Classic Tech Tips Archive

I'm in the process of uploading an update to the mozilla firefox 1.5 rpms for Mandriva 2006 that I have posted previously on the site. They should be browsable at https://www.averyjparker.com/wp-cont…

I ran into an install of Quickboos Pro 2005 that was having a peculiar problem. When any company file was opened I was seeing an Internet Explorer Script Error message (quickbooks uses Internet Explo…

This is one that's not as obvious as it should be. Every keyboard has a "print screen" button - usually it's in the group over above the insert/home/pageup/delete/end/pagedown block. Sometimes (espec…

Scansafe is launching a new free product called scandoo which aims to tag search results with Green yellow and blow widgets so you know which sites are safe (green), dangerous (red) or uncertain (Yel…

As they say on their site "Experience Linux without the hassles of installation and adminstration." Inqub has a new product out called Netcubicle which basically is this.... for $4.50 a month, you ca…

So, I finally got down to about 5 tabs left in my firefox window and decided I could kill it off and restart it without really losing my place so I could get a good look at the Google Notebook plugin…

I saw earlier today that Distrowatch was reporting that Mandriva One 2006 had been released and pushed to the ftp mirrors . It appears as though Mandriva One 2006 is a combination Live/Install cd bas…

For years, the call has been to open source Java.... it appears that day is, well... coming. Not at hand yet, but for startersJava can now be bundled with Linux distributions.... and is looking for a…

Well, overhaul might be a bit extreme.... but Yahoo's home page has got a facelift of sorts with some Web 2.0 goodness and customizability. It does look nice and has been getting noticed. Good review…

A few hours back, I updated My first post on the RealVNC 4.1.1 vulnerability and just saw another story that did not specify WHICH variation of VNC was at risk. TightVNC and UltraVNC seem to be immun…

If you know me.... you know I have a HARD time putting down a problem that's unsolved. Even if it's a problem that really doesn't have a solution (in my control at least)... I have a tendency to look…

Late last night there were discoveries of the login page for Google Notebook, then came the Official Googleblog announcement of Google Notebook and of course news of the launch spread like wildfire (…

When Google Calendar first rolled out, I took a look and was not overwhelmed. Now, I've had a chance to revisit and see a few improvements. First, one of my initial problems was that I couldn't get t…

I think somewhere along the line, Warner Bros missed the memo that 180solutions is not a brand that many people would jump to associate with. Apparently 180Solutions has started making two Warner Bro…

There's been a lot of talk about hardware enforced DEP as a mitigating factor in some of the exploits in the last six months. There's also a new software product that can limit the impact of zero-day…

There are a couple stories on spywarecleaner's recent practice of bundling whenu with the free version of their "antispyware scanner". According to spyware confidential, SpywareCleaner made the rogue…

There is a new twist on the bot networks that have been the plague of computing in recent years. This one is called ClickBot. The story is from Incidents.org Many sites, (like this one) use adsense t…

The biggest problem with Audio and video content is the variety of different codecs that are supported by different players. On Windows this usually means having Windows Media Player, Realplayer and …

This weekend has been a bit of an introspective for me on why google is still the primary search engine I use. I know, I've been a big "fan(?)" of google for quite some time, I've obviously incorpora…

There are a couple news stories about a McAfee SiteAdvisor report about the search engines responsibility for sites that distribute malware. McAfee said Friday that the epidemic of spyware and viruse…

Well, these days with gas prices climbing and unstable, the media is always on the lookout for related stories. When the headline blared 8,000 MPG car.... I knew there had to be either 1) a tremendou…

Freedom to tinker brings us this BIG problem. I guess what concerns me most about this, is the way I see it, voter fraud has pretty much gone on since there have been elections. Let's face it, there …

There's a proposed bill that would block access to "Social networking sites" like myspace and Friendster for minors. The main concern with the social networking sites is that they have profile inform…

I've run across a couple of interesting things. The first was linked to from the second one I'll mention. I know, some time back, I visited a publicly available Google Adsense tool a few months back …

Well, for the second month in a row (I don't recall one in March..) Microsoft has re-released a patch for Windows. This time it's the Flash patch (which really falls under 3rd party software). They'v…