I think I mentioned myself being a part time domain investor, and I own a number of domains, which I’ve either bought from others or registered myself. So it stands to reason why I’ve rambled about domains in the past. If you’ve been planning to have an online presence, remember, the first smart step is… Read More: Blogging begins with a domain name »
Quite often, when you create a client sample or a report, you might want to add a watermark or an image in the background of your document. At times, these watermarks may be used to represent the status of the document – pending, urgent, confidential, and so on. Although it was a bit difficult in… Read More: Adding watermarks in Word 2007 »
Finally, Google has decided that all the complaints about scammers using Google’s name to scam people with get-rich-quick programs has reached its peak of tolerance and now it’s time to get tough; Google is now taking them to court. Of late, scammers using Google’s name to misrepresent Google have been running riot, especially throughout this… Read More: Google getting tough with scammy advertising »
In a recent development, newspaper and other online publishers can now set the number of free articles which people can access through Google and keep the rest as subscriber-based only under a newly implemented program by Google, starting last year.
WordPress, my favorite CMS, has won the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards which I think is a great milestone for WordPress. It also was first runner up in the Best Open Source PHP CMS Software category. I’ve always believed that WordPress was the most scalable and easy… Read More: A milestone for WordPress »
Okay, I understand Windows 7 has come out, and some of us are probably thinking of getting a new PC altogether, but before you head to a computer store to get a new system, how about upgrading your old computer? As long as there are no terminal problems, why not put off getting a new… Read More: Five cheap PC hardware fixes »
I have a thing for budget cars of the future, and although this piece of news is a bit old, I bet not many have heard of it. Take a peek at the new single seat Volkswagen (VW). This car is planned for the China market, and as far as I know, this will be… Read More: Super cheap cars of the future – The single seat… »
Did anyone read the latest interview with Eugene Kaspersky, creator of the world famous Kaspersky antivirus software? I just read it, and in the interview Kaspersky mentions that the root cause for all security problems is – Internet anonymity. For those of you who haven’t read it, the interview is here.
No, not quite what you think it is. To me, the Web is still like a wild, wild west, where every cowboy and his horse have their own philosophy of web design! In a few hours web surfing, you’ll visit dozens of sites, some of which come up with ways of not “behaving” in a… Read More: Using Firefox to Discipline Naughty Websites »
Recently, I spent a lot of time looking for a new camera to carry around – a compact travel zoom if you may. I’m not a professional photographer, and have no ambition of being one, but I wanted a good camera that wasn’t bulky or heavy, and could take decent, if not great images. After… Read More: Searching for a compact digital camera »