Recently our original article/rant on Firefox’s legendary memory abuse has seen an increase in comments and views; and I had intended to post the following comment in light of the article’s rebirth and the ensuing discussions in the comments.
The reply turned out to be longer than I’d originally intended, so here it is as its [...]
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On the matter of Firefox and memory leaks…
Published by March 19th, 2009 in Operating Systems, Programming, Software 19 CommentsWhat the TechCrunch Tablet Should Really Look Like
Published by August 31st, 2008 in Hardware, Linux, Programming 1 CommentMichael Arrington is understandably pretty excited about how the TechCrunch Tablet is shaping up so far, but to use it seems they’re going about it the wrong way.
For a device that’s supposed to do Firefox, Skype and not much more, an underpowered PC with a touchscreen isn’t going to accomplish much. For one thing, Firefox [...]
Request_URI For IIS Updated with ISAPI_Rewrite 3 Support
Published by August 19th, 2008 in NeoSmart Technologies, Programming, Software, Windows 0 CommentsRequest_URI for IIS, NeoSmart Technologies’ compatibility toolkit for IIS on Windows, has been updated to version 1.1, with support for Helicon’s ISAPI_Rewrite 3.x
With this update the installation process has been simplified somewhat, in particular the need modify HTTPD.INI to set the server variables has been eliminated – you just need to install ISAPI_Rewrite 3, configure [...]
Disturbing Stats About Facebook Users & Security
Published by August 13th, 2008 in Blogosphere, Hacking, Privacy, Programming, Security 11 CommentsThere’s a screenshot that’s been sitting on my desktop for a rather long time now, and it’s as scary as it is interesting.
Facebook recently conducted a poll which showed up on the homepage newsfeed, and asked Facebook members just how exactly did they think Facebook’s “friend finder” worked when it prompted them for their email [...]
Firefox 3 is Still a Memory Hog
Published by June 3rd, 2008 in Programming, Reviews, Security, Software 375 CommentsOne of the biggest “improvements” that Mozilla claims has made its way into Firefox 3 is improved memory usage, in particular, the vanquishing of memory leaks:
Memory usage: Several new technologies work together to reduce the amount of memory used by Firefox 3 over a web browsing session. Memory cycles are broken and collected by an [...]
Shipping Seven is a Fraud.
Published by June 1st, 2008 in Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Programming, Windows 36 CommentsA blog titled Shipping Seven has gotten a lot of traffic recently for their article about Windows 7 and the MinWin kernel – namely, how they’re actually one and the same. The argument offered by “Soma” is that Windows Vista’s kernel (which is what Windows 7 will be built on) is MinWin ad that it’s [...]
People are either cut out to be programmers or they’re not. How to know, what to do if you’re not, and where to go from there is a huge issue and not the subject of discussion. But one of the signs of a good programmer is good programming instincts. The right instincts can save hours [...]
Want UAC-Free iReboot? You got it: iReboot 1.1 released!
Published by April 27th, 2008 in Microsoft, Programming, Security, Software, Windows 75 Comments Back in August of 2007, NeoSmart Technologies released iReboot 1.0 – a tiny application that sits quietly and unobtrusively in the taskbar and is used to select which OS you’d like to reboot into.
iReboot isn’t by any means a major application, but it’s gathered a pretty strong following over the months, mostly by people [...]
Windows Vista SP1, Adobe Audition, and DEP
Published by April 19th, 2008 in Programming, Software, Windows 19 CommentsFor anyone attempting to install or use Adobe Audition on Windows Vista SP1, you can forget about it. Something about Adobe Audition or one of its dependencies causes it to crash immediately on startup, with Vista informing you that it has "rescued" your system from an attempted DEP violation.
The "good news" is, if you’re on [...]
The NeoSmart DevNet Initiative
Published by April 5th, 2008 in NeoSmart Technologies, Programming, Software 2 CommentsNeoSmart Technologies is pleased to announce the logical next-step in our contributions to the tech community by the establishment of the NeoSmart DevNet project.
NeoSmart DevNet is a new effort on behalf of NST to reach out and lend a helping hand to other software developers by providing a number of tools, libraries, and frameworks [...]
