Today saw Google update it’s Google+ app – and now it is fully supported and works on the iPad and the iPod Touch.
– Huddle settings
– Aggregated circle add notifications
– iPod touch & iPad support
– Performance and stability improvements
Go get it now from the Apple App Store.
Skype have now released version 5.3 for the Mac which includes some new features.
So what’s new in this version:
Get your family and friends together, on screen, at the same time. Hold a face-to-face meeting with colleagues without the travelling. It’s all possible with group video.
The latest version of Skype for Mac offers sharper video calls than ever before. If you have an HD webcam, your friends and colleagues will see you in High Definition. If they have the latest version and an HD webcam, you’ll see them in HD too.
Show presentations, photos and more by sharing your computer screen with everyone on the call. You stay in control of what they see. Available only with a Skype Premium subscription.
If you’re running the Mac’s new operating system, you’ve got no worries about compatibility. Skype 5.3 has been designed to work perfectly with OS X Lion.
Download Skype 5.3 for Mac from here
Do you play World of Warcraft? If so, would you like a World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse Legendary Edition with programmable buttons?
The World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse Legendary Edition features 16.8 million illumination color options and 11 programmable buttons, ergonomically positioned for comfortable gameplay. The player’s precision and control will be enhanced with the ability to assign all 11 button controls and multiple macros from directly within the World of Warcraft game interface. In addition to in-game support, the intuitive drag & drop interface of the SteelSeries software empowers users to:
Program all 11 buttons with more than 130 preset game commands
Create custom macros and/or use the in-game macro scripting language
The technical specifications for the new SteelSeries World of Warcraft mouse will include:
Illumination: 16.8 million color options with 4 levels of pulsation
Frames Per Second: 3,600
Counts Per Inch: 800 – 3,200
Adjustable Polling Rate
Optical Sensor Technology
11 Programmable Buttons
Cable: 6.5 ft Braided Nylon
Mac and PC Compatible
The World of Warcraft Legendary Mouse will be available in late September online and in select retail locations for $79.99 / €69.99. For additional product information please visit http://steelseries.com/legendary
The Snoop-de-dupe Add-in for Windows Home Server 2011 has been updated to version 1.30.
The developer’s summary for what Snoop-De-Dupe does is:
Keep your server’s storage space optimized! Snoop-de-dupe will automatically scan your server storage and display duplicate files in an easy-to-view layout directly within the server’s user Console. Once snoop-de-dupe locates duplicate files then you can respond to them as you choose. You can delete the duplicate files, ignore/keep the duplicate files, or replace the duplicate files with a hard-link (available in WHS/SBS 2011 only). You will be in command of your server storage space like never before!
Snoop-de-dupe version 1.30 has been released. Snoop-de-dupe is a WHS V1 and WHS/SBS 2011 add-in which allows you to locate and manage duplicate files on your server in real-time.
New Batch-mode handling to easily handle large quantities of duplicate files
Allow swapping of “original file” and “duplicate file” for improved file management
One-click “copy to clipboard” to simplify management and tracking of duplicate files
Localized in German language
Installation tips for WHS/SBS 2011:
Uninstall the previous version of the add-in. From the Server Dashboard select Add-ins | Shoop-de-dupe | Remove the Add-in and then close the Dashboard
Download the new version of the add-in, via the link above, to your server or a PC with Home Server Connector installed
Double-click the snoopdedeup.wssx file to begin the installation process
Wait for the installation process to complete. You’re done!
All existing settings and registration information will be saved from the previous version.
Installation tips for WHS V1:
From the WHS Console select Settings | Add-ins | Installed then Uninstall the previous version of Snoop-de-dupe
Download the new version of the software, via the link above, to your \\server\software\add-ins folder
From the WHS Console select Settings | Add-ins | Available then Install the new version
The WHS Console will restart
All existing settings and registration information will be saved from the previous version. You’re done!
Existing Snoop-de-dupe users can upgrade for free:
A free upgrade is available directly within the Snoop-de-dupe add-in by simply selecting “More Settings” | “Check for Software Upgrade.”
