I was looking for a file explorer app for my Android smartphone in order to enable me to access the 404TS web server and my NAS at home. The web server and the NAS from outside of my home network could be accessed through FTP while in the house on WiFi, I could access it using the SMB protocol. I tried out a few options. The popular option seemed to be Solid Explorer, which … [Read more...]
First Patch Tuesday of 2013 brings updates from Microsoft, Adobe, and Mozilla
Now with Adobe onboard to push updates the second Tuesday of the month, Patch Tuesdays have become even more fun. Microsoft deployed seven security bulletins while Adobe released updates yesterday to Adobe Flash Player, Acrobat and Reader, and Adobe AIR. The Adobe Acrobat and Reader updates released included support for versions 9, 10, and 11. On top of that, Mozilla released … [Read more...]
DRM strikes again as “Free Adobe CS2” makes pirates of the best of us
People love a good deal and even more so when it is free. The Internet, as a collection of connected people, jumps on the bandwagon even more so when word of something valuable becoming free gets out there. That situation is exactly what happened for Adobe when word that their CS2 products (Acrobat 7 and 8, Audition, GoLive, Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Photoshop CS2, … [Read more...]
The Active Directory Administrative Center in Windows 8/Server 2012
After installing the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) on Windows 7 or Windows 8, in addition to the popular Active Directory Users and Computers and Group Policy Management Console, you will gain access to the Active Directory Administrative Center. Active Directory Administrative Center provides network administrators with an enhanced Active Directory data management … [Read more...]
VideoLAN proposes VLC native Windows 8 version
VLC has been my and many others' preferred video playback software for a number of years now. While others might prefer Media Player Classic and codecs, I've been satisfied with VLC to be able to handle just about everything I throw at it without making the setup any more complicated. With 6 days left, VideoLAN has a Kickstarter project going to try funding a native Windows 8 … [Read more...]