WordPress Exploit Scanner helps you keep your install clean
My Clippings November 5th, 2009 by System
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Filed under: Security, Blogging, Web services, Web
WordPress has become a victim of its own popularity. The blogging-based content management system powers a huge amount of websites, and has become a target for hackers. Site hacks have been around for a long time, but recently they seem to have evolved.
In the past hackers would gain control of a site just to prove that could, then typically post a quasi-incoherent message on the site to prove their hacking prowess and illiteracy. Now hackers have become more advanced, and hacking has become financially motivated. Hacks include embedding links (some hidden, some not) for the purposes of gaming search engines, and instead of crowing about their conquest, hackers are now trying to hide and cover their tracks as much as possible.
This means that site owners are losing their confidence that their sites have not been compromised. With recent highly publicized exploits that allowed hackers to take control of out-of-date WordPress installations, it became even more important to make sure your site is clean.
If you’re running a WordPress site on your own server, one step you can take to make sure that it is clean is to install and run the WordPress Exploit Scanner plugin. Beware, the exploit scanner is very thorough, and it will likely report a lot (and I mean a LOT) of false positives. It essentially reports any hiding behavior, which some of the plugins on your site might be doing for very normal reasons.
Even with the false-positives, the WordPress Exploit Scanner is a useful tool in any blogger’s toolbox.
WordPress Exploit Scanner helps you keep your install clean originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple breaks Atom Hackintoshes with upcoming OS X 10.6.2 update
My Clippings November 5th, 2009 by System
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Filed under: OS Updates, Hardware, Apple
According to OSXDaily, Apple’s next scheduled update to Snow Leopard, OS X 10.6.2, doesn’t support Intel Atom processors. This is no problem for anyone on Apple hardware, because no Mac product runs an Atom. If you’re on a hacked netbook, though, it looks like this is the end of the line for your OS X updates.
Although it’s not confirmed, rumor has it that next update to Apple’s previous Leopard OS (10.5.9) will also knock out Atom support. Until a workaround pops up from netbook hacker circles, Atom machines running 10.6.1 and 10.5.8 should probably avoid upgrading. Is Apple sending a message to users running its software on third-party machines? It seems likely, but it also doesn’t seem like it will do much to stop determined netbook enthusiasts.
Apple breaks Atom Hackintoshes with upcoming OS X 10.6.2 update originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Fix common Windows XP errors with portable XP Quick Fix Plus
My Clippings November 5th, 2009 by System
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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware, Troubleshooting
Programs like XP Quick Fix Plus. The tiny, portable application launches a dashboard with one-click fixes for 40 common Windows XP problems. Quick Fix makes short work of irksome situations like a disabled task manager, missing Device Manager tab, and the infamous CD/DVD missing/not reading bug.
The program is essentially a collection of registry fixes, since that’s where most of these problems originate. You might want to create a system restore point prior to running Quick Fix (or backing up your registry) just in case.
XP Quick Fix is a free, portable download and – not surprisingly – runs on Windows XP systems.
Fix common Windows XP errors with portable XP Quick Fix Plus originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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How to Create Mega Drop Down Menus with jQuery
My Clippings November 5th, 2009 by System
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Do you remeber we have published a post of Accessible Very Tall Menus with jQuery and CSS? Some people found it not a good way to present information, because we cannot see everything on the menu in one go.
Now SohTanaka has come up with another solution – Mega Drop Down Menus. According to usability expert Jakob Nielson, mega drop down menus tested to be more efficient for large scale websites.
Requirements: jQuery Framework
Demo: http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/examples/mega-dropdowns/
License: License Free
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20 Useful & Nicely Designed Web Applications
My Clippings November 3rd, 2009 by System
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We need to be inspired to be in style. All of us are looking to give the website the edge to make it one in a million. We look for the style that allows the website to speak for itself, because a picture is tantamount to a million words. Last but not the least, it is always the first impression that leaves a touch; sometimes it might even metamorph in to first love.
Here we have showing you the top 20 designs that have inspired us; we are sharing the web app designs that have made the difference; we have been eclectic with an esoteric collection.
