Archive for October, 2009
Expand shortened URLs to the real address
URL shortening services became wildly popular a few years back. Users could take a long and complicated website link and pass it to a service like Tiny URL that would condense the link and essentially make it portable. The short address could then be passed more easily through email and forums where a longer address [...]
Backing up your Google Docs files
Cloud computer has really taken the Internet by storm the last few years. The idea that all off your data can be offloaded and stored on the Internet or cloud and be accessible anywhere around the world is obviously appealing to most consumers. While the Pros are apparent, the Cons are equally apparent. If you [...]
Declutter your bookshelf with User Manuals Online
Let me as you a simple question – what is the first thing you do with the user manual when you open a new purchased product? If you are like most, you fall into one of two possibilities. The user manual either goes directly into the trash or the user manual goes onto the bookshelf [...]
Determining who shares your shared hosting
How in the TECH does enough traffic where it isn’t feasible to host the site on a server out of my basement but not enough traffic that warrants the costs associated with a dedicated server at a hosting facility. This is a scenario that many websites fall under and the solution for all of us [...]
Ensuring your browser plugins are up to date with Mozilla Plug-In Check
Mozilla, the group of developers behind the hugely popular Internet Explorer alternative browser Firefox, have taken on the responsibility of ensuring it’s users are fully patched and not exploitable by any of the known vulnerabilities in many of today’s most popular browser plugins. Initially, Mozilla was informing users of out-dated Flash plugins by notifying users [...]
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