WD have released a firmware update for it’s Sentinel DX4000.
Version 01.02.23.395 released last week resolves the following 3 issues:
The Dragon Dictation app for the iPhone and iPad has just been updated to version 2.0.22.
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Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon NaturallySpeaking that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard.
With Dragon Dictation you can also update your Facebook status, send notes and reminders to yourself, or Tweet to the world….all using your voice. So when you’re on-the-go, stop typing and start speaking – from short text messages to longer email messages, and anything in between. For best result, speak calmly and clearly.
Dragon Dictation supports a multitude of global languages. For a full list of currently supported languages visit www.dragonmobileapps.co.uk/.
• Voice-to-text transcriptions that may be sent as SMS, Email, or pasted into any application using the clipboard
• Submit update to Twitter & Facebook
• Convenient editing feature that provides list of suggested alternatives
• Voice driven correction interface
Localisation updates
Download from the Apple App Store
electrongoo has released an update to their ISO Mounter add-in for Windows Home Server. Read on for details.
electrongoo has updated their Windows Home Server add-in ISO Mounter. We first told you about it here. As a refresher, here is how electrongoo describes the program.
ISO Mounter is a software add-in for Microsoft Home and Business server which allows you to mount ISO files (DVD and CD images) stored on your server so they can be viewed directly through your servers folder share on all of your PC’s and laptops.
Are you tired of burning ISO images onto physical CD and DVD and media?
Would you prefer not to install ISO mounting software containing ad-ware and annoying toolbars on all of your PC’s and laptops?
Product features:
- Supports Windows Home Server 2011
- Supports Windows Home Server (V1)
- Supports Windows Small Business 2011 Essentials and Storage Server 2008 R2
- Streams DVD and Blu-ray movies to approved DLNA devices
- Creates bootable USB disks. Burn ISO images directly to removable USB devices
- Integrates directly into the Server Console/Dashboard for simple administration
- File system browser allows for searching and manually selecting of any ISO file
- Mounted ISO files persist across server reboots
- Configurable “Auto-mount” folders allow automatic mounting of new ISO files
- Mounted ISO files will appear in the Server folders as a browsable read-only folder
- “Relocation folder” to view all mounted ISO files in a single folder (WHS/SBS 2011 only)
- Simple, easy-to-view heads-up status display to monitor status
- Quick-launch feature allows viewing contents of ISO files directly from the Dashboard
Now for the change log:
New Features:
- Support for Blu-ray iso images (now you can stream Blu-ray movies from your WHS to your XBOX or other DLNA device)
- Added a 15 day free trial
- Updated user interface for German localization
Enhancements:
- Fixed issue where some iso images would not automatically remount after a server reboot
- Updated the installer package to be friendlier with older versions of the Microsoft “C Run Time Library”
- Minor bug fixes and enhancements
Anyone who has already purchased the add-in can upgrade for free. Simply check for new updates directly from the ISO Mounter add-in by selecting More Tasks | Check for Updates. If you are running ISO Mounter, go ahead and upgrade!
electrongoo Product Page
Sony devices are getting OTA update v.2.1.1 for GoogleTV right now and will be completed in the next couple of days.
Enhancements include:
– Watch movies rented through Google Play
– YouTube.com/movies on YouTube
Stay tuned for news on updates for Logitech Revues.
Let us know if you get the update.
Microsoft has released a beta WHS2011 Update Rollup for registered Connect users to test. Read on for details.
Microsoft has released a beta for WHS2011 Update Rollup 3, good through July 4th. Here is what they sent out:
1. Summary
This Beta guidance applies to following updates:
1. Update Rollup 3 for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials (KB 2705117) Beta
2. Update Rollup 3 for Windows Home Server 2011 (KB 2705118) Beta
3. Update Rollup 3 for Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials (KB 2705122) Beta
4. Update Rollup 3 for Client (KB 2705129) Beta (This is the client package for UR3; It is included with the server package.)
Update Rollup 3 Beta includes 19 bugs fixes found since products RTM.
Note UR is accumulative; UR3 also includes UR2, UR1, as well as hotfix for Computer Monitoring Error KB2685867 KB2686867 or KB2686857
Please file bugs through connect feedback site, using “UR3 Beta Preview” in title.
2. Installation Guidance
Special notes-You will need to uninstall UR3 Beta once UR3 RTM is released.
