Many of us are aware of the fact that the domain of a popular tech blog - makeuseof was being hacked just a couple of days ago. As per sources, the name of the domain owner ‘Aibek’, was impersonated to make a request to their domain provider (Godaddy) for transfer of the domain to Continue reading

This is last post in my first wordpress plugin series. Rather than making your list larger by suggesting more plugins, in this post I will write summary of things which changed after this series experiment. First and most important, now this blog allows its commentators to edit their comments as Continue reading

Most bloggers show their FeedBurner feed count proudly. Readers tend to subscribe to blogs with higher readers and adevrtiser are dying to buy ad slots on them! So its common sense that higher FeedBurner count is always better. But Joop & Patrick posted a FeedBurner hack at The Next Web which Continue reading

First it has nothing to do with spending money on Kontera’s advertising network. Next, not only this works for free but also makes money for you on the way. The only thing you may not like is quality of backlinks. Anyway, as whole thing is fully automatic you better know it or use it. How Continue reading

Update: This bug is fixed now. Details are here. I am closing comments to avoid unnecessary comments. A bug in orkut let you add custom images to Orkut’s status update feature as shown below… As you can see OrkutFeeds logo in above screenshot is not a standard smiley which orkut users Continue reading

indiatimes.com, one of the top portal in India is turned out to be highly insecure in a small security test I have conducted. Indiatimes have traffic rank #17 in India with global rank of #255 as per alexa. This makes things more serious! All of us are familiar with forget password wizard on many Continue reading

As they say, a picture is worth 1000 words, following will surely highlight importance of passwords… (Image Credit: Mohammad Imran’s blog)   Moral of the story - “Passwords Are Like Underwear” Change them often. The longer the better! Be mysterious. Don’t Continue reading

Google supports several operators which gives you more control on search results. There are too many search operators to remember. Also, not all of them are useful all the time. So I am describing today only the most frequently used search operators alongwith real-life examples. College Continue reading

This article is my best possible help for all orkut users, victim of some sort of impersonation. It will show you how to deal with your duplicate profile on Orkut. To start with, here is what Orkut’s Impersonation Notification says, “To file an impersonation claim, you must Continue reading

Important Update: This hack is rectified by orkut. SO IT WILL NOT WORK ANYMORE. If I find a new hack I will definitely post it here! You may subscribe to my RSS feed or email alert to receive automatic updates regarding this and other hacks in future! (Jan 17, 2008) Next time you see a profile Continue reading