Lenovo to add Start Menu to their Windows 8 PCs
So it looks like Lenovo is taking matters into their own hands with Windows 8 and the lack of a Start Menu. Reports are they have signed a dealer with Pokki developer SweetLabs to preload a software...
View ArticleLenovo Selling More Mobile Devices than PCs
In their first quarter (ending June 30th, 2013) Lenovo sold more tablets and smartphones then they have PCs. However, while revenue from PCs was surpassed by their mobile devices, Lenovo is now the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Posts and Removes video Bashing iPhone
Over the weekend Microsoft had posted to their Windows Phone YouTube channel a video entitled: A fly on the wall in Cupertino? The video was about the (colorful) upcoming iPhone 5C. Seems the video did...
View ArticleTweeting Toilet
Yes, you read that correctly. An out of work electrical engineer with a background in computer science and a particular expertise in open source from Finland built a device which will send out Tweet...
View ArticleYet another reason I so dislike Apple products…
I’ve never been a fan of Apple products. They are over-priced and use proprietary parts and accessories. Yes their products are high quality. In the case of a phone or computer I figure the Apple brand...
View ArticleiPhone 6 Drop Test
Dave Rahimi of PhoneBuff, flew from the US to Australia to be the first person in the world to buy an iPhone, performs a streetside drop test, sending both new phones crashing to the ground to see how...
View ArticleMeet MatchStick by Mozilla
One of our Facebook followers shared this on our Facebook Page today. MatchStick is Mozilla’s ($25) alternative to Google’s Chromecast. Mozilla is expanding beyond its Firefox browser and trying its...
View ArticleHow to Enable Right-click
Ever come across a site that won’t allow you to right-click? Some sites block the ability to right-click usually via JavaScript so you can’t say copy or download images. However, it is rather...
View ArticleWindows Won’t Install Updates
Some months ago I resurrected a Windows 7 Ultimate computer I had retired a couple years ago after it threw one too many (and consecutive) BSODs. I suspected that all my problems likely stemmed from...
View ArticleFirefox and POODLE Attack
Google researchers announced recently of the POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) Attack which hackers take advantage of sites (around 0.3%) still using the outdated (introduced in...
View ArticleLittle Known Windows 8 Feature: Mounting ISO files
Since I am in a Microsoft program at my local community college, I can get a lot of Microsoft products for free via DreamSpark. However, nearly everything on DreamSpark is in an ISO format (Microsoft...
View ArticleRetrieve Windows 8/8.1 Product Key
Another thing I did not know about Windows 8: Product/Activation/Registration Key is stored in BIOS. Unlike Windows 7 and older, chances are there is not a product key sticker on your computer. I did a...
View ArticleExtension Signing Coming Later in 2015
This is a really good idea as all too often people end up installing extensions (knowingly or unknowingly) which end up making unwanted and undesired changes to their Firefox browser. I don’t think it...
View ArticleFirefox 36.0.4 Released
Mozilla released another emergency security update for Firefox 36 on March 21, 2015 with Firefox 36.0.4. This update has more Security fixes for issues disclosed at HP Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own...
View ArticleFirefox 37 Released
Mozilla released an update to Firefox on March 31, 2015 with Firefox 37. There are several new features and fixes for this release and these can be viewed in the release notes. Users may be prompted to...
View ArticleFirefox 37.0.1 Released
Mozilla released an emergency update to Firefox 37 on April 3, 2015 with Firefox 37.0.1. This update did address start-up crashes due to graphics hardware and third party software. However, there were...
View ArticleCNNIC Certificates
I thought I had done a post earlier in regards to Mozilla Revoking Trust in one CNNIC Intermediate Certificate. Turns out I had not. Also had planned on posting more about this earlier this weekend as...
View ArticleMore about Extension Signing
Back in February we mentioned Extension Signing Coming Later in 2015. Recently the Mozilla Add-ons Blog posted a follow up The Case for Extension Signing. There is a lot of interesting information in...
View ArticleMozilla plans to phase out non-secure HTTP
Last night Mozilla announced on The Mozilla Security Blog: Deprecating Non-Secure HTTP. There’s pretty broad agreement that HTTPS is the way forward for the web. In recent months, there have been...
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Add-on to control ‘new tab’ page?
Currently Firefox users can go into the about:config and customize the preference browser.newtab.url to a specific web address (URL) or even set it to about:blank for a blank tab. However, so can...
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