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Technology News and Software ReviewsTechnology News and Software ReviewsOur blog has all sorts of technology news and tips on Internet security. Plus, we review FREE software designed to make your life easier. To wrap it up, we have some SEO, Web Design and CAD stuff thrown in for good measure. Articles
Web Design Blog Back Online
2007-09-08 23:27:00 Wow! What a chaotic few weeks. We have recently migrated to a new web server to get away from the worst web hosting company on the planet (more on that in an upcoming post) and it has been quite a process. So, needless to say, posting on the blog was put on the back burner. Well, I am happy to say that it seems we are back in business (fingers-crossed). Most importantly - we would not even be n early this far without the awesome help from ... More About: Web Design , Design , Blogging , Blog , Online
Opera Browser Mouse Gestures
2007-08-27 12:48:00 Since my recent Firefox issues, I have switched to using the Opera web browser and I must say that there are several features that have really impressed me. One is what Opera calls Mouse Gestures. By clicking a mouse button and moving the mouse in the prescribed direction at the same time, you can navigate ... More About: Browsers , Opera browser , Browser
Opera Browser Mouse Gestures
2007-08-27 12:48:00 Since my recent Firefox issues, I have switched to using the Opera web browser and I must say that there are several features that have really impressed me. One is what Opera calls Mouse Gestures. By clicking a mouse button and moving the mouse in the prescribed direction at the same time, you can navigate ... More About: Browsers , Opera browser , Browser
Blog Action Day 2007
2007-08-26 17:28:00 Ben from the Instigator Blog alerted his readers to an upcoming event called Blog Action Day. This is one day per year where bloggers everywhere use their blogs to bring attention to a common issue. This year’s Blog Action Day is set to take place on October 15, 2007 and the theme is “The Environment”. Since ... More About: Blogging
Blog Action Day 2007
2007-08-26 17:28:00 Ben from the Instigator Blog alerted his readers to an upcoming event called Blog Action Day. This is one day per year where bloggers everywhere use their blogs to bring attention to a common issue. This year’s Blog Action Day is set to take place on October 15, 2007 and the theme is “The Environment”. Since ... More About: Blogging
Firefox Memory Leak
2007-08-26 00:07:00 It may just be me, but is Firefox having some memory leak issues? I have noticed it over the past few weeks and today it has finally forced me to exclusively use my second favorite browser - Opera, which is a super browser in its own right. When I fire up Firefox, immediately 50Mb gets ... More About: Browsers , Memory , Leak
Firefox Memory Leak
2007-08-26 00:07:00 It may just be me, but is Firefox having some memory leak issues? I have noticed it over the past few weeks and today it has finally forced me to exclusively use my second favorite browser – Opera, which is a super browser in its own right. When I fire up Firefox, immediately 50Mb gets ... More About: Browsers , Memory , Leak
U.S. Based Web Sites Spit Out Most Malware
2007-08-24 14:33:00 A report by Cyveillance found that most malware found on the Internet comes from web sites hosted in the U.S. Here is a link to their report as a PDF document. The report states that visitors to web sites based in the U.S. run a higher risk of identity theft due to malware than do visitors to ... More About: Security , Malware , Web Sites , Sites , Base
U.S. Based Web Sites Spit Out Most Malware
2007-08-24 14:33:00 A report by Cyveillance found that most malware found on the Internet comes from web sites hosted in the U.S. Here is a link to their report as a PDF document. The report states that visitors to web sites based in the U.S. run a higher risk of identity theft due to malware than do visitors to ... More About: Security , Malware , Web Sites , Sites , Base
Yahoo Dynamic URL ReWriter
2007-08-24 13:48:00 From the Yahoo Search Blog comes the announcement of the Beta version of a pretty cool tool which will rewrite your dynamic URLs. Login to Yahoo Site Explorer, identify all the pesky parameters (prod=1&sid=23yadh56) in your URLs and Yahoo will strip them out and spit out a spanking new URL for you. Then, you will ... More About: Yahoo! , Dynamic , Nami
Yahoo Dynamic URL ReWriter
2007-08-24 13:48:00 From the Yahoo Search Blog comes the announcement of the Beta version of a pretty cool tool which will rewrite your dynamic URLs. Login to Yahoo Site Explorer, identify all the pesky parameters (prod=1&sid=23yadh56) in your URLs and Yahoo will strip them out and spit out a spanking new URL for you. Then, you will ... More About: Yahoo! , Dynamic , Nami
Blog Comment Issues
2007-08-23 15:23:00 We are still having comment issues with the blog. Last weekend, Garry Conn, who offers plenty of awesome Blog Tips on his blog, was gracious enough to take time from his busy schedule to look into it for me (thanks, Garry!). Basically, there is probably a single line of code that is causing the problem, ... More About: Blogging , Issues , Comment , Issue
Blog Comment Issues
2007-08-23 15:23:00 We are still having comment issues with the blog. Last weekend, Garry Conn, who offers plenty of awesome Blog Tips on his blog, was gracious enough to take time from his busy schedule to look into it for me (thanks, Garry!). Basically, there is probably a single line of code that is causing the problem, ... More About: Blogging , Issues , Comment , Issue
Web Design Articles
2007-08-21 22:35:00 We have compiled a list of our web design articles and posted them on the corporate web site. If you are in the market for a web site, you might benefit from the article “Choosing a Professional Web Design Company” or if you are going to try your hand at designing your own site, check out ... More About: Articles , Artic
Web Design Articles
2007-08-21 22:35:00 We have compiled a list of our web design articles and posted them on the corporate web site. If you are in the market for a web site, you might benefit from the article “Choosing a Professional Web Design Company” or if you are going to try your hand at designing your own site, check out ... More About: Articles , Artic
