Adobe can't seem to make up their mind whether they're going to be convenient and provide a .msi for each incremental update to Adobe Reader or not. Unlike Adobe Acrobat, where the updates have to be slip-streamed into the base installer (as demonstrated previously with Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2), the Adobe Reader .msi is fully prepared with each update, you just have to extract it … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2011
A New Net Loss Day – AT&T To Introduce Data Caps For DSL and U-Verse
We've been celebrating "Net Loss Day" for the past 3 years and counting when on October 1st, 2008 Comcast set a bandwidth cap for customers at 250GB per month. As legitimate bandwidth usage has grown thanks to services like Netflix and OnLive, bandwidth caps become a worse and worse idea. DSLReports.com reports that May 2nd, AT&T will be following Comcast's lead 150GB … [Read more...]
Product Review: ScreenDeck – A Shelf For Your HDTV Accessories
After I bought my surround sound system I had a problem with the center speaker. It didn't really have a good place to be. In front of the TV it blocked any subtitles, so we tried behind it, which just looked awkward and didn't do great for the sound. About that same time, I learned about ScreenDeck, a shelf specifically made to attach to 37 to 47-inch flatscreen TVs. Since … [Read more...]
The Results of Pwn2Own 2011
As previously reported, Pwn2Own took place Wednesday through Friday at CanSecWest this past week. Although, the TippingPoint blog wasn't updated as the source of winners, we can report the browsers or mobile devices that were compromised based on reports coming out of the conference. Browsers "Safari goes down first at #pwn2own" "Stephen Fewer @stephenfewer just successfully … [Read more...]
Microsoft Brings March Madness To Your Outlook Calendar
As if productivity in March didn't take a big enough hit already, Microsoft has created a free calendar you can add to Outlook in order to keep track of all the 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament games. If you have Outlook 2007 or 2010, you can subscribe to a calendar and the schedule, teams, and locations will be updated as the tournament advances. Visit the March … [Read more...]