Yesterday was a busy day for Google going by their announcements and with Google I/O, a developer's conference, starting today there will probably be more announcements this week. Yesterday's announcements included YouTube is now renting movies, Google Goggles gets another update, and searching with Google Images now allows you to sort by subject. … [Read more...]
Installing Group Policy Management Console and Active Directory Users and Computers On Windows 7
To access the Active Directory Users and Computers or Group Policy Management Console snap-ins with Windows XP or Server 2003, you had to install the adminpak.msi. With Windows 7, the approach is a little different. To install these components on your Windows 7 SP1 computer, you'll need to download and install the 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) version of the Remote Server … [Read more...]
Mess Around in Firefox’s About:Config? You Need This Add-on
The About:config panel in Firefox allows you access to hundreds of different settings that otherwise might not have an interface to configure them. It's one of Firefox's stronger features, in my opinion. Unfortunately, the Preference Name isn't always very descriptive. If you have Firefox 4 and use the About:config window, you should install the add-on, What's That Preference?, … [Read more...]
April 26th is Cord Cutters Day
Happy Cord Cutters Day! It seems a lot of technology is getting their own celebratory days lately since we just celebrated World Backup Day. Today's Cord Cutters Day is organized by GigaOM and includes local meetups and prize giveaways. Cord cutting refers to ditching your cable subscription in favor of other cheaper but legal options like using an over-the-air digital TV … [Read more...]
Tab Key Does Not Change List Level in Microsoft Word
I was recently working on an assignment that needed to be typed up in an outline format. Using Microsoft Word 2007, I was very annoyed when I found that I was not able to use Tab to move to the next list level. For example, if I was typing up an outline like this: A. 404 Tech Support 1. Tech News 2. Hardware and software reviews 3. Documented solutions B. Jason's Other … [Read more...]