Windows Home Server

Remember the light show functionality of the HP MediaSmart Home Server? One of the themes is called Morse Code Credits. HomeServerHacks.com has decoded the message, it reads as follows: "Maureen Webber, Dan Thero, Matt Haines, Jerry McCollom, Charles McJilton, Dave Hanes, Jason Goldman, Alex…

If you're lucky enough to be testing the highly anticipated Windows Home Server and you're a devout Tivo user, then you will love this: Rob of durfee.net has released a Tivo Publisher add-in for Windows Home Server. The add-in installs as a service and makes your music, photo, and…

For those who have Media Center PCs, two new features are hitting the platform as free updates, CEPro reports. The first is Internet TV, which is an ad-supported section of content available from a tab next to "Recorded TV". This feature, not to be confused with Microsoft's IPTV, will…

The We Got Served blog has the scoop on another home serving offering, this one from Avideus. The Avideus HSE Home Server, like the Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo and Velocity Micro Netmagix servers, will be based on the Intel SS4200-EHW Server design. The company, based in San Marocs, CA, are currently…

If you haven't already heard, the We Got Served blog is one of the best places to find Windows Homer Server news and tips. So, when I saw that they were offering a discount to their readers towards a purchase of a Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo Home Server, I had to pass the info along. It looks like the…

Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 has been released to manufacuring and is available NOW for your downloading pleasure via the Microsoft Download Center.Power Pack 1 includes a bunch of new features, enhancements and bug fixes: - Support for Windows Vista 64 bit- Home Server Shared Folder backup-…

For those of you lucky enough to find a Home Server under your Christmas tree (or other gift sheltering holiday ornamentation), you'll be happy to know a nice update was released today that, among other things, will give you your own trusted SSL certificate. This means that when you connect to your…

Back when I was playing Pong, the idea of a home computer was a distant science fiction fantasy. By the time I was playing Pac Man, the idea of home networks seemed absurd. Now here I am playing Call of Duty 4 while my home server backs up all the home computers across my home network. Times have…