An increasing number of people are receiving phone calls from scammers who claim they detected a virus or trojan on the user's PC and they want to help remove the threat. Sometimes they claim your Windows license is … [Read More...]
Tech Support Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
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We cover a range of favorite tech support topics on this site, including information and tutorials for open source software, programming, databases and home theater. You will find tech tips, solutions, and tutorials for a wide variety of technology problems and solutions. Recent Tech Articles
All In One SEO Pack Vulnerabilities Found
If you use the WordPress All In One SEO Pack plugin and have not updated it recently, do it right now. Two potentially serious weaknesses have been discovered. The bad news is these are potentially very serious … [Read More...]
What is Shill Bidding?
Shill bidding occurs when someone places a bid on an auction for the sole purpose of stimulating bidding activity or raising the bid prices--with no intention of purchasing the product. Shill billing most often … [Read More...]
Be Careful When Registering Domain Names
At one time if you wanted to build a web site, you looked for a good domain name, registered it, set the nameservers, and built the web site. That may no longer be the case. We are finding out that domain names need … [Read More...]
About WordPress Updates
The WordPress team recently introduced version 3.8.0 or their very popular flagship product. I have used it on a few sites and it appears to be stable, but a bugfix update almost always follows the release of a … [Read More...]
WordPress 3.7 Is Released With a Disturbing Feature
WordPress 3.7 is out, but the team added a naive and misguided change. The core files are now automatically updated whenever a new release is launched. This is great if you use a hosting company where the manually … [Read More...]