February 24, 2009

Official Safari 4 Beta from Apple

Run on over to Apple and get the über-cool new browser, with all the awesome WebKit features to date.

February 20, 2009

FireFox 3.1b2

Check out the new FireFox… Adds a lot of new features from CSS3. Certainly a worthy upgrade.

February 18, 2009

Invalid Update Control CTF File – AVG 8

Had a client that had this issue. You simply need to remove the

CTF temp files in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Avg8\update\download

Only remove the 2 files that end with .ctf.

Note: The Application Data folder is hidden by default. Use the Start, Run dialog and press {ENTER} to open the folder.

Windows Vista users: Delete the .CTF files from the following folder:

C:\ProgramData\avg8\update\download

February 17, 2009

Using GNU Nano in Ubuntu

I was recently installing Warehouse on a Ubuntu Server, and was using nano quite a bit for some simple edits. One thing that was quite annoying was the fact that the “backspace” on my Mac was acting like the forward delete. I figured there had to be a configuration directive somewhere, which I found in /etc/nanorc. I opened that file (remember to use sudo) and un-commented this line out:

## Fix Backspace/Delete confusion problem.
set rebinddelete

That fixed the issue.

Tip: you can search for delete by hitting ctrl+w and typing delete.

February 13, 2009

Windows 7 will come in many flavors | Will they ever learn?

Despite criticism that Windows Vista came in too many versions, Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to offer just as many editions of Windows 7.

Although the software maker will offer at least six distinct versions of the new operating system, Microsoft said to expect almost all PCs sold in the U.S. to come with either the Home Premium or Professional editions of the operating system.

Taken from the following CNet Article