1) Reinvigorate
A tool to track real time traffic to your web with many features including heat sensing
2) Moodstream
A powerful tool to find you the images, footage or audio you are looking for.
3) Mailchimp
A powerful tools to manage your subscribers list, design HTML email campaigns and track and analyze email campaigns.
4) Blinksale
A very useful and easy to use tool to build and track invoices
5) GoodBarry
A complete tool for ecommerce, email marketing, CRM and analatycs
6) Wufoo
A must have, HTML form builder tool
7) Campaign monitor
Everything a designer needs to manage the subscriber emails
8 ) Kontain
A social media platform to promote your brand
9) Active collab
A powerful project management and collaboration tool
10) Proworkflow
A tool to manage your projects online
11) Aviary
A tool to create logos, webtemplates, filters and more .
12) Basecamp
A webbased project collaboration tool
13) Kuler
Explore, create and share color themes here
14) Emberapp
Best way to share your design inspiration with the world using emberapp
15) Freshbooks
Fastest way to track time and invoice your clients
16) Carbonmade
Easy way to display and manage your portfolio online
17) Notable
Easiest way for teams to provide feedback on websites
18) Evernote
Save your ideas and things you like for free on your desktop
19) Hotelmap
Get connected to each London hotel’s own reservation system
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20 Useful & Nicely Designed Web Applications
My Clippings November 2nd, 2009 by System
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We need to be inspired to be in style. All of us are looking to give the website the edge to make it one in a million. We look for the style that allows the website to speak for itself, because a picture is tantamount to a million words. Last but not the least, it is always the first impression that leaves a touch; sometimes it might even metamorph in to first love.
Here we have showing you the top 20 designs that have inspired us; we are sharing the web app designs that have made the difference; we have been eclectic with an esoteric collection.
1) Reinvigorate
A tool to track real time traffic to your web with many features including heat sensing
2) Moodstream
A powerful tool to find you the images, footage or audio you are looking for.
3) Mailchimp
A powerful tools to manage your subscribers list, design HTML email campaigns and track and analyze email campaigns.
4) Blinksale
A very useful and easy to use tool to build and track invoices
5) GoodBarry
A complete tool for ecommerce, email marketing, CRM and analatycs
6) Wufoo
A must have, HTML form builder tool
7) Campaign monitor
Everything a designer needs to manage the subscriber emails
8 ) Kontain
A social media platform to promote your brand
9) Active collab
A powerful project management and collaboration tool
10) Proworkflow
A tool to manage your projects online
11) Aviary
A tool to create logos, webtemplates, filters and more .
12) Basecamp
A webbased project collaboration tool
13) Kuler
Explore, create and share color themes here
14) Emberapp
Best way to share your design inspiration with the world using emberapp
15) Freshbooks
Fastest way to track time and invoice your clients
16) Carbonmade
Easy way to display and manage your portfolio online
17) Notable
Easiest way for teams to provide feedback on websites
18) Evernote
Save your ideas and things you like for free on your desktop
19) Hotelmap
Get connected to each London hotel’s own reservation system
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Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 is a great free imaging and partitioning tool
My Clippings October 30th, 2009 by System
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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware, Windows x64
Backup & Recovery 10 Free Edition is an excellent, multi-talented hard drive management app. So, what can you do with it? For starters, it will create and restore images of your hard drives and partitions. There’s also a built-in tool for creating bootable rescue media (either CD or USB flash drive).
Tasks can be scheduled to run at regular intervals, and you can also create differential jobs (which only back up files that have changed since the previous backup). On massive partitions, the differential option can really speed up the imaging process.
You can also mount previously created images so you can explore them like any other folder or disk on your computer – or manually add additional files.
In addition to backup and imaging tasks, Backup & Recovery can also perform a number of partition management tasks. Use it to create, format (FAT32, NTFS, EXT2/3/4, Linux Swap), and hide partitions as well as check filesystem integrity and check for surface defects.
Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Free is loaded with great features. It's simple enough for casual users and powerful enough to be of use to seasoned veterans.
