Not everybody has or wants an iPhone, and not every iPhone feature is the best example on the market, but seeing where Apple’s highly popular smart phone is going (and where people would like it to go) is a great way to get a picture of the near future of mobile technology.
With the iPhone 5 due this summer, rumors are flying thick and fast. Even the New York Times weighed in with an article that describes a cheaper, easier to use device. The article shoots down one rumor: a smaller “nano” iPhone model.
The Times article also cited improved (but unspecified) voice control. Individual apps can be controlled by speech today, but a lot of people are looking for system-wide speech control.
Another rumor is that the iPhone 5 will include near field communications (a.k.a. RFID), a capability recently added to Android phones. This lets the phones read electronic tags embedded in everyday objects like product packaging. According to an AppleInsider post, the iPhone 5 near field capability will have a unique (but unspecified) twist.
One of the more interesting rumors is of a greatly improved set of services for streaming content to and from the cloud. A Cult of Mac article describes tantalizing video-streaming, location-aware and geo-tagging capabilities.
Other rumored features include a 4-inch screen and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
If you’re the kind who likes to look further into the future, here are search results for “iPhone” on Patently Apple, a site that tracks the latest patents awarded to Apple.
A few weeks ago a friend of mine found out the hard way that WordPress blogs are vulnerable to hacking. Her blog had been compromised and an uninvited, nasty little piece of JavaScript began assaulting her readers’ browsers.
If you have a WordPress blog you should know that the default configuration leaves you vulnerable to a number of attacks. Fortunately it’s not hard to take the few steps necessary to greatly improve your blog’s security. If you’re the cautious type you can do a lot to build up your WordPress defenses.
Begin with the common sense steps you should take with anything to do with computers: use strong passwords and back up your data regularly. Another piece of general advice is particularly important with WordPress: keep your blog software updated to the latest version. The WordPress developers don’t fix security holes in older versions.
Even if you don’t do anything else, make sure to secure the wp-config file because it contains the access information for the blog’s database in plain text. Move the wp-config file one level up in the file directory. Also add the following to the .htaccess file:
<Files wp-config.php>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
</Files>
You can let one of several WordPress security plug-ins help you with the rest of the heavy lifting. I found WP Security Scan useful.
Here’s the word on improving WordPress security from the WordPress folks themselves: Hardening WordPress.The information here assumes a moderate level of technical knowledge.
Here are some other sites that offer advice on WordPress security:
WordPress Security Tips and Hacks
11 Best Ways to Improve WordPress Security
10 Useful WordPress Security Tweaks
WordPress Security – A Comprehensive Guide
20+ Powerful WordPress Security Plugins and Some Tips and Tricks
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