Yesterday, they called in the big guns and asked me to take a look at a problem involving a Dell Latitude E6420 in an e-port replicator/docking station being unable to use an external monitor as a second display. Serving as a fresh set of eyes for the problem, I didn't get a whole lot more information than a description of the problem and a few red herring symptoms. With a … [Read more...]
Spideroak acting weird? Head to the command line
When Dropbox changed their Terms of Service, I looked into other backup/sync clients and found Spideroak. I like it. It's a slightly more complicated user interface than Dropbox but it offers a lot more flexibility and better security. I use it for backing up my data and particularly, synchronizing my KeePass password database across multiple computers. The other day I tried … [Read more...]
Illinois Gigabit Communities Challenge
Still disappointed that Kansas City, Kansas was chosen as Google's test site for a fiber network? In the 2012 State of the State address, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced a comparable program for Illinois communities. Applicants may request between $1 million and $4 million from the state to construct or extend a gigabit-speed network that serves at least 1,000 end-users. … [Read more...]
Yahoo! Mail on Google Chrome warns of no Adobe Flash
One of the benefits of using Google Chrome as your browser of choice is that it includes Adobe Flash along with its auto-updates. That caused me to give a double-take when logging into Yahoo! Mail. In the past few days it seems, a bug has been introduced to Yahoo! Mail that causes a popup layer to show to Chrome users. The error states: Your browser is blocking Flash. You must … [Read more...]
Google privacy policy change pays off; officially launches Consumer Surveys
We got an unofficial sneak peek at Google Consumer Insights back in mid-February when Google's YouTube videos for the survey were accidentally published to the public. Today, the site is launching officially. Google Consumer Surveys will allow individuals and organizations to poll web audiences easily and affordably. You might start seeing these pop up around the web as Google … [Read more...]