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Disable Java plugins to avoid drive by installs
As a computer repair technician I clean up a lot of computers with Java based malware. Java is known for its zero-day vulnerabilities and as a popular vector for cross-platform attacks. Not to mention the fact that Java Runtime Environment (JRE) updates never remove old versions, and Java installs and enables plugins for all popular [...]
Mockingbird doesn’t want casual users
This morning a friend forwarded me this email from Mockingbird. Dear Mockingbird customers, Mockingbird’s taking flight We’re excited to announce that Mockingbird will launch on August 15, 2010 — with multi-user collaboration! Details on the paid plans: Active Projects Users Price/month Personal 2 Unlimited $9 Team 10 Unlimited $20 Pro 25 Unlimited $40 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited [...]
A good reason to dump OpenDNS
Like me, you’ve probably read all sorts of great things about the public DNS service OpenDNS, but one thing you should find out for yourself is how it will impact the speed of your web browsing. After using OpenDNS name servers for months at work I started to notice that page load times at home (on a [...]
Fix a malfunctioning BlackBerry Trackball [video]
A friend of mine had a couple Bolds with trackball issues, we went as far as taking one of them apart and attempting to clean the trackball mechanism with no luck. I finally came across this method on a forum and we were amazed by the results – so amazed that we recorded the process [...]
Enable Gnome Video Thumbnails in Arch Linux
Gnome’s file manager Nautilus does a great job of automatically thumbnailing all kinds of files including pretty much any video file. But, in a fresh Arch Linux install you still need a few gstreamer packages to enable totem-video-thumbnailer to do its job…
Asides
- This morning I was going over last night's ClamWin scan results on my Windows XP box and found a few instances of Trojan.Rootkit-1835 infecting the following files: (more...) #
- Viigo has some great features and all but for simple RSS reading on my BlackBerry Google Reader Mobile beats the crap out of Viigo. (more...) #
- New theme integration is progress. I just don't have the gas to do it all in one night... (more...) #
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