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Hit Tab to Search within Google Chrome Address Bar “Omnibox”

By • Sep 6th, 2009 • Filed under: Browsers, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Just a little tip you can put into use when searching sites that you’ve previously visited in the Chrome address bar also known as the Omnibox. It seems to work only on websites like Google.com, Facebook, Youtube, that we all frequently visit. Each time you start typing the name of any website you often visit, […]

Upgrade to Keep WordPress Secure

By • Sep 5th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Security, WordPress

Here is Matt Mullenweg, the guy behind WordPress. He is here to explain to all how to keep WordPress secure. Right now there is a worm making its way around old, unpatched versions of WordPress. This particular worm, like many before it, is clever: it registers a user, uses a security bug (fixed earlier in […]

CrossOver Games 8.0 Released

By • Sep 5th, 2009 • Filed under: Linux Tips and Tricks, Open-Source, Ubuntu

The guys at CodeWeavers have released an enhanced version 8.0 of CrossOver Games, that like Crossover Chromium is based on Wine (Open Source Software for running Windows applications on other operating systems like Mac and Linux) open source project. CrossOver Games allows Windows games to be played on Mac and Linux PCs without the need […]

Firefox Mobile: Fennec Alpha 3 for Windows Mobile

By • Sep 5th, 2009 • Filed under: Browsers, Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Mozilla’s mobile version of the Firefox browser, for smaller non-PC devices like mobile phone devices and PDAs codenamed Fennec now has an Alpha 3 version for the Windows Mobile 6 platform. The Fennec “mobile” browser is currently developed for the Linux based Maemo operating system that powers Nokia N800 and N810 Internet Tablets and for […]

WordPress Security Threat: Old Versions Under Attack

By • Sep 5th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Security, WordPress

There are reports that older versions of WordPress -- now at version 2.8.4, are exposed to security threats. Two clues provided by Lorelle on WordPress blog that your non-up-to-date WordPress blog is under attack; 1) Strange additions to permalinks, such as example.com/category/post-title/%&(%7B$%7Beval(base64_decode($_SERVER%5BHTTP_REFERER%5D))%7D%7D|.+)&%/ The keywords are “eval” and “base64_decode.”