Reasons for the recent issues on computers – Flash

Initially I thought there may be some issues with the Farm games on Facebook as I had several customers experience malware issues (pop-ups, Antivirus 2009, etc) all within a short timeframe. The common denominator seemed to be the “farm” games on Facebook. After reading up on the recently revealed zero-day exploit in Flash, I now know that I was close …

Steve Jobs Commencement Speech at Stanford 2005

It’s no secret that I really love (in a tech sense) my iPhone and iPod. I’m not a Mac user, but I have always respected Steve Jobs. He seems to have an insight into things that is not perfect – but very very good. Here is a speech he gave at Stanford University in 2005. It’s worth listening to.

Gateway GT5694 with Windows XP

I’ve just installed Windows XP on a Gateway GT5694 and finding the drivers wasn’t the easiest thing in the world. I’m posting the drivers that I used to install, including the SMBus, Wireless, Video, etc. Be aware that some of these were direct from Gateway and are the Vista drivers which contain the XP drivers as well. A couple were …