Netflix has an app for streaming movies and TV shows for the iPhone and iPad. As the Android OS surpasses iOS as the most popular operating system on phones, this leads to a natural wondering of what's delaying the Android version for the Netflix app. Netflix answers that question exactly in a blog post last evening. (Hint: The problem is DRM.) We regard Android as an exciting … [Read more...]
Deploying Camtasia Studio 7 with Group Policy
I previously documented how to deploy Camtasia Studio 6 with Group Policy and now it's been time to update to version 7 for my organization. There isn't really much of a trick required for the actual deployment of Camtasia. TechSmith provides the installer in the form of a .msi file and it works perfectly well to just deploy that file and have it installed on your client … [Read more...]
Networking Your House or Apartment Without Punching Holes In The Wall
One of the many things that had me excited about buying my own house was that I planned to network the heck out of it. I would run Cat6 cables to all the different rooms and be able to get connected anywhere. I still may run those network cables some day but for now I'm using an easier, more portable solution to getting the network into my farthest rooms and faster than the … [Read more...]
Adobe Spares Us From The Download Manager (DLM) With Flash 10.1.102.64
Adobe released an update to Adobe Flash on Thursday after critical vulnerabilities were identified in the previous version of 10.1.85.3. Common sense and the related Security Bulletin recommended upgrading to the latest version of Adobe Flash, version 10.1.102.64. Upon heading over to the Adobe site, I noticed the site has been a little updated, probably in preparation for the … [Read more...]
Add A ‘Copy to Clipboard’ Button To WordPress or Any Site
To make the most of having my own URL shortener with YOURLS and having it integrated with WordPress, I wanted to provide each article's short URL for others. My shortened URLs start with 404ts.com and they hopefully make sharing on Twitter, texting, or just remembering how to get back to an article much easier. Just providing the shortened URL could be helpful but are there … [Read more...]