I've been in a domain buying mood lately and decided to purchase 404ts.com to complement my primary but longer domain 404techsupport.com. While thinking about having a short URL for the sake of convenience, what else am I supposed to do with it than setup a URL shortening service? Similar to Bit.ly, TinyURL, Is.Gd, and the dozens of other sites out there that provide URL … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2010
Jimmy John’s Lesson on Instant Communication and the Problem with Rumors
Apparently a rumor was going around that made its way into a "press alert" saying Jimmy John's was going to have $1 sandwiches on July 1st in the Champaign and Charleston, IL areas as part of a customer appreciation day. This press alert made its way to a local newspaper writer who put the information out on Twitter. The newspaper she works for then retweeted the information … [Read more...]
Microsoft No Longer Supports Windows Installer Cleanup Utility
I was surprised to find out that Microsoft is no longer offering its Windows Installer Cleanup Utility. The tool is typically known for being able to remove .msi installs after they've been corrupted and the normal Add/Remove Programs won't work. The odd thing about removing the tool is that I've been using it on an almost daily basis recently. We had some Java deployments that … [Read more...]
Adobe Releases Quarterly Update 9.3.3 for Reader/Acrobat
Adobe has accelerated its quarterly update for its Reader and Acrobat applications from the planned July 13th to today, June 29th. The reason behind the early release is a critical vulnerability announced June 4th that has been seen in the wild that could allow the program to be crashed and an attacker to take control of the system. Adobe Flash Player was patched on June 10th … [Read more...]
On Crash Protection and Farmville the Reason Behind Firefox 3.6.6
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 shipped June 22nd with a feature dubbed Crash Protection as well as a number of security and stability issues. From the Firefox 3.6.4 Release Notes: Firefox 3.6.4 provides uninterrupted browsing for Windows and Linux users when there is a crash in the Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime or Microsoft Silverlight plugins. If a … [Read more...]