Posted in Google, Web Sites, tagged News on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Google Fast Flip is the latest experiment of Google Labs.
Fast Flip as its name suggests, is a brand new fast way of reading the news online.
With Fast Flip you can rapidly browse articles sorted by popularity, category or source.
Here is a screenshot of the main Fast Flip page:
Here is a screenshot of a single article, [...]
Posted in Software, Web Sites, tagged WordPress on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in the database (usually the admin account) would have its password reset and a new password [...]
Posted in Web Sites, tagged Flow Chart, Twitter on August 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Twitter is one of my most favorite services on the Web.
Every time I receive an email informing me about a new follower, I have to give an answer to a not so simple question:
To follow, or not to follow, that is the question!
Well, today I designed a flow chart diagram, which helps addressing the [...]
Posted in Google, Tips, Web Sites, tagged Gmail on August 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today I have been typing on Gmail chat, and by accident I have found out how to type a word in bold. With a bit more of a search, I have also found out how to type in italics, and also strikethrough a word.
Here is the cheat sheet:
Bold: Surround the word with asterisks, e.g. *word* [...]
Posted in Software, Web Sites, tagged WordPress on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
WordPress 2.8.2 fixes an XSS vulnerability. Comment author URLs were not fully sanitized when displayed in the admin. This could be exploited to redirect you away from the admin to another site. Download 2.8.2 or automatically upgrade from the Tools->Upgrade page of your blog’s admin.
Posted in Software, Web Sites, tagged WordPress on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
WordPress 2.8.1 fixes many bugs and tightens security for plugin administration pages. Core Security Technologies notified us that admin pages added by certain plugins could be viewed by unprivileged users, resulting in information being leaked. Not all plugins are vulnerable to this problem, but we advise upgrading to 2.8.1 to be safe.
Official Announcement
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Posted in Google, Web Sites, tagged Gmail, Google Docs on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, it took Google quite a long time, but as of now, Google Apps (Gmail, Docs, Talk, Calendar) are officially out of beta mode!
You can see the absence of the “beta” label on their logo:
What I love about Google it that not only they provide excellent services, but they have a great sense of geek [...]
Posted in Web Sites, tagged WordPress on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The latest and greatest version of WordPress, version 2.8, has been released today.
It includes more than 180 new features, changes, upgrades and improvements on the Codex.
Read the official release announcement
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Posted in Web Sites, tagged Internet, Mathematics, Technology, Wolfram Alpha on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Introduction – What is Wolfram Alpha?
May 15, 2009 will always be remembered as the day that Wolfram Alpha has been officially launched.
Stephen Wolfram, a British scientist, and inventor of Mathematica, is the creator of Wolfram Alpha.
Wolfram Alpha is a different kind of search engine, actually it could be more precisely described as a computational knowledge [...]