It’s free for non-commercial use and downloads are provided for both 32 and 64-bit Windows. You will need to register for a serial number, but it’s well worth the minimal effort (just be sure uncheck any ‘email me special offers’ boxes).
Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 is a great free imaging and partitioning tool originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Mozilla scores enterprise email win: 130,000 French government PCs switch to Thunderbird
My Clippings October 29th, 2009 by System
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Filed under: News, E-mail, Mozilla, Open Source
A French website [Google Translate link] is reporting that 130,000 Tax Authority computer systems are soon to make a major switch to open source software. Email and calendar duties are being handed over to Thunderbird and the Lightning plugin. The move also includes a transition to OBM’s open source groupware/collaboration/messaging platform.
When the General Directorate of Public Finance was formed, two tax agencies were combined. Their users were split, with 80,000 using Lotus Notes and 50,000 running Microsoft Outlook. In the end, the new agency’s decision had a lot to do with a desire not to re-license Lotus Notes and Outlook and to simplify operations by supporting a single client.
Thunderbird had already made inroads with the French Department of Defense as well as the Misitry of Culture. The new migration brings the total number of installs to more than 200,000.
Always nice to see Mozilla adoption in the enterprise!
[via OSOR.eu]
Mozilla scores enterprise email win: 130,000 French government PCs switch to Thunderbird originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Learn to Compile Software from Source Code [Terminal Tips]
My Clippings October 28th, 2009 by System
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Normally, installing a new application is no more difficult than double-clicking an installer and hitting Next a few times. For those very rare occasions when an app’s source code is all that’s available, Wired details how to compile it yourself.
As the post acknowledges, it’s not a comprehensive guide, since some apps are build using very different tools, and they don’t all work the same (particularly on Windows). That said, it’s a good starting point, and worth a read even if you’re just interested in how some apps go from hand-written code to compiled binary executables. (I said interesting, not necessarily exciting.)
Do you ever compile from source? When and why do you do it? Share your experience in the comments.
Trick Out Google Apps for Your Domain [Google Apps]
My Clippings October 28th, 2009 by System
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You registered a domain name and set up the free Google Apps Standard Edition to get Gmail, GTalk, GCal, and GDocs running behind it. Now, take a look at some advanced settings Google Apps (for your domain) makes available.
What the what? Sometimes we refer to all of Google's regular, free, public products as "Google Apps," but today we're referring to the product formerly known as "Google Apps for Your Domain" as just plain "Google Apps." (Note to Google: Come up with a clearer naming convention.) Give this flavor of Google Apps a domain name you own—like yourfamily.org or example.com—and it puts Google services behind it. If you've got a regular Google Account and [email protected] email address, that's cool—you can forward mail for [email protected] address to and from it. But Google Apps lets you create and manage several users associated with your domain and enable various services for them. Google Apps (for your domain) comes in several flavors: Standard Edition (free for individuals and non-affiliated groups, what we’re going to cover here), Premier Edition (for businesses), Non-Profit Edition, Education Edition, and Government Edition.
Nerd Threat Level: Orange
This flavor of Google Apps is only useful to people who own their own domain name (or want to purchase one), and who plan to set up a workgroup behind that domain. For example, if you’re Carol Brady and you register thebradybunch.com domain name, you’re going to want to set up several users at that domain. With Google Apps, Carol could create a [email protected] account, a [email protected] account, all the way down to Cindy, Bobby, Alice, and Tiger. When Marcia gets hitched? Carol can add her spouse to the family domain. When Alice moves onto greener pastures? Carol could shut down or suspend her account.
The two key advantages to using Google Apps this way are: 1.) you get a custom [email protected] email address that you can take with you to another email provider if Gmail goes away or you want to transfer it. Your regular @gmail.com address is married to Google’s service, so you can never use it with another provider. 2.) You get system administrator-level capabilities for setting up your workgroup’s IT needs with Google’s easy interface. We’ve already done an an overview of what Google Apps can do; if you haven’t already, here’s how to get it set up with your domain.
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