The folks over at Mozilla are looking for beta testers to get involved in testing the newest version of Firefox. They are requesting help in testing their nightly builds and reporting bugs or other irregularities that may surface. Some of you who have read my columns have asked how to get involved as a beta [...]
Last month I had reported that rumors were floating around that Earthlink appeared to be on some shaky financial ground and it wasn’t clear whether they would be able to proceed on deals in Houston, TX. and San Francisco, CA. Apparently this was more than just rumor since Earthlink is cutting employees and also [...]
I read in one of the forums that I belong to concerning a request for information on the subject of overclocking and whether the person should try it or not. So what is overclocking? Overclocking in its basic form is merely forcing your cpu or memory to run at a higher rate of speed than [...]
We have all heard the horror stories about military over spending on projects that far exceed the original cost. But every once in awhile a story surfaces which actually shows how some administrators in the military are actually saving us taxpayers some big bucks. One such story is coming out of Hill Air Force base [...]
Back on August 17, 2007 I did a quick take on the Blu-ray vs HD DVD situation comparing it to the days where we went through a similar mess between Beta and VHS. I received several comments including some confirmation that Sony was going to win this battle and the best one I like [...]
First Dell, than Lenovo and now HP. Seems like more and more of the big computer companies are jumping on the HP bandwagon. HP has joined forces with Red Hat to strat to offer Linux based desktop systems geared for single users and small businesses. The first release of Linux boxes will occur in Australia [...]
The Attorney General for the state of California, Jerry Brown, wants a federal court to extend the terms of a previous consent decree which is set to expire on November 12, 2007 as reported by the LA Times. It seems there is some fear that once the court order expires, that Microsoft could lash out [...]
Both F-Secure and McAfee are reporting that Sony is at it once more. This time Sony is including a rootkit in their software for some of their USB drives. It is hard to believe, but this has been verified. Over at F-Secure they reported:
Sony’s software installs a driver that creates a hidden folder using rootkit [...]
For years many of us have depended on AutoPatcher to keep our systems updated with the latest patches and updates for Windows XP. But today it appears that AutoPatcher may be history. A posting on its Web site points out that Microsoft has suggested it ceases to operate and remove its download pages, which it [...]
Microsoft is now explaining what happened when their Windows Genuine Advantage site went bonkers and was giving out false information that legit copies of Windows were pirated. On the Microsoft WGA blog site it was explained this way:
So What Happened?
Now that we have had time to dive into the details more on what happened [...]
Last week I was reading another blog site which stated that the best company to write about is Google. Everything else is boring. I’m not sure if I would personally go that far, but Google always seems to be in the news. Whether it is about Google launching new software, applications and new technology, Google [...]
During the past week you may have read that Symantec is releasing their 2008 versions of all of their security and anti-virus products, which makes one wonder. By Microsoft getting into the anti-virus/anti-spyware market with their own line of software protection had any affect on pricing by other vendors?
You may recall that both Symantec and [...]
For the past several months I have been reading many a tale from alleged insiders of when Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3 would be released. Today Microsoft has clarified everything and has posted exactly what Vista SP1 will be and has target a release date of the first quarter of 2008. Also Microsoft [...]
The Firefox Campus Edition incorporates Foxytunes, Zotero and Stumbleupon add-ons to make life a little easier for the student. Though the Firefox advertisement states that the software is for the college crowd, I can see this also being used for the K-12 and under students as well.
So what are these add-ons?
Foxytunes - Do you [...]
CNN had a segment over the weekend in which they interviewed the 17 year old teenage boy who had hacked the Apple iPhone and was able to use the phone with another carrier, not AT&T. While I was watching the program two thoughts went through my head. First, was this legal? Second what would be [...]
MozBack is a small utility tool that makes backing up your profile when using Mozilla products. MozBackup supports Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite and Netscape. The tool is easy to use and besides creating a backup also has the ability to restore a profile as well. MozBackup and can changed from its default settings so [...]
Touted as a ‘different kind of blog from Microsoft’ the software giant is catering to hackers on their MSDN website. Described as:
Welcome to a new blog from Microsoft. The focus of this blog is likely to be a little different from most other blogs you’ll see on blogs.msdn.com. Microsoft employs some of the best [...]
Hotchalk is offering a free service for teachers that may just help in establishing better communication between them and their students. Hotchalk describes their service as:
Who is HotChalk for?
HotChalk is for teachers, students and parents from grades 12 and below. Teachers can use HotChalk to manage their coursework, collaborate with their students, and communicate with [...]
The folks over at Revo have a innovative uninstaller that doesn’t require the monitoring of previously installed software. Most uninstallers I have used in the past needed to monitor the install and didn’t have the ability to find software that had been installed before the uninstaller software was placed on the system. This limited the [...]
Just a quick note.
I was out surfing around looking for some information that might help new users to Vista when I stumbled onto this Microsoft site. Though designed for the person who is new to computers as well, these interesting articles cover the basics of Vista and may be of use for those of us [...]
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