I was downloading several driver packs the other day for new laptops and other computers. Each model has separate drivers for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, so that doubles the number of downloads needed. As I was downloading the drivers, which were quite large and took some time, I noticed I could get six downloads started but the seventh one would just spin. The seventh download … [Read more...]
VMware vSphere 6.0 reaches general availability
VMware vSphere has reached general availability with version 6.0. The RC stage finished and general availability of the virtualization software is now here. You can learn more about the product and its features from the vSphere Product Page. The vSphere Upgrade Center lists the new functionality with vSphere 6.0 and provides other resources to plan your upgrade. Support for … [Read more...]
Panda Cloud and Antivirus false positive hits hard
Users of Panda antivirus products have been fighting a false positive all day today. The antivirus reportedly detects Windows Updates, Microsoft Office, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and other common software titles as "suspicious items" and moves .exe and .dll files to quarantine. This can break applications or in worst cases even cause computers to not boot properly. Some … [Read more...]
Latest Java for Mac now includes junkware
Oracle released Java 8 update 40 last week. The security baseline remained at 8u31, meaning there were no security fixes in this out-of-band update. While the release notes for this version indicate a few bug fixes, the most noticeable change comes for OS X users who now receive the Ask toolbar bundled with the Java installer. Oracle's greed is present in the updated Java … [Read more...]
Previewing Office 2016 for Mac
Microsoft has released the first preview of Office 2016 for Mac. Given that the current version of Office for Mac 2011 was released in October 2010 and the time since has provided plenty of time for things to change. Fortunately, Microsoft is working on the next version of the Office productivity suite for the Mac OS X operating system and released a preview of the upcoming … [Read more...]