Today, Samsung announced the release of their tablet called Galaxy S Tab at the IFA conference in Berlin.
MediaSmartHome.com have dubbed the entire month of September as Data Protection Month. The goal is to raise awareness about data protection and preservation.
Windows Home Server Backup Database-Backup, known as WHS BDBB by Microsoft MVP Alex Kuretz has been updated to a new version adding a number of new features and user interface enhancements.
Home Server Land’s step by step walk-through of the new Windows Server “Aurora”, covering the installation, Dashboard, LaunchPad, Shared Folders, Remote Access and more.
Recently, we were given the opportunity to chat with the founder of Ciphertex, Mr. Jerry Kaner. This was our chance to learn and get the inside look at the latest in data storage and security.
AWIECO released an updated version of their Wake On LAN add-in for Windows Home Server code name Vail and Windows Server Aurora. The updated version of the AWIECO Wake On LAN software provides integration into the Launchpad.
Have you ever heard of a remote controlled network camera? You probably have, but have you ever seen one that claims to integrate with a variety of social networks? Well, now Astak’s Mole Wireless IP Camera claims do exactly that. It retails for $279, which at first thought sounds a bit pricy but when you take into consideration what it can do and all the features it has built into it, then it could make you feel like you got your money’s worth. However, we all know that just because something is jam packed with features doesn’t automatically make it user friendly, so we decided to test it out for ourselves.
Here is a great interactive film of Arcade Fire’s new video shows what’s possible with HTML5. The video was announced today on the Official Google Blog.
Microsoft has made available an extensive range of resources to help us get to know what is new about Aurora. If you have not yet had the chance to get the beta program of the Aurora Small Business Server, or if you are hesitance for any reason, then below are very useful links to help you get acquainted with the software.
One of Home Server community's very active add-in developers, Microsoft MVP Sam Wood, has been developing a new add-in called Blackbox for Windows Home Server (v1). A lot of us have found Sam's previous add-in for WHS called Disk Management for Windows Home Server extremely useful, and if you feel that Sam didn't let you down in the past then return the favor and be a beta tester for his new add-in.
An update to the version 1 guide for developing add-ins for the next generation of Windows Home Server and Small Business Server has been released by Microsoft MVP Nick Asseloos of ASOFT.
WHS Vail has completely reworked how add-in products interact with the home server. All add-ins written for WHS v1 have to be completely rewritten for WHS Vail. Vail uses a software development kit or SDK that offers the developer a feature rich environment in which to develop add-in products that work seamlessly with Vail. The add-ins are located in the Add-Ins tab where they are centrally managed. Add-in products may interface with the user either as a separate add-in tab or as a sub tab within an existing Vail tab group.
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There have been unofficial reports, discussions, and concerns around advanced format hard drives and Windows Home Server, but now Microsoft has issued a KB article to address the issues in question. The advisory note KB2385637 discusses Advanced Format drives and their incompatibility with Windows Home Server v1.
The “Settings” WHS v1 Console button and “Server Settings” WHS Vail Dashboard button give the user access to configure global settings for the Windows Home Server. The content areas for the WHS Vail server settings have been reformatted from WHS v1. Many of the content area tabs have been consolidated with other functional areas. The settings for the General and Remote Web Access are mostly unchanged and remain as server settings tabs. The functions of the Backup settings tab are merged with the Computers and Backup Dashboard tab. The functions of the Passwords settings tab are merged with the Users and Computers and Backup Dashboard tabs. The Add-ins settings tab and tabs for the add-ins is moved to the Add-Ins Dashboard tab. The Windows Media Center and the Media Sharing settings tabs are merged with the Media server settings tab and the Resources settings tab is removed. WHS Vail add a tab for HomeGroup. The end result is that the Server Settings in Vail are less cluttered and functions have been moved to their logical locations within the Dashboard.
Great news, the folks at UWHS have teamed up with Tranquil PC to give away some two year subscriptions to their HomeServerSync add-in for Windows Home Server. This is the first of a number of giveaways.
A new version of online backup add-in from Cloudberry Labs has been announced. The add-in is named Cloudberry Backup and it is for Windows Home Server v1.7. This new release will add enhanced scheduling options and add the ability to backup your server to Microsoft’s Azure Blob Storage service instead of Amazon S3.
Microsoft have released an update for Windows Home Server v1. The KB979453 update, promised earlier by Microsoft has now been released.
In addition to the updated WakeOnLAN add-in, AWIECO has also released an update for their Remote Launcher add-in for Windows Home Server Vail and Windows Server Aurora.
The Network Health alert messages generated by WHS v1 have been improved and expanded in WHS Vail. WHS v1 displays critical and warning alerts while WHS Vail displays critical, warning, and information alerts. The notification method has changed between the two versions. WHS v1 displays a Network Health tab on the Console that turns from green meaning no alerts, to yellow meaning warnings, to red meaning critical alerts. WHS Vail has moved the Alert button to the area next to the “Server Settings” of the Dashboard. In both versions alerts are removed when resolved and are not considered when ignored.
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The Ceton InifiniTV 4 tuner card was initially advertised to offer turner sharing. This means that it would have allowed the Ceton InfinitTV4 in one HTPC to be configured to work as a virtual tuner on another Windows Media Center PC. Unfortunately CableLabs quickly put a stop to that, since then it has been reported that CableLabs had a change of heart and revised the OCCUR spec accordingly.
AWIECO released a minor update to their WakeOnLAN add-in to support the Windows Home Server Vail refresh, as well as Windows Server Aurora.
Several changes and new features have been incorporated in WHS Vail as to how hard drives are managed. The WHS v1 Server Storage tab has been merged with the Server Folders and Hard Drives tab. There are two sub tabs that are used to display the hard drive information. The Summary sub tab expands on the pie graph used in WSH v1 and displays a summary of default storage pool, system, server backup drive, and other non-allocated hard drives in bar graph format. The Hard Drives sub tab displays the individual hard drives grouped by default storage pool, server backup, and unallocated hard drives.
Kentdome Technologies is excited to announce the latest release of Grid Junction, the uninterruptible power supply management add-in for Windows Home Server. It is primarily a maintenance release, however, we did add a few bells and whistles to this update.
Several changes and upgrades have been incorporated in WHS Vail as to how server folders are managed. The WHS v1 Folders tab has been merged with the Server Folders and Hard Drives tab as a the Server Folders sub tab in the WHS Vail Dashboard. The Server Folders sub tab format is identical to that of the WHS v1 Folders tab. WHS Vail has added system folders for Client Computer Backups, Documents, and Shadow Copies. Public, Software, and Users system folders have been removed. Personal folders for users are no longer created on the server.
This week we are in for a serious treat: Greg Welch aka WELCHWORKS, a Real Estate Agent with a passion for WHS, Media Center and Home Automation projects gives us his play-by-play with the Ceton infiTV 4 cable card tuner card.