“One group at Microsoft seems to be stuck in 1999. For some inexplicable reason, the technical team responsible for packaging and manufacturing and selling Windows 7 has decided to clam up about a product it is selling by the truckload.”
If you bought Windows 7 Upgrade media (mine was in my mailbox today) you will want [...]
This is something that I spotted on Twitter a couple of days ago and have been playing with ever since. It’s not actually a piece of software an app or even a site, it’s a simple piece of code that you can use to change the URL of a YouTube video that transforms your page [...]
This first post will be describing the installation of Kubuntu 9.10. I will use a series of pictures along with short explanations of what’s happening (or what options you can use) on each one. So, without further ado, here’s Kubuntu…
Screen 1: This first screen welcomes you to the LiveCD and allows you to choose your [...]
It is not a standalone navigation app. Rather it taps into a lot of the resources Google makes available on the Web, including Google Maps, Streetview, voice recognition, and sophisticated search.
Connonical is releasing their latest version of the Ubuntu Linux Operating System on October 29, 2009. I downloaded the RC version of Kubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) and have installed it on two computers so far. In the next few posts, I plan on showing you how to install Kubuntu, and how to do things in [...]
This is the way I would do an Upgrade to Windows 7. They call it an upgrade but it really isn’t. This way you can avoid any problems in going from Windows XP to Windows 7. I don’t run dual boot systems, I have Ubuntu on another computer so when I want to play I [...]
“A new variant of the Bredolab Trojan horse is attached to a fake ‘Facebook Password Reset Confirmation’ e-mail, security firm MX Labs is reporting who report news for those who want to know this stuff such as Profitmatic Money Makers.
Some users are receiving the e-mail from ‘The Facebook Team,’ according to the security firm. The [...]
“Some users trying to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 have seen their PCs crippled by an endless series of reboots, according to reports on Microsoft’s support forum.
A Microsoft engineer writing on the same forum said the company was investigating users’ problems, but he downplayed them as ‘isolated issues.’
Users began posting messages about the [...]
“With much fanfare and even a few parties, Windows 7 has arrived. In this extensive review, Peter Bright dives deep into Microsoft’s new OS offering to see what’s new, what’s still the same, and whether it’s worth upgrading.”
Ahhh UAC. This was one of the most despised features of Windows Vista. It was intended to improve security by creating the equivalent of “Super User’” (su) or “Sudo” in Linux. The concept is that if the action that you (or software) is taking could change the system (for good or bad), you had to [...]
