22 Feb 2010 at 09:35 by Andy Towler
It’s finally coming.
Many months ago, Microsoft lost an argument with the European Commission, the result of which is that it has to give Windows users a choice of which browser to use on their system, instead of just installing Internet Explorer 8 and leaving it up to users to go and find, then install, an [...]
21 Oct 2009 at 08:07 by Andy Towler
A new version of WordPress has been released. This isn’t the major, extra-improved 2.9 that all WordPress developers are waiting for, but rather a minor interim release to harden existing installations against recent attack methods.
From the WordPress site:-
The headline changes in this release are:
A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being [...]
25 Aug 2009 at 18:18 by Andy Towler
Do you remember how, in a recent post called “Let clients use the WordPress Dashboard“, I discussed the limitations inherent in the user management system in WordPress?
In a nutshell, if you use the Role Manager plugin to give a WordPress user who is fairly “senior” (but not an administrator) the ability to manage more “junior” [...]
18 Aug 2009 at 13:37 by Andy Towler
What is KeePass?
KeePass Password Safe, to give it its full name, is a free, open-source, password manager available on multiple platforms and also suitable for self-contained operation on a USB stick. The official build is for Windows though it has been ported to Linux, Mac, Blackberry, iPhone, etc.
Disclaimer: I have no commercial or other [...]