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It appears that Microsoft has started to push the Internet Explorer 8 onto the Windows Home Server. Users who have automatic Windows updates enabled and not yet installed Internet Explorer 8 may see a Critical Home Network Health notification that Windows Home Server updates are ready : “Windows Home Server has pending updates that you [...]

About Tranquil PC Tranquil PC manufactures and sells a line of Windows Home Server computers that is based on the Intel Atom central processing unit.  Tranquil’s design takes advantage of the Atom CPU’s power efficiencies in a way that they are able to produce computers with a small form factor with a fan-less cooling system.  [...]

Securing the Network – Chapter 1 This is Part 4 on Securing Your WHS & Network. We hope that we are providing a comprehensive explanation of computer security as it relates to your Windows Home Server and network. We introduced many terms and technologies in Parts 1 through 3 and there are many references made to [...]

Alexander wrote about a possible release date for Windows 7 RC and today it has been officially confirmed by Microsoft Windows 7 manager Brandon Le Blanc. On Microsoft’s official Windows blog, Le Blanc wrote that subscribers of Technet or MSDN will have access to download the release candidate on Thursday, April 30th. Non subscribed users [...]

My name is Mike van den Ham  and I work as a project engineer requires me to give many client presentations.  I often have to carry around laptops and vast amounts of data on external hard disk drives.  I needed a solution that would be small enough to carry around but powerful enough to perform as [...]

The 2.5 software update is now available for the HP MediaSmart Server EX-485 and EX-487 series. This update adds new media-centric features, better remote access to media from mobile devices and functionality improvements. If your HP MediaSmart Server EX485/EX487 is set for automatic updates then all you have to do is sit back and wait [...]

The highly anticipated HP MediaSmart Server iStream application for Apple iPhone is now available, at least in North America it seems. Users can download the free iPhone application directly in iTunes (search for “HP MediaSmart” to narrow the results),  or using the App Store application directly on the iPhone itself. Personally I have already downloaded this [...]

This is the third part on Securing Your WHS & Network. Internet Service Provider Performance In this part we explain the different types of Internet service provider or ISP interface, service, and equipment that are normally used by home and small business networks.  We explain the different types of Internet service provided by cable, telephone, [...]