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How To: Install Adobe AIR in Ubuntu 9.04
25 Apr 2009 by Evan Wondrasek
Adobe AIR is a platform that allows software developers to build rich Internet applications that run outside the browser on multiple operating systems. A few examples of applications that are based on the Adobe AIR platform are Twhirl and TweetDeck. To install Adobe AIR in Ubuntu: Navigate to http://get.adobe.com/air/ and click the “Download Now” button. Open Terminal (under Applic...
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How To: Install and Configure Nvidia Drivers in Ubuntu 9.04
24 Apr 2009 by Evan Wondrasek / 2 Comments
Although Ubuntu has fantastic driver support in recent editions, I had some initial difficulty getting the Nvidia graphics drivers (for my GeForce 8600GT) properly installed and configured in Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty Jackalope”. The built-in video drivers supported multiple monitors, but I was only able to drag windows halfway across the secondary monitor before they would become “s...
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How To: Fix Your Wireless Mighty Mouse’s Bluetooth Connection
22 Apr 2009 by Brian J. Nelson
An issue that’s been popping up around the blogosphere recently is losing the Bluetooth connection with an Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse on Mac OS X. Essentially, the Bluetooth connection will be working fine and then – without warning – it will stop, leaving the user with no mouse support whatsoever. Here’s a simple way to reactivate the connection. While this is by no means...
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How To Check Your HDD’s S.M.A.R.T. Status
17 Apr 2009 by Dustin Patterson / 1 Comment
As your hard drive begins to age, the chance for failure and resulting data loss increases. Today’s hard drives feature a monitoring system called Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology or S.M.A.R.T. for short. With S.M.A.R.T. and the appropriate software, it is possible to keep updated on the status of your hard drive and the important data that resides on it. To check the ...
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Fix: Featured Content Gallery WordPress Plugin Displays Incorrectly in Internet Explorer 6
10 Apr 2009 by Evan Wondrasek / 26 Comments
For many websites, the Featured Content Gallery for WordPress provides the centerpiece and main focal point of the front page (Techerator included). This plugin has the ability to display posts in a specific category as well as a graphic and accompanying text for a great preview of articles on the site. The Problem When doing some cross-browser compatibility checking, I noticed that the Featured...
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How To: Remove the Smiley from the WordPress.com Stats Plugin
10 Apr 2009 by Evan Wondrasek
One of the first plugins I installed when building the Techerator website was WordPress.com Stats, a plugin which offered useful and practical statistics (instead of the overwhelming metrics that Google Analytics and others provide) with the added benefit that since the statistics monitoring is hosted by WordPress, it would have no adverse impact on the site’s performance. The only require...
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Windows Won’t Boot? Try The Recovery Console
04 Apr 2009 by Evan Wondrasek / 1 Comment
It is all too easy for the Windows operating system to become damaged and render your computer unusable, stranding you from your critical applications and documents. Events such as power outages, electrical surges, or even an improper shutdown can damage or corrupt important system files which may cause the operating system to fail when loading. This guide will show you how to use the Recovery C...
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Conficker Worm: How to Check If Your Computer Is Infected
01 Apr 2009 by Evan Wondrasek
Today is April 1st, and with that comes the fear of your computer being infected with the Conficker worm. Besides following Lifehacker’s tips to protect your PC from Conficker, you can follow a more advanced method of scanning your computer in this guide. UPDATE: There are new and easier methods to scan your computer for the Conficker worm: Online Conficker Detector (developed by authors ...
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Thunderbird Fix: All Emails Show Attachment Icon (even if they don’t have attachments)
31 Mar 2009 by Evan Wondrasek
Software Involved: Mozilla Thunderbird, AVG Anti-Virus 8.0/ 8.5 Problem/Symptoms: All incoming emails in Mozilla’s Thunderbird appear as if they have attachments, regardless if they have attachments or not. The attachment icon disappears immediately after opening the email (as long as the email did not legitimately have an attachment). Solution: AVG automatically attaches an email certific...
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Windows Tip: How To Create a System Standby Shortcut
30 Mar 2009 by Evan Wondrasek / 2 Comments
This guide will show you how to create a System Standby shortcut for your Windows computer, which will allow you to manually activate Standby mode by simply double-clicking an icon. What is standby mode, you say? “Your machine recovers quickly as your data is stored in RAM. The slower part is waking up the peripherals. Although your machine is in “standby” the power has been cut...
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