After a new technology is introduced to the market, there is usually a predictable decrease in price as it becomes more common. Laptops experienced precipitous price drops during the past decade. Digital cameras, personal computers, and computer chips all followed similar steep declines in price. Has the price of broadband Internet followed the same model? […]
Evidently, some versions of the Vise Installer don’t quite work properly under Mac OS X… Here’s why… Â The symptom is that your computer slows down or stops responding… Â The Installer splash screen may display, but the Vise Installer typically stops at the “Gathering Details” screen. Why? Â You have a “network volume” mounted, it could be […]
I just did something that I never have done in the past…. And I shouldn’t be surprised at the results… I just read the “What’s the risk” help screen for the ActiveX installer prompt. Â You know the annoying prompt, where it asks “do you want to install this ActiveX control” or “What’s the risk?”. You […]
I am working on an python wrapper around the Indigo Restful interface, and discovered that the Indigo Server requires remote logins to be with a Digest based password. Â Is this good? Â Yes, indeed it is. Â Digest authentication is designed to be the significantly more secure and when your talking about the security of your home […]
A lengthy retrospect on the AT&T vs. iPhone network traffic issues… Bad Connection: Inside the iPhone Network Meltdown | Magazine.
RouterPassView is a freeware application that taps into a router’s configuration file, allowing you to recover important data like router login information, wireless network keys, and more in the event any of that important information goes missing. Once you load the configuration file into the program, it displays your (supported) router’s passwords, wireless keys, and […]
They (the Broadband providers) keep saying that we are getting the best service ever, but next time you pay your broadband bill, consider what you are getting for your money. Then consider Hong Kong residents can now buy 1,000Mbps symmetrical broadband service for $26 per month. Symmetrical broadband offers identical upstream and downstream speeds, so […]
Ars Technica takes a look inside the WebKit2 announcement, and discusses what is changing. Inside WebKit2: less waiting, less crashing.