How To Secure Your WordPress Blog – Part 3
The listed combination of plugins are recommended to make your Wordpress blog more secure. The individual plugins may not be the best available, but the combination works very well for your site. Word of caution here. My recommendations are based on the following assumptions: - That what you have is a fresh wordpress installation. This…
How To Secure Your WordPress Blog – Part 2
Experts believe that the best way to secure your Wordpress installation is by writing your own codes and not with the use of off-the-shelf codes, known as plugins. While this may be true, not many possess the skills of writing codes for Wordpress. Chances are, you may even be barely capable of finding your way…
How To Secure Your WordPress Blog – Part 1
WordPress is an open source and free blogging software. Two variants abound; WordPress.com Wordpress.com are blogs hosted by the company that gave us Wordpress, Auttomatic. Recommended to beginners with little knowledge of what goes on behind the scene of this blogging platform. Features - WordPress.com is the safer way to go. There are a lot…
App Review : FIFA 12
My largest download, ever, from the Google play android app market is the FIFA 12 game from the stables of EA (Electronic Arts) Deceptively listed as 13MB in the app market, it was not until i had paid, installed the app and ready to play the game that i got a prompt that i needed…
Still On Cobranet
I wrote about this company last year, paying glowing tributes to the quality of their service offerings, though I must admit that i had strong reservations about the company sustaining the quality of their service. Well, 6 months later, the story has not changed. In truth, i can say that they have even improved on…
How To Block Access To Selected Websites On a PC
WANT TO BLOCK all users of a Windows PC from opening certain websites, regardless of the browser they use? You need only make a few simple additions to the Windows hosts file. This method is straightforward and free, and it doesn’t require you to download or install any additional software. It’s an effective way to…
Find Digital Copies of Your User Guides
NEED THE INSTRUCTION guide for your laptop? Unless you’re one of those freakishly organized types, I’ll bet you have no idea where it is. And even if you do know its location, fetching it probably involves a visit to the attic or basement, digging through boxes, and so on. What a hassle. Why not keep…
Zorin OS, The New Sheriff In Town
Many people coming from Windows try Ubuntu Linux as their first Linux distribution. But Ubuntu itself, while very good, may not always be the best choice. There are many Ubuntu derivatives and it is possible that one of those can sometimes be a better bet for those seeking to ease their way into a comfortable…
Ereaders – The End Of An Era?
Fiddling with a Kindle Keyboard, i can not help but marvel how much water has passed underneath the bridge since 2009 when Ereaders started becoming popular in Nigeria. This is 2012, what exactly has changed? When the ereaders started trickling in, many saw the end of literature as we know it, that the Kindle, Nook,…
Portable Apps (Revisited)
We discussed about Portable Apps on this blog a while back and we highlighted a few of its advantages as; - You have all your softwares with you at all times, installed on any regular flash drive. - Ability to bypass administrative level restriction. Use your regular softwares on any PC anytime, anywhere. - Reduce…
The Story Of Creation
In the beginning there was the Computer. And God said C:>LET THERE BE LIGHT! Enter user-id. C:>GOD Enter password. C:>OMNISCIENT Password incorrect. Try again. C:>OMNIPOTENT Password incorrect. Try again. C:>TECHNOCRAT And God logged on at 00:00:01 day 1. C:>LET THERE BE LIGHT! Unrecognisable command. Try again. C:>CREATE LIGHT Done C:>RUN HEAVEN AND EARTH And God…
Administer Your Server On The Move
In our fast paced world, it does make sense for you to have access to your server while away from your desk and on those few occassions when having a tablet with you might be a little awkward, access from your phone might be your best option. Padersync is the best choice on the blackberry…