Pligg, a popular open source CMS (Digg Clone), has a substantial security vulnerability - I seriously doubt I’m the first to notice this (it’s not the vulnerability found in late May ‘07 though. During installation you are required to delete the original username and password, but I found quite a few problematic installations. I plan […]

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Robert Scoble is standing in line for an iPhone. The greatest living American was begging for an iPhone last night. Me? I’m giving away two in July - one to an attendee at HostingCon in Chicago and one to an attendee at Ad-Tech in Chicago.
A little more on WM’s presence at HostingCon (and of course […]

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I love Google Reader and the way it helps speed up my daily information gathering and reporting, but there are an increasing number of items on my improvement wishlist - here are two.
1) Remove All Starred Items: I’ve got about six months worth of starred items now. It would be nice to either be able […]

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Windows Live OneCare works quietly in the background on your computer, so you don’t have to worry about nasty interruptions from viruses, spyware, hackers, and other unwanted intruders. It also goes beyond security, regularly backing up all your important files and cleaning up and tuning up your computer to help keep […]

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Ben Edelman sent me an email yesterday about my post on his report regarding how popups inflate site statistics. I recently upgraded to WordPress 2.1.3 and apparently this theme does not support comments (thanks Dave Dalka!) so I’m posting his well thought out response below:
Pete — Thanks for the link. I certainly don’t claim […]

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