Say goodbye to Cpanel X
March 31, 2008
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Cpanel X was the theme that brought webhosting admin panels out from the dark ages. However, this iconic and easy to use interface is on it’s way out due to security issues.
Cpanel X was an admin interface that […]
BBC redesigns: world news now a bland blog
March 31, 2008
The BBC continues to redesign and develop it’s website, with the BBC News section of the site now being rolled out to a new design.
Curiously, it makes BBC News look less like a world beating news source, as much as a common news blog.
While the previous design was rich in graphics and multimedia displays (top […]
Mystery: Google indexing site searches
March 29, 2008
Google appears to be indexing keyword searches on Wordpress installs without any normal cue being given. Are we looking at an indexing error, or is the data coming from Google Analytics?
Was searching through one of my sites on Google last night - Wordpress driven and running GA -
when I found a whole load of keyword […]
Google in black for green cause
March 29, 2008
Google has changed the look of Google.co.uk from white to black, in order to support Earth Hour - when lights in participating cities are switched off for an hour. However, in doing so, Google’s link to Google.com is now a broken redirect.
Don’t panic if you load up Google.co.uk today and see everything has gone black […]
Nationwide says property will keep falling
March 28, 2008
The Nationwide reports property prices are still falling - and that it now expects this trend to continue to the end of the year. A more pessimistic opinion than it previously held.
The Nationwide Building society has reported that property prices across the UK fell by 0.6% in March.
It makes this the fifth month in a […]
Recession risk warning for business
March 28, 2008
Investment bank Lehman Brothers has warned that they see a 1 in 3 chance of the UK going into recession over the next 2 years.
A report by Lehman Brothers, one of the world’s largest investment banks, has concluded that the UK faces a significant chance of entering recession within the next two years.
According to the […]
Google Adwords targeted in phishing attacks
March 27, 2008
Google Adwords customers are being warned to watch out for fake emails claiming to be from Google Adwords, which attempt to steal login details.
Google Adwords has become the latest service to be targeted by phishers, using spoof emails to steal user login data.
Normally targeted at banks and online financial providers, the aim is to capture […]
Email spammers use blogspot against filters
March 2, 2008
Blogspot URLs are being used in a new deluge of spam in an attempt to circumvent anti-spam filters. Until Blogger open communications for spam reporting, this problem is just going to continue.
There’s nothing new about email spam - especially when the email spam often carries an affiliate URL.
Over the past few days, however, there’s been […]