There is an old saying in the Linux community (actually in just about every community – but I heard it from a Linux developer first) “eating your own dog food” (or the shorter “hipster friendly” version dogfooding. This basically means using the product you create. It can also be associated with practice what you preach. [...]
Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Downloads
Microsoft today announced the availability of the new Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Beta, the next big version of the well acclaimed Windows security software. The beta was announced over at the Windows Team Blog with a link to Microsoft Connect to download the 32-bit or 64-bit edition of the application. A problem with the downloads [...]
Thunderbird 3.1.1 Released
A new version of the Mozilla Thunderbird email client is currently processed to be released later today. Thunderbird 3.1.1 fixes several security and stability issues, much like the new Firefox version that was released earlier today. The new version is currently only available on the official Mozilla release ftp server, with a slim chance of [...]
Terrorism shuts down Blogging service
Yesterday I wrote about how 70,000 users blogs on the WordPress owned service, Blogetry, were mysteriously shut down by a “law enforcement agency”. Now more details have emerged and the BBC have reported that it was indeed the FBI who ordered the services’ closure because of a “link to terrorist material” and an al-Qaeda hit [...]
Emsisoft Emergency Kit, Computer Cleanup, Virus Scanning Tool
The Emsisoft Emergency kit is a portable computer cleanup and virus scanning tool for Windows. The kit is basically a collection of programs, four to be precise, that can be run without installation from any device that is connected to the computer system. Included in the emergency kit are a disc scanner to check and [...]
Firefox 3.6.7 Released
A new version of the popular web browser Firefox has just been released. Firefox 3.6.7 fixes several stability and security issues in the web browser, making it a recommended update for every user of the Firefox 3.6 branch. The new version of the web browser is currently distributed to worldwide mirror servers, and will be [...]
Track your sports training with pyTrainer
My wife and I are avid cyclists and hikers. I am also a runner. On our bikes we use cyclometers, but sometimes that isn’t enough to track your workouts. I have recently come across a nice tool that will do this for me (and more). That tool is called pyTrainer. pyTrainer is a fine example [...]
Google Chrome, Problems Downloading Large Files
For the last days, the developer version of the Google Chrome web browser has had troubles downloading large files from the Internet. Downloads of files with a minimum size of 50 Megabytes, stopped abruptly at about 30 Megabytes. Retrying the download yielded the same results. The first thought was that this was related to a [...]
Dad’s Around, Windows Boss Key App
A boss key application’s purpose is to provide the user with a button or hotkey to instantly hide some or all of the open windows and programs on execution. Primarily designed for work environments, and non-work related tasks, boss keys can also prove to be useful in other multi-user environments. Dad’s Around is a portable [...]