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Attend This Month’s HP Mediasmart Server Webcasts For a Rebate On Your Pre-Order

By on November 5, 2007 in Hardware, Windows Home Server

Note the use of the condition tense here, but this week HP confirmed that those in the US attending this month’s HP Mediasmart Server webcasts may be eligible for a rebate when they pre-order the system from online retailers in the first few days of release. I’m going to quote their PR guys verbatim here, [...]

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HP Mediasmart Home Server Now Available to Pre-order Online in the USA, Shipping Late November

By on November 5, 2007 in Hardware, Windows Home Server

Today’s a very busy day of Windows Home Server annoucements – let’s start with the big news. [singlepic=131,320,240,,] HP are announcing today that their two HP Mediasmart Home Server systems, the 500Gb EX470 and 1Tb EX475, are available to pre-order today (Monday, November 5th) exclusively at a number of major US online retailers – amazon.com, buy.com, circuitcity.com and compusa.com. [...]

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Check Out the HP Mediasmart Server Reviewer’s Guide

By on November 1, 2007 in Hardware, Windows Home Server

   Whilst you’re waiting to hear news about the release date and other news on the HP Mediasmart Server, HP sent through a Reviewer’s Guide for the system, which is being sent out to the press right now, and they’ve kindly given permission for me to post it up on the blog for you to download. So [...]

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HP MediaSmart Server – Full Details Next Monday

By on October 30, 2007 in Hardware, Windows Home Server

I just got off the phone with a few people from HP’s US and European operations, and they kindly filled me in on full release details for the HP MediaSmart Server in both the US and Europe. Sadly, the deal is that the information is under wraps until Monday, November 5th so make sure you [...]

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Join Microsoft and HP Online to Hear About the HP MediaSmart Server

By on October 30, 2007 in Windows Home Server

The HP MediaSmart Server fest continues in November, with a series of four live online presentations, hosted by Microsoft and HP and featuring some of your favourite digital pundits. Here’s the blurb: Do you have multiple PCs with increasingly large amounts of digital photos, music, video and documents? Is managing, accessing and protecting this digital [...]

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HP MediaSmart Server’s Control Center Unveiled

By on September 7, 2007 in Add-ins & Apps, Hardware, Software, Windows Home Server

Over at HP’s NYC launch website, amongst all of the hyperbole around their new product lines for 2008, they dropped in an image of the HP MediaSmart Server’s new Control Center – basically a new front-end that pretty much acts like your Shared Folders server directory, albeit with extra links to HP Photo Webshare software, [...]

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It’s the HP MediaSmart Server Data Sheet!

By on September 7, 2007 in Hardware, Windows Home Server

Fresh from it’s public unveiling at IFA and more recently at HP’s NYC press launch this week, ladies and gentlemen, it’s the HP EX470 and EX475 MediaSmart Server Data Sheet! HP MediaSmart Home Server Data Sheet

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HP MediaSmart Server Delayed – Not Friendly Enough

By on August 30, 2007 in Add-ins & Apps, Hardware, Software, Windows Home Server

Looks like HP have been politely invited to take another look at the software they’ll be bundling with Windows Home Server in their new MediaSmart servers. A report on SmallNetBuilder is stating that HP have delayed releasing the server until the “holiday period” to make their software more “user-friendly” to general consumers. Reading between the [...]

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HP MediaSmart Home Server – Shipping September 15th from Amazon.com

By on August 21, 2007 in Hardware, Windows Home Server

Amazon.com are now listing both the EX470 and EX475 HP MediaSmart Home Servers as shipping from September 15th. However, the site is not yet taking pre-orders so you’ll have to wait a little longer before placing your order.

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HP MediaSmart Pricing Leaked – Systems Listed at Amazon.com

By on August 20, 2007 in Hardware, Windows Home Server

We’ve been waiting eagerly for more information on HP’s MediaSmart server, and to date, they’ve been pretty coy about releasing any – especially pricing! Good news, though, Amazon.com are today listing two HP MediaSmart Windows Home Server systems on their site, whilst elsewhere, pricing has been mistakenly published (and then pulled) on a couple of [...]

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