Archive March 2009

Conficker Worm Attack on April Fools? 4

I’ve been getting a round of emails notifying me of a new virus on PCs said to make waves comes 4/1 (April Fools).  It could be some big joke, but what if it isn’t?  I did some research in case you want to ensure you’re safe against any April Fool’s viruses.

A quick way to determine if you’re computer is affected by the virus at this time according to US Today (make sure you’re connected to the internet) is to: continue reading »

SEO Plugins for Wordpress 6

Mar20

WordpressMashable just came out with a great post listing the 20 best SEO plugins for Wordpress. Techforagents is built on Wordpress, and I find it to be one of the easiest to use platforms around.

If you have a blog, be sure to give some of them a try. Among the list, I personally use:

  • All in One SEO Pack – This is the “jack of all trades” SEO plugin for Wordpress that was recommended to me numerous times.  It let’s you edit Title tag structures, meta information, and a long list of other useful options.
  • Google XML Sitemaps – Submitting your sitemap to search engines helps them get to your content faster.  This plugin will help you create that sitemap faster.

Get the full list over at Mashable.

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GMail Labs – Undo Send a Godsend? 3

Mar20

GMail Undo SendI’m going to assume that you’re like me, and there has been more than one occasion where you accidentally let an email go before proofreading.

Maybe your fingers were a little greasy from that taco you just ate for lunch, and your fingers slipped and somehow sent your email in GMail. I’ve done this, and you usually hear a “Nooooo!” down the hall when it happens.

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iPhone Updates to 3.0 – Copy/Paste, MMS, and More 2

Mar17

iPhone 3GToday, Apple had a conference summing up the upcoming changes to their iPhone operating system – dubbed version 3.0.  In this new update, you can look forward to a laundry list of features that were notoriously absent from the popular handset from Apple.

Among the long list of new features, the most popular in my opinion are:

MMS - You can finally send picture messages via text messaging.

Copy and Paste – I personally never thought this hindered me from using my iPhone , but when the update gets released I’ll probably wonder how I lived without it.

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