Category: Home Tech

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Jim’s Search / WHS 2011 with Drobo S

I am looking for a small form factor PC or case to pair with a Drobo S. The Drobo dimensions are 10.3" x 7.3" x 5.9" and of course you can find pictures over at drobo.com. I want the PC to either be a stand for the Drobo or sit on top of it and look like they should be paired together. It needs to have USB 3.0 or eSATA, powerful enough to run WHS 2011, have room for an internal drive of at least 120GB and be fairly power efficient. It also cannot be a million dollars. The discussion

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A Challenger to Macbook Air, World Wide Launch of The Full Fo-Shay and Skype Consumed – HT048

Jim and Andrew and Christian are joined by Rich O’Neil from Rich’s Random Podcast Generator here at The Average Guy for this week’s installment of the Home Tech Podcast. Christian Corner: An update’s from Christian’s Desk: The resolution to the security system: World Wide Launch of a new Term: The Full Fo-Shay Listen LIVE every… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Skype Endless Updates, iPhone vs Android, Drobo Server, Android ROM’s and Photo Imaging Software – HT047

Jim and Andrew and Christian are joined by Mike Howard from Jpeg2RAW for this week’s installment of the Home Tech Podcast. The guys start off with some Skype chat, relating to the aggressive update cycle since Microsoft acquired Skype, and draw some comparisons to the Group Chat feature within Google Plus, as well as talking… Click for more / Podcast Player>

The Home Tech Podcast: Drobo Special from San Jose, CA

Listen to the Podcast: Listen Mobile: Jim is with Mario Blandini from Drobo and a visit to their international headquarters in San Jose for the first ever Home Tech Podcast from Drobo.  Mario and Jim talk about Drobo product direction, hardware vs software development, RAID usage and even some new product announcements!  Drobo is now… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Drobo HQ in San Jose, Disk Defragmenting, In-flight Internet Access, Steve Jobs and Weather Stations – HT046

Jim and Andrew and Christian are joined by Bill Paulmenn for this week’s installment of the Home Tech Podcast. For those of you hearing the show via iTunes or your podcatcher of choice, thanks for switching feeds – if your friends are missing this episode, please remind them to switch to the new feeds –… Click for more / Podcast Player>