Well that didn’t take long. Google has asked Cyanogen Inc. to remove its alternative Android ROM installer app from the Play store. Cyanogen raised $7 million from Benchmark Capital back in September ...

Do you want to know how to tell real Linux geeks from people who just use it? Ask them what their favorite application packaging system is. Hardcore old-school Linux users will soon be telling you all ...

An engineer from Adobe explains why some Adobe installers require administrative privileges. Jamie Pruden writes: "OS X is a new animal for many Mac OS users. As such ...

If the error message This app package is not supported for installation by app installer is troubling you, then this post may help you. The App Installer is a Windows ...

Just over a year ago, I explained in a hint how to see what installers have installed. As explained in the hint, by using Terminal and the lsbom command, you can see exactly what bits got installed in ...

Possible fix for filename truncation bug We continue to cover an issue file names being truncated when copying files, especially when copying to/from a remote volume. A new workaround for the issue, ...

Isn’t Java Web Start (JWS) supposed to allow web-based distribution of applications? So why would one want to distribute a Java Web Start (JWS) application via CD-ROM? Well, for a number of reasons.

Here’s a little known fact about the OS X Lion installer — it self-destructs after it completes the OS X Lion installation and if you are on a limited or capped ISP data plan that sucks. Especially if ...