I figured out how to get a silent scripted deployment of Firefox working with some customizations starting with version 15. All was well and good until last week when version 21.0 of Mozilla's browser came out. In something that didn't quite make the release notes, Firefox 21 restructured the internal folder structure of the installer. The purpose behind the restructure was to … [Read more...]
Archives for 2013
Connectify Switchboard, a Kickstarter to take advantage of all Internet access
Here is an interesting Kickstarter project. Connectify Switchboard is trying to raise $100,000 for a project to build their software that aims to improve Internet speed. The software achieves the faster speed by utilizing all of your connections to the Internet and making them available for improved downloads and uploads. … [Read more...]
Computers are populated with tiny people
The classic scenario goes that a person driving around hears their vehicle make a noise. They take it to the auto mechanic but quickly find that the vehicle won't make the sound now that it is in the shop. The mechanic isn't able to do much about the supposed problem and the vehicle owner goes on their way. Some people have taken to calling unreproducible problems with their … [Read more...]
The history and popularity of programming languages [infographic]
![The history and popularity of programming languages [infographic]](https://i0.wp.com/www.404techsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/history-of-programming-languages-thumb.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
New programming languages could be introduced at any time. Knowing the right language might position you very well for a career opportunity in the future. Therefore, it might be advantageous for a developer to track languages like Java, C, Objective-C, Python, Ruby, and Perl to see which direction they are headed in popularity. This infographic also gets into the history of … [Read more...]
PDFMate offers free PDF Merger and Converter tools
Adobe Acrobat, the de facto PDF software, is an expensive utility when you only occasionally need to alter PDF documents. But when you need to, it is nice to have something readily available that works and works well. Even with Office 2013 gaining the ability to edit PDFs, there is still a place for the utilities that make manipulating PDFs easy. PDFMate Free PDF Merger is one … [Read more...]