Entries for February, 2009

Malware Removal

Antivirus 360 is one of the dirtiest little malware applications I’ve had the pleasure of coming across lately. I’ve seen this particular virus popping up quite often lately, and I’ve had first hand experience removing it from several computers, so I figured I’d post my 4 step guide to removing Antivirus 360 in under 10 minutes.

Big Brother

Amazon just went nuclear on the public API front, making over a terrabyte worth of information available to developers through a searchable API rivaling Google. Everything from US census information and labour statistics to the entire English section of Wikipedia in machine readable format.

Apple Pro Apps

Image via Wikipedia Okay, this makes me happy and I’m not sure why. http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/100901.html A fine example of what Apple Logic Studio is capable of, and I’m looking forward to seeing the Apple Pro Apps team at SIAST on Thursday demonstrate the newest features of this platform.  Just in case anybody wasn’t in the know, [...]

Open Source Software

In all honesty open source software is one of the best things to come from the internet community and has made leaps and bounds in all directions. Being able to load up a computer or a website with high quality software with excellent support and not pay a penny has it’s advantages when you’re on a student’s budget, but surely this cost savings must be something that business can take advantage of too.