Stories tagged as "Software"

Performancing for Firefox

Posted by liquilife on 09/17 at 04:51 AM

If you see this then I have successfully installed and have working the Performancing extension from Firefox. Performancing is a publishing tool that allows you to create blog entries to publish to your blog or website directly from Firefox. The publishing options are very extensive and chances are it will work on your blog! Let’s hope this works!

Posted by liquilife on 09/17 at 04:51 AM | 0 comments | Permalink
Tagged under: software, firefox

Outlook 2007

Posted by liquilife on 11/13 at 12:49 AM

I recently decided to give Outlook 2007 a go. Having used Outlook 2003 with Gmail I was pretty excited for this huge update. I, however, ran into a strange issue. I COULD NOT get Gmail configured correctly. My username and password was denied from the Gmail pop and smtp server. After many hours of searching I stumbled across this posting in Google Groups that recomended you visit the Google captcha unlock page. The what? Anyways, the URL was definitely google and the page included a captcha form. I filled it out and Outlook 2007 downloaded my Gmail and continued to work like a charm. The question remains for now as to how my account got locked in the first place. Strange indeed.

Why am I posting this? I am sure this will happen to others as Office 2007 becomes more widespread. It is my hopes that when you search Gmail issues this will be a quick solution.

Google Captcha unlock page
New group posting

Posted by liquilife on 11/13 at 12:49 AM | 0 comments | Permalink
Tagged under: solution, outlook, software, gmail, configure

Crazy Firefox feature

Posted by liquilife on 12/15 at 11:35 AM

I was browsing around mypsace the other day and visited a profile. The profile redirected me to another site with one of them fake Myspace logins in an attempt to capture my username and password. Well, Firefox was smart enough to know something was up and the entire contents of the page faded with a warning that popped up notifying me of an attempt at of a “Suspected Web Forgery”.

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How crazy is that? I thought I had seen everything Firefox had to offer and this new feature suddenly pops up!

Posted by liquilife on 12/15 at 11:35 AM | 0 comments | Permalink
Tagged under: browser, software, firefox, phising

Outlook 2007 and phishing - Failure!

Posted by liquilife on 01/18 at 04:19 AM

I got a wonderful email this morning from “Wells Fargo” notifying me that “In order to be prepared for the smart card upgrade on Visa and MasterCard debit and credit cards and to avoid problems with our ATM services, we have recently introduced additional security measures and upgraded our software.” The problem is that I don’t bank with Wells Fargo but even worse is the fact that this email was an obvious attempt at phishing Wells Fargo account username and passwords. Phishing is nothing new of course but it seems very simple that if a URL is constructed in the email and actually contains a href tag pointing to a different URL that Outlook should be able to flag this as a possible phishing attempt. Seems very straight forward to me. Let us hope that when the final version of Office is released to the public they have this worked out!

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Posted by liquilife on 01/18 at 04:19 AM | 0 comments | Permalink
Tagged under: outlook, software, phishing

Babelgum - Review of the Beta release

Posted by liquilife on 02/03 at 08:01 AM

About a month ago I applied to be a beta tester for the new software called Babelgum. Babelgum ushers in a new era for television, blending the lean-back experience of traditional TV with the interactive and social power of the Internet all packaged into a piece of software for your PC. Yes, very much like the anticipated software Joost from the makers of Skype. This is a completely new idea so I wasn’t really sure what to expect. Well, having dallied around in Babelgum for a few days I have compiled my thoughts with some screen shots.

Since I have your attention if you have any invites for Joost and would be kind enough to share one with me my email is (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Thank you!

Babelgum Channel List

Posted by liquilife on 02/03 at 08:01 AM | 0 comments | Permalink
Tagged under: video, mouse, software, joost, babelgum