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Securing WordPress

February 6th, 2010

With open source software it is fairly easy for knowledgeable hackers to find vulnerabilities in code. Although vulnerabilities are quickly patched with WordPress due to a very pro-active development team, there are steps that should be taken to secure WordPress against hack attacks.
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WordPress Error: You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page

February 6th, 2010

Were you just locked out of your WordPress blog’s administration area? When you try to access the admin area, do you see the error message, “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page”? Did you just recently run a prefix changer to tighten the security of your blog? Read the rest of this entry »

Flash Cookies – What Are They?

January 24th, 2010

What would you say if you found out that there was a way for a web site to store up to 100,000 bytes of information on your PC that they can use for tracking your activities, and you have no control over it with your normal browser security settings? Would you be surprised? What if these files can be scattered throughout your PC, and are not detected and removed by most anti-virus software? Prepare to be surprised. Read the rest of this entry »

More About the New 3D Home Theater Movie Technology

January 14th, 2010

The announcements made at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) regarding a range of new 3D home theater products raised a lot of excitement, but also raises quite a few questions. When we visited CES, several reps gave us vague responses to our questions or answers that just raised more questions. Read the rest of this entry »

3D Home Theater Technology at CES 2010

January 9th, 2010

We just returned from the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. 3D home theater technology was well-represented by most of the major HDTV manufacturers and was one of the major attractions for the show. Good quality 3D movies and technology for home viewing will soon be a reality, but there is both good news and bad news to report. Read the rest of this entry »

Blu-ray 3D Specification Has Been Approved

December 19th, 2009

The Blu-ray Disc Association has approved a specification for 3D movies for home theaters. Agreeing to a standard is a critical step in order to avoid a battle over competing standards like we saw with Blu-ray versus HD DVD. It appears that manufacturers are committing to bring the new technology to the marketplace in 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

Lots of Deprecated Features in PHP 5.3 Will Break Web Sites

November 11th, 2009

Many older sites written in PHP as well as many newer sites that evolved from older legacy code will find their sites broken when their servers are upgraded to PHP 5.3. That’s because many older PHP functions and INI directives are now formally deprecated (made obsolete) in version 5.3.
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Netflix Offers Instant Movie Viewing With PS3

November 10th, 2009

Netflix just announced that it is offering a free instant streaming video disc for the Sony PS3 gaming console that allows Netflix members to view movies from their growing library of streaming video movies.
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Are You Ready for Laser-Powered 3D Television?

October 15th, 2009

The ideal laser television should be capable of delivering bright colors, large format screens and should consume very little power. If perfected and delivered to the market at a low cost, this approach has the ability to replace most existing technologies, including plasma, LCD and standard rear projection. Read the rest of this entry »

New Blu-Ray Player Problem – Crank 2

September 14th, 2009

We just ran into a new Blu-Ray player problem. The problem manifests itself during the boot process where only a small window of the video is visible in the center of the screen.
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