A 15-day free trial is available:
http://www.snoopdedupe.com/trial.html
Tutorials and FAQ’s are available online:
http://www.snoopdedupe.com/howto.html
http://www.snoopdedupe.com/faq.html
Read the developer interview Jim did here
Today Seagate have announced that their new GoFlex Turbo Performance Hard Drive will include a recovery plan for the stored data in case something goes wrong!
Here is what Seagate have said:
An Industry First, The New GoFlex® Turbo Performance Drive Includes a Recovery Plan for Your Data
CUPERTINO, Calif. – August 8, 2011 – Seagate (NASDAQ: STX), today unveiled the GoFlex® Turbo performance drive with SafetyNet™ data recovery services (DRS). SafetyNet data recovery is the first recovery service offering by a hard drive manufacturer to be included as part of the purchase price of an external drive. With the latest super speed USB 3.0 interface and RPMs clocked at 7200, the GoFlex Turbo drive is equipped to handle transfer speeds up to 40% faster than that of its USB 2.0, 5400-RPM siblings. This latest addition to the GoFlex family was developed with the understanding that those who place a high value on their data should have the peace of mind that their data is even more secure regardless of what unforeseen incident might occur to the drive. The new GoFlex Turbo performance drive features two-years of SafetyNet data recovery services and is now available from Best Buy for a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $119.99 for 500GBs and $139.99 for 750GBs.*
Seagate® GoFlex® Turbo performance drive with SafetyNet™ data recovery services (DRS).
“With this new GoFlex® Turbo performance drive, it is our aim to provide more peace of mind for the people who choose Seagate to back up and store their valued digital assets,” said Patrick Connolly, vice president and general manager of Seagate’s retail product group. “When our products are used as a backup to a primary system or even as supplemental storage, people should know that they can get a further layer of assurance that their data will be there when they need it.”
“Seagate is now bringing to market a solution that shelters our customers, who purchase the GoFlex® Turbo with SafetyNet™, from the potential thousand-dollar cost of recovering lost files. Seagate is providing a solution that will no longer cost thousands of dollars to recover files. SafetyNet™ DRS provide an extra layer of protection for your content.”
SafetyNet™
SafetyNet Data Recovery Services are included with the new GoFlex Turbo performance drive that provides additional protection in the event of data loss. Many things can contribute to data being inaccessible from a drive and Seagate is now providing a safeguard against mishaps such as: physical damage to the drive, human error and software viruses. The GoFlex Turbo performance drive includes two years of SafetyNet Data Recovery Service, a service which separately often comes with a price tag of hundreds to thousands of dollars. The SafetyNet service covers one recovery attempt on your GoFlex Turbo performance drive within a two-year period. Seagate’s Data Recovery Specialists will determine whether remote or in-lab service is the best way to recover the data.** The SafetyNet program provides one data recovery attempt in the first two years after date of original purchase. Not all data may be recoverable. For more information, see SafetyNet program terms and conditions at seagate.com/safetynet. SafetyNet service currently is available only to legal residents of US.
GoFlex® External Hard Drives
First introduced in May of 2010, the family of Seagate® GoFlex® drives and accessories have introduced a new level of flexibility to external storage which has changed the way people store, access, enjoy and share their digital content. The GoFlex storage family includes easy, plug-and-play portable and desktop drives, with an array of interchangeable cables and desktop adapters that allow each drive to adapt to the interface or device being used. Seagate GoFlex Turbo performance drive and the entire family of GoFlex ultra-portable drives are the first to meet the new Universal Storage Module (USM™) specification¹. GoFlex hard disk drives are also specially designed to provide interoperability between operating systems in order to work with both Microsoft® Windows® and Mac® OS X computers.About Seagate
Seagate is the worldwide leader in hard disk devices and storage solutions. Learn more at http://www.seagate.com.
Back at the start of last month, we revealed that HP were planning a 4G version of the TouchPad. Now it’s available for pre-order on Amazon.
Cases and Expandability
It’s quite expensive at $699.99 though, and considering HP seem to be doing everything they can to discount the current model to try and shift them, I’m not yet convinced!
