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- Lenovo debuts IdeaCentre D400 home server; 'world's thinnest' nettops, Q100, Q110
- Lenovo on Wednesday announced the company's first home server, the IdeaCentre D400, as well as its IdeaCentre Q100 and Q110 nettops, the "world's thinnest." Lenovo's IdeaCentre D400 home server is intended for professional and personal use so...
- Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Nettop, Server, Home Server, Q110, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
- 10 bits of tech the back-to-school student should avoid
- As the countdown to the academic season starts about now, the race to get the best deals and offers at your local tech stores is on. You'll need to start working out what you didn't have before which could have made your life a lot easier at university, and what...
- Tags: Online Backup, Backup, Wireless, Home Server, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Scott Adams' "home server" would be a massive DRM and vendor lock-in
- Scott Adams' "home server" would be a massive DRM and vendor lock-init already existsWindows Home Server?Apple will charge...One dollar less than "crazy expensive". That's the magic of Steve Jobs.Smart Home technologyAbout 20 years ago I worked with a company that installed custom control systems for edifices that controlled lighting,...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Linux, Construction, Bluetooth, TVs, PRODUCTIVITY, Digital media, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., Scott Adams, Apple TV, digital-rights management, home server, HVAC, TV
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- Preparing for a Flickr Apocalypse
- Preparing for a Flickr ApocalypseHmmmm ..."sinking with all its hosted data on it, leaving its users with no recourse other than their own backups."If you rely in a third party as the only repository of your data, how valuable can it be? If you don't have a backup, how valuable...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Flickr, Flickr Apocalypse, Home Server, server, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-11-14
- 4.5 mln US households to run home servers by 2012
- 4.5 mln US households to run home servers by 2012what is mln?Does mln mean Million?Why don't you just use a big M like normal people do?
- Tags: home server
- Discussion threads 2008-04-27
- Building a Windows Home Server - the easy way!
- So, you're thinking about building your own home server based on Microsoft's latest OS, Windows Home Server and want some pointers as to the best hardware to use. You've come to the right place! Here I'm going to take a look at the components that you'll need to put together...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, CPU, RAM, Home Server, PSU, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Processors, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-11-19
- HP's new home server is small, smart, and impressively simple
- HP's new home server is small, smart, and impressively simpleWhy WHS might be too lateI have 2 desktops, 2 laptops, a media PC, a file server, and an XBox 360 in my house so I think I would be a candidate for WHS. The problem is that with advances in...
- Tags: File servers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Linux, Backups, Hewlett-Packard Co., WHS, home server, Microsoft Windows Vista, backup
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- HP MediaSmart Server ex475
- We've been tracking HP's MediaSmart Server and the Microsoft Windows Home Server software that powers it ever since they were both announced back in January. We got to play with an early version of the software this summer. Now we get to take a look at the complete product, by...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Servers, HP MediaSmart, HP MediaSmart Server, server, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, software, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2007-11-05
- Technical Brief for Home Computer Backup and Restore
- Windows Home Server automatically backups home computers to the home server and allow to easily restore the entire computer or an individual file or folder to a previous point in time. The Windows Home Server Backup solution backs up only the data that has not already been backed up. Even...
- Tags: Home PC, Computer, Home Server, Backups, Desktops, Productivity, Hardware
- White papers 2007-11-01
- What's the target market for Windows Home Server?
- Just who is Microsoft expecting to buy Windows Home Server? If you were to ask me for list of two words that don't go together, I'm pretty that "home" and "server" would be somewhere on my top 10. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I'm against...
- Tags: Data, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, Home Server, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- Will Windows Home Server be Microsoft's next flop?
- Will Windows Home Server be Microsoft's next flop?This will give Microsoft...a single point of entry into your whole personal IT infrastructure.It will make it much simpler for Microsoft and Big Brother to invade your privacy. Microsoft has been data mining for Big Brother for some time. It has...
