Author Archives: Robin

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FaceBook You’re a Hottie - Pet your hotties broken for days now !

November 16, 2008 – 7:32 pm

OK, so if you’re a dedicated You’re a Hottie application user on FaceBook, you’ve no doubt become used to the message:
Pet is temporarily disabled for server maintenance
over the last few days…. (at least since Tuesday)…
Sounds like either “Pet your hotties” has been gamed and people are somehow abusing it (rolls eyes innocently) or something really […]

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Is Akismet compatible with WordPress 2.7 ? Answer: Yes!

November 13, 2008 – 7:45 pm

With help from my trusted PHP & JSON guru Pritesh, I can confirm that Akismet doesn indeed work very well with WordPress 2.7 (Beta 2)…
Some people have asked me if the current beta of WordPress 2.7 is stable enough for production use… I would say that it depends on how much traffic you get, how […]

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Will the Bisphenol-A issue kill plastic food container companies such as TupperWare (TPE) ? Jim Cramer with Rick Goings of Tupperware

November 10, 2008 – 9:12 pm

The other day, the CEO of Tupperware (Tupperware Brands Corporation; TUP on the NYSE), Rick Goings , was on CNBC with Jim Cramer discussing the recent drop of the share value (from $38 to $24) of his company despite good P/E ratios (around and also promising business in many global markets (including India […]

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Critical Security Patch for Adobe Reader 8.1.2 or earlier - Viewing PDF files could allow malicious remote control …

November 10, 2008 – 5:02 pm

Well, our favorite bloated PDF viewer / reader Adobe Reader is once again victim to a fairly critical flaw that could allow a malicious user to gain control of your machine simply by your opening a PDF file using a vulnerable version of Adobe Reader.

I read about this latest vulnerability in an article by Ryan […]

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Smoking hot deal on NewEgg Canada: Kingston SDC4/8GB MicroSD flash memory card with SD adapter for $22 + $50 off coupon !

November 6, 2008 – 12:57 pm

Update Nov. 6 @ 15h57 EST: The special on that Kingston card is gone; sold out - thanks to James for the heads-up in the comments - checked with a source at NewEgg Canada who indicated they indeed were respecting all orders (over 500 in 2 hours!) for that Kingston deal. You can still benefit […]

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