All taken from the latest issue of Tech Support Alert and posted here so I remember to look at them more closely later:
File Extensions Explained
Open Source Alternative to MS Exchange
Ethernet Cable Tester for $5.95
Miranda IM
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Today was pretty insanely busy at work today, so this post has been “in the works” all day, at least in my head. I took part in the Tech Chat on Kevin’s podcast over the weekend, which was pretty fun. I guess Kevin will have some excerpts during some upcoming podcasts, and I understand there’s…
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Our ISP at work has been having issues all day long. I managed to get a dialup connection going using my laptop, but haven’t had much time to get caught up on news. I did pick up this little tidbit about security in MSN Messenger from today’sLockergnome. You might want to read it. And this…
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Don’t you just hate when an extension update kills off your whole Firefox installation and you have to completely uninstall it, delete all the profile info and start over? Yeah me too. Goodbye Tabbed Browser Extensions. Going to try it with the Tabbed Browser Preferences extension instead. Update: a response from Craig with some interesting…
I guess there’s something else I’ll have to check for whenever our pool laptops get returned. Normally that’s a time to do AV updates, patching, etc. After today I’m going to have to check and make sure all the software is still installed! I had a visit early this morning from someone who had taken…