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"There's a topic that all web developers need to keep current on - regardless of whether you're a newbie or a veteran, if your site has been up for 10 years or for 10 minutes - and that topic is web site security and protecting yourself from hackers. What can be even more important than prevention is the cure in case your site is hacked."

STOP! You might be hacked, don't panic read this blog and get that hacker off that site. It has different ways to help you stop hackers from getting inside your private life eon the internet.

"# Never type a group of words or a phrase in upper case. IT MAKES IT LOOK AS THOUGH YOU ARE SHOUTING, doesn't it? Other people will get the feeling that you are being a bit rude. The best idea is to stick to regular sentence case when blogging, emailing, commenting, messaging, etc… # Always speak to others the way you would expect yourself to be spoken to in the physical world. Do not curse, swear, or insult others- just imagine what you'd feel like if you were spoken to like that! # Make use of emoticons like :) and :( which help you to get your message across. At certain times, what you write in emails or messages may be misunderstood (omg i have too much experience in this matter lol) and using emoticons will help the understanding of your message. They also add a bit of color and interest to the message. # Patience is the key on the web these days. If you are upset or angry about something, try and wait a while before writing another message. This way, you can calm down and think carefully about your wording in terms of politeness. Remember, once you hit 'send', your message has gone into cyberspace forever! # Get to the point! Do your best to keep your messages brief and to the point. This way, the receiver will get a clear understanding of what you mean to say. # Be careful with using the "Reply All" option whilst in contact online. Do you really want everyone to get this message or only the person who sent it to you? # If someone bullies you or writes something bad to you, don't insult them back. Why? Cause it just doesn't work! Simply ignoring them or blocking their messages does the trick. If your using a messaging service like AOL, Yahoo, or Gmail (As well as thousands of others) then here's a little way of permanently annoying them. Save a copy of every email that was sent to you which you considered offensive and send directly to the administrators or customer service. This will most likely ban the perpetrator from ever using the ser

So instead of suffering through inane PowerPoint presentations at a recent Internet industry conference, the chairman of Los Angeles-based BizRate.com flipped open his laptop and began sending e-mails to colleagues at the office. Thanks to wireless Internet access throughout the conference area, Mohit paid attention when speakers interested him--and got real work done when they didn't.