Archive for the ‘Software’ Category

I’m sure many of you are wondering why I’ve been touting Live Mesh, but haven’t mentioned LogMeIn. And, you have a point; Live Mesh was created as a direct response to LogMeIn.
Well, there are a few reasons. First, and foremost, Live Mesh is really the first tech preview that the public can see, for Windows [...]

I like free software. I don’t like when people make it a death wish.
I didn’t see this post on the Free Software Foundation blog until this morning. Quite simply, they have started giving false statements and half-truths about Apple and the App Store, in order to promote free and open source software. Quoting their five reasons [...]

Firefox 3.0 is now out. Go grab it and help Mozilla set a world record for the number of downloads in a single day.
Firefox 3.0 is a real improvement for both Mac and PC. Both have a dramatically faster download speed, themes that match the operating systems, and the Mac version swapps out older, Mac [...]

LinuxDevices.com said over two years ago “The day when WiFi cards “just work” under Linux may be fast approaching.”
Sorry, hasn’t happened yet. This is one of those things that hardcore Linux users scoff at, and everyone else says “exactly!”
I have never been able to make a secure Wi-Fi connection (WPA or WPA2) on Linux. It’s [...]

Finally, a Linux distribution gets proprietary drivers right.
For those of you that aren’t fully versed on GPLv2 vs GPLv3 wars, and all the other open source wars… the Linux community has been having trouble with graphics drivers and various other device drivers. Specifically, they refuse to include drivers made by NVIDIA and ATI, due to [...]

I don’t know why Sun has such as slow pace of Java releases. You go to one page, and they say Java 6 Update 5 is the latest. But, do a bit more digging, and I found Update 6.
So, go to this page, and scroll down to the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) download (there are [...]

I really don’t like the backend changes in WordPress 2.5. Really, really, really don’t like them. Most of the staff on PhoneNews.com doesn’t either… I’ve been getting an earful about it.
The WordPress team says that they hired an external research team, to determine how people use the backend. Problem is, they weighted experienced and non-experienced [...]

I know, I said I wasn’t going to do any updates while at CTIA. It’s Vegas, and I should be doing other things… but, I noted that WordPress 2.5 had a few things that would improve coverage.
So, using my blog as a test, its now running WordPress 2.5.
Up next? The PhoneNews.com Blog, and then if [...]

As expected and previously announced, Netscape Browser marked its end yesterday. The browser has been removed from download by AOL.

Now, Netscape did promise to keep the components that made Netscape different from Mozilla Firefox available for download… but did they?
The answer appears to be (at least partially), no. Netstripe, the official theme for Netscape 9, [...]

Mozy for Mac has been updated to version 0.9.2.0. This update reflects their Release Candidate 2 milestone.
Remember, Mozy gives everyone a free 2 GB of backup storage, and unlimited backup storage (per machine) is only $5 per month. Use the link below, and they’ll bump that up to 2.25 GB of free storage.
And, in [...]