Hauppauge have just launched a few app for the Apple iPad called WinTV Extend.
‘WinTV Extend for iPad’ enables you to stream live TV and recordings from your PC at home to your iPad. This easy to use application lets you watch your favorite TV channels and shows across your home network or the Internet using Wi-Fi.
To use this application, you must have a Hauppauge TV installed on your home PC plus a TV connection. TV connections can be roof top antennas, cable or satellite set top box, or a cable TV connection. The Hauppauge WinTV Extend server application must also be installed on your PC.
– Watch live TV on your iPad
– Watch TV recordings from your PC
– Filtered channel list, by either text search, or by favorites group.
– Adjustable video bitrate and image resolution to suit your network connection
– Supports Analog, ClearQAM, ATSC, DVB-T, DVB-S/S2 and DVB-C channels
– Supports all common digital television codecs including MPEG-2 and H.264 video, and MPEG1, AC3, E-AC3 and HE-AAC audio.
– Supports HD-PVR and Colossus, for high definition capture from set top box receivers.
– Auto fullscreen when the device is rotated to landscape
Supported devices: iPad and iPad 2, running iOS 4.0 or later. For use on iPhone and iPod, see the ‘WinTV Extend for iPhone’ application.
Here is the press release:
London, August 8, 201: Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAUP), the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of TV tuner products for personal computers, has announced the launch of the ‘WinTV Extend for iPad’ application optimised for Apple’s iPad. ‘WinTV Extend for iPad’ allows Hauppauge WinTV Extend customers to use a native iPad application to watch live TV on their iPad, either in the home via Wi-Fi or around the world via Wi-Fi or 3G.
Users of Hauppauge’s ‘WinTV Extend for iPad’ can watch their favourite TV programs on their iPad in the home via their Wi-Fi network, or outside of the home any place their iPad has an Internet connection. For example, a user can be in their kitchen at home watching live TV on their iPad, or they can be in a hotel in another country and watch TV from home as long as they have either a Wi-Fi connection in the hotel or are on a 3G network.
The Hauppauge live TV system has two pieces: a TV transmitter which runs on a home or office PC, and the ‘WinTV Extend for iPad’ TV receiving application which runs on the iPad.
The live TV transmitter can be any one of the popular Hauppauge WinTV TV tuners. These PC-based TV tuners plug into a Windows based PC and connect to a user’s TV source, such as a cable or satellite TV or an over-the-air TV antenna. The WinTV TV tuner uses Hauppauge’s ‘WinTV v7.2’ application, which formats the live TV program into a form which can be watched on an iPad, and then transmits the formatted TV signal to the new Hauppauge ‘WinTV Extend for iPad’ application.
Hauppauge had previously used a Safari browser to receive the live TV signal from the WinTV TV tuner. The new ‘WinTV for iPad’ application delivers enhanced TV watching features such as a better iPad screen format, easier navigation of TV channel lists, landscape and portrait TV watching modes, the ability to play previously recorded TV programs and better network utilization on both 3G and Wi-Fi networks.
The ‘WinTV for iPad’ app is available at no charge from the Apple store. To find the ‘WinTV Extend for iPad’ app, seach for ‘WinTV’ on the Apple store.
In addition to watching live TV, a user who has recorded TV programs onto their PC’s hard disk drive using ‘WinTV v7.2’, can watch those recordings on their iPad. Like live TV, these pre-recorded TV programs can be watched either via a Wi-Fi connection in the house or anywhere the user has an Internet connection.
If you are an Orange customer, you may already take advantage of their Orange Wednesday Cinema Ticket offer. Now they are offering a free film from iTunes every Thursday.
So I think I will give this a try and see if it is any good. I would prefer to choose my own film rather than have Orange do it for me, but hey, a film for 35p isn’t bad.
Learn more from the Orange website
Boxee have added the AOL HD App to it’s ever increasing line up for apps.
What is the AOL HP App you may ask?
Translogic [Auto] – Check out test-drives, concept cars, supercars, interviews, automotive history lessons and behind-the-scenes footage from the world’s best car-makers including up and comers like Tesla.
