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I'm using Nibbleblog. It has relatively good performance for a blog that saves everything in files, but it does lack a few features. It has a plugin system, but isn't nearly popular enough for there to be plugins for most things I would want to add.
I've never used wordpress.com, so I don't know what sort of export functions they have. I know the Wordpress blog engine has the ability to export blog posts, but that doesn't mean that wordpress.com's blog hosting service has that feature.
I know the former CEO of Opera Software had created a blog/community website to give former My Opera Community members a place to go after Opera Software shut down their blog/community services, and you can get a preview of some of the featured blogs here. Unfortunately, they don't appear to have any sort of feature list, and the FAQ on their forums doesn't mention anything more than that it is possible to change the appearance of your blog via HTML/CSS.
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Most people start at a free blogging service, a lot of people also start at Wordpress. I used the My Opera Community blogging service for a long time, but they shut it down. I tend to dislike Wordpress, and found a few alternatives, but nothing that would let me import my old blog (they exported it into an XML format that only Wordpress supports).
My only real complaints about my current blogging solution are that it cannot import that weird XML thing, that all markup is done in HTML instead of some kind of simpler coding system (such as BBCode), and that the comment system is a bit archaic (I seem to have no control over comments that are automatically marked as spam). Aside from that, it's not a bad blog engine. I like the fact that it needs no database, although technically there are problems with that (such as disc access problems when the blog becomes large and popular).
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In case anyone noticed some downtime with GT500.org (I would believe it's still the primary download site for hpHosts in HostsMan), it is back up now. I'm not sure when it started (was fine this morning), and I first noticed this afternoon around 3:00 PM EST. I guess the payment method I had set up had expired (oops) and I had forgotten to change it. Doesn't look like there were any changes made to the server, so the bill was paid in time.
Hopefully there won't be any more disruptions (aside from the normal issues with the switches/routers at the datacenter when someone is being DDoS'ed).
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You have to be careful with self-protection though, as it can cause compatibility with other security software. Exclusions usually prevent that though, as it stops hooks from being created to the processes.
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Be glad you are not on 3Mb/s DSL or 3G/4G Cellular Broadband.
I am. Love my 25Mbps fiber.
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Apparently I'm the only one who still uses NVIDIA video cards...
I think I purchased my last ATI card about 10 years ago. When NVIDIA came out with the 6000 series ATI's driver nightmares were no longer worth it, as NVIDIA's chips were outperforming them at the time. Since I rarely have issues with NVIDIA's drivers, I've not switched back, even though ATI's cards usually use less power and run cooler these days. I also don't really pay that much attention to video cards these days. The ATI cards these days seem to be favored by people who are using OpenCL applications, such as BitCoin/LiteCoin/etc. miners, and I don't do that sort of thing. I think most of the guys I know who had ATI cards for cryptocurrency mining are switching back to NVIDIA now for gaming, since mining LiteCoins/VertCoins/whatever wasn't paying off.
And yes, I do like ASUS products. I know they often don't perform as well as other brands, but when I build a computer I expect it to last for 5+ years, and ASUS products have always been reliable and outlast their warranties for me (I built my old AMD socket 939 system with ASUS hardware in 2005, and not only is it still capable of running today, but I used it for 7 or 8 years without any real hardware issues). As with anything else, your mileage may vary.
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The other option is to use a 'pre-paid Vias card' ...
Always a good suggestion.
Also, in those cases where anonymity is an issue, some American Express pre-paid cards (such as Simon Giftcards, and perhaps others as well) can use used for online purchases at websites that accept American Express without the need to register your name and address with the company that the pre-paid card was purchased from. Unfortunately, I am not aware of any Visa or Mastercard pre-paid debit/credit cards that allow you to do that.
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Looks like I can't edit my posts here, I even wrote a tutorial on that utility, if you ever want to read it, let me know.
The ability to edit posts used to be automatically granted once your post count reached a certain number (possibly 50, but don't quote me on that). I'm not sure if it's the same these days, as I'm a little out of the loop.
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Isn't this that part where someone inserts some random thing about Linux or MacOS being superior?
That reminds me, I don't remember the last time I installed updates on my Fedora 20 laptop. That probably means I have about 500MB worth of updates waiting for me, if I ever get around to it.
I do remember the last time I installed updates for Windows 7, and it was when that "Platform Update for Windows 7" came out that was required for Internet Explorer 11, and which caused a bunch of problems for people... Needless to say, I uninstalled that thing as soon as I discovered it was the cause of my issues, and haven't installed an update since. I think everything that had issues with it has been patched though, so perhaps it's time to stop being afraid of Windows Updates?
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If the UI matters this much, why not just make it skinnable? I guess that could make support a nightmare, but you could make the UI components static and just make it so people could change some of the colors/graphics (or even just make the smiley face optional).
