I was recently stepping into a new network environment. I had inherited it with a client, had little documentation, and needed to understand it in order to be able to support it. I investigated the physical components - the switches, the firewall, the patch ports - and the software configurations - static IP addresses in illogical ranges - but was still looking for more to help … [Read more...]
Avast! 7 available as beta, new version will bring streaming definition updates
Avast! 7 will use a hybrid of traditional antivirus definition updates and a new streaming system. This will allow AVAST to "push" out new updates as they are ready so all users will the most protected in minutes. The change will mean Avast receives about 20 updates daily and more frequent as the infrastructure can support it. Instead of getting bundled packages like now, users … [Read more...]
Sandboxed Adobe Flash Player available as beta for Firefox
Adobe announced good news for Firefox users yesterday through its Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET) blog. The post announces that Adobe has launched a public beta of a new Flash Player Protected Mode for Firefox. Much like the Protected Mode in Adobe Reader X, this will hopefully lead to fewer exploits able to impact a computer. Flash Player will establish a low … [Read more...]
Mozilla keeps pace with Firefox 10, Begins Extended Support Release channel
Every 6 weeks there is a new version of Firefox. Mozilla was able to ship Firefox 10 on schedule with its latest updates today. The big changes in this version include: The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back Most add-ons are now compatible with new versions of Firefox by default Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented CSS3 3D-Transforms are now … [Read more...]
Calibre, the necessary software for e-books
I only recently got my first eReader (Amazon's Kindle) after watching the market for quite a while. One thing that made me hesitant to choose one model was incompatibilities with book formats across devices and other restrictions and features that seemed to trade off. Of course, we could just stick to reading paperback or hardcover books (for all of their technical features) … [Read more...]