Microsoft released a new build of the Windows 10 Technical Preview today. You can download it, if you're in the Technical Preview Fast Ring, by checking Windows Updates. Microsoft announced the availability of the new build this afternoon and highlighted some of the fixes and known issues. The biggest component of this build is Project Spartan, the browser that will allow … [Read more...]
Microsoft pushing Skype as an ‘optional’ Windows Update KB2876229
On Tuesday, your Windows Updates might have notified you of new updates available. One update under the Optional section is "Skype for Windows Desktop 7.0" (KB2876229). It has the description "Stay in touch with friends and family with free Skype-to-Skype calls and messages.". Yep, this is the normal, full-blown Skype that you might already have installed through the Windows … [Read more...]
Book Review: Where Wizards Stay Up Late – The Origins of the Internet
In my high school computer classes, the teacher would have research and write a paper on the history of the Internet for the first day of classes. I took enough computer classes, that I have the highlights of that story well memorized. Reading Where Wizards Stay Up Late - The Origins of the Internet by Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon took me back to writing those 2 page … [Read more...]
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.1.4 brings new UI redesign
Malwarebyte Anti-Malware has landed and is now rolling out as an update. The biggest change with this version is the user interface redesign. We summarized much of the criticism and shared mock-up photos of the coming redesign back in October. While the UI redesign was originally aiming for a December release, it appears the delay was worth it to provide a refined … [Read more...]
phpBB outlines release and support plan
Earlier this month, popular forum software phpBB announced its plan for future releases and support. phpBB 3.1.0 was released in November 2014 and gave an injection of modern web app development to the software. While it has some growing pains (the end of mods and the introduction of extensions), the developers seem to be focusing on the sustainability of the software more than … [Read more...]