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ReBlog – republish interesting posts from other blogs

April 11th, 2008 by Alex Costa · 1 Comment

Sometimes I wish I could create a blog where I can republish interesting posts and articles I find on the net, with my comments and thoughts added to it. But I want to do it in a way that the credits for the post go to the owner. With ReFeed and the ReBlog plugin for [...]

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Tags: Applications · quick & easy tips · Technology · Tutorials / Training



Hide Ads on Godaddy free hosting

March 29th, 2008 by Alex Costa · 51 Comments

Some people might question my integrity on this post but let me clarify. I was offered a free hosting ticket (free when I buy a domain name) by Godaddy with no mention of ads being added to my site, I only saw the ads after I installed a wordpress blog in my new free hosting. [...]

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Tags: quick & easy tips · Web Design

SP1 Update for Vista

March 19th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

Microsoft claims this Vista update will improve stability, security and performance. It also warns that the Update could cause some software to malfunction, including some security software like the anti-virus from BitDefender and Trend Micro. The other programmes that may be affected by this update are: BitDefender AV Fujitsu Shock Sensor Jiangmin KV Antivirus 10 [...]

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Tags: Applications · OS & Servers · Security · Technology



Phorm – advertising based on your browsing history…. is it good?

March 18th, 2008 by Alex Costa · 1 Comment

According to the web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee, it is not a good idea and it infringes upon consumer rights. Two major ISPs in the UK (BT & Virgin) have already signed up to use (or be used by) Phorm to track user’s browsing history in order to do targeted advertising. I didn’t really like [...]

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Tags: Citizen Journalism · Technology

Untangle – Firewall, router, spam and content filtre

March 18th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

Untangle has been advertised as a reliable Open Source replacement for the rock solid Sonicwall. Untangle has all a small network needs to cope with today’s demands, it can work as a Gateway/Router, DHCP server, SPAM Filtre, Virus Filtre, VPN server, Web Content Filtre and more. Untangle is based on the Debian Linux and comes [...]

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Tags: Applications · Networking · OS & Servers

Internet Explorer 8 Beta

March 16th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments

IE8 Beta has been released specially for developers and web programmers. It comes with some interesting features: * IE7 Emulation * Developer Tools for debugging, with similar functionality to the Firefox Ad on  (mentioned just as a reference not as a comparison). *  IE8 activities - Providing quick access to external services from any webpage by sending information from the page to another application or fetching external information related [...]

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Tags: Applications · Programming · Web Browsers