Windows 8’s slick login screen and other goodies [Video]

TNW Quick Hit: The Windows 8 nectar will not stop flowing, even if it is Friday. Today we have quite a treat for you: live video of the Windows 8 login process and windows transitions. A fair warning, there is a slightly NSFW image in the video. It’s not porn, but it is, ahem, phallic. You might not want to watch this at work if your boss is a hardass....

1 min · 211 words · Joshua Harris

Windows Home Server 2011 inches from completion

Windows Home Server 2011 is at long lastnearing completion. The Microsoft product has had a path to release that was pock-marked with user enthusiasm, and some complaint due to its beta release cycle. Microsoft intends to create the final RTM builds of both Windows Home Server 2011 and Small Business Server 2011 on March 30th, according to inside sources. In case you had forgotten, Windows Home Server 2011 has been code-named Vail, and Small Business Server 2011 Aurora....

2 min · 360 words · Jennifer Young DDS

Windows Home Server 2011 is finished, ready for release

TNW Quick Hit: Less than two weeks ago we brought youthe news thatWindows Home Server 2011 was mere inches from completion. Today, Microsoft hasannouncedthat the final build of Windows Home Server 2011 is complete. In our last post on the matter, we had March 30th as the date on which Home Sever 2011 would hit RTM (release to manufacturer) status, a deadline that Microsoft beat by a day. When will the completed software be available for download?...

2 min · 300 words · Katherine Caldwell

Windows Home Server 2011 now live for MSDN/TechNet subscribers

TNW Quick Hit: If you are either a TechNet or MSDN customer, today might be a day that you have long been waiting for: Windows Home Server 2011 isnow available for download. Code-named ‘Vail’ for its pre-launch life, Home Server 2011 has been one of the, and perhaps unexpectedly, most anticipated Microsoft products of the last several quarters. The history of Vail, through itschristening as Home Server 2011, has not been free fromintrigue and controversy....

2 min · 290 words · Luke Galvan

Windows Home Server 2011’s WP7 app detailed [Video]

Here at TNWmicrosoft we have been consistently surprised at the popularity of Windows Home Server (WHS) news. To be frank, we always assumed that no one used WHS, and that we didn’t have to touch it. We were wrong. Now that you, our lovely readers, have all but demanded more WHS coverage, we have no choice but to suit your fancy. Today we have a neat and nice clip for all you WHS 2011 fans....

2 min · 338 words · Suzanne Peterson
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