When you sit down to a PC hoping to troubleshoot a problem, the more information you can have about it the better. Sometimes that means crawling under a desk, opening the case, or visiting various locations within Windows to find all the properties you are wanting. If you want to get fancy, you could write a script to get all your information from a single place. Of course, … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Out-of-band update available for Adobe Flash Player
The Google Security team alerted Adobe to two vulnerabilities in the Adobe Flash Player and Adobe has issued a security bulletin and priority 2 update. A priority 2 update means... This update resolves vulnerabilities in a product that has historically been at elevated risk. There are currently no known exploits. Based on previous experience, we do not anticipate exploits are … [Read more...]
Live-blogging as Jason Fox unveils the jPAD 3
You might put Wednesday's Apple announcement of the iPad 3 on hold for now. Jason Fox just held a press event to announce the jPAD 3. Unlike those other tech blogs that are too much of Apple fanboys, 404 Tech Support is providing detailed coverage of this alternative technology without bias. Join us right here for our live blog Sunday morning. Live blogging service provided by … [Read more...]
20 Crimes Solved by Facebook
You're gonna be making some Friends in the big house and I don't think you're going to Like it after your crimes were cracked thanks to Facebook. Check out the infographic after the jump. … [Read more...]
New keyboard shortcuts for Windows 8
The general consensus of Windows 8 that I've been seeing since the consumer preview release has been that the next major operating system is interesting, an update to Windows 7 (besides the Metro UI), and the interface looks like it will be good for tablets and touch-capable displays. As I wrote about yesterday in 8 annoyances of Windows 8, for the majority of people that have … [Read more...]