October 2012

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Review: Mede8er MED1000X3D

by Damian on October 24, 2012 · 53 comments

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Back in April I had the chance to review the Mede8er MED500X2, which is based on the Realtek 1185 chip. Today I will be taking a closer look at the Mede8er MED1000X3D. In many respects it is nearly identical to the 500X2. However, instead of the 1185 chip it is running with the 1186 chip, […]

A little over a week ago I wrote a post about what direction to head in as a Windows Home Server 1 owner. I figured a lot of WHSv1 owners are at the same point as myself, or trying to think ahead to the future. With some new options out there (such as Windows 8 […]

For over 3 years my Windows Home Server (codename: Shawshank) has been humming along. At this point I would have thought I would have upgraded my server to a new OS, but due to the successor of WHSv1 removing some critical functionality I decided to sit on the sidelines a little longer. Now that Server Essentials […]

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Quick Update To 10Muse

by Damian on October 10, 2012 · 10 comments

in Guides

About a month ago I put together a guide highlighting the 10Muse App, which can be used to turn your iPad into a Home Theater jukebox for playback on your Dune or PCH media player. Last week an update was pushed through which brought two important features that I thought it would be worth briefly […]

Microsoft have announced that the replacement to Windows Home Server, and Small Business Server has reached the final stage of Release to Manufacturing. You can download an evaluation copy here Here’s what Microsoft had to say:- Windows Server 2012 Essentials is a significant milestone in our efforts to help cloud-enable small businesses and home offices. […]

CloudBerry Lab has released version 3.0 of their popular Cloudberry Backup for Windows Home Server (v1, 2011, and SBS 2011). You can get the new version here and the release summary is posted below. You can read the full release blog post at the Cloudberry site. Amazon Glacier, a secure, reliable and low cost storage […]

Martin Rothschink of HomeServerSoftware.com has written to let us know that they have released Service Pack 3 for the popular Lights-Out Add-In for Windows Home Server and Windows Home Server 2011. The major new features in this release include support for Windows Server 2012 Essentials and Windows 8. Read below for more details on what’s […]