If you’ve managed to miss a lot of what’s been going on with the Wikileaks controversy, then here’s a video that will help you get up to speed.
VaultPress Includes Security Scanning
VaultPress, the ultimate backup solution for self-hosted WordPress blogs, has announced the release of an update to their software that’ll scan for changes in core files for security purposes.
VaultPress knows which version of WordPress your site is running.
For each particular version of WordPress, we know what the MD5 checksum for each of the core files should be (an MD5 checksum is a kind of digital fingerprint for a file, that can be used to validate the integrity of that file).
Love it.
Love Droplr But Use Windows? There's an App for That.
I personally love using CloudApp as my screenshot uploader of choice, but a very strong competitor is Droplr.
For a while, it has only been available via desktop client on the Mac but now there’s a Windows version too: WinDroplr!
Fancy name, I know.Check out the screencast below:
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Does Starbucks Block Explicit Lyrics in iTunes?
Does Starbucks block music that you purchase that might contain “explicit lyrics”? It would seem so as I tried to open up a Jay-Z song while hanging out there yesterday.
The thing that’s so ridiculous is that it’s the “Clean” version that was gifted to me by a friend. Sad!
Open DNS Sends me a Christmas Card
That’s pretty classy!
Are you using Open DNS at your home or office?
Forbes PWNS Gawker, Security Snafu
Although we can say it was actually Gnosis, the group behind the hack-job on Gawker, it was really Forbes with their long investigative post on the “real” lessons about the breach, that ultimately has led to a real #PWN.
I honestly can’t believe the arrogance of Gawker and the owners; you really have to see it to believe it.
Read Chris’ great perspective as well here on Crunch.