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Guide: Gaining Remote Control of your Home Server

Charles Robinson — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:34:49 +0000

Every now and then when we are on safari either to the mall or friends house we have the need to get some data off of or otherwise gain remote access to our Home Server. It’s easy to get alerts from and see information about your Home Server by using Add-Ins such as Remote Notification [...]

Windows Home Server Backup Database-Backup (BDBB) 1.0.3.3 released

Alex Kuretz — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:18:39 +0000

I’m pleased to announce the release of a new version of the Windows Home Server Backup Database-Backup (BDBB) Add-In. Version 1.0.3.3 includes a couple of new features that I believe you will find useful, as well as an updated user interface to accommodate the new features. Here’s a list of what’s changed in this release. Redesigned [...]

Asoft releases version 1.1 of the WHS DevKit

Alex Kuretz — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:41:07 +0000

Nick over at ASoft, developer of the popular AdminiMe and AutoExit Add-Ins for Windows Home Server, has released an updated version of his WHS DevKit 2 which is designed to help developers create/build/install Add-Ins for Windows Home Server Vail. This new version has been updated to support the latest version of Windows Home Server: build 7659. [...]

SageTV HD300 Announced, Shipping Sept 10th

Damian — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:37:05 +0000

About a month ago I put together an article on where I hoped SageTV was heading since I have had a love/hate relationship with it. At the top of my list was a new/refreshed media extender that supported full HD Audio bitstreaming and downmix. Well, looks like I may be able to cross that off [...]

Review: Logitech Squeezebox Radio

Damian — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:00:08 +0000

One area of media streaming I had been wanting to get more involved in but just never found the time (getting my video collection streaming properly has been top priority) was music. My wife and I are not huge music buffs but we do have a decent sized collection, and the only way of accessing [...]

Tentacle Software announces Blackbox for WHS Add-In and Closed Beta

Stephen Bruce — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:03:16 +0000

Tentacle Software, creators of the popular add-in Disk Management, have been hard at work with a new add-in called Blackbox for WHS which they have just announced and are soliciting people for testing in an initial closed beta. For more information and to request access to the closed beta, visit the Tentacle Software website. Blackbox for [...]

PopCorn Hour C-200 Firmware Released To The Public

Damian — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:45:04 +0000

It has been nearly three months since Syabas released the first beta firmware for the PCH C-200. There were some important fixes that were added, such as support for bitstreaming HD Audio in standalone mkv/(m2)ts files, fixed vc-1 mkv playback, etc… It has been a somewhat bumpy ride for Syabas of late, so hopefully release [...]

Windows Home Server Update Rollup 1 Released

Nigel Wilks — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:36:53 +0000

With all the talk lately on the next iteration of Windows Home Server in the form of Vail and it’s close relative Aurora you would quite understandably think that Microsoft have finished working on Windows Home Server V1. But, today Microsoft seems to have squashed that rumour by releasing an update as Update Rollup 1. [...]

Pioneer + Pandora + iPhone + Automobile = Audio Bliss?

Damian — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:55:10 +0000

Just going through my emails I noticed I received an email from Pioneer Electronics advertising integration of Pandora (a free internet based radio station of sorts) into their latest in-dash receivers. This is all done from an iPhone running the Pandora app, connecting to the Pioneer receiver via USB. I recently discovered Pandora (actually I [...]

MKV Mania: Ripping To MKV With BluRip

Damian — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:40:25 +0000

I have highlighted several different programs such as MakeMKV, Another EAC3To GUI, and Ripbot264 which can be used to create an mkv. Unfortunately most mkv programs out there either do encoding or lossless ripping, but not both. I mostly do lossless ripping so this is not an issue, but I do occasionally encode a media [...]