I tried Dim as a Jellyfin alternative, but its web-first experience clashed with my Apple TV setup, making watching feel like work.

Working towards automating a few things in a home often seems simple on the surface, but it’s easy for these projects to snowball into dozens of sensors and various servos, switches, and cameras ...

There are other home server, NAS, and media-streaming distros, but this aspires to much more Hands On Want to get off someone ...

You've heard the word "server" thrown around a lot, but usually in the context of web sites or big companies that have a lot of data to store. In reality, a server can be just as useful in your home.

I'm currently thinking about hosting my own web page from a spare computer at home. I would be switching from a service that costs about $6.00 per month. One of biggest considerations currently is ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Until quite recently, Microsoft officials emphasized the "home" in Windows Home Server (WHS) when explaining how that product fit into its server line-up. Last week, however, something changed.

I ran across your article on setting up a web server at home. I already own a web site, and I'm really interested in hosting it myself. How do I go about this? I figure it's really complicated or else ...

Ask most anyone who runs Windows at home what edition of the operating system he or she is using, and odds are you’ll hear a fairly predictable roster of responses: Windows XP Home, XP Professional, ...