-Sec. Clinton: “Three Internet Freedoms”

Posted by Dr.D | January 24, 2010 .

(Sec. Clinton via Wikipedia) On Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared in a speech that unrestricted Internet access was a top priority of the Administration. In the process she took on China and a number of other countries around the world including Egypt for the recent cases of Internet censorship. In her speech Secretary [...]

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-Google vs. China on Internet Censorship

Posted by Dr.D | January 17, 2010 .

(Image via CrunchBase) Google email accounts were presumably hacked by the Chinese government in December. Since the victims were primarily Chinese human rights activists this resulted in a strain between Google and the Chinese government. Now Google is saying that they may quit China over censorship of search results. For once Google is on our [...]

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WP Plugin: Freebie Images

Posted by Dr.D | November 10, 2009 .

Here’s another WordPress plugin that makes it easy to add pictures and images as you write a post: Freebie Images Once the plugin is installed and activated you are able to drag a picture into post from a side application with over a 100,000 or so free photo’s and images available. Quite handy! Here’s another [...]

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Some Real Help in Blogging Video

Posted by Dr.D | October 21, 2009 .

Last year I brought back Zemanta and Apture from the BlogWorld Expo. This year at the Expo I was introduced to two sites that really help in finding and putting up Video: Yubby and RedLasso. 1. Yubby allows you to find, collect, and publish videos from 30+ different video sites. First you search and find [...]

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Taking Care of Broken Links

Posted by Dr.D | September 29, 2009 .

(Image by mansikka via Flickr) Ever click on a link and end up on a 404 page? Everyone has–it is one of those little frustrations that we endure on the net. That’s why it is a good idea every once in a while to check out the links on your own blog. Some suggest that [...]

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Book Review: “Google Blogger for Dummies”

Posted by Dr.D | September 26, 2009 .

By Susan Gunelius (Hoboken,NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2009, 362 pages) The coming of this book is long overdue—a definitive manual on using Blogger. This is bound to become the essential book for those using the Blogger program whether one is starting out in the blogosphere or has been around a while. There is something for [...]

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Re: WordPress Plugins—What I’ve discovered.

Posted by Dr.D | September 10, 2009 .

(Image via Wikipedia) Q: Joe Chavez asked: “I was curious to know what other plugins or utilities do you use/recommend?” A: There are literally thousands of plugins available to WordPress.org bloggers. I have personally tried out a hundred or so. At one time I was using nearly 30 but in the process discovered several issues [...]

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WordPress Users Check This Out!!!: Older WordPress Versions Now Under Attack!

Posted by Dr.D | September 6, 2009 .

(Image via CrunchBase) **Note: The current WordPress.org version is 2.8.4 If you are running an earlier version it is definitely time to upgrade—older WordPress versions are now under attack. Thousands of blogs have been hit already—all earlier versions before 2.84 (Note-WordPress.com blogs are not affected). Hackers have Produced some kind of ‘worm’ that attacks all [...]

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