Nick over at ASoft, developer of the popular AdminiMe and AutoExit Add-Ins for Windows Home Server, has released an updated version of his WHS DevKit 2 which is designed to help developers create/build/install Add-Ins for Windows Home Server Vail.
This new version has been updated to support the latest version of Windows Home Server: build 7659. [...]
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About a month ago I put together an article on where I hoped SageTV was heading since I have had a love/hate relationship with it. At the top of my list was a new/refreshed media extender that supported full HD Audio bitstreaming and downmix. Well, looks like I may be able to cross that off [...]
Tentacle Software, creators of the popular add-in Disk Management, have been hard at work with a new add-in called Blackbox for WHS which they have just announced and are soliciting people for testing in an initial closed beta. For more information and to request access to the closed beta, visit the Tentacle Software website.
Blackbox for [...]
It has been nearly three months since Syabas released the first beta firmware for the PCH C-200. There were some important fixes that were added, such as support for bitstreaming HD Audio in standalone mkv/(m2)ts files, fixed vc-1 mkv playback, etc… It has been a somewhat bumpy ride for Syabas of late, so hopefully release [...]
With all the talk lately on the next iteration of Windows Home Server in the form of Vail and it’s close relative Aurora you would quite understandably think that Microsoft have finished working on Windows Home Server V1. But, today Microsoft seems to have squashed that rumour by releasing an update as Update Rollup 1. [...]
Just going through my emails I noticed I received an email from Pioneer Electronics advertising integration of Pandora (a free internet based radio station of sorts) into their latest in-dash receivers. This is all done from an iPhone running the Pandora app, connecting to the Pioneer receiver via USB. I recently discovered Pandora (actually I [...]
Björn Bürstinghaus from the German site Bjoerns Windows Blog has been in touch to let us know he has created a couple of Windows 7 themes inspired by the release of the updated previews of Windows Home Server Vail and Windows Server Aurora. I think Björn has done a great job on these so be sure to [...]
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of reviewing the Dune BD Prime. It was the first player that I ever tested that worked right out of the box, and worked well for that matter. My biggest concern is that the two Dune models (Dune BD Prime and Dune Base) where missing out on [...]
Since the release of the public Beta of Windows Home Server Codename Vail (see our Review and Overview here), Microsoft have been busy integrating feedback, fixing bugs and polishing the interface and have now released an updated Public Beta which is available on Connect.
There are several changes in this build, but the first key one [...]
CloudBerry Lab has released v1.6 update for their CloudBerry S3 Backup for Windows Home Server software.
This is what CloudBerry Labs indicates as what is new to the 1.6 release:
Backup of Network Shares
Smart Delete – an option to keep locally deleted files on backup storage
Server Edition – designed to run on Windows Server 2003/2008
CloudBerry backup allows [...]