Play .MKV’s in Windows Media Center (WMC)

For a long time I had resisted converting my DVD and Blu-Ray disks into any other format because I didn’t want to lose any quality.  I had lived by this rule for a long time, and thankfully companies like QNAP and Thecus came to my storage rescue.  However, the day has come where the cost of storing all the extra garbage that comes along with these movies has opened my eyes to benefits conversions.  With that, I have began converting my movie collection to a format that allows me to lose all the excess fat, but keep my movie loss-less. Read More…

I am a long standing fan of Logmein and their services; I currently utilize their service on all of my PC's and I am quite happy with their product.  However, if you are a user of the Logmein service and realize lately that Aero is not working on your workstation anymore, the mirror driver is to blame. Read More...

Everyone is paying attention to the Android buzz, especially Apple and RIM.  With the recent news about some of the offerings coming to the table featuring Google's Android OS how can anyone ignore it?  Android's biggest and best feature is that it is open and free to run on various platforms, including various phone manufacturers, tablets, and more.  Recently, a study has revealed that Android suffers from its own best feature. Read More...

I have been hearing rumblings lately that Microsoft's Security Essentials is now available through Windows Update.  The availability of an antivirus application through this type of service means that users will no longer have to scour the web for a link to install it.  So what gives? Read More...

My data is extremely important to me; the irreplaceable memories, music, and movies that I keep on my home server are duplicated across multiple drives in a Windows Home Server.  WHS provides me with some peace of mind by implementing a feature like folder duplication, however implementing only that type of protection is not enough.  There are many solutions by many different companies out there to tackle my server backup that claim to be easy and are not, seem to be inexpensive but have hidden costs, or just don't offer enough storage space.  Well, where the other solutions fail, StarTech shines.  Enter the S354UFER. Read More...

QNAP SecurityTaipei, Taiwan, November 2010 - QNAP Security, a leading manufacturer of Linux-embedded, standalone Network Video Recorder (NVR) solutions today announced the launch of VioStor Pro Series, the world's first Linux-based NVR capable of truly PC-less quick configuration, monitoring of IP cameras over the network, and video playback via a high-definition (HD) VGA monitor or TV. The new models include 2-drive VS-2012 Pro/2008 Pro/2004 Pro, 4-drive desktop VS-4016 Pro/4012 Pro/4008 Pro and rack mount VS-4016U-RP Pro/ 4012U-RP Pro/4008U-RP Pro, and 6-drive VS-6020 Pro/6016 Pro/6012 Pro, all incorporate dual-core Intel® Atom™ processor and 1GB memory to deliver high performance network throughput of 176Mbps for high quality megapixel recording and extremely low power consumption.