Now WordPress installation is easier with many of the top web host offering easy installation. Providers that use popular control panels such as cPanel, Plesk, vDeck and more are all able to easily integrate WordPress with their service. Even providers that run on their own custom control panels are offering the same exact type of feature due to the growing popularity of WordPress. Web host providers that do not offer this feature but are still able to run WordPress will require manual installation that will take a couple of minutes to complete. The process is not at all difficult and complete step by step directions can be found on the WordPress.org site. The great thing about easy install in WordPress is that everything is done for you. No technical knowledge is needed. Simply enter a username and password to use for your WordPress account, click a few buttons and you’re all done. Choose a theme to use, upload via FTP to your account and you have a fully designed blog in a matter of minutes. You can also add plugins to optimize your site. If you are able to install with just one click then upgrading is easier. Since WordPress is an…

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Filed under: Security Warning! There’s a Twitter phish-fest going on at the moment. Hopefully you’ll read this before you become an ill-fated Twit…! If you receive a DM that looks something like this: hi. this you on here? http://blogger.djh****.com Do not use the link! It will redirect you to a copycat Twitter log-in page, and then forward you to a fake fail whale — and then later, when you least expect it, your account will have its avatar replaced with a naked girl that seems to be enjoying a deliciously unsymbolic and in-your-face penis. You will then, unwittingly, tell your friends all about fantastic dating websites that you’ve had a lot of success with recently. I think you’ll all agree that’s a fate even worse than a celebrity not responding to your well-thought-out and poignant tweet. [via Sophos] Phishing for the fail whale — watch out, Twitterers! originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Sponsored Topics: Twitter – Download Squad – Phishing – Sophos – Online Communities

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Filed under: Internet, Google, Search Did you know that ‘lyrics’ is the most searched term on Google in the last five years? Lyrics! Of all things! Not porn, not news, not even games — but lyrics. And Google, de facto masters of search, know that there’s more to search than merely quality or quantity or veracity — it’s about getting the results, when you want them — i.e. right now. They call it ‘time to result’: How long does it take to find what you’re looking for? If you search for ‘Journey’, there’s a fairly good chance that you’re looking for a Journey video or lyrics, and not a journey-planning site — and that’s what their latest search feature brings you. You don’t even need to know the song title — if Google can match your lyric fragment against a song, it’ll pop up at the top of your search results. Neat. Google might’ve been developing this one for some time, but instead of implementing their own library of music and needlessly repeating a vast wealth of data already out there on the Internet, Google have partnered with Pandora, imeem and Rhapsody to give you direct links to the songs and artists you’re searching for. Rejoice!…

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Filed under: Audio, Utilities, Web services There’s a lot to love about the Pandora streaming music service. If you put together just the right combination of musical ingredients, you’ve got the modern-day equivalent of the perfect mixtape. Sending your brilliant Pandora station to a friend or 2 (or 200!) just got easier, with the addition of Facebook and Twitter sharing. Until now, the only option for sharing your streaming radio stations was email. That feature is still around, including personalized “Station Gifting,” which is a bit like a Pandora e-card. Twitter and Facebook sharing work with single songs or whole stations, and they place a link (along with any comments you want to add) into your public feed. Unfortunately, you still can’t use these features to share with an individual friend via direct message, so you’ll have to stick to email sharing for that. [via CNET] Pandora finally gets social sharing, via Facebook and Twitter originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Sponsored Topics: Facebook – Twitter – Download Squad – Pandora – Social network

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Filed under: News, Microsoft Ask just about any technician or hardcore PC user, and they’ll tell you that the unwanted bloat shipped with many new PCs is a major annoyance. I’m blown away by just how slow it is to boot some of the new Windows 7 systems my store has received. HP, Toshiba, Acer, MSI – they’re all guilty of excessive bloat. Not a single one of these pre-packaged systems boots as fast or is as responsive as those I’ve built in-house with Windows 7. That’s not really a great way to show off your new OS. After all, customers are expecting to get their new machines home and see performance from the get-go. While Microsoft can’t control what makes it out the door at other retail stores, they’re putting PCs they sell at their own store on an application diet. According to Electronista, all systems sold at Microsoft’s newly-launched retail stores will have their bloatware demons exorcised. Yes, yes, I hear you, Linux fans. No, I don’t mean they’re uninstalling Windows from said systems. Are you paying attention, OEMs? Even the company providing you with the primary OS on your hardware thinks you’ve gone too far with the crapware. Whatever happened to shipping systems…

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