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PDC2008: Is My House On The Cloud Or Is The Cloud In My House?
PDC2008: Is My House On The Cloud Or Is The Cloud In My House? This year’s PDC is mostly about the cloud. Everyone is talking about the cloud: cloud services, cloud computing, etc. but I’m not sure everyone has the same understanding of what the cloud is. Let’s say it’s a cloudy [...]
Continue reading...Tranquil PC Upping the Ante
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Whilst elesewhere in the world some bloke in a black turtle neck will be revealing a number of random notebooks, more importantly, here in the UK a little more has been revealed today on Tranquil PC’s forthcoming announcement later in the week. The words “Status Quo Ante” have been displayed on Tranquil PC’s blog (”The [...]
Continue reading...Building WHS & CodeSnippet: Building WHS Add-ins
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Awhile ago I heard the saying "Microsoft is a platform company" (rather than lots and lots of products), one great example of that is Windows Home Server. WHS's is built upon Windows Server 2003, so you can create apps and extend it much like any other Windows OS, but you can also extend the "Home [...]
Continue reading...Software Usage Update…
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Ok, I guess this is more or less 80% of everything I use on a weekly basis in order to get things done. I’m going to revisit this list from time to time and also update it according to my current trends.Browse the list. You may find something that fits you too! Desktop Application [...]
Continue reading...Building the Ultimate Media Center (Part 2 - Hardware)
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
So now I know what I want this new PC to do, and I’ve decided on what hardware I want, it’s time to put the beast together. I’ve been building my own PC’s on and off for the past 10 years or there about, so it’s not too much of a daunting challenge. First [...]
Continue reading...What do you want your Server do?
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Partially as a learning exercise, and partially because I’m a money grubbing greedy bastard, I’m trying to come up with a clever extension to Microsoft Windows Home Server. Unfortunately, I already had pretty much everything I needed on the base installation; I had originally installed it purely to have a system I could hook [...]
Continue reading...Update to the Windows Live Custom Domains Terms of Service for Windows Home Server
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
The Terms of Service for Windows Home Server users running a homeserver.com domain via Windows Live Custom Domains has been updated - full text is below (so ensure you’re compliant!) All WHS owners who created an Internet Domain name as part of setting up remote access [...]
Continue reading...Windows Home Server Designer Blogs
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Jim Lyon who is an avid technology fan and employed by Microsoft in the Windows Home Server group has started his own blog . Jim is the guy who designed and implemented the amazing Home Computer Backup solution in Windows Home Server and is also the co-inventor of INTERCAL, the programming language in which most [...]
Continue reading...Get free copy of Windows Home Server from Microsoft
Friday, August 8, 2008
I just ordered my free copy of Windows Home Server from Microsoft. Okay, it is a 120 day free evaluation copy that they are shipping to anyone who bothers to ask for it. But the important thing is that it is FREE! You may place an order for your copy here. Wikipedia [...]
Continue reading...Short Bits: Fiji, Media Center Show, Olympics
Friday, August 8, 2008
From: The Green Button Mary Jo Foley covers the mess that has been Fiji. I’ll have more soon, but Fiji will go down in history as one of the worst coordinated projects to come out of Microsoft in a long time. On this week’s Media Center Show [...]
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
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