Okoro Media Systems Releases New Media Servers

How did I let this one slip by me?  Congratulations to Okoro Media Systems for jumping into the Windows Home Server Market.  Okoro has been a long-time builder of high quality SageTV and Media Center servers.
Okoro Media Systems, manufacturer of digital entertainment systems for the high end audio video market, is pleased to announce [...]

Microsoft Announces Windows 7 available for Pre-Order at 50% discount

Microsoft has announced the ability to pre-order Windows 7 at a 50% discount.  This discount will end on July 11th, and the product will shop on October 22nd.
The retail pricing plans for Windows 7 have been officially announced via the Windows 7 Blog. The prices are lower than what Vista had at its launch.
We will [...]

The Home Server Show – 46 Add In Challenge 2009 Top Ten

Today’s show we will talk about the Add-In Challenge Top Ten Ideas.  I’ll go through them one by one and Jim, Chris, and John will throw in their two-cents as well!
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The WHS Add-in Idea Challenge 09 is [...]

Windows 7 RC x64 WHS Password Conflict

When you live on the bleeding edge of technology, you are bound to find a bug now and again.  Users of the 64 bit version of the Windows 7 Release Candidate (Build 7100) have been reporting a problem connecting their machine to their Windows Home Server.  The connector software installs correctly (usually) [...]

HomeServerShow Live!

There is no podcast this week because I am roasting in hot and sunny Florida.   I am going to test Qik.com for possible use at CES in 2010.  Qik is a video application for mobile phones that allows you to send video from your phone.  It even allows for live video feeds.  You can [...]

Hard Drive Dock for Windows Home Server

This deal is from VANTEC NST-D100SU NexStar 2.5/3.5′ target=_blank>ZipZoomFly.com.  Its not very pretty but I like the fact that it’s USB and eSata.  I like the ability to instantly plug a drive in to my WHS or other machines.  It’s $34.99 with a $15 rebate.  End price is $19.99.  Not bad!
 
“The Vantec NexStar Hard [...]

The Home Server Show 45 – Add Ins I would like to see

Show 45 is all about the Add-In competition sponsored by WeGotServed.com.  Since the competition is closed for submission I am going to share with you my submission and some Add-In’s that I would like to see.  I am joined again by Jim Collison for news and color analysis as well as John(aka Diehard) and Chris [...]