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Updates
> Update Archive
> Detailed Changes April 2004
(currently open)
Previous detailed changes to AbleStable: April 2004
Recent
changes to AbleStable made over the calendar month
of April 2004 are listed below. Maintenance entries
are in black text, new content is highlighted:
Last change of month made:
27 April 2004
• New
Column: Man
As Mother: My passion is to communicate one simple
message and to provide a context for that message
to thrive. Perhaps I've never expressed this message
before in such a direct way although my writings and
this site are wholly devoted to its purpose.
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April 2004
•
Updated Article:
Credit
Card Transactions have transformed the global
economy and yet security concerns are never far away.
This updated article focuses on the process of how
credit and debit cards are used on the internet.
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New Article: Spam,
Spamming, and Scams: Email is among the most commonly
used communications medium on the planet and it's
a frustrating fact of online life that if you have
an email address, you will be sent Spam. This article
highlights the most likely reasons for receiving Spam,
and the kinds of scams that are commonly practiced
using Spam.
• New Creative Activity:
The
Game of Life: watch as your creation evolves across
the generations...
• New Play Activity:
Tilt
requires a keen eye and a steady hand as you guide
a ball along a straight and narrow path.
• New Review:
TASHEN'S
1000 Favorite Websites edited by Julius Wiedemann:
If you want to get inspired about web design, or need
a great source book of sites that will stimulate and
challenge, you'd be hard pushed to find a better book
than this...
• Featured Resource:
A new page linked to from the homepage highlights
the current Featured
Resource at AbleStable with an overview and screenshots
of the product.
• New Freeware:
The
Font Thing by S C E Fisher allows you to view
and manage TrueType fonts with ease and receives an
AbleStable product award for delivering outstanding
features and an intuitive interface.
• New Column:
Are
You Artist or Creative?: Our desire to name, define
and categorise the world is testament to our need
to make sense of it, yet many words are used in such
different ways from one person to the next, the more
they are considered, the more they confuse. The word
'artist' is one such word.
• New Freeware:
SyncBack
v3: easily backup or synchronize your important
files to another drive, FTP server, ZIP archive, networked
drive, or removable media with this outstanding software.
• Updates (this page) and the Update
Archive are current for the start of April 2004.
• To view all updates for the month of
March go to March Updates.
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News
about AbleStable
Server
Problems Resolved 21 March: Our server suffered
a major hardware failure during 20 March and required
complete replacement. Our site is now fully operational
after our System Administration identified a problem
with suexe which also caused significant disruption
to form processing and a number of other script related
functions. We have also resolved a misconfiguration
error on our email server which occurred.
We apologise to all our users for any inconvenience
this may have caused during this period.
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Spam Emails: Important Advice
(1 March 2004)
An unknown source has been sending spam emails with
the following subject and body message. This has
not originated from AbleStable. Do not open
any attachments and immediately delete
this message:
| THE
SPAM EMAIL MESSAGE |
Subject:
Warning about your e-mail account.
From: management@ablestable.com
Dear user, the management of Ablestable.com
mailing system wants to let you know
that, Our main mailing server will be
temporary unavailable for next two days,
to continue receiving mail in these
days you have to configure our free
auto-forwarding service.
Please, read the attach for further
details. For security purposes the attached
file is password protected. Password
is "67282".
Best wishes,
The Ablestable.com team
http://www.ablestable.com
Content-Type: application/octet-stream;
name="Attach.zip"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Attach.zip"
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There
is nothing wrong with our mailing system and we
have never sent an email like this, nor an attachment
named 'Attach.zip'. The Spammers are using our address
along with thousands of other companies to undermine
confidence and to infect computer systems. If you
have inadvertently opened an attachment like that
above, immediately go to http://securityresponse.symantec.com/
where you will find information about the latest
security fixes.
We are monitoring this problem and would like to
hear from any users who have received such an email
so we can keep a track of this issue: email support@ablestable.com.
As a general principle never click on an email attachment
unless you know what the file contains.
New
Publicity: Enjoy our new range of web
banners and publicity for websites and print publications
at Publicity and
Press Artwork.
creativefeed.com goes live
(17 February 2004) AbleStable has developed a new
service for creative people and businesses that
delivers customised template logos. Visit www.eyelogo.com
to find out more.
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Many
creative people like writers, choreographers,
and composers don't have the appropriate skills
to develop a logo, and those who are starting
up are often on a very tight budget.
If you can't afford the services of a professional
logo illustrator or designer, but want to establish
a powerful visual statement quickly, this service
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creativefeed.com
goes live (10 December 2003)
We're pleased to announce the launched
of our new website www.creativefeed.com
(opens new window), a separate brand of AbleStable
for those who wish to deliver their content feed via
a generic name server.
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All
content delivered by creativefeed.com originates
from AbleStable. Click the screenshot on the
left to enlarge.
Head over to www.creativefeed.com,
(opens new window) and enjoy a straightforward
route to enabling a live content feed on your
website today... |
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Major
Updates
Developer
Service Launched (17 January 2004)
usereview.com
goes live (17 January 2004)
• AbleStable is pleased to announce the launch
of a new service for software authors that provides
usability, style, and English Language reviews of
software products.
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Our
new review service has been released under the
brand name usereview.com. Click the screenshot
on the left to enlarge.
Head over to www.usereview.com,
(opens new window) and enjoy independent software
reviews and expert analysis and advice that
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usereview.com will compliment our existing Website
Critique service which is proving so popular. The
resulting reviews from usereview.com will also be
published at AbleStable's Product Area and will
be free to browse.
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