The News Review:
- Best of the internet: Great web-based services
- Hack attempt
- Printer Friendly Format – Sunday Herald
- Japan on travel blogger’s mind
Best of the internet: Great web-based services
New Zealand Herald – Nov 25, 2007
Wordpress isn’t for entry-level users. Blogging services such as Blogger and Typepad are better suited to them. But with relatively little effort you can use Wordpress to build a decent-looking site that allows for multiple categories of articles multiple authors article tags and is likely to be picked up by search engines. Next week: Best places to buy online in 2007… Wordpress isn’t for entry-level users. Blogging services such as Blogger and Typepad are better suited to them. But with relatively little effort you can use Wordpress to build a decent-looking site that allows for multiple categories of articles multiple authors article tags and is likely to be picked up by search engines. Next week: Best places to buy online in 2007.
Hack attempt
Computer Crime Research Center – Nov 24, 2007
When the depatment’s Light Blue Touchpaper Wordpress blog was compromised by a hacker recently researcher Steven Murdoch decided to do a little detective work to see what methods the hacker had used to get in and snoop around and if anything had been changed. What he found was due to an SQL injection weakness in the Wordpress installation the hacker was able to upgrade his account from a user with comment posting privileges to a full administrator. The account was disabled soon after the initial breach however during the clean up Murdoch found himself intrigued by what password the hacker had been using… When the depatment’s Light Blue Touchpaper Wordpress blog was compromised by a hacker recently researcher Steven Murdoch decided to do a little detective work to see what methods the hacker had used to get in and snoop around and if anything had been changed. What he found was due to an SQL injection weakness in the Wordpress installation the hacker was able to upgrade his account from a user with comment posting privileges to a full administrator. The account was disabled soon after the initial breach however during the clean up Murdoch found himself intrigued by what password the hacker had been using.
Printer Friendly Format – Sunday Herald
Sunday Herald – Nov 24, 2007
Then her media chief Matthew Marr resigned in disgrace eight days ago after shouting the c-word at Salmond during an awards ceremony. Alexander is set for further embarrassment after it emerged that Yates – the Labour group’s new head of communications – attacked his future bosses weeks before accepting the new job. His comments featured on his WordPress-hosted blog GYmedia. A message on the blog page now states: “The authors have deleted this blog. The content is no longer available. But the Sunday Herald has uncovered a number of Yates’s postings many of which portray the Labour leadership in a negative light. n Alexander’s speech to the UK Labour conference in September one of his internet postings states: “New Labour leader Wendy Alexander was rather less positive using her conference speech to apologise’ for losing the last election in Scotland.
Japan on travel blogger’s mind
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Nov 25, 2007
For the uninitiated a travel blog is a dedicated Web site into which text photos video audio and other electronic files can be uploaded along the way essentially creating an internet travel journal. Traveling with her digital camera and laptop computer Ms. Karlin posted entries almost daily during her trip and anyone who accessed the blog (at.