Avast! is my preferred and recommended free antivirus. It does a great job while not consuming a whole lot of resources. Building upon the excellence that Avast! has been comes version 7 today. It brings with it a number of updates that improve the security and functionality an incredible amount for free security software. … [Read more...]
Have you considered a new keyboard layout?
I'm sure you have heard of the QWERTY keyboard layout's origin - typewriter salesmen needed to easily demonstate typing the word 'typewriter' and the input needed to be slowed down to prevent the typewriter's strike keys from jamming. With computers and digital input, we don't need to worry about jamming the keys so why don't we use a keyboard layout that promotes the fastest, … [Read more...]
Use the HP SoftPaq Download Manager to simplify downloading drivers
Supporting a lot of computers can be a daunting task and it's even more daunting when the computers are a variety of brands and models. One tedious part of supporting multiple models is having to download the needed drivers. Dell has a pretty nice setup where you can download a single .cab file from their site that contains all of the latest drivers you might need for a model. … [Read more...]
VLC makes it to 2.0
VLC, the popular media player, has reached the major milestone of version 2.0. The player's strong suit has always been its ability to play almost all formats and encodings out of the box without needing to hunt down the proper codec. That continues to be the case but version 2.0 brings with it some new features and fixes as well. … [Read more...]
Adobe pushes Flash Player update to address zero-day flaw
Adobe posted a security bulletin this afternoon to announce a new version of Adobe Flash Player now available that addresses critical vulnerabilities. Users of version 11.1.102.55 or older are advised to update to the newest version, 11.1.102.62. You can check what version of Flash you have (per-browser) from http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ The software affected … [Read more...]