Mozilla made a post yesterday on the Mozilla Thunderbird Blog. In the article, they layout a plan for Thunderbird's migration off the Mozilla Corporation infrastructure. While the Mozilla Foundation will continue to serve as the legal and fiscal home for the project, its operational aspects will be independent. At one point in my IT Pro career, I was frequently installing … [Read more...]
How to watch the Microsoft Build 2017 Keynote
The Microsoft Build 2017 developer conference begins today. You can watch a Livestream of the keynote event beginning at 8AM PDT on Microsoft's Channel 9 website. CEO Satya Nadella will be joined by Scott Guthrie and Harry Shum. For the full list of sessions that cover a variety of topics, see the MyBuild site. … [Read more...]
Use these websites to analyze if Amazon reviews are trustworthy
I am a big fan of shopping on Amazon.com. The prices are usually competitive and the variety can't be beat. Being online, it makes comparison shopping a breeze. Most of the time I am shopping for a specific product from a specific brand. Sometimes when I am looking more generally and weighing my options, I have had a few times when I seem to be faced with no good choice as all … [Read more...]
Today’s Patch Tuesday fixes critical bug in Windows’ Malware Protection Engine and updates Adobe Flash Player
The second Tuesday of the month is always busy with updates from many operating system and software vendors, except February 2017 when Microsoft delayed updates until March. Microsoft Today's updates included Microsoft's usual updates for May 2017: Internet Explorer Microsoft Edge Microsoft Windows Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps … [Read more...]
When it comes to version numbers, the most important thing is to pick a system
If you write enough scripts, eventually you will need to update one to fix a bug or introduce a new feature. How do you keep track of which version of the script is out there? You add a version number to your product. If you look around the web, there are plenty of ideas on how versioning should work. It's best to consider your environment (version control software) first and … [Read more...]