What did I do last weekend?

Look at this picture :)

I played with Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 4, Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 8. Actually Windows 8 hosted on my Apple MacBook Pro. On my Dell laptop, I used Google Chrome on Ubuntu. I love to learning a new thing everyday.

Java Vulnerability

After learning about Java vulnerability from the Department of Homeland Security's United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), I checked all my browsers in all computers: Ubuntu Linux, Apple Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows to make sure Java is disabled. To test whether Java is working on my computer, go to this URL http://java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp

Here are the screenshots from my Windows computer:

Java was disable on Google Chrome 23 on Microsoft Windows. Oops. I need to update Google Chrome to the latest version Google Chrome 24. Always keep your browser up to date.

'No working Java was detected on your system.' Good. Java was disabled on Mozilla Firefox 17. Again. I will update Firefox to version 18. On Ubuntu, it was 'Something is wrong. Java is not working'.

Java was disabled on Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.

Next, I went to Control Panel to update Java to the latest version Java 7 update 10 and unchecked the check box 'Enable Java content in the browser'.

 Before clicked the 'Apply' button

After clicked the 'Apply' button

Unchecked the 'Keep temporary files on my computer'

Internet Explorer after unchecked the check box 'Enable Java content in the browser'

Java was disabled on Opera ran on Ubuntu 12.10

Java was disabled on Safari ran on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 

New Laptop

As I mentioned last month, my four years old laptop overworked. Its screen could not display more than one minutes. I must use an external monitor to see. It was my first laptop to fail. My other eight years old Toshiba laptop worked great with email, DOS applications, Windows-based applications, documents, spreadsheets, but not with media web-based applications or games. In the past, I upgraded my computer only when it was too slow and I need a fast CPU and big hard drive to work more efficiency.

At first, I thought I'm going to get a laptop with no operating system or with Ubuntu. I will install Ubuntu 10.04 by myself. Since last year, when I went back to GNU/Linux, I love to use Ubuntu. I used Ubuntu Desktop on daily basic. I also working with many Microsoft applications every day, everywhere. So, it's practical to get a laptop with Genuine Windows® 7, partition its hard drive into two. One for Microsoft Windows® 7. One for Ubuntu 10.04.

My first task: applied all Windows updates on my new laptop. Next, replaced the trial-ware anti-virus software with Microsoft Security Essentials. After installed Microsoft Security Essentials, I installed or updated to the latest version of essential applications:

• Adobe Acrobat Reader. 
• Adobe Flash Player. 
• Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla Firefox is my primary default browser. To me, it must more secure and faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer. It's better to have two browsers on your computer.
• OpenOffice.org, a free open productivity suite. My new laptop has preloaded Microsoft Office Starter 2010. I don't use them since it could not open my password protected documents. With OpenOffice.org, I can open any Microsoft or OpenOffice.org documents, spreadsheets, presentations.

In addition to these essential applications above, as a developer, I needed these stuffs to work:

• Notepad++, a free source editor.
• Visual Web Developer® 2010 Express. 
• Visual C# 2008 Express Edition. 
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express.
• Android SDK.
• Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers. 

That all for my Windows 7 partition. I will write about my Ubuntu next time.

Overwork

My four years old laptop overworks as its owner. It works more than 12 hours a day. As you see in the picture below, I'm using Oracle VM VirtualBox to run Windows Vista and Windows 7 inside Ubuntu 10.04. Since late 2009, I used GNU/Linux on daily basic. Using virtual PC help me to evaluate a new system, here is Windows 7, test and support my Windows and Web applications running in Windows Vista, while I'm working with new Android project in Ubuntu without reboot to Window partition or remote access to other computers.