Category Archives: Software

Anti-Malware Software & It’s False Sense of Security

Published: May 12, 2010
For years and years I have not used any antivirus, anti-malware, anti-spyware or any sort of security software on my Windows PC. Not once did I ever get infected with any type of malware. Yet just recently … just hours ago … for the first time in years, I get infected by Antispyware Soft. Antispyware [...]
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Restoring GRUB after a Windows install

Published: April 24, 2009
Linux and Windows dual booting has always been a hassle. Linux likes to do it it’s way and Windows likes to do the same. Installing one after the other, one usually gets a nice friendly boot up screen that allows you to choose which operating system to boot. Windows 7 in it’s current form for [...]
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Damnit Itunes!

Published: July 12, 2008
Over 100k tracks, all tagged correctly, many rated, I tunes fucked up. The recently released Itunes 7.7 which was supposed to bring among other things … a new firmware and apps to the Touch and Iphone have made me unable to update my Touch because an updated Apple Mobile Device Support won’t install. Every damn [...]
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Download Firefox 3, Set A World Record

Published: June 1, 2008
Well not just you, but with the help of thousands or perhaps millions of other people around the world to download Firefox 3 on launch day. I’ve been using Firefox 3 for a while now and it’s been great. It seems to be a bit faster than Firefox 2 and if that doesn’t convince you, [...]
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RIAA to Offer Direct-Download MP3s on their Site

Published: January 24, 2008
Click for a larger image. This made me smile. The RIAA needs more friends in the hacker community.
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Yahoo! Messenger for Vista preview!

Published: December 6, 2007
After months of delays, the public preview of Yahoo! Messenger for Vista is finally here. Too bad I ditched Vista months ago for Ubuntu. If you don’t require all the useless crap modern mainstream instant messengers have today such as dumb smilies, annoying emotes, etc., Pidgin is just as good … even better for those [...]
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Better Last.FM scrobbling in Rhythmbox for Linux

Published: December 1, 2007
Rhythmbox is a great music player for Linux inspired by Itunes … and in many ways, arguably better in some areas than Itunes. If you use Last.FM however, support for it and other Linux media players is limited via the default Last.FM plugin. You can’t scrobble tracks that are in an Itunes server (DAAP) for [...]
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