Google Chrome has just been released ( Google Chrome ) and I would love to install it but I'm getting the following error: "Download error. The downloaded file failed verification. Error code = 0x80040508" The 475KB bootstrap install ChromeSetup.exe downloads okay but when it runs it brings...
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I've been using the Beta version of Stack Overflow and I'm very impressed. Jeff Atwood and his team have done an excellent job with this site and it's already provided me with some answers to questions that I had and those answers were furiously fast and accurate. I hope the quality and speed continues...
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Ever heard of Startup Weekend? I hadn't until just recently but there's one coming to Phoenix from 17-19 October 2008 and I've just ponied up my $40 to spend my entire weekend working on a startup. Should be interesting - I'm very excited: http://phoenix.startupweekend.com/...
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I hosted a few web sites at WebHost4Life and had a bad experience with them. My biggest complaint was the fact that their advertising was intentionally misleading and a lot of what they claimed that you got you didn't get and had to pony up extra for it. My second biggest complaint was that their support...
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This is a reminder to myself to set <system.web> <identity impersonate="true"/> </system.web> in the web.config after setting up a web site otherwise it won't be able to access external resources such as file shares that require the login/password that you've set for the site...
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Approximately once a month (or perhaps every 2 months) my web sites record a request for a page such as: SlurpConfirm404.htm SlurpConfirm404/weather/heavenbecauseofyou/hearzg.htm SlurpConfirm404/thelmalouise/ALL-IMAGE-005-J/railways.htm This is Yahoo checking to see that the web site correctly returns...
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On one of my web sites I've noticed an attempt to access any one of the following 3 pages: verify-None_Compliance_Page notify-None_Compliance_Page accepted-None_Compliance_Page The pages are frequently followed by a long hash key sequence. Often the referring URL is a search from Google. I've noticed...
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From: Desert Code Camp Speaker: Adam Monter Notes: Don't keep the web server on the C: drive because a hacker can iterate backwards to the system files. Validate all info coming in. (Prevents malicious scripts etc.) paros.org has a java proxy that shows what the application is doing. (I may have written...
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From: Desert Code Camp 2008 Speaker: Kay Frenzer (from Teralever) Notes: 4 factors when optimizing a web site: Technical - i.e. do your pages show up / does the site work. Content - The content on each page Inbound Links - Links from sites with similar topics to your site. Trust - Your site is a trusted...
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