Web Searcher Research From SES
2007-08-21 14:13:00 Here is an interesting highlight from Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose, CA. Stuart McKelvey from TMP Directional Marketing gave the results of a study of how people use the search engines for local search: The most common activities resulting from the online search were in-store visits and contacting the business via telephone. Meaning: People ... More About: Research
Web Searcher Research From SES
2007-08-21 14:13:00 Here is an interesting highlight from Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose, CA. Stuart McKelvey from TMP Directional Marketing gave the results of a study of how people use the search engines for local search: The most common activities resulting from the online search were in-store visits and contacting the business via telephone. Meaning: People ... More About: Research
Michael Vick?s Attorney
2007-08-21 13:41:00 Ok, this is not technology, SEO or web design related. It is really an “are you kidding me?” statement and its my blog so I get to do this from time to time :). Quote from Michael Vick ’s attorney, Billy Martin in July ‘07: “We look forward to the opportunity to being able to walk inside ... More About: Attorney , Michael Vick
Michael Vick?s Attorney
2007-08-21 13:41:00 Ok, this is not technology, SEO or web design related. It is really an “are you kidding me?” statement and its my blog so I get to do this from time to time . Quote from Michael Vick ’s attorney, Billy Martin in July ‘07: “We look forward to the opportunity to being able to walk ... More About: Attorney , Michael Vick
Minimize Your Blog?s Duplicate Content
2007-08-20 13:48:00 Duplicate content on blogs is usually a big issue if left unaddressed. By properly using your robots.txt file, you can significantly cut down on your blog’s duplicate content. For example, if you make a blog post that is relative to multiple categories, that very same content will appear in multiple places on your blog. ... More About: Blogging , Blog , Content , Tent
Minimize Your Blog?s Duplicate Content
2007-08-20 13:48:00 Duplicate content on blogs is usually a big issue if left unaddressed. By properly using your robots.txt file, you can significantly cut down on your blog’s duplicate content. For example, if you make a blog post that is relative to multiple categories, that very same content will appear in multiple places on your blog. ... More About: Blogging , Blog , Content , Tent
Valid Robots.txt File
2007-08-19 22:55:00 Here is a pretty cool tool which may save you from some robots.txt errors. Now, writing a robots.txt file is not the most difficult thing in the world, but it never hurts to check. All you have to do it create your robots.txt file, upload it to your web server and then paste the URL ... More About: Web Design , Robots , General , File , Robo
The Best Free Web Development Software
2007-08-19 19:36:00 Everyone loves FREE. So, here is a list of some of the best free software we have found with regards to web design and development. We personally use or have used the software listed here and none of these software makers paid us to get listed here. We did it because we ... More About: Software , Security , Graphics , Internet , Web Design
Popular Blog Topics
2007-08-19 15:01:00 Most of our blog traffic comes from Google and other Search Engines but, oddly enough, the “Search” function on our blog gets quite a workout. So, I decided to post some of the most popular searches and maybe you will see something that grabs your attention. For example, topics related to good passwords are always ... More About: General , Blogging , Blog , Topics , Popular
Reduce Image Size Before E-mailing
2007-08-17 18:15:00 Here is a quick tip that will let Microsoft Windows automatically reduce the size of your photo before emailing it. This assumes that you don’t have any other image editing program to edit the image (Photoshop, Paint, etc.). In order for this to work, you have to be sending the email from your computer using ... More About: Graphics , General , Reduce , Image , Size
South Carolina License Plates Feature Web Site
2007-08-15 14:14:00 After 10 years of the “Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places” slogan, South Carolina is changing up their license plate design. I know, I know. License plates are not exactly “technology news”. But I am mentioning North Carolina’s neighbor to the, er, south because their new license plate is going to feature South Carolina’s tourism website: ... More About: Web Design , General , Site , Feature
Nokia Cell Phone Battery Advisory
2007-08-14 16:34:00 If your ears have been burning lately, it may not be because people are talking about you. It may be your cell phone battery overheating if you use a Nokia cell phone. Nokia has issued a product advisory about their Nokia-branded BL-5C battery manufactured between December ‘05 and November ‘06 by the Matsushita Battery Industrial ... More About: Technology , Phone , Cell Phone
Top-Ten Placement On Google, Yahoo and MSN
2007-08-14 15:09:00 Have you ever seen an Search Engine Optimization firm advertising an irresistible offer like that? Chances are, you have. In fact, if you subscribe to WebPro News eNewsletter, you receive an offer for that very thing about 314 times a month. And you don’t have to look very hard on Googl e to find about ... More About: Yahoo , General , Yahoo!
Wordpress Comments Issue
2007-08-14 13:47:00 If you have tried to comment on the blog recently, first and foremost I must say, “Thank You for taking the time.” No, really. I comment on other blogs quite often and it does take a certain amount of effort, so we really appreciate it when our readers comment on our blog. However, if ... More About: Wordpress , General , Comments , Issue
Toshiba Recalls Sony Laptop Batteries
More articles from this author:2007-08-12 17:19:00 If you own a Toshiba laptop, your rechargeable battery by Sony could be on the recall list. The CPSC has announced that the batteries have been overheating and causing a fire hazard. Here are the Toshiba laptop models on the latest recall list: Toshiba’s Satellite A100 Satellite A105 Tecra A7 If you own one of these laptops, ... More About: Technology , Laptop , Batteries , General 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
