If you’re experiencing a weird red line through your screen in Windows Media Player on Windows 7, it can be quite a struggle to find the solution. Believe it or not, the problem lies within the latest ATI Catalyst Control Center (CCC). To fix it, follow these easy steps:

Step 1: Open the Catalyst Control Center, click on "Graphics" and go to "Avivo Video".

Step 2: Click on "All Settings".

Step 3: Scroll all the way down to "Video Demo Mode" and uncheck "Enable Demo Mode". Then press "OK".

If you’re done with the above steps, your problem should be fixed!

The long awaited jQuery 1.4 has been released. The jQuery team chose a special day for this event because the number 14 is very special: January 14th is the birthdate of jQuery.

Version 1.4 contains some very promising and long awaited features. For a full list of these features, check jQuery’s special website dedicated to the release of jQuery 1.4: The 14 Days of jQuery.

If you are having problems getting a new SDK installation to work with Flex Builder 3 (e.g. if you’re trying to compile a Flex project as AIR application using Flash Player 10) and get the following error:

Process terminated without establishing connection to debugger.
Command:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Flex Builder 3\sdks\3.5\bin\adl.exe" "projectPath" "bin-debug location"
Output from command:
error while loading initial content
Process terminated without establishing connection to debugger.
Command:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Flex Builder 3\sdks\3.5\bin\adl.exe" "projectPath" "bin-debug location"
Output from command:
error while loading initial content

here is the solution, thanks to Jim Hayes.

In your project, there’s a file called <yourApplicationName>-app.xml. Open it and change the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/x.x">

to:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/1.5">

That should solve your problem.

LorenzGames.com has a nice and clear article explaining how to create your own contextmenu in Flash, like the infamous JW Player has. See the link below.

http://www.lorenzgames.com/blog/how-to-customize-the-swf-right-click-menu-with-as3

A video Microsoft released earlier this year shows all kinds of applications in and around our house and work. It’s truly amazing if you look at it and realize it could be real. I find the video to be quite inspiring and like to share it with you. See below.