- Tags: Servers, Microsoft Windows, server, Home Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Home Server
- Discussion threads 2007-09-25
- Why home RAID won't fly
- Why home RAID won't flyRight onA home server is a silly concept. Just backup your stuff easily and cheaply on an external hard disk in a USB casing. 500 GB storage for about $ 150.To top it off: this is a much "greener" solution as well... You only have to...
- Tags: Storage, Backups, home server, RAID, backup
- Discussion threads 2007-05-29
- WinHEC: Drivers, Home Server, Server 2008
- WinHEC: Drivers, Home Server, Server 2008It's too bad you don't cover BrainshareNovell could really use this type of coverage.Don't scare me like thatI could have swore you were going Mike Cox on us before I saw the "sarcasm".But anyway this Rally stuff seems interesting, and of course these devices are...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Linux, Home Server, Webcam, laptop computer, server, rig, Mike Cox, ease of use
- Discussion threads 2007-05-16
- Windows Home Server Build 3790 (Windows Home Server)
- Windows Home Server Build 3790 Windows Home ServerHardware requirements wouldn't be too highCertainly a server that serves 100 or more clients needs better hardware, but if we're talking about enough to serve a family of as many as ten people even a three year old computer will have more than...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Servers, Desktops, Video Requirements, server, Home Server, computer, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, hardware, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-04-20
- Microsoft delivers a new Windows Home Server test build
- On April 17, Microsoft made available to testers another new Community Technology Preview CTP build of Windows Home Server. Windows Home Server -- a product designed to help users with multiple home PCs and devices "store, protect and share their photos, music videos and documents" -- is still on...
- Tags: Windows Home Server, System builders, OEMs
- Blog posts 2007-04-18
- How Microsoft (mostly) managed to keep Home Server a secret
- How Microsoft mostly managed to keep Home Server a secretThe reason whyis that its totally and completely unimportant.Quattro? That makes me think of the uber-effective razor blade...Hmmm, maybe Schick could sue for name infringement... If Microsoft will go after a guy's home business Mike Rowe Soft, turnabout seems fair...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., Home Server, potential market, home server, computer, server
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- Microsoft 'Quattro': Fourth time's the charm
- "Quattro," a k a Windows Home Server, has been a puzzle to me, in terms of its codename. It didnt seem to fit with the other members of the Windows Server family: Longhorn Server, Cougar, Centro, etc. The reason it doesnt mesh is that Windows Home Server, in some...
- Tags: Windows server, Corporate strategy, Code names, Windows Home Server
- Blog posts 2007-02-06
- How Microsoft (mostly) managed to keep a secret
- One of the most surprising features of Windows Home Server, the product formerly codenamed "Quattro" (and later, "Q") is how Microsoft managed to keep it a secret until it was officially unveiled in early January. Sure, there were a few hints and a minor leak or two before Microsoft...
- Tags: Windows server, Corporate strategy, Code names, Windows Home Server, Microsoft Corp., Home Server, Quattro
- Blog posts 2007-02-06
- Rich Internet Applications at CES
- Rich Internet Applications at CESAnd you didn't see this!http://messenger.yahoo.com/vista_popup.phpI love the Home Server concept / specs[i]The idea is that Home Server can act as the cloud for you in your own home giving you access to data wherever you are and storing it locally on your home server. This has...
- Tags: Blogging, home server, rich Internet application
- Discussion threads 2007-01-08
- Microsoft's digital hub for the home uncovered
- Microsoft's digital hub for the home uncoveredCertain Media[b]Media from devices that support Windows Media Connect--which is included in Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista and Xbox 360--can be streamed from the server.[/b]Hey,Currently items streamed to the 360 are only MS approved file types WMV, Mp4. Open it...
- Tags: Backups, Microsoft Windows, Digital video, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Game players, WMV9, Microsoft Corp., server, home server, backup, WMV, Sony PlayStation 3
- Discussion threads 2007-01-08
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