Date: 08/19/07 (Mozilla)    Keywords: software, virus

Help! I have downloaded the latest version of Thunderbird (already had it on my computer, but got a message saying there was an update available). Everything downloaded alright, but then when I tried to get into Thunderbird, it tries to add the latest updates, but then I get a message saying "Software Update Failed: One or more files could not be updated. Please make sure all other applications are closed and that you have permission to modify files, and then restart Thunderbird to try again." I click okay, and then it just tries to install the updates again, giving me the error message, on and on in a nasty cycle.

I've tried googling the problem, and I can find stuff about the same error message given for Firefox updates, but nothing on Thunderbird. Can anyone help?

Also, dunno if this matters, but right before I downloaded the new version, I renewed my subscription to my anti-virus protection and downloaded the software for that. Could that have anything to do with it? Thanks in advance!!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/mozilla/396258.html

Date: 08/19/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: software, spyware

Something calling itself WinAntiSpyware2006 installed itself on our computer, claimed it had found two examples of spyware in our computer, and offered to save us for a price. I went into Control Panel and told it to uninstall the software, but now we have unsolicited pop-up ads in our computer.

How do we defeat this malicious attack?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/808799.html

Date: 08/20/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: software

Doom is a 1993 computer game by id Software which is a lamdmark in the first-person shooter genre. It is widely recognized for its pioneering use of immersive 3D graphics, networked multiplayer gaming on the PC platform, and support for custom expansions. It single-handedly revolutionized the gaming industry. I am not much of a gamer, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-play-doom-heretic-hexen-strife-in-linux-free/

Date: 08/20/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, web

Pligg, an open source Digg clone, has put itself on the market. For a minimum bid of $25,000 on Sedo.Com, you and your friends or business partners can get the domain name, the Web site, and access to the Sourceforge domain where the software is located.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/146121804/

Date: 08/20/07 (Algorithms)    Keywords: rss, software

What pure computer science / software engineering blogs do you read? (Not general IT/industry blogs like Slashdot.)
Bonus points for links to an lj feed.

(my contributions)
bramcohen (the bittorrent guy)
thedailywtf_rss (going about things backwards)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/algorithms/91845.html

Date: 08/22/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, web

Is the Web evolving too fast for the licenses? Can licenses catch up to deal with the demands of an online world? Or will Web 2.0, based on open source software, remain in effect "proprietary."

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/146913139/

Date: 08/23/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software

Many people won't use anything but open source software, but for the rest of us it's a gradual weaning away process.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/147362546/

Date: 08/24/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, security, yahoo

Eight days after the release of exploit code for code execution holes in the Yahoo Messenger IM client, Yahoo has shipped a new version with patches for its Windows user base.The latest security makeover, which is being distributed via the software's auto-update mechanism, covers two separate vulnerabilities that can be...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=473

Date: 08/24/07 (WebDesign)    Keywords: software, web

I want to setup a page on my website that the client can easily upload/download files from my server. The files can be transfter to a specific folders on my server. It's kind of like web FTP without using the FTP software.

Can anyone recommand any application that I can download or tutorial that I can learn myself?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1301455.html

Date: 08/27/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, security, google

It's a bit ironic that Vint Cerf is touting Google's infrastructure and warning users about unreliable software and poor security when both Blogger and Google Analytics were reported unavailable this week. To top it off, Google also recently pulled the plug on their paid video content services -- causing...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=704

Date: 08/27/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, crm

SugarCRM has been pushing a proprietary, Enterprise edition for two years now. It recently added IBM i5/OS compatibility to that edition. Sugar's re-sellers all push the proprietary version of the software. But when it comes to marketing, SugarCRM wants to maintain its open source bonafides, and it did that this summer, in spades.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/148822892/

Date: 08/28/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: software, google

I have a problem with Windows Media Player 11. It was working the way I wanted it to all of twenty minutes ago, and now it's borked.

This is how I want it to look:


See how when the library is on Album view, the albums just display as images and aren't grouped into any category (alphabetically or otherwise)?