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Precisely, although many antivirus applications use a browser add-on/plugin and only monitor browser activity, while Malwarebytes Anti-Malware does indeed monitor all traffic for connections to or from malicious sites.
At least some of them filter DNS requests rather than using browser extensions, and I think Kaspersky filters all network traffic via a driver or something, but every AV can handle that differently.
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... malwarebytes blocked it - even though it was embed in the game - which proves malwarebytes is one of the best antiviruses.
I'm not sure if MBAM uses a network filter driver, or if their software works differently, however it doesn't matter what application requests content from a server that is blocked. TCP/IP traffic is TCP/IP traffic, regardless of whether it originates from your web browser or a game engine, security software isn't really going to see a difference. Even if they were doing something like monitoring DNS requests and blocking the ones to websites that were blacklisted (which some anti-virus software does), it wouldn't matter what kind of program made the request, it would be treated the same.
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Is it sad that this forum topic reminded me to charge my phone?
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Apparently the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, is speaking out against a Google policy that he considers "censoring history". You can read more at the RT news article linked below:
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Seems like this is happening a lot these days.
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Microsoft Says Don't Use Windows XP Registry Hack
Of course, they'd rather sell you a new operating system.
I'm not sure I'd want to do this 'hack' to get updates installed for Windows XP though.
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To add to what Ron said, I'm fairly certain that Wise Registry Cleaner recommends disabling termservice (called "Terminal Services" on Windows XP, and "Remote Desktop Service" on Windows 7 and newer), and if that service is disabled then Emsisoft Anti-Malware will not be able to display notifications from the Behavior Blocker or Surf Protection and everything will automatically be allowed.
The File Guard should still work, but disabling termservice does cripple the other two thirds of the protection, so I highly recommend making sure that termservice is set to its default start type of 'Manual'. The only exception to this would be if you enabled Remote Desktop on this computer to allow for remote access, and Windows set the service start type to 'Automatic'.
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ANY software, product or network appliance that uses vulnerable versions of OpenSSL are affected.
I do think it is important to note that, when connecting to a trustworthy server (such as when browsing Amazon, NewEgg, etc) your 'client' (in this example your web browser, if its uses the effected OpenSSL versions to handle TLS encryption) is not going to be exploited. Obviously if you are suffering from browser hijacks, DNS hijacks, etc. then that cannot be guaranteed, however you should never enter sensitive information when there is any sort of infection on your computer to begin with, and especially if you are being redirected to other websites when you try to do searches or shop online.
In the case of clients (such as web browsers), the server you connect to is what exploits you, so as long as your computer is not infected, your DNS has not been hijacked, and you are sticking to trustworthy websites, then your web browser will not have been compromised. Regardless, you should always[/]i install the latest security updates for your web browser and operating system.
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+1. Look at all the reprints of the original story and the people blogging about it now - they (Symantec) achieved exactly what they set out to achieve.
Considering the fact that they were the ones that helped the maker of CryptoDefense figure out that it was leaving the private key behind on infected computers (which means he was able to 'fix' that to make decryption impossible), they were probably desperate for good press.
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It was marketing hype for their "new technology".
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Brian Krebs needs to fix his site. There's some content loading from s.krebsonsecurity.com that is using a certificate that isn't intended for that subdomain. I can just click the button to accept the cert, but someone else I sent the link to said it wasn't loading (whether they were presented with an option to accept the cert and clicked decline or it was automatically rejected I do not know).
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That does seem strange. I guess Microsoft didn't want IE to turn into swiss cheese too soon on Windows XP after discontinuing support for the Operating System. Probably figured leaving it unpatched would make IE look bad on other platforms, and make people question whether Microsoft would do this to them on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 some day as well.
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Look at the shipping cost : $10.49
Not such a deal after all..
Makes me miss my Amazon Prime. At least until I try to buy something on Amazon worth a couple hundred dollars, and see that Indiana sales tax at the checkout!
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I am still unable to get this to happen. I am testing on Windows 7 x64 (with Service Pack 1), and I think the only real difference between what you mentioned and what I am running on the test environment is that I have Online Armor installed as well.
GT500.org Offline Due to DNS Issues
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My registrar (Hover) appears to think it is too good to use Limestone's nameservers, so my domain won't resolve to my server's IP address, which means no one can access GT500.org (including my hpHosts mirror and Malware Domain Blocklist mirrors).
Since an essential feature at Hover is not working, and they have not responded to my support request, I am trying to transfer the domain to another registrar. That transfer has said "In Progress" for several hours now, so it doesn't look like GT500.org will be back up for a while.
You know, as much as I wanted to get away from GoDaddy, at least their system worked right...
And no, I'm not transferring back to GoDaddy. I'm trying a registrar that I'd never heard of, but which sounds promising. They also have a "No Bullsh*t" promise, which at least sounds nice (could just be a cheap marketing tactic).