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If you’re interesting in checking out the new Google Chrome web browser, but you run Ubuntu; there is a way to get it up and cranking using WINE. Simply follow the easy to use steps outlined in this guide and you’ll have Google Chrome up and running in no time.
Every network administrator at some stage in their career will come into trouble with the influx of spam during their career because, quite simply, spammers are smart. If you did a Google search for “Linux Anti-Spam”, you’ll be bombarded with tutorials using the infamous, free, SpamAssassin software. However if spamassassin isn’t quite cutting it, you [...]
A common preconception about network security is that as long as the firewall is working and preventing all unauthorized access to internal devices (that’s incoming traffic) - then the firewall is doing its job. However this often isn’t the case and a number of recent attacks have proved this. This misconception is held amongst many sys admins and their IT managers, who often turn their back on security news with the idea that they have a firewall; they are protected.
The other day I noticed something weird when I performed the command “ls -l”. Bash was reporting some strange output and the first thing I did was throw it into Google…. which revealed one thing; my Linux box had been comprised. Freaked out at first, I started researching everything I could; I was already aware [...]
Ezbounce is a cool peice of software that has many useful features for the hardcore IRC user. If your a regular IRC user who wants to hide your identity, stay connected to channels whilst offline and have a centralized IRC session - be sure to check this guide out.
From the ezbounce website.
ezbounce is an Internet [...]
who | grep -i brunette | date; cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger; mount; fsck; gasp; yes; uptime; umount; sleep
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To disable NDRs, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.
2. Expand the Global Settings container in the left pane, click Internet Message Formats, right-click the Default object, and then click Properties.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Click to clear the Allow non-delivery reports check box, and then click OK.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;294757
A friend came to me with an issue recently, she found herself blocked from sites such as friendster and myspace. While I don’t particularly care for these type of social networking sites (I mean, we didn’t have them in my day - I turned out okay didn’t I?!?), I was here to lend a hand.
Now [...]
By default, the blogging platform “wordpress” doesn’t sort categories by alphabetical order. To change this you need to set an argument when calling the function.
Under the theme editor, find where the categories are listed (most often the sidebar) and look for the function wp_list_cats.
To sort by category name use the following.
Categories
ASP.NET
BlackBerry
CSS
Exchange
Java
JavaScript
Kaspersky
Linux
Misc
Network Security
News
Feature Posts
Lead Story
PHP
Rogue AntiVirus [...]
That’s right folks, Google has pushed the button and a PR update is on the way. The webmaster world is buzzing as frantic web guru’s check statistics and query Google datacentres, hoping that the Googlebot is in a happy mood.
Follow the discussion on Sitepoint.
I’ve recently launched a site with a few tools to help people with their SEO plan.
Tools include the;
Ability to check your Google PageRank.
Ability to check the amount of pages Google has indexed for your website
Ability to check Search Engine Results Ranking
Plus a few small q/a and tips and tricks.
Page Rank Tool
A friend had the following problem on his machine and of course, I was called to the rescue. I had tried all the normal things, reinstalling MSN, turning off firewalls and anti-virus software but still no go. The machine could browse the net fine, except msn.com and MSN messenger would not work.
This was the error. [...]
