Posted On Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 By Ravi
Powerful as a blog may be, it is quite vulnerable to spam attacks as well. You have a section called comments below your blog post, and people can write what they like. Luckily wordpress allows you to moderate any comments that are posted on your blog, and therefore you can make sure that no spam comments that promote websites that sell pharmaceutical delights on your site. Though there is Askimet, some comments in my blogs do manage to get into the waiting for moderation area and I am having to mark them all as spam. And sometimes spammers find a good way to attack your blog and byepass askimet, I dont really knwo how that is done, and I dont wish to specialize in that in any ways, and marking them all as spam one by one is a tough job. A real tough job. I will not find time to do this from the office, so I have to do it at home. And when you have too many comments, you would not want to miss out the good comments and mark them as spam as if you do so you will no longer get a comment from that Continue Reading
Posted On Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 By Ravi
A KVM switch (with KVM being an abbreviation for Keyboard, Video or Visual Display Unit, Mouse) is a hardware device that allows a user to control multiple computers from a single keyboard, video monitor and mouse. Although multiple computers are connected to the KVM, typically a smaller number of computers can be controlled at any given time. Modern devices have also added the ability to share USB devices and speakers with multiple computers. Some KVM switches can also function in reverse – that is, a single PC can be connected to multiple monitors, keyboards, and mice. While not as common as the former, this configuration is useful when the operator wants to access a single computer from two or more (usually close) locations – for example, a public kiosk machine that also has a staff maintenance interface behind the counter, or a home office computer that doubles as a home theater PC. A user connects a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to the KVM device, then uses special cables (generally USB and VGA ) to connect the KVM device to the computers. Control is switched from one computer to another by the use of a switch or buttons on the KVM Continue Reading