Update: Here are instructions on how to watch Netflix on your Wii without the disc: How To Install The Disc-less Netflix App On The Nintendo Wii. Last week Netflix announced and shipped out discs that enable its customers to view its streaming movie collection on their TVs through their Nintendo Wii consoles. All you have to do is pop the disc into your Wii and ta-dah! … [Read more...]
Sleep Is Death – A New Game That’s Always Different
Sleep Is Death (Geisterfahrer) is a new game that came out to pre-orders last Friday and comes out today to the public that is just packed with potential. Sleep Is Death is strictly a two-player game that provides the medium for visual story-telling over the Internet or a local network. I've had the chance to play Sleep Is Death where I just kind of jumped in and learned as I … [Read more...]
Java 6 Update 20 Released Today
To the surprise of System Administrators everywhere, Sun released a Java update today. Arriving only a week after Java 6 Update 19 was released, the update comes as a surprise to address an exploit found in Java by Tavis Ormandy, a researcher at Google. Apparently Ormandy managed to force Sun's hand as they had replied to his responsible disclosure of the exploit saying that … [Read more...]
Using Group Policy to Deploy Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2
As I reported earlier, the patches for Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2 and Adobe Reader 9.3.2 (Note: There is no such thing as Adobe Acrobat Reader.) are now available for download. When Adobe Reader 9.3.1 came out I wrote an article GPO Deploying Adobe Reader 9.3.1 that documented the process to create an Administration Install Point that allows us to deploy the (then) latest Adobe … [Read more...]
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.2 Patches Available.
Patches for Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat have been released to address critical security issues and bring both applications up to 9.3.2. The final Security bulletin has not been posted yet and the security advisory is still in place, though it will be updated later. The updates are for both Windows and Macintosh systems. Of interest, Adobe will be activating their new … [Read more...]