Author Archive for Markku Seguerra
Reuters Issues Guidelines on Photoshop Use
January 31, 2007 | Filed Under Ethics, Journalism | 2 Comments
A few months ago, top news agency Reuters was severely criticized for publishing digitally altered photos from Lebanon. The unfortunate incident is now better known as the “Adnan Hajj photographs controversy,” leaving a dark blemish in the use of digital photography for news reportage.
WordPress 2.0.7 Released
January 16, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Software | Leave a Comment
Just ten days after releasing version 2.0.6, WordPress 2.0.7 is now available for public download. This update addresses a PHP security issue in certain versions of the popular scripting language, as well as a Feedburner problem that was inadvertently introduced in 2.0.6. Similar to the previous updates, the WordPress team labels this as a recommended [...]
Announcing Habari: The New WordPress?
January 12, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Software | 1 Comment
Have you heard about Habari? Habari is a new blogging platform from familiar names formerly associated with WordPress. The project was announced by Chris J. Davis earlier this month, who’s one of the core developers of the new weblog publishing application.
But is there space for another WordPress alternative?
Recommended Update: WordPress 2.0.6
January 7, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Software | 2 Comments
In light of the recently reported cross–site scripting vulnerabilities in WordPress, version 2.0.6 has been released to address the said issues in the templates.php file as detailed in these entries from Operation N and Security Focus. (As cited in our related coverage.)
Along with the aforementioned fixes, changes were made specific to the comments system, now [...]
Blogs, Bloggers, and Blogfights
January 5, 2007 | Filed Under Bloggers, Blogging, Opinion | 2 Comments
What makes blogs and bloggers prone to blogfights? Wired just ran a story on the best blogfights of 2006 and I’m sure most of us are aware of at least one of those listed. Remember Kevin Rose vs. Jason Calacanis?
But what really brings bloggers to quarrel?
Is Digg A Valid Search Engine Result?
January 3, 2007 | Filed Under Digg, Search, Social Media | 3 Comments
Over at Search Engine Journal (and at digg.com), there is a discussion regarding digg.com pages showing up at google.com search results, along with the actual link to the relevant story or article. However, there have been instances where the digg page ranks higher than the actual link.
Do you think digg shouldn’t be in google’s results?
Is Your Password Secure?
December 29, 2006 | Filed Under MySpace, Security, Social Media | 2 Comments
Several weeks ago, a phishing attack on popular social networking site MySpace.com managed to harvest thousands of actual usernames and passwords. These users were tricked into entering their account details in a hosted user page that was intentionally designed to appear like a legitimate MySpace login page. Since the page’s URL was within the myspace.com [...]
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ScribeFire 2.2.8 ReleasedJuly 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment
ScribeFire is a popular desktop blogging application hosted in a Firefox extension. Version 2.2.8 includes fixes and some brush-ups. The extension is free to download from Mozilla Add-ons, and works with both Firefox 2 and 3.
Two New b5media Blogs Launched
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment
Another two b5media blogs launched recently. Marye Audet edits Simply Home Remedies, which is about just that. This from the launch post:
For the past 20 years or so my family has lived without the assistance of commercial medicines or doctors, except for things like broken arms and emergency surgeries on retro-pharyngeal abscesses. You know, the [...]
Hitting the Frontpage of Digg
July 3, 2008 | By Matt Craven | 1 Comment
Skelliewag takes a look at playing the odds and trying to “win” with Digg - a great article with some fantastic tips on how to promote your site using Digg.
Most bloggers would love their content to hit the front page of Digg. Unfortunately, most of those bloggers are never able to experience the huge spike [...]
Firefox 3 Plugin Roundup
July 3, 2008 | By Matt Craven | Leave a Comment
Now that Firefox 3 has been out for more than a week - and has set a new Guinness World Record for the most downloads in a single day - several websites have begun recapping the plugin/addon situation for Firefox.
BSPCN outlines the 30 “Must Have” Firefox Extensions, including del.icio.us toolbar, Foxmarks, and Greasemonkey.
PC World looks [...]
WordPress.com Enables Support for Google Gears
July 3, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 3 Comments
WordPress.com have added a Turbo button in the admin area. This is to enable Google Gears, if your browser supports it, and speed up things using it. For instance, Google Gears is used for offline access to web apps like Google Docs, but how can it benefit WordPress.com?
On WordPress.com it is used to store all [...]
Blogged.com Rebuilds
July 3, 2008 | By Andrew G.R. | Leave a Comment
Promising to help you ‘find better blogs’ is Blogged.com. The directory site has just launched some new features and improvements. Most notably, they do a better job of highlighting interesting blogs over several niches. The goal appears to aggregate news and information that is well-written, though not necessarily accessible through mainstream media.
Among [...]
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