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My Website Was Hacked In January I wrote an article How To Set Up A Community Forum following the disastrous experience I had with a local Argentine hosting company and that my friends, is not the end of the story. When I set up my […]
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Some time back, about 6 months ago, all Australian ISPs were forced by legislation to block user access to all torrent-related sites. To the best of my knowledge, this constituted the first instance of internet censorship in Australian ISP history. While I am by no
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Cancel All My Meetings – Someone Is Wrong On The Internet! The above image speaks volumes, although what used to be dubbed netiquette — that quaint phrase invented by silver surfers in the age of the information superhighway of the noughty nineties- – is observed
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One of my clients recently asked me some questions on how to use Amazon. The one question that stood out to me was, “How do I change my email preferences on my Amazon account”? One of the main reasons they asked me this question was
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YouTube has just announced that their YouTube Partner Program (YPP) will change its eligibility for signing up as a result of too many bad actors spoiling the fun for the rest of us and boy are there a few bad actors out there, whose definition
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Domain Name System “The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical decentralized naming system for computers, services, or other resources connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities. Most prominently, it
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I just love shopping online. I can sit back in the comfort of my own little den, no trudging around, it’s just all so easy. And then, at the end, the package is delivered right to your door. What’s not to like? Mind you, I
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First off, I must apologize for my extended absence. Unfortunately, I’ve been crook (Australian term for unwell). Nothing too serious, just enough to keep me far from 100%. I’m into my 70s now so I guess nothing more or less than one should expect. My
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If you run a website that handles sensitive information such as email addresses, passwords and more importantly, personal financial information, you should consider converting your site to SSL (Secure Sockets layer, aka TLS) for the peace of mind of both you and your users. What
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It seems like the browser industry has declared war on the Adobe Flash Player and Flash is losing. Is Flash Player Installed? First, in Firefox, check to see if the Flash Player is actually installed. Type about:addons in the URL Address Bar. Check to see
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Forum Fun Generally speaking, running your own forum is a lot of fun, particularly in the beginning when you’re setting it all up, but there are times when it goes AWOL for no apparent reason. I’ve been running an expat forum for a number of
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Flash Player I just got a call from a guy who couldn’t play his games in Facebook. He was using Chrome. Chrome, like most browsers, has dedicated themselves to eradicating Flash from the face of the earth. Settings If your games stop playing all of
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A New Service We recently moved into a new apartment and only had to wait a day before we got our cable/Internet/TV transferred. One good thing about this is I switched to a new cable pack that took almost $60 dollars off my cable bill
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I recently decided to reset my computer. I should have taken some screen shots, but I was already stressed out too much as it was. 🙂 One of my biggest concerns was transferring my eMail from SeaMonkey, and my Speed Dials and Bookmarks from Opera.
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