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The Home Server Show 184

The Home Server Show 184

How do you use your Windows Phone with your server?  We talk a little bit about the Lumia 800 from Nokia.  We also go over the big news of the week which is Seagate acquiring LaCie and what it means to storage enthusiasts.  Also, if your looking to grow your server from Windows Home Server [...]

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BYOB Episode 86

BYOB Episode 86

Short show this week, but we pack it full of hardware info. PCs on a Stick, AMD Trinity update, nVidia releases the GTX 670 Kepler GPU, Dirt cheap hi-res monitors? Server issues all around, Mike & Mike talk about their hard drive server issues on this weeks BYOB Podcast. Is That A PC In Your [...]

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The Home Server Show 183

The Home Server Show 183

We are back with another edition of The Home Server Show.  It’s episode 183 and this week we will be talking with Patrick Kennedy from servethehome.com. He goes over all the new options on the Intel Ivy Bridge platform.  We also have some cloud news, follow up, and more.  Enjoy. You can also view this [...]

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BYOB Episode 85

BYOB Episode 85

Special Guest Chris Barnes from the DMZ podcast thEndUsr joins us to discuss his systems. We’ll also tackle nVidia’s GTX690. Amazon plays me too with their cloud drive. Playon is told to move on. Welcome to Episode 85 of the BYOB Podcast. Special Guest – Chris Barnes Chris Barnes is host to the thEndUsr Podcast [...]

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PlayOn–Some things never change

PlayOn–Some things never change

A couple of years ago I tried using PlayOn to stream media to my my devices.  I always thought the concept was good but back then, I had many issues getting things to work correctly.  I do not remember all the details only that it would consistently disconnect, lock up my system, and was generally [...]

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BYOB Episode 84

BYOB Episode 84

Z77, Ivy Bridge, Windows 8 talk, SplashTop, and Cloud Drives.  Tonight we have some in depth discussions on the new Ivy Bridge CPU’s and the Z77 chipsets.  We also hash out some differences on the various cloud drives such as Dropbox, SkyDrive, and G Drive and talk about the pros and cons of each.  We discuss [...]

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Go from podcast listener to creator

Go from podcast listener to creator

It’s time.  The Home Server Show has enjoyed producing 180 episodes and BYOB is running great at over half that much.  Nope, we are not folding shop we are looking for more!  I’m putting the call out for all enthusiasts in whatever category you might want to talk about for two reasons.  The first is [...]

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BYOB Episode 83

BYOB Episode 83

We have a special guest, Michael Ross, filling in for Tim this week. Mr. Ross has some really impressive systems. We’ll also discuss his thoughts on media and cutting the cord. Its an All Mike episode on this weeks BYOB Podcast. Office PC My old P5B lasted me nearly 6 years with a minor upgrade [...]

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BYOB Episode 82

BYOB Episode 82

nVida GTX680, AMD Opteron, and a whole bunch off SSD talk on this weeks BYOB Podcast Cheap Server CPU – Yes Please! AMD has introduced a new line of CPU products aimed more at the business server crowd but still worth looking at for those of us wanting mini-me business systems at home. The Opteron [...]

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BYOB Episode 81

BYOB Episode 81

eVGA SRX motherboard, Zenbook, The new iPAD, the new Apple TV, SSD Caching with Highpoint’s new card, on Episode 81 of the BYOB Podcast. Big board, Big money eVGA’s new dual socket LGA-2011 Motherboard. For the truly hardcore, and the rest of us dreamers. Next Gen thin and light – Asus Zenbook Michael reviews the [...]

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