http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-jumps-to-windows-10/ Microsoft Windows 10 will drop the insistence that desktops all be converted to touch screen and revert to a conventional user interface, enhanced by the Windows 8 features that people accepted. A hierarchical menu is back.
Android Personalization
Shout out to Addictive Tips for the write up on customizing Android! http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-change-customize-create-android-boot-animation-guide/
Adobe AcroReader in Linux
Method to install Adobe Acrobat reader in Linux MINT v17.x. Download may eventually become unavailable as Adobe has stopped supporting Linux.
OS & Browser Stats
Browser and OS stats measured on two of my web sites as of 2014-08-11
USB with Oracle VirtualBox
I fought for some time to get USB devices recognized by VirtualBox. Today, I came across a blog entry with a solution: add your login to the (virtualbox) group “vboxusers”. Problem solved. Not obvious. My check scanner now works via the dedicated Windows 7 machine running in VirtualBox. Here is the relevant blog entry and…