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My Experience with Flash on Android 2.2 (Froyo)

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:24:00 -0400

Just saw this demo of Flash running on an Android phone:

Techovia - Just How Bad is Flash on Android?

Short answer: it's pretty bad.

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I didn't believe it was that bad, so I just loaded Flash (which I freely admit I hate) on my 8-week old EVO phone with a 1 Ghz CPU running the latest Android OS (Froyo). I had the same exact performance problems - video

How Computers Work - Free Lectures

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:19:00 -0400

Whilst researching something totally different, I came across these:
Understanding Computers and the Internet | Harvard Video Course

I found they covered alot of what i already know, but filled in a few blanks too.

Ideal for a novice looking to understand a little better.

Let me know what you think, or if you have any more links like this one, as this way of learning is the easiest for me.

If your problem is solved, here's how to say thanks!

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:13:00 -0400

If you just had your computer problem fixed here at Help2Go and you would like to return the favor - there are LOTS of ways you can help our community of volunteers, and most of them just take a few seconds!

1) Thank the person who helped you

Click the button marked:

under the posts that helped you solve your problem. That lets our techs know that their solution was correct, plus it gives them a welcome pat on the back for their trouble. This also helps other people that

Kaspersky 2011 kills all USB ports

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:12:00 -0400

One of our members recently had a problem with losing all power on the USB ports. It turned out to be caused by upgrading a previous version of Kaspersky to the 2011 version.

The following is a copy of the letter sent by Kaspersky....

Dear Sir,

The cause of this issue is old 2010 or 2009 USB miniport drivers not being removed correctly during 2011's installation. This error can be resolved by removing the previous version

What is CIJScannerRegister

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:08:00 -0400

After the most recent OS X update, PeerGuardian started to report that a process called CIJScannerRegister kept trying to send out UDP broadcast messages to IP address 224.0.0.1. LittleSnitch, a wonderful utility to monitor network connections, didn't catch it. So what is it, why is it sending network traffic, and how can you disable it?

From my research, I found that it is mostly likely related to Canon Inkjet printers. For whatever reason, this is not a process that should be broadcasting and you can safely disable it.

Open up a Terminal window and type:

Code:

ps

Flash & Flash Cookies

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:03:00 -0400

I've been meaning to write something up about Flash cookies for awhile now, but I just found this article that sums the problem nicely:

John Graham-Cumming: What's wrong with Flash Cookies?

I hate Flash. As far as I'm concerned, it's too buggy, it's too crashy, and it hides too much of what it is doing from the user. It's mainly used by advertisements anyway. I'll be very glad when HTML5 is at the point where it can wipe Flash off the face of the planet. Flash for me is similar in many respects to the old ActiveX and Java applets we had to endure in the late 90s early 2000s.

AT&T 3G Microcell Review : A Piece of Junk

Mon, 24 May 2010 14:32:00 -0400

I have an iPhone and AT&T. Like many, I find that AT&T's coverage simply does not work for me. I get horrendous coverage at my house, and considering that I work from home, it's hard to balance my love of the iPhone with my general dissatisfaction with the phone service AT&T provides.

I was excited when I first heard of the 3G Microcell that AT&T announced several months ago. Last week, it finally became available for purchase in my area (suburbs of Washington DC) and so it was a no-brainer for me and my business to pony up the $150 to get the promised 5 bars of cellular coverage.