by Joseph Forbes | Jan 1, 2013 | Blog Entry
Blogging for Money – A Passive Income? Last year two posts popped up in my RSS feeds with the words ‘passive income’ in their headings. BJ asked – So Where’s the Passive Income? and Dave writes about Growing a blog or blogs as a source of passive income....
by Joseph Forbes | Dec 31, 2012 | Blog Entry
1. Breaking a Post Down into a List In case you don’t remember, I wrote a post not too long ago about why the masses enjoy lists so much. That was obviously a sarcastic article, but the basic principle that people like lists is true. Lists are concise, they keep the...
by Joseph Forbes | Dec 30, 2012 | Malware Reports, SECURITY
Description: An encoded javascript (or a redirection to it) was detected, leading browsers to the Blackhole Exploit kit (v1.x). It attempts to exploit the browser of anyone visiting the site using a combination of multiple vulnerabilities (Java, Adobe PDF, Flash and...
by Joseph Forbes | Dec 30, 2012 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, SECURITY, Technical Support
As an official patch is yet to become available, Microsoft has released a temporary Fix-it tool to close a critical security hole in its Internet Explorer web browser. According to a blog post by Yunsun Wee, Trustworthy Computing Director at Microsoft, the company...
by Joseph Forbes | Dec 30, 2012 | Blog Entry, INTERNET
Stopping Spambots with hashes and honeypots Spam sucks. Any site which allows unauthenticated users to submit forms will have a problem with spamming software (spambots) submitting junk content. A common technique to prevent spambots is CAPTCHA, which requires people...
by Joseph Forbes | Dec 30, 2012 | Blog Entry, HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY
Critical zero-day hole in Internet Explorer – Update While analysing a compromised web page, security experts from FireEye discovered malware that exploits a previously unknown security hole in Internet Explorer. The hole allows attackers to inject malicious...
by Joseph Forbes | Dec 29, 2012 | Blog Entry
This past two weeks I’ve been talking about how to make your RSS feed ‘Pop’ – to stand out from the crowd a little – however covering this topic has caused a few readers to ask RSS related questions that don’t necessarily relate to improving your feed but...
by Joseph Forbes | Nov 29, 2011 | Blog Entry
Exchange & Outlook Email Microsoft Outlook & Exchange Server Many users are already familiar with Outlook and its wide range of features, but Outlook really comes alive when it’s used with Microsoft Exchange Server services. Though many use the terms...
by Joseph Forbes | Oct 29, 2011 | Data Recovery, INTERNET
Data loss hurts. We are here to help ensure it never happens again, unprepared. Online Backup is a pioneer and technology leader in online backup. Established in 2001, is one of the largest worldwide providers of online backup for consumers, small and medium...
by Joseph Forbes | Sep 29, 2011 | HARDWARE, INTERNET, Web Hosting
A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server owned or leased for use by clients, as well as...