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- HP's new home server is small, smart, and impressively simple
- Earlier this year, I looked at a beta release of Windows Home Server and called it a “home run†for Microsoft. This week, Hewlett Packard announced that it would begin taking orders for its new MediaSmart servers, which are built on the Windows Home Server platform, with actual shipments set to...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Storage, Backup, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., David, MediaSmart Hardware, Velocity Micro, Microsoft Windows, Backups, Desktops, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
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- HP Envy 15-1050nr
- A big brother to HP's 13-inch Envy 13, this upscale 15-inch model crams more computing power into a midsize laptop than anyone outside of Alienware's m15x. And while that system is a 10-pound monster, the Envy 15 manages to be both slim and reasonably lightweight, partially by ditching the internal...
- Tags: Blu-ray, Notebooks, DVD, Branding, Consumer electronics, Envy 15, Hewlett-Packard Co., laptop computer
- Product reviews 2009-11-19
- HP MediaSmart EX495 Server
- Editors' note: The HP MediaSmart Server EX495 has a very similar feature set to that of the already reviewed LX 195. For this reason, you might have a slight feeling of deja vu while reading the feature section of this review.Priced at around $700, the HP MediaSmart Server EX495 is...
- Tags: Servers, server, HP MediaSmart, hard drive, HP MediaSmart Server, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2009-10-02
- Better than RAID: the new DroboPro
- Better than RAID: the new DroboProOf course you aren't on Drobo's payrollIf you were you would have provided a link to where we could learn more -.-Thankfully, there is google. http://www.drobo.com/Four bay Drobo costs $749 with two 1TB drives included, $999 for four.The DroboPro is 8 bay and starts...
- Tags: Storage, DroboPro, RAID, new DroboPro, Drobo
- Discussion threads 2009-04-09
- Linksys Media Center Extender DMA2200 - DVD player / digital multimedia receiver
- With the introduction of Windows Vista, Microsoft hopes to get consumers one step closer to having a dedicated "family room" PC. Included in nearly all versions of Vista is Windows Media Center, a sort of multimedia portal that can access and play all kinds of digital media stored on...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Home networking, Consumer electronics, multimedia, Media Center PC, DMA2200, Linksys Inc., DVD, DVD player
- Product reviews 2008-12-08
- My favorite Windows Vista gadgets
- When I first began using Windows Vista, I dismissed the Sidebar as a gimmick. It didn’t help that the default gadgets Microsoft offered were of limited utility and that some early gadgets caused performance problems. Over time, though, I’ve become a Sidebar convert. I haven’t encountered a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Gadget, Sidebar, ShareMaster Gadget, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Velocity Micro's Windows Home Server for power users
- I was noodling through Velocity Micro’s Web site the other day, and I noticed that its version of the Windows Home Server, the NetMagix HQ HomeServer, is more robustly configured than the HP MediaSmart Server. Velocity Micro, which sells high-performance PCs that are popular with go-getter gamers, offers the NetMagix...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Velocity, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- Build your own Windows Home Server for only $380
- Build your own Windows Home Server for only $380Sure you can. ;)Easilly sets up the drives, backups, every lat little thing.Then just load the included Ubuntu client tool disk onto your Ubuntu desktop and let the automation begins!Oh, wait, So you [i]can't[/i] do that?Then why did you just say you...
- Tags: Operating systems, Backups, OPEN SOURCE, WHS Team, server, WHS, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-02-14
- Build your own Windows Home Server for only $380
- I’m a huge fan of Microsoft's Windows Home Server OS, the very capable and easy-to-use consumer server software. But the only Windows Home Server-based hardware I’ve had a chance to play around with is the HP MediaSmart Server EX470, which contains just one 500GB hard drive and costs a whopping...
- Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Gist, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- What a good idea - Apple Time Capsule
- What a good idea - Apple Time CapsuleI agree ...... it's a niche product.hmmmso no body has a AP and External HDD or NAS now?? you need to buy a new hardware from Apple to do the functionality that already exists??? If timemachine supported wireless backup, this device wouldnt exist,...
- Tags: Backups, Storage, Apple Inc., Apple Time Capsule, wireless, backup
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- Microsoft extends the reach of Media Center
- It's no secret that part of Microsoft's marketing plan for Windows Vista was to push sales of its Home Premium edition, and every bit of market data I've seen says they've been extremely successful in this effort. As of mid-2007, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,...
- Tags: D-Link Systems, Box, Hewlett-Packard Co., Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., DMA2100, DMA2200, Extender Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- Welcome to ZDNet's SOHO Networking Blog
- Wireless networking had me at B. In fact, I’ve still got the Microsoft MN-500 802.11b wireless router that I tested in 2003, my first foray into Wi-Fi. I don’t use the MN-500 anymoreâ€"I’ve since moved on to 802.11g several models from Linksys and then the latest draft N routers from...
- Tags: Router, SOHO, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
- HP's slick, simple MediaSmart Home Server
- Hewlett Packard is the first U.S. company to offer custom hardware running Windows Home Server. Here's what you get. by Ed Bott
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Server, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Ed Bott, screenshots, Windows Home Server
- Image galleries 2007-11-09
- 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
- Microsoft hits a home run with Windows Home Server
- Almost without exception, the first reaction when people hear that Microsoft is working on Windows Home Server is, "Why would I want that?" After they see it, the first reaction is much simpler: "I want that."So set aside that first skeptical reaction and take a close look at the image...
- Tags: Image Galleries, Hardware
- Blog posts 2007-04-26
- Microsoft seeks more testers for Windows Home Server
- Microsoft is soliciting testers interested in trying out the newly minted Windows Home Server Beta 2. To date, Windows Home Server product has been in test primarily among 1,000 Microsoft employees and a select group of partners and customers. Microsoft is interested in widening the tester pool, effective...
- Tags: Windows server, Windows Home Server
- Blog posts 2007-02-13
- AMD's in the middle when it comes to home server
- Who was smack in the middle of Microsoft’s Windows Home Server launch, at the Consumer Electronics Show last night? I mean, aside from Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates? It was Advanced Micro Devices. AMD unveiled the AMD Live Home Media Server. This AMD home media server, which compliments Microsoft’s Windows Home...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-01-08
- Windows Home Server: What's inside?
- The Windows Home Server cat is finally out of the bag. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates officially announced the existence of the Windows Home Server at his January 7 Consumer Electronics Show CES kick-off keynote. During his remarks, Gates offered almost no details about the forthcoming systems, other...
- Tags: Servers, Operating systems, Windows Home Server, Windows Home, server, Microsoft Windows, Home Server
- Blog posts 2007-01-08
- CES: Gates and team show off Microsoft's consumer chops
- Ive been watching the Bill Gates keynote from CES. He declared that next year will be his last CES keynote, as he devotes his time to his foundation, unless the CES powers that be want a speech about eliminating infectious diseases from the planet. At the top of his keynote...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Game players, Intellectual property, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., team, Microsoft Windows Vista, Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2007-01-07
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