Microsoft today officially announced the release date for Windows Home Server Power Pack 3. We have talked a lot over the last 6 months about PP3, so its to finally see it ready for release. Here is the full press release from the Windows Home Server Team: The Windows Home Server Team is pleased to announce that Power Pack 3 will be available in .. more »

Dave over at the Home Server Show Podcast has just released show number 65. This is what Dave has to say about this weeks show: The Home Server Show 65. In todays early episode we will be talking about Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server and when you can expect to download it. You will hear the announcement from Microsofts Jonas Svenson and we .. more »

Tranquil PC make a lot of different products, including the SQA-5H Windows Home Server and also the Xtreamer Media Streamer – both of which we have reviewed and loved. Well, Christmas may have come a little earlier this year, if you buy the SQA-5H 3000 Windows Home Server you can get either the Xtreamer or a very cool Leatherman Core Multi-Tool pl.. more »

Its nearly hear. Microsoft has officially announced that next Tuesday on the 24th of November Power Pack 3 will be available via Windows Update. The release will be available in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish and users must have Windows Home Server with Power Pack 2 already installed on their home server to receive .. more »

Intel and Windows Home Server have teamed up to give you the chance to win Home Servers, Microsoft Zune HD 16 GB digital audio players and 1 TB Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drives. To win you need to say how a home server would bring peace of mind to YOUR life, or why you really want one, but as a haiku. Whats a haiku, I hear you cry? A haiku .. more »

Well we have all been patiently waiting for Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 these past months, with Microsoft originally wanting to release it on the 22nd October to coincide with the release of Windows 7, but then for whatever reason that didnt happen. Well, Sean Daniel who is the Program Manager for Small Business Server at Microsoft tweeted .. more »

A few weeks ago I reported about the Sky Player in Windows Media Center being announced at the Windows 7 press launch. Well today, Sky Player is finally live and running. If you launch Windows Media Center you will see it under TV. Media Center - Sky Player If you click on it you will be prompted to install it. It only takes a moment or two to .. more »

My friend, and fellow MVP Ian Dixon, he of the The Digital Lifestyle, has just launched a new site called Made for Media Center. This new site is an app store for Windows Media Center and looks set to be the place to go to get your Media Center apps. Ian says this about the site: Here is a collection of the best apps for Windows Media Center in one .. more »

Asus are launching a new Windows Home Server called the Asus TS Mini. TS Mini is powered by Intel Atom processor and based on Microsoft Windows Home Server Platform for simplified and familiar user interface to help users manage, protect and access their digital content. TS Mini features 2GB DDR2 memory, 10/100/1000Mbs Gigabit Ethernet, massive .. more »

The defragmenter for our Home Servers has been updated. Diskeeper 2010 HomeServer edition has been updated to include IntelliWrite which prevents the majority of fragmentation before it even happens and for any fragmentation that does occur, Diskeeper 2010 utilizes a powerful defragmentation engine to rapidly handle any remaining fragmentation with .. more »

Asus have just announced the TS Mini, a Home Server which is powered by the Intel Atom N280 (1.66GHz) processor and features 2GB DDR2 memory, Gigabit Ethernet, storage space for 2 internal SATA hard drives, with 6 USB ports and 2 eSATA ports for future expansion. Remarkably the Asus TS Mini consumes only 24.5W when idle and just 27.9W during normal .. more »

The latest mini-itx main board from Intel is the D510M0 which is equipped with the Intel Atom Dual Core D510 processor (2x 1.66GHz and 2x 512K cache) and the Intel NM10 Express Chipset, providing more than enough power for a Windows Home Server home build. As well as the 2x hyper threaded 1.66GHz CPUs (4x CPUs in Task manger) the north bridge .. more »

Having a Windows Home Server is a great way to store your videos, pictures and files so how do you manage the files between your PCs and the server? How do you synchronize files between multiple drives? Microsoft provided an answer. SyncToy 2.1 We all have a lot of data that we store and manage. I have 6 PCs at home, each with different functions, .. more »

COMPUTERWORLD has a holiday gift idea article on storage devices. The article looks at various devices including the Media Hub Home Entertainment Storage by Linksys, , Seagate’s DockStar and Acer’s Aspire easyStore H340 Home Server. You can read it here. .. more »

Two top technology websites have reviews on the HP StorageWorks X510 2TB Server. The re-badged EX495 MediaSmart Server for the small business user, gets great reviews with SlashGear being "impressed" and neowin saying it "is a solid unit" which "should be on your list to check out". SlashGear’s review and neowin’s. .. more »

Got some interesting news from Tranquil PC this evening: In January 2010, you will be able to get the latest D510 (CPU) equipped board (Tranquil will be shipping them from January 6 Tranquil are currently testing the board, with some interesting results ! The new MiDASS Home Server will be powered by the D510 CPU and NM10 chipset !! This .. more »

Australias APCMag.com is highlighting the new Home Server design by Intel which utilizes the Atom CPU. The bespoke platform is specifically designed for the Windows Home Server platform and is being developed in conjunction with Gigabyte, and is known as the "Little Butte". As well as Gigabit Ethernet and the single memory slot there is capacity .. more »

CloudBerry Backup for Windows Home Server has been updated. Version 1.3.1 of the online backup solution for our Home Servers include the following new features: Alerting notifications GUI issues with high DPI fixed Purging options work correctly C# API – an ability to get backup plan statistics programmatically Issue with Overview panel is fi.. more »

Sean Daniel who is the Program Manager for SBS (Small Business Server) at Microsoft has posted that Power Pack 3 will be available next week. Using his Twitter account, Sean posted: Ahh… my #WHS is running Power Pack 3 RTM. Look for yours next week! Great news, cant wait to get my hands on it. .. more »

This has been my first full week with my new CableCARD ATI Digital Cable Tuner and I will explain how the unit is working with Windows Media Center 7. In addition, I will attempt to briefly explain how Copy Protection works and my next step in addressing Switched Digital Video. Now that Windows 7 has the Digital Cable Advisor, anyone who passes the .. more »