http://www.dogpawstudio.com/blog Thoughts on website design and technology Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:56:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Late Wednesday, Mozilla released the second Release Candidate for its upcoming Firefox 3.0. With about 40 bugs identified since Release Candidate 1 (RC1), it appears that version 3.0 is imminent. But instead of releasing the stable version with all of the bug fixes now, Mozilla opted to hold off because of ... http://www.dogpawstudio.com/blog/firefox-releases-30-release-candidate-2-rc2/ Google Docs touts: Create, edit, and upload quickly. Access and edit from anywhere. Share changes in real time. It's free. Wow. No more hassles with emailing documents as attachments and worrying about document versions. Now you can work on a centralized document with all of your team members or clients. What ... http://www.dogpawstudio.com/blog/share-documents-via-the-web/ Why should I back up my computer? There are two types of hard drives: those that have failed and those that will. Don't get caught with your pants down when your computer crashes. There are numerous methods you can employ to organize and back up your computer files. I even find ... http://www.dogpawstudio.com/blog/backup-your-computer/ It happens to the best of us, I guess. Late Wednesday, the cable company Comcast had their website redirected to a page created by hackers. Members of the the hacker group Kryogeniks were apparently really proud of blocking Comcast customers from using their web-based email service, potentially affecting up ... http://www.dogpawstudio.com/blog/comcastnets-website-password-compromised/ I recently received an email from Google on how to avoid phishing, or attempts by criminals to fraudulently collect passwords, credit card numbers, and other sensitive information through email. Here are some basic tips on how to avoid these scams: Don't reply to or click on links in emails that ask for ... http://www.dogpawstudio.com/blog/how-to-avoid-phishing/ Have you ever considered the amount of money you spend each time you print invoices, brochures, letters, and pamphlets? Then you have to consider the ink, envelopes, packaging, and postage. Why not use electronic correspondence instead, such as email and websites? Incidentally, U.S. Postal Service rates just increased again, which means ... http://www.dogpawstudio.com/blog/save-money-use-email/ Hey, guess what? The websites we design and host through Dogpaw Hosting run on sustainable wind energy. What? Yes, the servers that host our clients' websites run on local wind-powered electricity. Interested in seeing our hosting plans? The government just released a new report saying that wind energy could generate 20 ... http://www.dogpawstudio.com/blog/just-blowing-in-the-wind/ Any Mozilla fans out there? Firefox, anyone? I'm a huge fan of the ever-popular and secure internet browser, Firefox 2, and definitely looking forward to the release of Firefox 3 this year. Well, Mozilla is hard at work on the next version of its popular email client, Thunderbird ... code ... http://www.dogpawstudio.com/blog/a-new-thunderbird-code-name-shredder/ Apparently, there's a large ISP (Internet Service Provider) called Charter Communications that plans to partner with an ad company to track customers' traffic on the internet. If the deal goes through, NebuAds will log all of the websites that Charter's customers visit and eventually serve targeted ads. Fortunately, two House members ... http://www.dogpawstudio.com/blog/whos-watching-you/ I'd like to announce Dogpaw Web Hosting, featuring sustainable wind-powered servers in our data center in Portland, Oregon. We're reinforcing our commitment to go green and buy local. We offer various hosting plans to accommodate all of our clients' website needs, including brochure sites, blogs, forums, shopping carts, and content management ... http://www.dogpawstudio.com/blog/launched-dogpaw-hosting-with-green-power/