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So Firefox 3 and Norton 360 2.0 and Internet Security 2008 do not get along at all . This was probably a shock to the millions who use and trust Symantec products but I have to say this, Symantec is not nice. Symantec destroyed the reputation of the brand “Norton”, making the security applications bloated...
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loser-x
on 09-07-2008
Filed under: Tech, Software, Freeware
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Came across an article about how the newer versions of software may not be better than previous versions, most of it caused by increasing feature sets and thus bloat. I am pretty particular about what goes on my PC as I need all the CPU power and RAM I can get for my weighty development tools. Rather...
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Loser-X
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loser-x
on 10-10-2007
Filed under: Tech, Software
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Nice post by Joseph Guadagno about database drivers not provided by Microsoft . He missed a few though, so here they are: PostgreSQL PostgreSQL needs no introductions. Probably my favourite open source DBMS. Npgsql is de facto the ADO.NET provider. Performance and stability seems alright. PostgreSQLDirect...
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Loser-X
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loser-x
on 10-10-2007
Filed under: Tech, Software, .NET, Development
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Its been three years since the public last release but now CDBurnerXP 4.0 is finally available. The official website features a spanking new design too. CDBurnerXP is a freeware CD and DVD burning software for Windows, in case anybody did not know that. Most exciting new features for me, Unicode support...
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Loser-X
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loser-x
on 09-22-2007
Filed under: Tech, Software
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I am typing this on WLW Beta 3 . I wrote about the first beta, which was already very usable at the time. This is the best of breed in blogging software on Windows. Quite a lot of changes for beta 3, but the best thing for me is "Publish XHTML-style markup". In other news, CCleaner 2.0 is now...
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Loser-X
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loser-x
on 09-06-2007
Filed under: Tech, Software, Windows Live Writer
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Its been a long time since I touched any classic ASP, apart from the odd quick fix to legacy projects. Anyway, I recently helped a friend out with a project, and was surprised to learn that there was an update to Windows Script, from 5.6 to 5.7. Wow! 5.6 shipped with XP, so its at least 5 years old....
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Loser-X
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loser-x
on 08-27-2007
Filed under: Tech, Code, Software
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I've been putting this long overdue update off due to some ridiculous workloads and just plain laziness (which would explain the lack of posts too). But yes, That Stupid Club is now running on Community Server 2007 , only with the same stupid theme. The new skinning engine is really nice, but unfortunately...
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Loser-X
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loser-x
on 07-29-2007
Filed under: Tech, Software, Community Server
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What is MAME? It is an emulator intended to document the hardware of arcade games systems. Of course, for most average users it is the side-effect of being able to play more than 3000 unique games that's the important thing. Well, that's all well and good, you say, but how do I start? I'm...
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Loser-X
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loser-x
on 07-29-2007
Filed under: Tech, Software, MAME
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Was planning to upgrade to the first beta of Thunderbird 2.0 for the tags (I feel so Web 2.0). Enigmail has not yet been marked as compatible, and I need that for my subversive, perverse ways. Oh well, I can wait. For the ones who absolutely cannot wait to use the latest and greatest, there is a data...
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Loser-X
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loser-x
on 12-22-2006
Filed under: Tech, Software, Thunderbird
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Good: Much more responsive IDE is the biggest plus. Also, according to Scott Guthrie , it contains over 2200 bug fixes. Bad: I could not uninstall the old Web Application Project package, so I tried fiddling in the registry which led to me reinstalling Windows. Okay so its actually my fault, but I choose...
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Loser-X
by
loser-x
on 12-20-2006
Filed under: Tech, Software