Research in Motion has received a boost, with WordPress releasing an app for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. According to GMANews, the release allows users of the popular WordPress content management system to perform basic updates, such as creating or editing posts or managing comments, from their tablets. Sites hosted on WordPress.com, as well as self-hosted sites,...Read More
Fueled in part by the rise in the use of smart phones and social media by consumers, as well as a large number of data breaches, identity theft incidents in the United States rose by 13 percent in 2011 to affect nearly 12 million Americans, according to the ‘2012 Identity Fraud Report: Social Media and...Read More
Pocketnow is a Mashable publishing partner that offers a resource for smartphone reviews, news and video. The following article is reprinted with the publisher’s permission. February 21 was a busy day for RIM and PlayBook owners alike. Shortly after the release of the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, bloggers will be glad to find out that...Read More
Automattic rolled out a new update yesterday for their Android app yesterday, and it looks like the app will finally be useful for mobile blogging. In addition to now being listed in the Nook App Store and the Amazon Appstore, the updated app also got a number of bug fixes as well as a new...Read More
A new attack against old versions of WordPress is a reminder of the importance of always performing updates when prompted. We saw how using old versions of IE, IE6 in particular, led to all kinds of exploits and attacks, so you would think the lesson would have been learned at some point, but here we...Read More
Hackers are compromising WordPress 3.2.1 blogs in order to infect their visitors with the notorious TDSS rootkit, according to researchers from Web security firm Websense. It’s not clear how the websites are being compromised, but there are publicly known exploits for vulnerabilities that affect WordPress 3.2.1, which is an older version of the popular blog...Read More
Researchers have uncovered several vulnerabilities in the default WordPress installation page. “The flaws were found by researchers at TrustWave’s SpiderLabs, and in their advisory on the WordPress bugs, they describe how attackers would be able to exploit them,” writes Threatpost’s Dennis Fisher. “In the advisory, the researchers also include code that can be used to...Read More
GLOBAL – WordPress is the world’s biggest and – many would say – best content management system for websites. Many of the sites you read on a daily basis are based on the system – including this one. Easy for beginners but almost infinitely customisable, WordPress has a lot of fans. And a lot of...Read More
It seems that Google loves WordPress. WordPress is an SEO dream for beginners. How and why they are having an affair is easy. Here is why: New York, NY (PRUnderground) January 24th, 2012 By Alex Miranda: Why are Google and WordPress so much in love? Why is it the perfect platform for anyone who wants...Read More
In the wake of as many as 7,000 websites going black in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, Congress won’t take the up controversial bills this session. On Wednesday, Jan. 18, thousands of websites, such as Wikipedia, Reddit and WordPress, blacked out their websites to protest the legislation intended...Read More
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