Installation
1. Download the package to any folder on your server.
2. Double click the .msu file to install the package, make sure the package installs succeed.
3. Open the dashboard, navigate to Help->About, make sure the Dashboard version is 6.1.8800.16397
4. As part of UR3, you also need to install KB 2578133 from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2578133
5. To help us better understand the real customer impact for the bug fixes, we strongly recommend you to turn on the SQM reporting. To do that, open the dashboard, click Server Settings -> General, check the option of “Help us improve quality”.
Uninstall
You will need to uninstall Beta once UR3 RTM is released.
1. Open the Program and Features from Control Panel.
2. Select “View install update”
3. Search for the update KB name in the update list
4. Uninstall the UR3 update, as well as KB 2578133, and make sure the package uninstalled successfully.
5. Log on to the client computer, open control panel, follow the same steps to uninstall client update. Not you must first uninstall Server update before the client update can be uninstalled.
LaCie announced a new WHS2011-powered rack-mounted NAS unit. We have the details!
LaCie announced a new WHS2011-powered NAS in rack-mount form factor the other day. Here is the press release:
LaCie 4big Rack Office – Essential Backup for Businesses
PARIS, FRANCE – Building on the legacy of its most successful rack storage solution, LaCie introduces the 4big Rack Office. With full data protection, superior data sharing, and industry-trusted components, the 4big Rack Office is a solid investment for small businesses.
INDUSTRY-TRUSTED COMPONENTS
The 4big Rack Office is powered by Windows Home Server 2011. With a straightforward setup process and familiar Windows environment, the 4big Rack Office deploys quickly for small businesses. Powerful software demands high-performance hardware and resources. The 4big Rack Office features a 1.6GHz Intel® 64-bit Atom™ processor and 2GB of RAM to ensure simultaneous data access and backups.COMPLETE DATA PROTECTION
With a pre-configured RAID 5 array on four disks, and automatic backups for up to 10 PCs and three Macs, the 4big Rack Office is a secure vault for company files. It automates backups of computers, from individual files – even open ones – to the entire system. With real-time, anywhere system monitoring and status console alerts, the administrator can easily ensure that all computers are backed up regularly.The 4big Rack Office supports secured RAID 1 and RAID 5 modes for automatic, software-level protection. If a single disk fails, simply replace it without losing a single byte of data. For an additional level of data protection, the administrator can back up data to an offsite NAS. With Wuala, LaCie’s secure cloud storage service, critical files are easily backed up in the cloud.
SHARING DONE RIGHT
The 4big Rack Office helps businesses collaborate easily with file sharing in the office and via the cloud. It can serve files to any operating system – PC, Mac, or Linux – on the network. Employees can even access files stored on the NAS from the road using Windows’ remote access feature.With 100GB of Wuala Secure Cloud Storage complimentary for three months, users can share, sync, and collaborate in the cloud. Employees can securely store their files in Wuala and access them from anywhere, even from a smart phone or tablet.
WARRANTY
The LaCie 4big Rack Office is protected by a three-year limited warranty. It includes comprehensive, complimentary web-based resources, expert in-house technical support, and worldwide repair/replacement coverage. Additional services can also be purchased. For details, see www.lacie.com/warranties.AVAILABILITY
The 4big Rack Office is available in 8TB capacity through the LaCie Online Store and LaCie Storage Partners starting at the suggested retail price of $1,299.00.ABOUT LACIE
With operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia, LaCie is the leading manufacturer of storage devices for Apple®, PC and Linux. LaCie has differentiated itself through sleek design and remarkable technical performance. Find out more about our products at www.lacie.com.
Sky are giving everyone a sneak peak at the new Sky+HD EPG that will be rolling out later this year.
This is what Sky posted:
With all of this in mind, today we’re beginning to roll out a new-look Sky Guide for customers with Sky+HD boxes. It’s a phased roll-out which will last throughout this year, starting with ten of thousands of boxes from today and expanding to millions more before the end of 2012.
One of the key changes that customers will notice over the next few months is that the design of the pages reflects the increasing popularity of on-demand viewing, following the success of our internet delivered video on-demand service Sky Anytime+, which as of last month is now available to 5 million homes with a Sky+HD box through any internet connection.
Integrating our on-demand and other options into the landing page for a particular genre gives our customers a snapshot of all the different viewing options available to them, helping them make the most of the choice of high quality content available through a Sky subscription.
Sky Movies customers, for instance, can chose between viewing movies live, watching movies that they’ve previously recorded to their Sky+ planner or on on demand through Sky Anytime+ and renting a film through the Sky Store. There is also a search function available on the page, which allows Sky Movies customers to search for a particular film they may have in mind.
