Posted on 03 February 2011
Many people are encountering issues updating Wordpress versions from let's say 3.03 to 3.04 or automatically upgrading a plugin. Recommendations include chmod 777 - which you should NEVER do - and often the solutions don't work. Here is the real answer. Continue Reading...
Posted on 24 November 2010
You have undoubtedly heard about celebrities accounts being hacked. Ashton’s Twitter account, Paris’s Twitter account etc. Do you want to know how hackers do it? Then look no further. Here is the explanation of the concept and a description of the most recent GUI tool that lets you do it. Continue Reading...
What is more important for an average geek such as myself than getting some good old exercise after hours spent sitting in the chair and coding, writing, playing and watching. I find that many of IT people, including all out geeks, semi-geeks, techies, nerds and wanna be gurus need to get out and get some [...] [...more]
There are plenty of cool things that you can do with Windows and this is one of those little tricks that has been around for a while and is making the rounds again since Vista came out. We originally wrote about customizing the clock in the Windows XP Optimization Guide and are going to include it in the Windows Vista version. [...more]
When Wordpad shipped with Windows everyone mourned the loss of Notepad. Not really. Notepad sucked and continues to suck today. The new version of Wordpad is being eagerly anticipated in Windows 7. In the mean time you can preview a copy of it, complete with the Ribbon feel that I hate so much. [...more]
One of the minor issues I have with the beta of Windows 7 is the Send Feedback link in the title bar. If I wanted to send feedback I would just mail bomb you. Here is how you remove this irritating feature from the title bar. [...more]
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- In a move the company is billing as its first foray into the hardware business, Oracle Corp. said Wednesday it will begin selling server computers that come with its database software pre-installed. [...more]
Windows Vista has the ability to create multiple local group policies (GPOs). This means you no longer have to muck with NTFS permissions when you want to configure different settings for different users. Windows 2000/XP/2003 had a LGPO limit of 1 whereas Vista can create multiple configurations of GPOs. In order to configure Multiple Local Group Policies perform the following steps: [...more]
