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Checked Your T.O.S. Lately? (Cyber-Cheating = Jail Time…)

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Here’s an interesting article on the implications of the MySpace suicide ruling, regarding how much legal weight website Terms Of Service carries:
Examples:

1) Anyone under age 18 using Gmail or any of Google’s other products is breaking their T.O.S.
2) Match.com prohibits married people from using Match.com to cheat on their spouses
3) eHarmony.com forbids users from lying [...]

How To Protect Your Online Passwords

Friday, September 19th, 2008

If you’ve been following the saga of Sarah Palin having her Yahoo email account hacked into, you know that it was accomplished by answering simple security questions.
Here’s how to avoid having the same thing happen to you:
Your logins are only as secure as their weakest link.  Your actual password may be completely unguessable, but someone [...]

Google Glitch in Firefox Shows Error: google.ac.i(document.f,document.f.q,”",”")

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

In the “everybody makes mistakes” department, I just pulled up Google using Firefox 2 and there’s a glitch on their homepage, part of the HTML is visible on the page:
google.ac.i(document.f,document.f.q,””,””)
Looking at the source code, it looks like it’s may be missing a closing left paranthesis bracket farther down the string.
The glitch isn’t visible in my [...]

Make Sure You Check Your Plugins After You Upgrade Wordpress To Make Sure They Work

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Whenever you upgrade to a newer version of Wordpress, there’s a danger that the plugins you’ve installed won’t work correctly.
Before you upgrade, you should deactivate all plugins, upgrade, reactivate the plugins, and then make sure they work.
Case in point: Before leaving on vacation I upgraded Wordpress, and the upgrade caused my comment spam image to [...]

Here’s A Terrible “Great” Website…

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Business websites can be very entertaining, but you can’t sacrifice usability and functionality for the “wow” factor.
I new Chipotle Grill restaurant was just built near my house, and I wanted to find out if they were open for business yet.  I found their corporate website here.
If you want to find out why I’m calling it [...]

How Cat Litter Can Help Your Business

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

…by learning from its non-marketing mistakes regarding product changes.
I’ve got a cat. Cat litter stinks the more it gets used. The brand “Fresh Step” is way more expensive than other brands, but it’s scented, has pleasant looking white and green granules, and works better than the cheap stuff at hiding odor.
Recently, they apparently completely [...]

It Turns Out That Fake Cancer Cures Are Bad…

Friday, June 20th, 2008

The FDA cracked down on online fraudulent cancer cure products this week. Besides the fact that they don’t work, they can also dupe buyers into thinking they don’t need to seek legitimate cancer treatment they need, which could kill them.
If your product causes death by deception, you might want to look into another line of [...]

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