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Archive of entries posted on 5th July 2008

“…the most useless thing I have ever seen.”

Yes Chris, it probably is. But you’ve got to admit, it does look neat.

AVG LinkScanner Problem Solved?

If you run your own website, you might have been following the brouhaha over the new LinkScanner feature of GriSoft’s AVG virus scanner. I can’t find this text on the GriSoft website, but it was quoted in a comment on another blog I was reading today: Following is AVG’s official response to LinkScanner concerns: We’d [...]

Google Gears License

Interesting Terms of Service on Google Gears… not only does it explicitly exclude open-source products from the usual disassembly prohibitions, but it enjoins you (if you develop code that uses it) to “protect the privacy and legal rights of those users” (section 5.5). Not the sort of thing you generally see in a software license, [...]

GNOME-Do

As mentioned previously, I’ve been using the Avant Window Navigator (AWN) program as my main launcher for the last little bit. But I’ve taken advantage of this holiday weekend to figure out another program I’ve heard really good things about, and after using it for a couple days, I’ve completely replaced AWN. The program is [...]