One of my favorite tech writers, David Pogue, wrote an article for The New York Times this week, offering five tips to take better photographs. The really great thing about the article is that it’s intended for average people using average point-and-shoot digital cameras. I thought tip number 3, instructing photographers to force their flash when shooting outdoors, was a great one that I often forget.
I’m always surprised to see how many people around the world still use Internet Explorer as their web browser of choice. I think there are much better browsers available to people, but I guess I can understand why people stick with it. Internet Explorer (or IE, as it’s often referred to) comes pre-installed on the vast majority of computers, and it’s a bit of a hassle to find, download and learn to work with a new browser. But if you are one of those people still using IE, please consider this compelling reason to switch…
Microsoft and IE made the news this week, and not in a good way. Hackers have exposed serious problems with all versions (new and old) of the browser that Microsoft has not yet addressed. The browser has a flaw which can expose your usernames and passwords to others when you visit “infected” websites. From what I’ve read (see below for links), your computer can be attacked as soon as you visit one of these “infected” websites.
This is my very first post on my new website, and I want to share some lessons I’ve already learned the hard way about website security. I purchased my domain last month; and, though it took me a while to choose, I settled on DreamHost to host my site a little over a week ago now.
Last Friday night, I tried to take a look at this site – not because I had done too much with it yet, but just because I was happy with the way it was taking shape. I had installed my WordPress.org content management system, and I had loaded my lovely website theme onto the site earlier in the week. That night however, I was stunned to find that when I typed in www.techkathy.com, my site no longer loaded. Instead, I was rerouted to some German guy’s website devoted to new developments for the iPhone.
I was shocked, upset, angry and confused, all at the same time, but I slowly pulled myself together to take action. Unfortunately, since this is my first website, I wasn’t exactly sure what that action should be. I struggled for the next four hours to figure out how this had happened and what I could do about it.