Other changes include a larger number of channels available per page, increasing from six to eight channels, making it easier to Sky customers to browse through content.
Meanwhile, in the Sky+ Planner, customers will have the option to browse through their recordings by genre, so that where previously recorded programmes were displayed chronologically, they are now collected together so that customers can browse through shows belonging to the same genre.
And, on top of this, the whole Sky Guide will also be available in pinpoint HD, delivering sharp graphics consistent with the stunning quality of our HD channels.
The launch of the new Sky Guide also marks the first time that we’ve involved Sky subscribers in the development process, having invited a selection of our customers to test the design over the last few months. This approach has proved to be a big success, since testing the functionality and features with such a highly-engaged group has identified a number of improvements that have since been incorporated into the new look. We’re very grateful for the invaluable feedback.
What was also noticeable was how much these customers enjoyed playing a part in helping building this new product, and it’s certainly something that we will be looking to repeat with other software trials.
As I say, these developments are being introduced over the coming months, so customers with Sky+HD boxes shouldn’t expect to see them immediately – but please be assured they will appear sometime before the end of the year.
Let us know when you get upgraded!
Dave at the guys at the Home Server Show have released episode 186.
Here’s what Dave has to say about this weeks show:
We’re back and there is still more Microsoft stuff to discuss. XBox Music and Smartglass. How will these changes effect the home server user? We’ll talk a little about that as well as some Windows Home Server news and show you a couple of cool add-ins for Office and iTunes.
Listen to the show from here.
In the next in their Building Windows 8 articles, Microsoft talks about the rich and extensible media platform in Windows 8.
This is how Microsoft starts the new article:
Engaging with rich media—whether watching a movie, video chatting, or playing music—is one of the most prevalent and enjoyable things we do on our PCs today. I’d like to talk a little bit about the work we’ve done in Windows 8 to make a rich variety of multimedia activities possible, and to extend those capabilities to third party developers through an extensible media platform.
We had three goals in mind when designing the Windows 8 media platform:
- Maximize performance. We wanted media playback to be fast and responsive, enabling the full power of the hardware while maximizing battery life on each PC.
- Simplify development and extensibility. We wanted to provide a platform that could be easily extended and tailored for a given application, setting the stage for innovative custom media apps on Windows.
- Enable a breadth of scenarios. A high performance, high efficiency, extensible platform can then enable a wide range of music, video, communications, and other multimedia apps.
With these three goals in mind, we set out to reimagine the media experience on the Windows platform.
To continue reading it, click here.
DVBLink TVSource, DVBLink Connect! Server and DVBLink EPG Loader for Digiguide v4.5 are now at release candidate 1 stage!
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Release Candidate 1 of DVBLink products v4.5 is available!
What is new/fixed from beta2:
General
DVBLink TVSource
DVBLink Connect! Server
Notes:
The WordPress app for the iPhone and iPad has been updated to version 3.0.1.
It’s easy to manage your WordPress blog or site from your iOS device. With WordPress for iOS, you can moderate comments, create or edit posts and pages, and add images or videos with ease. All you need is a WordPress.com blog or a self-hosted WordPress.org site running 2.9.2 or higher.
• Fixed crash when looking at stats in iOS 4
• Fixed crash on sites that require authentication
• Stability improvements
• Updated translations
Western Digital this week introduced a variety of new entertainment options for the WD TV Live and WD TV Live Hub media players.
Current and new customers can now enjoy Red Bull TV, Acetrax and AOL HD. They can also watch live and recorded TV with the new SlingPlayer app and save their premium HD movies to the WD TV Live Hub’s internal storage with VUDU direct movie downloads.
Previously available on the WD TV Live, BBC iPlayer is now available on the WD TV Live Hub.
WD’s new entertainment choices add to the WD TV media player family’s prodigious ability to play personal content such as videos, photos and music by supporting a wide range of media formats. Customers can watch content located on any networked PC or Mac computer in the home, from a network drive such as WD’s My Book Live personal cloud storage, and from any directly connected digital camcorder, camera, or USB drive. WD TV Live Hub customers can also save and share pictures and videos from outside the home, using the WD Photos app for iPhone, iPad and Android mobile devices.
“WD continuously listens to its customers, and adds the content options they want,” said Scott Vouri, vice president and general manager, WD Connected Home Solutions. “With today’s addition of hot international and domestic channels, live TV through SlingPlayer and direct HD movie downloads through VUDU, to our personal content playback options, the WD TV media players truly provide the most entertainment.”
