How to backup the Wordpress Database

How to backup the WordPress Database

The database of your blog is one of the most important things to remember to backup from now and then. The database contains your posts and links to the images/videos and other things (non text) that your post contains. Without it there's no way you could restore your blog after a crash/hack or natu

The Email replacement is coming...not!

The Email replacement is coming…not!

I almost laughed when I heard the other day they Google Wave is the thing that will replace email as our primarily means of communicating online. I don't want to say that Google Wave is a bad thing, not at all, but don't expect it to break the 20 + years of daily sending emails (email was invente

How the Internet alienates you from other people

How the Internet alienates you from other people

I know the title is a little bit strong and you might not agree with its meaning but I'll do my best and explain myself plus I will give you the usual list of reasons I believe the Internet alienates people from each other. This is a serious matter, that's why I thought of bringing this discussion u

Microsoft Security Essentials: best free antivirus protection?

Microsoft Security Essentials: best free antivirus protection?

As you might know Microsoft is having in beta testing for a few months a free version antivirus, spyware and malware program  called Microsoft Security Essentials. Yesterday that program came out of Beta and is available for download to anyone. Of cours, as with all free stuff it caused quite a s

Three audio players as Winamp alternative

Three audio players as Winamp alternative

Aren’t you bored of Winamp? Don’t you want something new on your PC, a player that brings something new, that looks different? You should know there are some alternatives. Winamp is not the only audio player on Earth. If you’re tired of the Winamp dictatorship, let’s see

What is disk defragmentation and how it’s done

Defragmentation is not a term taken from the atomic physics, but one you can find any time in the tools list of any operating system. In Windows XP can be found in the System Tools/Disk Defragmenter menu, which means disk defragmentation. In Vista you go to the Start Menu and write “Defragmen

Small portable projector: what's it for?

Small portable projector: what’s it for?

First let's define what I mean by a portable projector: it's the type of stand alone small projector or that's integrated into a portable device. It's the kind of product that focuses more on portability than performance, as the projected screen contrast and luminosity don't match the one from a 're

What does CAM, TS, R5, DVD Rip and other abbreviations like these means?

What does CAM, TS, R5, DVD Rip and other abbreviations like these means?

When you download a movie through peer-to-peer connection such as a *torrent file, DC++, Kazaa and so on, you’ll see that in its name are hidden lots of codes, that to a novice observer will only look like some pointlessness letters. They’re actually very good ways to identify a movie.

Structural Image Editing: the future of photo editing

How many times did you tried to edit a photo, to remove an object, cu clone part of a texture and so on and after many tries you only get something that has nothing in common with what you had in mind? It happened to me a few time and all I've learned is that I'm not designer or photo editor and nee

Cell phones keyboards: Keypad vs QWERTY vs half-QWERTY

Cell phones keyboards: Keypad vs QWERTY vs half-QWERTY

Today I've got acquainted with the Nokia E55,  the half QWERTY candy-bar cellphone, a model that's almost identical to the Nokia E52 (which I've review a few weeks ago), which has a normal keypad keyboard. As I own a Nokia E71 cellphone, with a QWERTY keyboard I thought of making a comparison of