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Steve Jobs Flash rant put to the test

Benjamin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:45 +0000

The register is discussing a study that claims that Steve Jobs was wrong, when he stated:

Adobe Flash is Buggy Littered with Security Holes and is a CPU Hog

According to tests from the Streaming Learning Center – an online media consultancy that conducts public seminars on the delivery of net video – Flash is no more of a [...]

Mass Effect 2 DLC – Kasumi’s Stolen Memory

Benjamin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:33:25 +0000

As expected, the Mass Effect 2 universe will continue to expand beyond free downloadable missions. Earlier this afternoon I watched game project director Casey Hudson plow through the game’s first chunk of paid DLC, “Kasumi’s Stolen Memory,” that looks to incorporate a new character, a new SMG, and even a unique way to play this April [...]

Day 4 of Square Enix / Eidos discounts… (Steam)

Benjamin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:42:22 +0000

The fourth day of deep discounts has begun! Check out what’s on sale until 8 AM PST tomorrow:

50% off the following games:

Gyromancer Mini Ninjas

66% off the following bundles:

Gyromancer + Mini Ninjas Bundle”

(View the rest of the article at Steam News)

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Indigo 4.17 has been released.

Benjamin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:25:40 +0000

Indigo 4.1.7 Released 4.1.7 is now available for download.In addition to the major 4.0 improvements and 4.1 features, this update includes:

Added support for 1000W SwitchLinc firmware version 35 and higher to enable remote default brightness and ramp rate UI. Improved CM15 support to not show communication error with newer firmware version. Modified CM15 processing to ignore incoming X10 RF commands if [...]

SQUARE ENIX, Eidos Interactive Publisher Week – Day 3

Benjamin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:21:31 +0000

The third day of deep discounts has begun! Check out what’s on sale until 8 AM PST tomorrow:

50% off the following games:

The Last RemnantTomb Raider: LegendTomb Raider: AnniversaryTomb Raider: Underworld

60% off the following bundles:

Tomb Raider Bundle

66% off the following bundles:

Tomb Raider + Last Remnant Bundle”

(View the rest of the article at SQUARE ENIX, Eidos Interactive [...]

Study Shows TV Makes Kids Fat, Computers Don’t

Benjamin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:25:17 +0000

Slashdot! Xemu writes ‘Computer’s don’t make children fat, but watching TV for the same length of time does. This is shown by a recent Swedish study of all school children in Lund’s county conducted by RN Pernilla Garmy. The results were clear: The child’s obesity was directly affected by placing a TV in the child’s room, [...]

Fact or fiction? 8 HDTV claims demystified

Benjamin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:16:36 +0000

If you’re buying your first HDTV or an upgrade from a starter set, your new television may deliver a better picture than the one you’re used to. But picking the right HDTV can be confusing, especially when your favorite blue-shirted salesperson may be steering you in a certain direction in hopes of a bigger commission. [...]

Microsoft Updates Office 2004 and 2008

Benjamin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:32:46 +0000

Microsoft has released updates for Office 2004 and 2008, which include security fixes for “vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.”

The Microsoft Office 2004 11.5.8 update is a mere 9.7 MB, and the Microsoft Office 2008 12.2.4 update is 221.5 MB.

If you use Office, it’s [...]

Speeding up Apple Mail by Vacuuming?…..

Benjamin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:07:00 +0000

Apple Mail, especially earlier versions of Apple Mail, may start to slow down after a long period of time…

Evidently as everyone knows, it is possible to get quite a speed boost out of Mail.app by stripping all the bloat out of its Envelope index, an SQLite database Mail uses to store senders, recipients, subjects and [...]

Duplicate emails being downloaded from Apple Mail?

Benjamin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:01:30 +0000

I’ve tried everything I know and searched everywhere, but I can’t find an answer to this problem. Several of my clients have this issue and now I have it, after adding two new accounts to Mail – both of the new accounts are effected, but the older ones work fine.

Mail picks up email and filters [...]