A Google employee filed a bug report for Chromium, the basis behind Chrome, last month. The report pointed out a bug with Chrome that kept old versions of Chrome apps and extensions in the user profile. This means that with a few extensions that update frequently, you could begin to lose a significant amount of storage. The Google employee noticed the problem using the Google+ … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2014
LogMeIn ends their free software; a list of remote assistance alternatives
Effective today, LogMeIn is removing their free remote control software offerings so they can focus on their premium remote access products. LogMeIn Free has been available for the past 10 years and I have been using it for almost that entire time. Like most others, I am wondering about the lack of notice before the news started breaking across other channels. A post to the … [Read more...]
If Google was some guy in an office
This CollegeHumor video plays out Google's role but replaces the search engine with a guy in an office. It makes some of those queries sound pretty dumb and makes you wonder what Google engineers think if they review the queries. It also gives a glimpse into the life of a librarian, trying to answer random questions for people. [collegehumor id="6947898"] (Credit: … [Read more...]
Google Chrome looks to Chrome OS for Windows 8 “metro” app inspiration
Google Chrome came out with a ton of new features with the release of Chrome 32 this week. These new features include an icon in the tab title to indicate which tabs are playing sound, using your webcam, or casting to your TV. This is very helpful if you open a bunch of tabs and want to track down which ones are playing. We have talked about this feature before when it was … [Read more...]
Java 7 “Application Blocked by Security Settings”
Oracle released version 7u51 of Java on Tuesday. Along with the update's release, they flipped the switch on a security setting to block unsigned or self-signed Java applets. This impacts previous version of Java 7 but not Java 6. As a result, if you have Java 7 installed and try to run a Java application, you may get a message like the following that says: "Application … [Read more...]