Oracle released version 7u51 of Java on Tuesday. Along with the update's release, they flipped the switch on a security setting to block unsigned or self-signed Java applets. This impacts previous version of Java 7 but not Java 6. As a result, if you have Java 7 installed and try to run a Java application, you may get a message like the following that says: "Application … [Read more...]
Diagram your processes easily with Bizagi Process Modeler
Bizagi Process Modeler is a freeware component of the Bizagi BPM Suite. It allows you to accurately model your processes using BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation), a standard for graphical representation of processes. For example, processes start with an event, represented by a circle, then a task might be performed, a rectangle, and a decision, a diamond, might be made … [Read more...]
HashTab
Websites that provide downloads will often list accompanying CRC32, MD5, or other hashes to go along with the downloads. You can use these hashes to compare with the file you downloaded to ensure that the file hasn't been tampered with or wasn't corrupted during the download. To use the hash, you need to calculate the copy of the file you have to generate your own hash to see … [Read more...]
Software giveaway: WinX HD Video Converter
Digiarty, makers of the popular WinX DVD software, is doing a holiday giveaway. For Windows users, they have WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe as a free download until January 3rd, 2014 and big discounts on their other products. If you download YouTube videos or convert videos between formats, you should go grab this software now. WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe, all-in-one video … [Read more...]
Creating a style in Word 2013 for code snippets
In the midst of writing a paper this weekend, I needed to include some segments of code in the paper. Word is good at formatting text to follow the standard paragraph format but it could use a little help when it comes to displaying code. So, I set out to create a style just for code which would give it a nice little box, stop it from being spellchecked, and preserve the … [Read more...]