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LAMP Stack Upgrade

guru — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:51:06 +0000

From today, all public shared and reseller hosting from UnixGuru hosting is php 5.3.10 and uses MySQL 5.5.20.
Also upgrades to bind, dovecot, exim, and others continues to ensure that security and performance remain high.

WordPress launches 3.3

guru — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:22:23 +0000

WordPress has launched version 3.3, which at first look appears to be a good upgrade.

Good news is that the W3TC plug-in appears to work correctly with the new version of WordPress, so we are recommending customers to upgrade their WordPress Blogs as soon as possible, although it may be worth waiting if you have critical plug-ins that are untested.

UnixGuru Hosting increases Server Memory to 32GB

guru — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:09:20 +0000

UnixGuru Hosting has increased the RAM on its shared hosting servers to 32GB, this allows for better caching of popular files and queries and supports more simultaneous apache/php processes.

CVS is now a new Acronym

guru — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:30:37 +0000

CVS is now the acronym for Computer Vision Syndrome.

Why do people in IT keep reusing, current acroyms for new purposes?

However if you want to read about the new CVS at mashable click the link.

Apple want to ban HTC phones and tablets in the US

guru — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:03:38 +0000

Apple not contentwith being the bigest kid on the block, wants to knock out is competitors, not through innovation, but through legislation.

Apple is trying to get HTC phones and tablets banned in the US.

Original Article

ICO tries new EU Cookie law on own site

guru — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:03:16 +0000

The ICO has implemented the new European Union Cookie Law on its own website and saw an almost instantaneous 90% reduction in people willing to accept a google analytics cookie.

Whilst that might not be disasterous for a government website, just think of the consequences that might have for a commercial website.

Original Article: Techcrunch

China Bug HK Cars

guru — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:04:54 +0000

China has apparenty been installing spying devices into Hong Kong cars so that the authorities can spy on its citizens.

Article from Epoch Times.

America is listening

guru — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:42:45 +0000

You know the films where it seems the US government is listening to everthing, and we think, that’s not possible! is it??

Well it appears that it is and here is an article from the New Yorker, which exposes what’s been going on and a high level desciption of how it is done.

Private Cloud

guru — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:15:58 +0000

El Reg has an article about the private cloud and argues that private cloud can easily become a mess as whilst it has become easier to deploy machines it hasn’t got much easier to manage them.

When you clone a machine 10 times, in theory you need to have 10 licenses for everything you’ve cloned, but in practise that rarely happens.

Natty Warhol a dead whale?

guru — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:48:35 +0000

Tom’s Hardware have a in-depth review and comments on Ubuntu’s strangely timed departures from its previous Gnome Interface.

The guide takes you through installation and shows you the new features of Unity.

I take an interest in Ubuntu, as it’s the next biggest player in web hosting after Redhat/CentOS