IPv6 is here and it is the result of lots of hard work, deep thought, and planning ahead so we don't run into the same situation we have now with IPv4. However, one thing that was not considered in its adoption is our faithful keyboard. IPv6 expands beyond 0-9 and incorporates hexadecimal so we have to wander our keyboards for 0-9 and A-F. The shift key also gets a work out … [Read more...]
Video game cheaters are 3 times more likely to cheat IRL
PopCap Games, the developers behind fun, casual games like Bejeweled and Plants versus Zombies, released an interesting study today. The results of the study conclude that "once a cheater, always a cheater" seems to hold true when it comes to gamers. The study finds, amongst other things, that those willing to cheat in social games have fewer qualms with cheating in real life. … [Read more...]
More than just a patch with Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.2 quarterly update
The quarterly release for Adobe Reader and Acrobat came out today. It resolves critical security vulnerabilities that were put off since the Protected Mode in Reader and Acrobat X should have neutralized the threats. In addition to version 10.1.2 of Reader and Acrobat now being available, version 9.5 was also release for both titles. … [Read more...]
Mozilla agrees to Extended Support Release for Firefox to remain in the enterprise
Mozilla's rapid release schedule that kicks out 8 versions of Firefox a year has caused some consternation amongst enterprise IT Professionals, which came to a head back in July as you might recall. By the release of Firefox 7 an "Extended Support Release" channel was proposed to make Firefox compatible with the workflow of enterprises who needed longer to test software before … [Read more...]
Run Disk Cleanup without calculating to Compress Old Files
In Windows, you can free up some space by running the Disk Cleanup tool. It will remove temporary Internet files, old setup files, and other miscellaneous files taking up space. The Windows XP version of the tool also offers you the option to Compress old files that haven't been used lately to free up more space but it just doesn't seem worth it. Decompressing those files later … [Read more...]