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The Home Server Show 182

Homeserver — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:59:16 +0000

We can’t stop talking about Windows 8 and Media Center. It all comes back to storage though. Plenty of server conversation as well as some follow up on cloud options and HD Home Run streaming. This show was recorded on Google On Air Hangout and we had a lot of fun with it. While your [...]

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BYOB Episode 85

pcdoc — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:53:35 +0000

Special Guest Chris Barnes from the DMZ podcast thEndUsr joins us to discuss his systems. We’ll also tackle nVidia’s GTX690. Amazon plays me too with their cloud drive. Playon is told to move on. Welcome to Episode 85 of the BYOB Podcast. Special Guest – Chris Barnes Chris Barnes is host to the...

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PlayOn–Some things never change

pcdoc — Sun, 06 May 2012 07:42:31 +0000

A couple of years ago I tried using PlayOn to stream media to my my devices. I always thought the concept was good but back then, I had many issues getting things to work correctly. I do not remember all the details only that it would consistently disconnect, lock up my system, and was generally...

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The Home Server Show 181

Homeserver — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:51:45 +0000

The Home Server Crew is back and we have a marathon for you. There was plenty to cover since we missed a week. We have a lot of media related news and gadgets to talk about but the big topic is cloud services. How many do you have? Use? It was eye opening just trying [...]

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Updating a Acer 1810T Laptop with a Crucial M4 SSD

Joe_Miner — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:00:54 +0000

By: John Stutsman I had been thinking of the possibility for some time to upgrade my the 320GB WD Blue drive that was stock with my Acer 1810T but had been waiting for the right price or the right deal. Some time ago I had checked Crucial’s web site – while there they recommended their [...]

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SplashTop with Windows 8 and Server 8 on iPad

Joe_Miner — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:00:13 +0000

By: John Stutsman I listened live to “The Home Server Show 180” and one item in particular caught my attention. It was their discussion of a new App called SplashTop and how it could be loaded onto an iPad and linked into Windows 8 – enabling the user to experience Windows 8 touch capabilities on...

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A Look at Seagate’s FreeAgent GoFlex 4TB External Disk Drive & Western Digital’s USB 3.0 PCIe Card in a MicroServer

Joe_Miner — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:00:45 +0000

By: John Stutsman I’m always looking at hard drives and ways that I can expand my storage capacity to better organize my systems and backups of those systems. The following is not strictly a review of the FreeAgent GoFlex 4TB or the WD USB 3.0 PCIe Card but more of a chronology of how well [...]

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BYOB Episode 84

pcdoc — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:58:31 +0000

Z77, Ivy Bridge, Windows 8 talk, SplashTop, and Cloud Drives. Tonight we have some in depth discussions on the new Ivy Bridge CPU’s and the Z77 chipsets. We also hash out some differences on the various cloud drives such as Dropbox, SkyDrive, and G Drive and talk about the pros and cons of...

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SkyDrive on WHS 2011-One install is all you need

pcdoc — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:00:47 +0000

If you are like many and are jumping on the SkyDrive band wagon you might find yourself having to install it on many systems in your house. The issue soon becomes with many of these services is that you end up installing on too many devices. Since I have many computers on my internal network,...

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Perfect Disk for Windows Home Server 30% off

Homeserver — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:38:49 +0000

PerfectDisk promotion for Home Server Show readers and listeners. Any product offered by Raxco is now 30% off if you use this link and coupon code. The coupon code is: SERVERSHOW30 Raxco makes plenty of software to speed up your PC’s but they also make PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server. ...

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