update

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed

It’s frustrating when you are using an old favorite browser, only to go to a web site that pops up a pretty little box telling you you cannot enter. The site has decided to block certain browsers that they feel are outdated from accessing their site. How unfair is that? If you aren’t using a web browser that hasn’t been updated in the past year, there’s something wrong with you and / or your system. If you keep only one piece of software up-to-date… it needs to be your browser.

Read more on Should Web Sites Block Old Browsers?…

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed

This video was recorded on January 15th, the day Apple announced that new iPod Touch’s software will have five new apps bundled with it, so long as you pay $20.00. I think this was wrong of Apple to do. I personally feel they slapped their community in the face with this. If this were a firmware update, I would be totally outraged at having to pay. But, this is a software update. I can see both sides of this issue. Here are some things for you to consider prior to making up your own mind.

Read more on iPod Software Update…

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed

I received a question today regarding software installation on a new machine, or after a full reformat. LifeJustIs is wondering whether you should download and install Windows updates first, or install an Anti-Virus first?

Read more on Is Software Install Order Important?…

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed

Have you ever loved a program on your computer, only to hate it after updating to a new version? You go back to the site, and find out the older version is no longer available? Well, thanks to community member FireWireIRA, I want to tell you about a site that will change that.

Read more on How to Find Old Software…

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed

I have never had any device that is easier to update the firmware than my iPhone. For anyone who may not be sure, firmware is basically the ’software’ that runs a device’s hardware. That’s the easiest way I can think of to put it. Firmware is a computer program that is embedded in a hardware device. As its name suggests, firmware is somewhere between hardware and software. Like software, it is a computer program which is executed by a computer. But it is also an intimate and vital part of a piece of hardware, and has little meaning outside of that particular hardware.

Read more on How to Flash iPhone Firmware…