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Seems ‘Hackers spent at least a year spying on Mozilla to discover Firefox security holes – and exploit them’ as noted in The Register, online hardware, software and security news site. ‘Bugzilla infiltrated, private vulns slurped since at least 2014 Hackers have known about unpublicized and unpatched critical security holes in the Firefox web browser...

You might want to think again!  Seems they have revamped their security defaults and how they handle information.  As usual in practice with new software or a new car, you want to let someone else works out the new kinks!  I look at Windows 10 as I did the upgrade to Vista from XP –...

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) which you can use to communicate over the web either by phone, tablet or computer allows you a ‘bit’ more privacy than not. Then again it too can be compromised. “VPNs are so insecure you might as well wear a KICK ME sign” – Brits test of 14 prominent privacy...

Before you go out and purchase identity proctection or insurance do your homework on the company you are considering.  “Identity protection outfit LifeLock picked, popped”  – website link...

Even the ‘Big guys’ aren’t playing nice when they want their programs to run quick. They are disabling everyone else’s software so theirs runs… unfortunately you don’t know that. So it leaves you open to virus, malware and trojans. Just not a nice thing to do to your customers.  Read more … Website Link...

Most of us like to share using texts, phone calls and pictures with our friends and family. We use the smart phones, mail, email and social media. What most of us are concerned with is ‘others’ watching us when we haven’t given our permission. It is like if someone comes up to you in a store...

I have watched in the last couple of months the number of spam emails rising. What is also rising is the number of hackings into social media in this latest instance it was Twitter.  The Register, a blog with a security section, recently posted that 250,000 emails were compromised. Read “Twitter breach leaks emails, passwords...

In the last couple of months, ok maybe the last couple of days, we have been told of hackers “lifting” security data of millions of users on LinkedIn, GlobalPayments, Yahoo, and others. Hackers have also been compromising security protocol on programs like MySQL (a database program format) or by planting viruses or malware in programs like Facebook and WordPress blogs. Then...

Ok so they aren’t cheat “sheets” exactly. They are books. I found this on the WordPress.org website of all places and it’s new! Great idea to put them up. I’d recommend this to my clients. The books are worth checking out. Some are great for beginners; others are for the  advanced user and it depends...

Loved Ami’s concise explanation of using Feedburner (Google) for a bulk emailing newsletter. Just wanted to share. Also, I’ve added instructions on how to modify WordPress to use the “thumbnail image” option in your newsletter. Tuesday, May 4, 2010, Ami wrote the following post: How to Create and Manage a Newsletter Using Feedburner So, you...

Quite a few of us have our own blogs and write all the time – that is NOT what this post is about. There are some people who are authors, publishers, or website owners that have been asked to write an online article for others. Here are 10 great tips that can help you do...

Ok if you thought coding webpages was hard to begin with coding just now increase a couple of fold. On the other hand way new cool things are now able to happen with just css. One of the new things is transparency and gradients of backgrounds just in css. This blog post on Webdesigner Depot...

How can I get an ICON for my website? You’ve seen those little icons next to the url, or the name of the website in favorites. It is like a “mini brand” or your own personal little icon. It identifies you “by picture”. It is a FAVICON. So how do you get one? You make...

In this moment, a lot of people are paying attention to how much things cost. They are evaluating products, services and time for the value each possesses. Following are some tips to help in that area I’ve found on the web. 1. Save on printer ink by using the Century Gothic font, which a recent...

We would all like to lower our monthly bills and one way to do it is by getting an “internet phone”. More than half of internet users now have a high speed connection. Using this connection, you can very easily have an internet phone that uses VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) technology. Your older providers...

EASY Photo Resizing Technical Tizzie blog under www.wisdomwoman.com The subject of photo resolution and sizing is probably one of the most confusing subjects in computer graphics, and if you don’t think it is, you probably don’t really know very much about it. When we are talking about printed images, the subject is still complicated and...

Seven Steps to Understanding Online Advertising Story by AmandaDailyWorth on Etsy.com Published on February 3, 2010 This guest post is by Amanda Steinberg, founder of DailyWorth.com. DailyWorth is a daily email about money for women — delivering practical tips, empowering ideas and the occasional kick in the pants. You’ve started your business. You’re selling the...

Ok you have a blog…. Now what? You need to get it listed and read! Here are several tips to do just that. There is a good article on My-Blog-Review titled “How & Why To claim Your Blog” using Technocrati. Pretty much it describes that using Technocrati can help to give your blog online promotion...

From time to time I find others have wonderful things to add to website marketing from a different point of view… The Authentic Woman’s Guide to Marketing by Christine Kane “But I’m not a widget!” she whined. “It’s harder for me!” Denise was giving me her number one reason she despises marketing. I laughed and...

There are a lot of reasons why you would want to redesign your website. I’ve just done mine and yes it needed to be done. First you have to ask yourself… do I need to redesign or is my website serving its purpose? If anyone answers “it’s serving my purpose”, then their website is new...

Thank you for stopping by! I have revised this website to allow it to be more interactive with the people that come looking for information regarding web design. Please check out my new FAQs page and make sure you visit the “Web Gallery” to see examples of things that can be done for your web...