Mozilla has released Firefox 3.5 as a final candidate to the web. Fortunately there isn't a mad dash to download it as there was for Firefox 3 when they tried and succeeded at setting a world record for number of downloads. Firefox 3.5 comes in the form of a 7.7MB download. Firefox 3.5 has a number of new features to it including compatibility with some new HTML5 tags, a … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2009
DRoster – Employee Scheduling Software
DRoster is the subject of my latest post over at Freewaregenius. This software package, which comes in the form of a traditional desktop application or an online web interface, is used to schedule employees. DRoster includes a lot of features designed to accomplish this task easily such as marking unavailability, making sure certain roles are filled each shift, and multiple … [Read more...]
Palm Mojo SDK for the Palm Pre
I'm now the proud owner of a Palm Pre and I'm looking forward to being able to possibly develop some Apps for it. The SDK for the Palm Pre is currently in pre-release and early access form only. There is also a huge NDA to go along with it. The SDK makes use of Java, Safari (for debugging), and VirtualBox (for emulation) on Windows. You can sign up for early access to the … [Read more...]
How to Apply Patches (.msp) to Group Policy Deployed Software (.msi)
In hopes of establishing manageability, greater security, and efficiency through centralization, I've been successfully adding more and more applications to those which are deployed via Group Policy. When I have to upgrade hundreds of computers from one version to a new version, it is not plausible to walk around and install the latest version manually. Instead, I've … [Read more...]
Ergonomics at the Office
The 404 Tech Support website tries to cover many aspects of using computers correctly. Between finding the right tools for the jobs with excellent freeware or fixing bugs or creative workarounds, you can find it all. Another part of using computers correctly comes down to the physical aspects; an ergonomic setup for computers and healthy computing habits can reduce repetitive … [Read more...]