Last month, Avast! announced that version 6.0 of their product would be coming out. Today, it's available for download and it is bringing some strong features to the free antivirus realm. You can download the free version through C|Net and find more details at Avast.com. With today's release of version 6.0, Avast released 6 reasons to use Avast!. Here they are as a … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2011
How To Turn Off The Gray Admin Bar At The Top Of Your WordPress 3.1 Site
WordPress 3.1 just came out and one of the more prominent features it brings is a gray admin bar at the top of your site while you're logged in and viewing the front-end. I can see this as being very useful for individual-run sites and power bloggers but I'm afraid too many of my customers are going to be concerned that normal visitors will see the bar or it skews their … [Read more...]
Plugins Smooth Out WordPress 3.0 Custom Post Types And Custom Taxonomies
Custom post types and custom taxonomies were introduced in previous versions of WordPress but were brought closer to the forefront with WordPress 2.9. In WordPress 3.0, those two features were improved but still don't seem to be completed. In WordPress 3.1, their development will continue with an interface and an archives section. For now though, there are a few plugins worth … [Read more...]
Samsung Epic 4G Finally Gets Froyo – To Celebrate, My Favorite Android Apps
Hoorah! My Samsung Epic 4G is finally updated to Android 2.2.1 or Froyo. With one missed deadline after another, I've been waiting for the update for a while. I am particularly happy to have the Bluetooth improvements, Adobe Flash 10.1 support, USB tethering, ability to store apps to SD Card, and a few others. I was hoping to see something about TV Out but I haven't been able … [Read more...]
Service Packs For Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Available
I miss Windows XP SP2 and SP3, those service packs were real game changers. Heck, wifi was barely usable pre-SP2. Since then (in my old man voice), these service packs have been nothing more than update roll-ups. Don't look for that trend to change with Windows 7 SP1 today though Server 2008 R2 is receiving a little more significant of an update. You can review the … [Read more...]