Category: Technology

Windows XP Rises From Grave: Simple Hack Gives Five More Years of Updates

May 31, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Share This article With a simple registry hack, you can net yourself five more years of official Microsoft updates for your aging Windows XP machine. Microsoft, though, says you really shouldn’t do it, and that you ought to be a good little boy and upgrade to a more modern operating system instead. Read on, to find out how to enable the Windows XP updates and whether you should do it or not. The whole Windows XP retirement is becoming a bit of a farce. Microsoft technically ended support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. But if you were a big company or government with lots of money, Microsoft offered to continue supporting your XP machines and then, when a zero-day vulnerability was…

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Windows XP rises from the grave: Simple hack gives you five more years of updates

This Algae Battery Could Power A Tesla With 200X The Charge

May 31, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

In a small lab, near a lake at the edge of West Berkeley, sits the prototype of what could revolutionize battery power as we know it. The secret to this power? Algae. OK, just hang with me here. Lots of research has already been done on algae’s possible power capabilities. Prototype creator Adam Freeman says this new kind of battery, the one he’s working on, could power even a Tesla. And he says it could do it 200X greater than the current lithium-based battery used today. He’s created a research company called alGAS that aims to prove just that. Freeman says the algae battery also charges faster and lasts longer than current ion batteries used in, say, your cell phone, iPad or a …

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This Algae Battery Could Power A Tesla With 200X The Charge

Get Your WordPress Site Reviewed by Team Yoast

May 26, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

If you are using WordPress, I’m sure you have already come across WordPress SEO plugin by Yoast, the most popular SEO plugin for WordPress with 10,499,462 downloads so far and counting. Now, team Yoast is offering custom website review services, they check each and every element of your site depending on the package you select and make sure that your website is up to the mark to compete with the best of your competitors. Whether you’re a publisher, run an e-commerce site or have a service portal, we can help. We check your website on hundreds of points. We’ll then give you actionable feedback on your website and help you prioritize what changes to make first. The team behind Yaost knows their job as …

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Get Your WordPress Site Reviewd by Team Yoast

SEO for Dummies: Learn SEO in 10 Simple Steps

May 26, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

If you are anything like most people, SEO can seem like the unwanted elephant in the room. You know your business needs to deal with it, but you don’t want to be the one responsible for this task. When most people think SEO, they assume difficult, complex, and time consuming, but it doesn’t have to be any of those things. In fact, you can learn SEO in 10 simple steps. All you need to do is lean in, listen, and apply the information you are given. While no two businesses operate the same, SEO is flexible enough to accommodate any need, desire, or shortcoming. Remove the elephant in the room and take your business to the next level! Step 1: Setup During the initial setup stage, you …

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SEO for Dummies: Learn SEO in 10 Simple Steps

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How to Conduct a Content Audit on Your Site

May 26, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

“Content audit” sounds a bit intimidating like something that involves ghastly amounts of time, endless spreadsheets, and dozens of unpaid interns. The word “audit” is so tied up with other unpleasant life experiences that I totally understand if it doesn’t inspire you. But hang on for a second because a “content audit” might be what your site needs to get to the next level. So, what is a content audit? A content audit is a careful look at your website’s existing content in order to make sure that it’s doing what you want it to do – driving the right kind of traffic, containing the right kind of keywords, and improving conversions. The reason this is important is because the content…

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How to Conduct a Content Audit on Your Site