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We have gone from this... to this.... Or this... showing only online friends. And we get a choice of backgrounds. The last background, "70s Tux", doesn't seem to be working properly on my system. Me.dium have chosen to turn off "find...
Remember how I got so grumpy with Apple back in March, when they were pushing out Safari to Windows users as an "update"? I was far from the only person criticizing Apple for their behaviour, and it seems Apple have listened and changed the...
The falling out between TRUSTe and Me.dium was brought to my attention by an associate because I have a Me.dium widget on my blog. My immediate reaction was "Oh no, surely Me.dium has not turned bad - if they have I'll have to remove their widget...
It's bad enough that the java setup window includes an in-your-face advertisement for OpenOffice. It's bad enough that old versions of java are not removed automatically, nor is the user prompted to remove old versions. It's bad enough that...
Cite: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/26/apple_safari_eula_paradox/ Via: http://www.setteb.it/content/view/3647 According to the Register article, we can't be sued for not reading the EULA and installing Safari on Windows, but that doesn't...
If users on my network have QuickTime installed (which, unfortunately, is required by some law courts that use Quicktime for recording official proceedings) then I CANNOT let them update QuickTime at their own behest. Why? Because Apple insists on trying...
Look what I've got :o) Yep, that's IE8 Beta 1 with Me.dium running..... Here's the official blurb re me.dium. I don't have time to check it out tonight... but will soon.... " Me.dium was selected as one of a small handful of partners...
Thanks to Susan for the heads-up about this frightening story. All of us have felt a high degree of trust when downloading and installing software (whether it be freeware, shareware or pay-for). Today I read a story that is a frightening reminder that...
Here's what I've discovered so far.... I installed Me.dium while using IE7. I then upgraded to IE8, and was not be able to use the Me.dium uninstaller - it failed with an error warning that IE7 is required. I needed to uninstall IE8, then uninstall...
Those of you with a technical mindset may find this explanation about what happened, and the timeline, informative: http://www.renesys.com/blog/2008/02/pakistan_hijacks_youtube.shtml Some chatter at NANOG (with a few glimmers of paranoia to add spice...
Look closely, the former - MacSweeper (one word) is the fraudware all over the popular press. " Mac Sweeper " (two words), on the other hand, has been around for a few years now and as far as I know is unrelated to the "MacSweeper"...
This made me laugh http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2008/01/15/the-ceicw-certificate-generator-will-be-out-of-the-office-on-february-29-2008.aspx " Running the CEICW on SBS 2003 on February 29, 2008 and choosing to create a certificate may fail...
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