Archive for March, 2009

.htaccess 301 Redirect

.htaccess files (or “distributed configuration files”) provide a way to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis in an Apache HTTP Server. This file, containing one or more configuration directives, is placed in a particular document directory, and the directives apply to that [...]

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Firefox Vulnerability

Security Focus has published a vulnerability found on Firefox (all releases and platforms) causing a serious security flaw. An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to view a malicious file using the affected browser.
Exploit code at the link iframes a little xml file with an xslt transform that causes a [...]

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IE 8 is ready

Microsoft plans to release today the “final” version of Internet Explorer 8. It won’t be added to Windows update yet but the curious IE user will be able to download it from the official IE website once it’s been released. Officials have said that there are only a few changes between the (RC) version and [...]

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Dell Adamo

Dell has released its competitor to the MacBook Air (head), the Adamo. It looks impressive with the following features:

Measuring only .65 inches, Adamo’s ultra-slim profile belies the powerful features within.

A tough, machined-aluminum chassis is graced with elegant detail.

The 13.4-inch 16:9 HD display with edge-to-edge glass offers an integrated 1.3 megapixel web camera.

Advanced lithium polymer technology [...]

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GoldMine CRM Email Marketing

GoldMine CRM is a system developed by FrontRange Solutions. The biggest problem when running a CRM is doing your email marketing through it, GoldMine normally crashes at around 1000 emails if your ISP has not blocked you by then. Finding an email marketing service that syncs with GoldMine can be complicated and to tap into [...]

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Linutop the smallest desktop

With the arrival of the NetBooks what has happend with the likes of Linutop the Linux based ready-to-use small desktop computer.
Linutop’s operating system is stored on an internal flash memory and it comes with free standard ready-to-use Linux software: Firefox, Open Office, VLC Media player… and can be easily customized with additional software.
With no moving [...]

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Firefox 3 Cookie problem

I had a problem with Firefox 3 on Vista not saving session cookies. The problems were:

Freezing when opening iGoogle, Gmail, Facebook, bbc.co.uk

Reseting iGoogle and bbc.co.uk to their default settings after browser restart

To fix it you need to remove the cookies.sqlite file from the user profile.

Close Firefox

Open Windows Explorer – on the top left select Organize [...]

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Windows 7 with removable IE

Microsoft officials made this public acknowledgment via the Engineering Windows 7 blog on March 6. Jack Mayo, the Group Program Manager for the Documents and Printing team, listed a set of Windows 7 features that will be able to be turned on and off by users after the initial set-up.
Together with Internet Explorer several other [...]

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Youtube decides to block UK music videos

According to the BBC Technology News website, Youtube is about to pull the plug on UK music videos.  This comes as Youtube and PRS fail to reach a new agreement on the payment of license fees. YouTube pays a licence to the PRS which covers the streaming of music videos from three of the four [...]

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Remove ask.com toolbar on Firefox / IE

The ask.com toolbar even after being uninstalled can remain stuck as Firefox’s URL search. I found this problem on a Vista machine . To remove it follow these steps.

from the Control Panel/IE

Uninstall the Ask.com toolbar using the Add/Remove Programs
Remove it form the Internet Options  /General Tab / Change search Defaults

From Firefox

On the address [...]

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