By Bish
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Published: 05/01/2009 – 12:04
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Posted in Personal
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Happy belated New Year folks. Hope you all had a great break and 2009 is better than 2008!
By Bish
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Published: 16/12/2008 – 23:30
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Posted in Software
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Over two years since the alpha version of Songbird was released, this potentially excellent media player has matured into the full version 1.0 release. While still not perfect, there are still features to check off the roadmap such as cd-ripping, this player has finally been nurtured into a state where I could use it on a daily basis and for the last week and I have been. I love integrated browser which hooks into music for streaming or downloading purposes. The Mash Tape and Last.fm features appear to work well and add to the value of the package as a whole.
By Bish
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Published: 01/11/2008 – 13:17
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Posted in How To
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Since installing excellent, free antivirus program AVG Free 8.0 on both my laptop and my PC I have been more than happy with the experience. It appears to runn smoothly without a notceable performance hit and my machines haven’t become riddled with virus’s (touch wood).
However just recently the automatice update has been failing with the following message.
Invalid Update Control CTF File
After doing some research and exploring on my machines it appears as though the CTF files have become corrupt in some way and need to be deleted.
How to Fix
Disclaimer: Remember to backup everything before making any changes.
Interestingly Microsoft yesterday announced that they have retracted its acquisiton offer to Yahoo.
From the press release Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer states:
“…. we conveyed our willingness to raise our offer to $33.00 per share, reflecting again our belief in this collective opportunity. This increase would have added approximately another $5 billion of value to your shareholders, compared to the current value of our initial offer. It also would have reflected a premium of over 70 percent compared to the price at which your stock closed on January 31. Yet it has proven insufficient, as your final position insisted on Microsoft paying yet another $5 billion or more, or at least another $4 per share above our $33.00 offer.”
By Bish
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Published: 02/01/2008 – 20:32
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Posted in Personal
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Hopefully everyone had a great Christmas and New Year! Here’s to 2008, exciting times with a bit of luck and a lot of hard work!
