EFF says that Ubuntu 12.10 is a major privacy problem for its users. It collects lots of data (including your search results) and send it to 3rd party such as Facebook, Twitter, BBC and Amazon. Every GNU/Linux distro should respect users’ privacy and security. Good read! Learn more about privacy in Ubuntu Earlier this month […]
Read MorePublic cloud offerings will account for more than 25% of government business services in domains other than national defence and security, according to newly released research. In its latest global report on government IT and transformation to digitalised business models, analyst firm Gartner says that governments will increasingly favour cloud computing over long-running in-house IT […]
Read MoreHere at Web24 we have a huge number of users running WordPress websites from personal blogs, to business oriented websites and even us here on the AUSWEB Blog! Thanks to the huge community of WordPress users there exists a huge pool of custom scripting, plugin and theme/design resources out there for you to add various features […]
Read MoreWordPress is by far the most commonly asked about CMS with AUSWEB customers and an increasing number who’ve picked up smartphone devices such as BlackBerry’s, iPhone’s and HTC’s, are taking their web development mobile. By far the most useful tool we’ve seen is the official WordPress iPhone app, which will let you manage most of […]
Read More1stWebDesigner, has posted an article with 10 Important Tips for SEO on your WordPress blog. Detailing everything from tweaking your XML sitemaps, using “Nofollow” links, to installing some of the many available WordPress SEO plugins. Check it out at the link above.
Read MoreWordPress TV has released live videos from a range of speakers at the recent WordPressCamp 2009. Covering almost everything WP and WPMU related, there is bound to be some useful design and development tips for aspiring WordPress gurus. Some highlights include Eric Amundson’s talk – 5 Free Ways to Bulletproof your WordPress site, which covers […]
Read MoreWhilst alarming to the end-user, so far no user log-in information seems to have been accessed. Keeping in mind this is for WordPress.com users as opposed to those running independently-hosted installations. In a relievingly transparent post (some may argue, unusual for an internet company), Matt from WordPress posts: “Automattic had a low-level (root) break-in to […]
Read MoreSecurity in WordPress is taken very seriously, but as with any other system there are potential security issues that may arise if some basic security precautions aren’t taken. This article will go through some common forms of vulnerabilities, and the things you can do to help keep your WordPress installation secure. This article is not […]
Read MoreThe team at F-Secure, PC Magazine and Sophos have unravelled XSS vulnerabilities within some popular WordPress themes, enabling unscrupulous users to inject JavaScript at free-will and strong-arm innocent WordPress websites. We urge you to read the blog post from Securi to see which themes are affected; additionally, it might pay to check out our Hardening WordPress guide for some extra WordPress […]
Read MoreJust like the queen, Linux has several “birthdays” (alas, I haven’t managed to convince the office that every one of them should be a public holiday). Some claim that the beloved tux has his birthday on the 6th of April, some say the 3rd of July, some vouch that it may in fact be the […]
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