The WD TV Live Hub is the only media player to offer direct HD movie download service for today’s hottest new movie releases purchased from VUDU’s large library of movies and TV shows. Because it has an integrated 1TB hard drive, the WD TV Live Hub can save and play back purchased digital content from VUDU, including the high-quality HDX video format that features 1080p Full HD and rich Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 audio. “By centralising their entertainment on the WD TV Live Hub, our customers get high-performance full-HD movie playback without overloading their home network or cluttering up the hard drives of other PCs in the house,” added Vouri. From “Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol” to “The Muppets,” WD brings today’s top movies to the WD TV Live Hub for a cinema-like experience at home.
The new SlingPlayer app creates a whole home entertainment solution by allowing customers to stream live or recorded TV from a network-connected Slingbox to any other TV in the house, simply by connecting a WD TV Live.
· BBC iPlayer (UK) – now available for the WD TV Live Hub.
· AOL HD (worldwide) – AOL HD features high-definition technology, lifestyle, celebrity and entertainment content updated daily from properties across the AOL Huffington Post Media Group, including Engadget, TechCrunch, Moviefone and Huffington Post Celebrity.
· Red Bull TV (worldwide) – Red Bull TV delivers high-energy action sports, music and entertainment.
· Acetrax (UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy and Austria) – Available on the WD TV Live only, this service includes Europe’s largest library of major Hollywood movies and TV shows.
The WD TV Live and WD TV Live Hub can be purchased at select retailers and online at www.wdstore.co.uk.
We are big fans of Fractal Design cases here at CDW, and news has reached us from Fractal of a new series of cases launching in August called the Node series.
The concept behind the Node family is to provide a series of cases that can be integrated into your home, giving you both design and entertainment.
The unique and versatile modular interior design of the Fractal Design Node 304 compact computer case can be adapted according to specific needs and components. Featuring hybrid functionality, the Node 304 case is ideally used as a cool-running file server, a stylish and quiet home theatre PC or a powerful gaming system.
* Compact, modular interior
* Unique new modular mounting system that accommodates up to 6 hard drives
* Three Silent Series R2 hydraulic bearing fans included
* Excellent cooling for all components
* Fan controller for all fans included
* Filtered air intakes ensure a dust-free environment for internal components
* Accommodates tower CPU coolers and single-fan water cooling systems
* Accommodates ATX power supplies
* USB 3.0 for fast file transfers
* Minimalistic design with an elegant aluminum front panel
USD EURO GBP SEK
$ 89.90 € 79,90 £ 69,90 799 kr
This will be available in August.
Featuring a stunning exterior appearance accompanied by a modern, black interior with sound and vibration dampening materials, the Fractal Design Node 605 supports a full ATX motherboard as well as a graphics card up to 280mm in length.
Cleverly hidden behind the access panel on the solid 8mm thick aluminum front panel are two USB 3.0 ports, a FireWire port and a multi-format card reader for multiple formats.
* Solid aluminum front panel
* Supports full ATX motherboards
* Noise-dampening material
* 4 HDD/SSD slots
* Integrated card reader
* Two Silent Series R2 hydraulic bearing fans included
* Supports graphic cards up to 280mm in length (180mm with all hard drives in place)
* USB 3.0 and FireWire front connectors
USD EURO GBP SEK
$ 159 € 149 £ 119 1399 kr
This will also be available in August.
Learn more from the Fractal Design website
Peter Souza IV has released a new build of his excellent Media Center Master software.
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Here is how Peter describes Media Center Master for those of you who don’t know what it is:
Smooth, powerful interface to organize your media collection.
Support for the built-in Windows Media Center Video Library strip (dvdid.xml) as well as MediaBrowser extension (mymovies.xml).
Movies, television, and adult title search from a variety of configurable meta data sources.
Built-in, fully-automated episode torrenting from multiple sources. Keep your T.V. series updated through the internet for free.
Full meta-data editor with tools to automate movie and T.V. episode renaming.
Theatrical trailer downloader with options for automatic re-encoding.
Extendable fetcher system allows other programmers to write fetchers — sample source code included in the forums.
Configurable to download actor/actress thumbnails and movie/T.V. posters, fan art, backdrops, and banners.
Flexible post-processing allows command-line operations after a movie title has been fetched — works great with Stark Covers.
…and a whole lot more…