Huffington Post Celebrity [Entertainment] – Watch celeb interviews from Cee-Lo, Kim Kardashian, and Fred Armisen (we <3 Portlandia). Think Entertainment Tonight, for the web.
Engadget [Tech] – A huge repository of reviews, and opinions on the latest gadgets, gizmos, software, and all things tech. It’s Mecca for technologists – we recommend daily viewings to keep up to date with Tim, Darren, and the rest of the electronics-laiden crew at Engadget.
The Interface & Sessions [Music] – Check out intimate concert performances and behind-the-scenes footage from big name bands like Train, Adele, TV on the Radio, Iron & Wine, and Gorillaz as well as indie groups like Manchester Orchestra, Battles, Foster the People, The Dodos, and Chk Chk Chk. Seriously people – if you like music, you’ll spend hours in here. You’ll be blown away by what’s available here – seriously, we’ve been asking AOL for access to this content for almost a year now… it’s that good.
Full CD Listening Party [Music] – Turn Boxee into a music jukebox that plays full releases from all types of different artists from Vanessa Carlton (singer of the jangly piano song you secretly love), Electronica veterans Underworld, rapper Black Rob (as opposed to your friend White Mike), and NY’s post-punk plus pianos and pipes band Aficionado.
Moviefone [Movies] – movie trailers for the latest films & celebrity interviews. Watch Leo talk about Inception, Will Ferrell discuss the intense physical training he went through to get in shape for The Other Guys, and Jason Bateman explain what it means to be inside Ryan Reynolds body. [we’re hoping there’s also a secret easter egg where you can have the moviefone guy read you bedtime stories]
AOL Home OR How I Became Master of My Domain [Home] – Thanks to this section alone, my home Feng Shui is off the charts, I’ve made healthy meals every night this week, and I installed a fountain in my dining room chandelier that can accommodate water, chocolate, or cheese. For all of us who need a little help around the home there’s a near-infinite amount of videos to help teach you how to cook (with Curtis Stone), fix things around the house (with Eric Stromer), keep yourself and kids entertained with crafts (with Kendra), and elevate your home decor game to the next level. And seriously if anyone makes a working fondue fountain inside of a chandelier, we’ll send you a Boxee Box.
Do you want to connect your laptop to an HDMI monitor but don’t have an HDMI port? Well now you can with the new StarTech USB2HDMI External Video Adaptor.
The USB2HDMI USB to HDMI® External Video Adapter (Dual or Multi Monitor with Audio) turns an available USB 2.0 port into an HDMI output, with high resolution video support (up to 1920×1080) and audio.
The USB HDMI adapter can be used to mirror your primary desktop, showing the same image on each display, or to extend your desktop to double your workspace and increase your productivity. This external graphics card is a cost-saving multi-monitor or dual display solution, for either laptop or desktop applications, offering the ability to connect an additional HDMI (or DVI) enabled display to your computer setup without the hassle of opening the computer case to install a new video card.
The USB to HDMI Adapter offers the following features:
· Support for 1080p display resolutions (1920 x 1080), 720p video playback recommended
· USB-powered – the adapter draws power from the host USB connection, with no need for an additional power supply/adapter
· Supports the Windows Aero® interface in Windows Vista and Windows 7
· Supports 2-channel (stereo) audio
Backed by a StarTech.com 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support.
The USB to HDMI Adapter (SKU: USB2HDMI), is available from leading resellers including Misco, Insight and Amazon and is distributed by Ingram Micro, EntaTech and Micro-P. MSRP for this product is £83.99 GBP exc. VAT.
We recently reviewed PerfectUpdater from Raxco. Last week we started another one of our UWHS giveaways, and this is the last chance to enter and win 1 of 5 copies of PerfectUpdater.
Enhance your PC’s performance with a simple scan, download and installation of the latest drivers for your system. PerfectUpdater detects and installs the appropriate drivers for unknown devices, minimizing hardware conflicts and improving system stability.
