any Service Installer for Windows Home Server

By on July 13, 2007 in Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

Marcel Nouwens has released a new add-in for Windows Home Server, Any Service Installer. The add-in allows any application to run as a Service in Windows Home Server, which means that it will continue to run and operate even when you are logged out of WHS. The add-in has been released to work with an [...]

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Code2Fame: Entry Forms Now Available (For US Citizens Only)

By on July 1, 2007 in Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

I’ve mentioned before that I’m not the biggest fan of the Code2Fame competition – however, if you’re a US developer who’s been working on a killer add-in for Windows Home Server, then you can now enter the competition. Here’s a quick refresher of the prizes and entry requirements: Prizes for finalists: Over $50,000 in cash [...]

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