Now that HP owns Palm, it’s been made it clear they have little interest in selling Windows Home Server boxes. Zero interest, actually – they’ve announced they’re selling the rest of the inventory they’ve got and never looking back.
Windows Home Server’s Power Pack 3 is available now, and all you have to do is go into your Windows Update section of your Home Server and hit Update to access the new features. Unless you’re one of those who accessed PP3 before it was final, in which case you have to follow these instructions instead.
Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 will be available worldwide on November 24. Note that Power Pack 3 will be a free update to anyone already using Windows Home Server through Windows Update. [Windows Home Server Blog]
Have you heard of that new service that allows you to connect to the internet at one gigabit per second to access your very own two terabytes of storage space? Me neither. That’s probably why you need the Asus TS Mini NAS.
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.
For too long have we had to sit idly by, reading all about our US cousins playing with HP’s line of Windows Home Server machines (and enjoying them). Well no more! Today we rise up against the powers that be and demand that we… Wait. What’s that? HP have just announced that they’re releasing the LX197 and EX490 Home Servers in Australia? Well then, I guess we should probably just focus on the release, rather than calling for revolution. Hmm.
Microsoft just posted an update on their Windows Home Server blog that says Power Pack 3 won’t be “final” until the end of the year, after the community has “validated [their]work”.
