Archive for March, 2008

Project: WordPress Speed Update

HughesTech Labs:
Have you ever heard the saying:
IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT
Our Engineers have determined that using the WP-Cache Plug-in, By Ricardo Galli Granada for WordPress v2.3.3, is more than capable to handle the masses in case of a Digg front page listing etc.
The only thing you need to do is make sure your permissions […]

Is Your PC Really Secure? Think Again!

HughesTech Labs has been reviewing the shrink-wrap Windows® XP SP2 Firewall for some time now. 
What we found was very strange and unusual. It turns out that some internet applications seem to get added to the Exception rule, without the permission from the Owner  or the Administrator of the PC!
The current Firewall gives the user no indication (feedback) of […]

Project: Wordpress Speed

Well after using Wordpress v2.3.3 for a short time, we have discovered that it is to dependant on MySQL and needs some attention, at least on our servers.
Hats off to the Authors of Wordpress for an excellent program and concept, but our Engineers feel we can speed-up the delivery content of Worpress tremendously!
And yet another project is […]