Archive for October, 2010

After Flash Player Update HP Solution Center Prompts for Installation Disk – Fix!

If you recently updated Adobe Flash Player to version 10.1 and now when you run HP Solution Center you get an installer prompt with the message:

“The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk that is not available. Insert the ‘SolutionCenter’ disk and click OK.”

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Print Files to Your Printer from Your Smart Phone via Dropbox

Devices like the iPhone, iPad and Android phones provide a tremendous amount of functionality from creating documents to watching movies. However one function that has been oddly missing is printing capability. Tech columnist Amit Agarwal provides a brilliant and simple solution, send a document to your Dropbox and it automatically prints to your printer.

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Senate Votes to Turn Down Volume of TV Commercials

Ok, this isn’t really IT related, but it is something that drives me nuts – ridiculously loud commercials. This past Wednesday the Senate unanimously passed a bill that will require TV commercials to be the same volume as the programs they interrupt. Somewhat IT related, hopefully this also translates to online TV programming (Hulu, etc.) which is becoming a more prevalent alternative to traditional Cable or Satellite broadcasting.

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Bored? Blow Up a Website to Pass the Time

Kick Ass is a JavaScript bookmarklet which when clicked on, allows you to blow up a website in Asteroids-style fashion. This of course is just all fun and games, hit esc. or click anywhere on the screen, hit F5 and the website will reset back to normal. Read the rest of this entry »

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