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3:11PM Nick Broughall | How long have we been waiting for a Windows Home Server to launch in Australia? Well, following on from HP’s recent launch of the well-reviewed Mediasmart EX495, APC’s David Flynn has reported that Acer is planning on launching the easyStore AH340 in Australia next year. More »
Acer Launching Windows Home Server In Oz Next Year
3:11PM Nick Broughall | How long have we been waiting for a Windows Home Server to launch in Australia? Well, following on from HP’s recent launch of the well-reviewed Mediasmart EX495, APC’s David Flynn has reported that Acer is planning on launching the easyStore AH340 in Australia next year. More » 
Computers
2:00AM Jason Chen | The HP MediaSmart EX490 and EX495 are the new top-of-the-line Windows Home Servers from HP, which are good enough to pretty much be the de-facto Windows Home Servers on the market now. These new units keep up the tradition. More »
HP MediaSmart EX495 Windows Home Server Review
2:00AM Jason Chen | The HP MediaSmart EX490 and EX495 are the new top-of-the-line Windows Home Servers from HP, which are good enough to pretty much be the de-facto Windows Home Servers on the market now. These new units keep up the tradition. More »
Gadgets
Patriot Offers Cheap 1080p Media Streaming In A Box
1:00AM Jack Loftus | Forget the no-name brand of this Patriot media streamer. For a cheap cheap $US130, this 1080p box is worth a quick look, so long as you can stomach the equally cheap UI. More »
Business
Microsoft’s 224,000 Servers Only Take Four People To Set Up
12:00PM Rosa Golijan | There are 2000 in that container. And there are 112 such containers in Microsoft’s $US500 million Chicago data centre. It may seem somewhat ridiculous, but this container-based data centre design is absolutely brilliant (and environmentally sustainable to boot). More »
Networks
In The Beginning Cisco Created The Heaven And The Earth [NSFW]
9:40AM Sean Fallon | And Cisco saw the ad he had made and, behold, it was very bad. More »
Phones
4:00AM Sean Fallon | If you have been quick to scoop up new iPhones as they come out, you may have a couple of old models lying around right now. How about using them to start a server farm? More »
IPhone Server Farm Puts Old Models To Good Use
4:00AM Sean Fallon | If you have been quick to scoop up new iPhones as they come out, you may have a couple of old models lying around right now. How about using them to start a server farm? More »
Software
Opera Unite: Your Browser Is Now A Full-Featured Server
7:04PM John Herrman | A marginal player in the desktop browser field, Opera has done something pretty wild with the next version of their software: they’ve turn it into a zero-config server for files, music, photos and websites. More »
Hardware
4:30AM Adam Frucci | The Sunday Times Magazine took a look at data centres, detailing exactly what goes into creating the “cloud.” Here’s the emergency shut-down button at Microsoft’s 500,000-square-foot centre in Quincy, Washington. You would piss off a whole lot of people if you pushed it. [NYTimes] More »
Push This Button, Kill Xbox Live
4:30AM Adam Frucci | The Sunday Times Magazine took a look at data centres, detailing exactly what goes into creating the “cloud.” Here’s the emergency shut-down button at Microsoft’s 500,000-square-foot centre in Quincy, Washington. You would piss off a whole lot of people if you pushed it. [NYTimes] More »
Computers
The Home Servidor: A Server We Can See Sitting On Castro’s Desk
1:00AM Jack Loftus | Which brand goes best with your new home server: The popular Cohiba, or the unvarying mellowness of a Macanudo? I ask because this is the kind of question you’ll deal with once you install a Home Servidor. More »
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