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Category Archives: Software


Minor iTunes 4.8 Features

by Ryan Parman • May 9, 2005 • Apple, Software • 1 comments

Ryan talks about some of his favorite features of iTunes 4.8.


TiVo/iTunes Media Center System

by Ryan Parman • May 8, 2005 • Apple, Software, Technology, TV and Movies • No comments

Ryan discovers a method for tying together pieces of a digital media living room.


Mac OS X 10.3.8 Is Now Available!

by Ryan Parman • February 10, 2005 • Apple, Software, Technology • 1 comments

Normally, I don’t post about the latest updates to the Mac operating system, but this time is special. This is the most special of all updates because it fixes the two major problems that I’ve had ever since I bought my Powerbook G4 over the summer. “…a problem in which, on rare occasions, a PowerBook [...]


Conditional Comments in Standalone Internet Explorer

by Ryan Parman • January 9, 2005 • Browsers, Code, Software • No comments

This was written by Manfred Staudinger from Vienna, Austria With a small, one-time change, Conditional Comments will work again and recognize the values 5.0 and 6.0, again; however, it will not recognize 5.5. How is it done? Go to the registry and look in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Version Vector\ for the key IE. Simply get rid of [...]


Remove Spyware and Adware

by Ryan Parman • December 30, 2004 • Software, Technology • 5 comments

I’ve been very fortunate to have never been hit with spy/ad-ware. I’ve always been careful, and I’ve tried to teach my wife what actions are smart and which ones are not. Last night, however, I was looking for some information and ended up downloading a file from a shady website. After scanning the file and [...]


Firefox Mirrors

by Ryan Parman • November 9, 2004 • Apple, Browsers, Software, Technology • No comments

If you’re having a hard time getting to the Mozilla FTP or websites to download Firefox 1.0, you can get builds from me. Windows Installer Mac OS X Disk Image Linux Installer


Firefox Optimized for G4/G5

by Ryan Parman • November 8, 2004 • Apple, Browsers, Software • No comments

On my work and home PC’s I use Firefox… period. There is no better browser. The only thing that really irks me, however, is how slowly it starts up on my 400 MHz Pentium II running Windows 2000 at work. Since the FFX team won’t implement Mozilla Suite’s “Turbo Mode”, then to get around it, [...]


Windows XP SP2 and Mac OS X 10.3.5

by Ryan Parman • August 16, 2004 • Apple, Software, Technology • 1 comments

You can get the Windows XP Service Pack 2 full installer (272 MB), or you can wait a few days for the update to become available (in a much smaller size) from Windows Update. Also, for those using Panther, v10.3.5 is now available from Software Update. The only problem is that it doesn’t set the [...]

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