Mine is doing this all of a sudden:


I want the stupid groupings gone. I have so little music on this computer that the groupings just take up a ton of extra space. Can I make them go away? I'm 99% sure when I opened WMP11 this afternoon, it wasn't grouping them like that...how can I get it back?

I've googled to no avail.

And please don't tell me that "your problem is that you're using Windows Media Player". I'm not asking for alternative media management software. I'd like to know how to fix the software I'm using.

Thanks in advance.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1101538.html

Date: 08/30/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, microsoft

When Microsoft agreed last fall to distribute Novell "get out of court free" tickets, did it make itself subject to GPLv3? Microsoft says no, no, no. The Free Software Foundation says yes, yes, yes.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/150099593/

Date: 08/30/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: software, database

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Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1102260.html

Date: 09/03/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: software, virus

I have a Compaq Presario Sr1214nx running Windows XP-Home Edition.

I have a Samsung Writemaster DVD burner and have a Sony DVD ROM CD writer.

But this is the problem; I have already killed 2 DVD players, the original I think Toshiba and the DYNEX crap my Best Buy warranty provided when the first one died.
Both of those worked fine for a year or less, then they would not recognize specific DVDs. As time progressed I could view less and less of my DVDs until they would not read any at all.

Now my Samsung Writemaster is not recognizing the code or whatever of specific DVDs, DVDs that is has played before. If I take the DVD out and stick it in the Sony, it plays with no problem.

My question: Is there some sort of virus that can effect my DVD player? I don't illegally download movies or play any that have been, and I don't install any suspect software.

What is going on?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/813407.html

Date: 09/03/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: software, linux

Partimage is a Linux utility which saves partitions having a supported filesystems (see below) to an image file. It is a free and open source alternative to the popular software Norton Ghost or DriveImage. Most Linux and Windows filesystems are supported. The partition image file can be compressed with the gzip / bzip2 programs to [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/partimage-free-open-source-norton-ghost-alternative/

Date: 09/04/07 (WebDesign)    Keywords: software, asp, web

Anyone have recommendations on Adobe Flash courses? I was looking at the New Horizons website (http://www.newhorizons.com/content/courseSchedule.aspx?ClassID=300003333&SiteID=45), where they offer 1 or 2-day long courses in all different kinds of software. This company was recommended to me by a friend, but they don't necessarily offer the specific courses I want in my area. I live in Westchester just north of NYC, so something in the Westchester/NYC/Connecticut area would be ideal.

Thanks!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1305812.html

Date: 09/04/07 (Web Development)    Keywords: software, asp, web

Anyone have recommendations on Adobe Flash courses? I was looking at the New Horizons website (http://www.newhorizons.com/content/courseSchedule.aspx?ClassID=300003333&SiteID=45), where they offer 1 or 2-day long courses in all different kinds of software. This company was recommended to me by a friend, but they don't necessarily offer the specific courses I want in my area. I live in Westchester just north of NYC, so something in the Westchester/NYC/Connecticut area would be ideal.

Thanks!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/433964.html

Date: 09/04/07 (Software)    Keywords: software, asp, web

Anyone have recommendations on Adobe Flash courses? I was looking at the New Horizons website (http://www.newhorizons.com/content/courseSchedule.aspx?ClassID=300003333&SiteID=45), where they offer 1 or 2-day long courses in all different kinds of software. This company was recommended to me by a friend, but they don't necessarily offer the specific courses I want in my area. I live in Westchester just north of NYC, so something in the Westchester/NYC/Connecticut area would be ideal.

Thanks!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/software/75416.html

Date: 09/05/07 (MySQL Communtiy)    Keywords: software, database, shopping

A friend of mine uses an interesting technique that I'm curious about. In addition to the initial database tables, his software (scripts, program, whatever) adds and deletes additional tables as needed to store other mostly temporary information. For example, with a shopping cart, he adds a temporary table for each user to have their own table with the items they've added.

I'm really not too keen on doing things this way. Is anything even remotely like this common and/or good practice?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/mysql/118152.html