How to fix broken Firefox extensions
There are few certainties in life. Death, taxes and Microsoft FUD are three of them—and the fact that, sooner or later, upgrading Firefox is going to break one or more of your killer extensions.
Internet Explorer can only dream of the wonderful extensibility of Firefox but with an ever bloating feature set and the pace of browser upgrades comes complexity. Firefox is a moving target. Unlike the glacially slow upgrade path of Windows, Firefox is the very paradigm of open source/free software development. It has gone through more upgrades than Steve Ballmer has launched patent lawsuits, and because it is free software, professionals and keen amateurs can tinker with it to destruction—and frequently do.
There are a few pretty great backup apps for Android, but our favorite has to be Titanium Backup. It requires a rooted phone, but you can backup and restore apps from Dropbox, run automatic batch backups, and even uninstall crapware.
Many times Windows users face problems while using Windows Update. They receive strange error messages while downloading or installing updates via Windows Update.
Earlier on the 21st, the WordPress team noticed suspicious commits to several popular plugins (AddThis, WPtouch, and W3 Total Cache) containing cleverly disguised backdoors. We determined the commits were not from the authors, rolled them back, pushed updates to the plugins, and shut down access to the plugin repository while we looked for anything else unsavory.
It is perhaps the most useful tool in any geek’s toolkit, but do you realize all the things live CDs can help you with? If not, it’s time to read “50 Cool Uses For Live CDs”. This guide outlines just a few of the many uses live CDs can offer, and is a great resource for live CD beginners and enthusiasts alike.