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Guv’s Book: ‘WordPress 3 Ultimate Security’ – Press Release

Some of you will remember or first found this 'lil site off the back of a pretty well-known WordPress security blog post here, Video How-to: 10 Tips To Make WordPress [...]

Set Up Previous VirtualBox Machines in Minutes

Problem: After a fresh install of VirtualBox, perhaps in a new Linux installation, how can you seamlessly restore previous virtual operating systems, working as before? Here is [...]

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Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 9: Reset a Lost MySQL Password

So you've gone and locked yourself out of MySQL? Feels a bit like leaving the car keys in the trunk, huh? :D Sorry to laugh! But I can, 'cos I'm gonna show you how to get back [...]

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Using Launchers to Aid Productivity

Launchers are Ubuntu shortcuts for your Desktop. Here's how to create them. Being a shortcut kind of a guy, I add a couple of these to save wading through the applications menu. [...]

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Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) – Part 1: VPS (Virtual Private Server) vs Shared vs Dedicated

Outgrown shared hosting? Under-using dedicated? Considering leaving managed to save costs? Need a custom solution? Or just want to set up your own server at a reasonable [...]

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