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Just wondering, will there be any desktop blogging client by Google?
Currently I am using BlogDesk as my desktop blogging client. All the article writing process, editing, are all done in BlogDesk. It is very light and can handles many domains and blog platforms.
Microsoft already have their desktop blogging client called, Windows Live Writer . I tried it once before but it is not very good like BlogDesk.
Are you Mark Zuckerberg fan? Don’t you want to buy Mark Zuckerberg action figure and put it on your desk?
“Poking Inventor” action figure was created by M.I.C Gadget that is inspired from a man who makes the world more open and connected, Mark Zuckerberg.
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When I want to upload a file to my WordPress blog, there was an error shown on the Media page like in the image above.
“facebook.png” has failed to upload due to an error
Unable to create directory /home/OLDPATH/public_html/BLOG/wp-content/uploads/2011/03. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
Supposedly there should be no problems because I have successfully uploaded many files before. After awhile I remembered that a few days ago I moved the blog to another server. There might be some configurations that I missed to change.
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Apple announces iPad 2
iPad 2 was launched on 2nd March 2011 at San Francisco by Steve Jobs. It is thinner, lighter and faster with two cameras for FaceTime video calls and HD video recording. Yet it still has the same 10-hour legendary battery life.
This guest post is by Techwriter of broadbandexpert.com.
A wireless internet is one of the most advanced forms of internet technology in today’s world and we all know that with improved technology comes improved responsibility and increased need for security. There is no doubt a wireless internet is very powerful and reliable but you should also consider and fix the major security problems you might experience. This post will be giving you some tips to help you secure your wireless broadband internet.
Make Sure You Have an Up to Date Antivirus Installed
One of the major concerns of using a wireless internet is the possibility of your computer being infected by a virus; a wireless broadband internet is very fast and a lot of things can happen before you know it, you can mistakenly download a file before you even realize you’re downloading the wrong file and in most occasions the wrong thing will have been done before you ever think of correcting it. Situations like this can be very dangerous and difficult, and the best option is to make sure they never come.
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DontPhishMe is a Mozilla Firefox addon developed by MyCERT, CyberSecurity Malaysia to provide a security mechanism in preventing online banking phishing threat specifically for local Malaysian banks.
DontPhishMe popups an alert when I clicked the link in a Spam email.
When you visit a website that appears to be a fake online banking web page, DontPhishMe will popup an alert with a warning message indicating suspected phising website has been detected.
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Let’s say you want to transfer your blog to a new server. You have uploaded all the files and what is left is just the database.
You can import the database to the new server by using phpMyAdmin but it will take a lot of time if the database size is large. So, the best and easiest solution that I would suggest is, transfer the database by using SSH.
To do that, you must make sure you have SSH access in both servers – old and new server. You can request the access by contacting your hosting provider to enable it for you.
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CloudFlare’s Access Restricted page.
I am using CloudFlare system (thanks to LiewCF) to protect my blog from threats and limit abusive bots and crawlers from wasting my bandwidth and server resources. But the problem is, this intelligent system is currently blocking me from accessing my own blog!
It is believed my computer or another computer on my network (P1 Wimax) has been infected by a virus and being used to send spam emails and attack websites. That is why CloudFlare has to block my connection and redirect me to their Access Restricted page (as you can see above).
I have contacted CloudFlare reagarding this issue. For the time being, I have to complete the CAPTCHA if I want to access my blog. But the good thing is, I know that I can trust CloudFlare because it is really can prevent my blog from threats and malicious traffic attacks. 
Personal Blocklist by Google
Sometimes when you do searching on Google, the results you get are not relevant with the keyword you typed. Most of the websites are just a low-quality website and spamming the search engines.
To block the websites from re-appearing in your Google search results, you can use Google Chrome extension, Personal Blocklist. This extension will block the domain and you won’t see it again when you do the searching in Google.
However, you can always revoke a blocked site at the bottom of the search results. You can also edit the blocked websites by clicking on the extension’s icon at the top right of the Google Chrome window.
But just want to let you know, when you block a website, the URL will be sent to Google for their further analysis. With that, they can provide a better algorithm and also use it as a potential ranking signal for their search results.
New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results [via Google Blog]
