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Our love affair with Plex continues - it's the media centre that just keeps on giving!.  After another suspiciously quiet spell from the team, they have just revealed a huge raft of new features to the platform.  The highlights include an official Windows Client, MyPlex Cloud based media sharing plus all new desktop and 2nd generation mobile clients too.  Check out the videos after the jump...

The Apple Mac mini continues to provide server duties for many homes, and now OSX Lion Server is even easier than ever to install and use.  Here's a neat 1U hight rackmount enclosure for either one or two minis side-by-side...

In a quest to make our MacBook last out until next years rumoured major redesign (carbon fibre anyone?) we decided to do the trendy thing and install an SSD.  However we've always been used to having a big hard drive so the 128GB SSD we chose wasn't going to allow us to hold our entire LightRoom library and video files on the laptop like we're used to.  The solution?  Removing our un-used optical drive and replacing it with one of the recently launched 1TB 2.5" 9.5mm hard drives.  SSD speed plus a capacious spindle to store all our stuff on, does it get much better than this?  It's an easy project that anyone can follow.  Here's how we did it...

Here's a quick video tour from a Savant powered custom smart home. The Apple Mac based systems on show include iPad gesture control, automated electric blinds and shades, powered TV lifts and lighting control.  There's even a morning wake up routine that includes all of the above with music and the news headlines read to you in the bathroom!

Steve Jobs and his crew are on stage for the WWDC keynote in California.   They are announcing more information on OSX Lion plus introducing iOS5 and the the iCloud ecosystem.  Read on for our cheat sheet with all the new feature details you need at a glance...