A user recently informed me that they were receiving an error message when they tried to view a PDF that apparently had Chinese characters in its text. The message they received was: The Simplified Chinese Language Support Package is required to display this page properly. Under the current configuration, this resource is not available. I was aware of the foreign language … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
A Portable LCD Monitor Arrives
Amongst other surveys, one is frequently cited that says a second monitor will increase productivity by an average of 42 percent (Jon Peddie Research). Now you can take a second monitor and its productivity gain with you. MEDL Tech has announced the world's first portable 13.3" LCD monitor which they're calling The Panel. The Panel has as many practical applications as a … [Read more...]
iGoogle, YouTube has Downtime along with other Google Modules
I woke up this morning to find a very ugly iGoogle homepage. It appears a part of the Google infrastructure is down and it seems to be the gmodules.com area. This will cause iGoogle to not fully load all the way and other Google gadgets on websites will hang and take a while to time out before allowing the rest of the page to load. Some lines at the top state: 'Home' tab has … [Read more...]
Gmail Helps with your Security Concerns, Pt. 3
Gmail announced via their official blog an update to what was Gmail Helps with your Security Concerns, Pt. 1, which improved your ability to detect if somebody else was accessing your Gmail account. They accomplished this by showing you what IP addresses had recently been active on your account and allowed you to sign out any remote sessions. Well now, they've made things … [Read more...]
An XP Internet Security 2010 Infection Campaign Update
Earlier this month, the computers I'm responsible for were being hit hard by the XP Internet Security 2010 FakeAV that I posted about previously. A few computers each day would get infected. A lot of it was caused by the users veering off to visit non-work-related sites. I was already deploying the latest Java and Adobe Flash through Group Policy to all of my computers but I … [Read more...]