PerfectUpdater helps you avoid errors such as the BSOD (blue screen of death) by installing the latest device drivers. Are you a gamer? Optimize the functionality of your graphics card with PerfectUpdater for the best gaming experience.
● Scans system for out-of-date drivers
● Provides out-of-date driver summary
● Checks extensive database for driver updates
● Backs up existing drivers before updating
● Installs updated drivers in a click
● Automatically checks for updates on a regular basis
PerfectUpdater is fully compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.
Ok, so what do you have to do to win one of these licences, worth $29.99 each?
Make sure that you follow us on Twitter (@aedney) and then tweet the following:
I want to win PerfectUpdater with @aedney and UWHS. Visit http://bit.ly/Ct7vB and RT for your chance to win.
Or just click the Tweet button below to do it automatically.
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The giveaway will run until Monday 8th August, and which point we will pick 5 winners at random who tweeted and post them on the site.
Good luck! And thank you to our friends at Raxco for the licences.
Today the BBC have launched a redesigned version of their iPlayer, and it’s been specially redesigned for your TV!
It is available from today on the PlayStation 3 games console, and will be adapted for an array of set-top boxes and internet-capable televisions. This is great new as even though you could access iPlayer on different devices and platforms, the presentation was inconsistent and it could be difficult to navigate and use.
The new version features menus that are easier to use with a normal remote control and better personalisation features that remember viewers’ searches and them to quickly access their favourite programmes.
Introduction
As much as we would like to get it right the first time or even the second or third time this rarely happens even more so when you are working with a new technology. So from all my initial forays into installing Windows Home Server 2011 I have decided pass on what ultimately worked for me in this Step by Step Tutorial of a Bare Metal Install or even a Re-Install of A Windows Home Server 2011 Server. Hopefully this will elevate some of the pain I went through.
Prerequisites Needed…
– Keyboard, Mouse, and Monitor
– PC/Server that meets the Windows Home Server 2011 Minimum requirements
– Windows Home Server 2011 Install DVD & License Key
Disclaimer
The How to information is intended as a guide or helping resource to those who are to do a Bare Metal Install of A Windows Home Server 2011 . There is no 100% guarantee that this will install correctly the 1st time installing your home server Operating System. I assume no responsibility for any consequences of the install and the user will assume the full risk of any adverse effects of a bad installation.
Before Getting Started…
Before going any further please move any important Data off your System Hard Disk onto either another Internal Drive of your home server or another form of Media altogether (External Drive, ROM, etc.…)
(This Next Step is Optional)
Unplug all your internal drives (Along with any external drives) from your Mother Board with the exception of your designated Primary System Drive. If this is a re-install or you just want to insure that the primary drive you have chosen by the WHS 2011 Installer, This will give those of us who are paranoid the feeling of security that the drives with your valuable Data is not accidentally chosen as the primary drive by the WHS 2011 Installer. The likely of this happening is small but just an added step just in case.
Once your Windows Home Server 2011 DVD has been inserted into the DVD ROM and booted into the Setup Screen please do the following…
1) Click on “New Installation”
2) Look over all the Hard Disks on your server and insure that the Primary System Hard Disk you want is the one chosen (If all the hard disk have been disconnected it should be your only choice).
3) Check the “I understand that if I click install, all files and folders on my primary hard drive will be deleted” (Even if you still have your other drives still plugged in they should not be effected by the re-install).
4) Click “Install”
5) Now sit back, relax and grab a book and wait approximately the next 30 to 45 minutes while the 1st half of the installation continues. Your Server will automatically reboot itself when ready.
And another new beta version of the Windows Home Server Drive Extender replacement StableBit DrivePool released – this time its build 3292.
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The changes in this version are:
1.0.0.3292 ———-
* Made the Dashboard details presenters display a reboot required message when the server needs rebooting instead of “Error starting service”.
* Fixed anti-flicker code in the Dashboard.
* Fixed device not ready errors when moving / renaming files on the pool.
* Fixed rare file not found errors that were being thrown when creating new files / moving existing files.
Download Stablebit Drivepool build 3292 here Learn more about StableBit DrivePool hereHave you tried it? What do you think?
