Malware Responses: What To Do Before, During, And After An Attack
A good article on the Information Week site talks about how to recognize when someone has introduced something with malware into your system. All business owners and mangers should read this. The article talks about things like: How to prepare for an attack How to recognize that an attack is happening What to do once […]
How secure are our nations voting machines?
Not very it turns out. The Brennan Center Task Force on Voting System Security, an initiative of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, recently released a report and policy proposals concluding that all three of the nation?s most commonly purchased electronic voting systems are vulnerable to software attacks that could threaten […]
World eBook Fair
I have always had an interest in on line books. In fact a few years ago I had a site devoted entirely to downloadable books. The World eBook Fair, the largest showcase for eBooks, eBook publishers, editors, and others working in the new world of eBooks is offering a free month of downloading ebooks for […]
How to Photograph Fireworks
For those of you in the USA, Happy Independence Day. For those of you outside the US, Happy 4th of July. Tonight here in Pittsburgh (if the rain lets up), as in just about every other city in this country, there will be fireworks. Throughout the USA there will be millions and millions of fireworks […]
Can My Site Rank Well on all Four Major Engines?
StepForth Placement has some very good articles on their site about search engine optimization. This recent article By Jim Hedger, StepForth News Editor, StepForth Placement Inc. talks about how you can rank well on all of the major search engines, Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask. They give you a thumbnail breakdown on all of them […]
Photoshop Tips & Tricks
I was looking for some Photoshop help the other day, well OK I was looking for some GIMP tricks actually. As you may know about me, I a big open source supporter and I use GIMP not Photoshop. GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such […]
Is Networking a Career Must or Overrated?
As a practical matter no new business can survive on word of mouth alone and paid advertising can be a huge drain on your budget. Networking can be any businesses salvation and attending networking events can be very affordable. It can be frustrating though, I contacted a couple of business networking groups about joining and […]
Tor: An anonymous Internet communication system
With all of the news lately of the government (and others) spying on everyone it looks like the people are fighting back. I’m not sure if this is a good thing or not, but you had to know it would come to this. Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people […]
Does The Age of Links To You Matter?
It is pretty much undisputed that inbound links to your site are a major benefit your search ranking. One of the questions that I have been asked is how do Search Engines look at the age of inbound links to your site? My own feelings about this is that, yes it matters. New links probably […]
Creating a Membership System with PHP and MySQL
Thorough tutorial on using PHP and MySQL to create a user based login system for your website that will show you how to do the following: Collect information about the user during signup and store that information into MySQL Generate a random password and encrypt it into the database Validate the user’s email address before […]
