My dad had a very strange malware/ trojan that kept claiming he had various viruses etc. on his PC. We found that http://forums.tomcoyote.org/lofiversion/index.php/t65317.html Gave perfect instructions to get rid of it. Strangely the search for “thesecuritypage” on google came up with only one result, the above page! thesecuritypage was the page that the malware was… Continue reading Security hijack
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Very interesting article about blog post frequency
I have to agree with this (http://blog.marketingprofs.com/2006/06/w_why_blog_post_frequency_does.html) post about blog frequency. It is quality that is important, not quantity. I do think there is some importance in posting every so often, otherwise some people will think that you have gone away. Post too often and the reader becomes overwhelmed in some junk, or as described… Continue reading Very interesting article about blog post frequency
web quotes in Safari UK
It’s nice to see some more features filtering through to the localisedversions of Google Mail! Today I noticed web quotes at the top of themail browser. 🙂
New version of quinn available for 10.4.2 and later only
See http://www.stud.tu-ilmenau.de/~siha-in/quinn.htmlThere appears to be a new version that is only compatible with Mac OSX 10.4.2 and later. It would appear more and more software releasesthese days are becoming Tiger required. Of course that isn’t a problemfor me.
Two Weeks and had to re-install OS on MacBook
Today I came accross a nice little problem on my MacBook that I have only had for 2 weeks. I had a bit of a crash and oh dear, I could no longer launch application after a Safari hang. On reboot, it just hung. So I ended up doing an archive and install, with no ability… Continue reading Two Weeks and had to re-install OS on MacBook
Google Spreadsheet doesn’t support OpenDocument
It would appear that Google spreadsheet beta doesn’t support the OpenDocument format for spreadsheets. It kinda surprises me with some of the things that have been going on in the corporate world. See more about Google spreadsheet at http://www.google.com/googlespreadsheets/tour1.html
MacBook loses battery life with single core
I’ve been trying out the MacBook on both dual and single core mode. With the help of CoreDuoTemp Utility and Apple’s Developer Tools, I have found that it will always run at full processor speed of 2 GHz when you use the processor in single core mode. On the other hand under dual core mode… Continue reading MacBook loses battery life with single core
X11 Intel having same problem as PPC fixed in 10.4.3
It would appear that X11 Intel on my MacBook doesn’t work due to a problem with the windows not coming to the front as expected. This was fixed in Mac OS X 10.4.3, and is now there in 10.4.6 Intel. Is anyone else getting the problem? I need X11 for using OpenOffice 2, and it… Continue reading X11 Intel having same problem as PPC fixed in 10.4.3
Google Mail chat now in localised languages.
Finally the chat in Google Mail now has been added to the various othere languages supported by Google Mail. It’s just ashame that the web clips haven’t been enabled in English (UK) as well. They are great.
why.openoffice.org
Is it any wonder people go about pirating MS product? Their licensing is so complicated I just take one look and run away, it’s that complicated. Now there putting anti-piracy software into their MS-products. One week later and OpenOffice is starting a switch campaign. I have also added the getOpenOffice.org logo to my blog.