Below is a list we have compiled to help you obtain some of the very best plugins available to help enhance your WordPress experience.

10 Must Have WordPress Plugins

1. All in One SEO Pack
   Optimizes your WordPress blog for Search Engines (Search Engine Optimization).

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/

2. DB Backup
   WP-DB-Backup allows you easily to backup your core WordPress database tables. You may also backup other tables in the same database.

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/

3. Exclude Pages
   This plugin adds a checkbox, “include this page in menus”, which is checked by default. If you uncheck it, the page will not appear in any listings of pages (which includes, and is usually limited to, your page navigation menus).

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exclude-pages/

4. Google Analyticator
   Google Analyticator adds the necessary JavaScript code to enable Google Analytics logging on any WordPress blog. This eliminates the need to edit your template code to begin logging. Google Analyticator also includes several widgets for displaying Analytics data in the admin and on your blog.

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analyticator/

5. Google Sitemap Generator
   This plugin will create a Google sitemaps compliant XML-Sitemap of your WordPress blog. It supports all of the WordPress generated pages as well as custom ones. Everytime you edit or create a post, your sitemap is updated and all major search engines that support the sitemap protocol, like ASK.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO, are notified about the update.

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/

6. Nextgen Gallery
   NextGEN Gallery is a full integrated Image Gallery plugin for WordPress with a Flash slideshow option. Before I start writing the plugin I study all photo and picture plugins for WordPress, I figure out that some of them are really good and well designed, but I missed a simple and easy administration back end to handle multiple photos, galleries and albums.

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/

7. Register Plus
   Enhance your Registration Page with a Custom Logo, Password Field, Invitation Codes, Disclaimers, Captcha Validation, User Moderation, Profile Fields, Duplicate Email Registration Detection and more.

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/register-plus/

8. Share This
   The ShareThis WordPress plugin provides a simple way for users to add your post to many social bookmarking sites, or to send a link to your post via email, AIM, Facebook, Twitter and more.

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/share-this/

9. Twitter Tools
   Twitter Tools is a plugin that creates a complete integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account.

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-tools/

10. Digg This
    WP Digg This is a plugin that adds a Digg button, but with a twist. Instead of adding a Digg button to all your posts, WP Digg This plugin selectively adds the button only to posts you want.

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-digg-this/

Just like Windows Vista, Windows 7 can be used legally for up to 120 days without activating with a valid 25-character alphanumeric product key. Windows typically comes with a 30-day time limit for users to activate their copy of the operating system, but there’s a command that is often used by corporate administrators to reset the 30-day countdown. The rearm command can be used up to three times without violating the Windows 7 EULA. Thus, if the user resets the countdown on the last day each time, he or she can gain up to 90 extra days to use Windows 7 legally and for free. The Windows Secrets newsletter outlined the step-by-step instructions for extending the grace period:

• Step 1: Click Start, All Programs, Accessories. Right-click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. Enter your administrator password.
• Step 2: Type the following command and press Enter: slmgr -rearm (note the space after slmgr and the hyphen in front of rearm.)
• Step 3: Restart Windows 7.

Most users won’t have to bother with these three steps since the majority, about 95 percent, get new versions of Windows with a new computer. For the five percent or so who purchase Windows 7 at retail, 30 days is likely enough to punch in the product key. Pirates will of course have their own methods to get around activation, and here’s confirmation that they have plenty of time to do so. No, this is certainly aimed at administrators who need to delay activation for whatever reason, and even though 120 days seems a little over the top, we’re sure many of them are relieved to know the number of days hasn’t been reduced in Vista’s successor.

Ed Richards, chief executive of Ofcom, said: “We would like to see easier, faster and more convenient processes to enable consumers to keep their number when they switch mobile provider.”

Ofcom said the new arrangement, which should come into force in 2011, would make Britain the fastest country for number “porting” in Europe.

The watchdog first proposed the change in 2007, but the plans were scuppered last year when the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) ruled that Ofcom had failed to prove that speeding up the process would cost operators only £5m.

The UK’s larger operators, led by Vodafone, had argued that the process would cost “significantly more”.

A spokesman for Vodafone said: “Our goal is a system that’s convenient, works reliably and lets customers make informed decisions without compromising vital consumer safeguards against slamming, mis-selling and fraud.

“We are always open to ideas for genuine improvements, but they must give real customer benefits at a proportionate cost.”

Ofcom is also proposing changes to rules which force the customer to contact their provider to request a “PAC code” before they can switch to a new network.

In most European countries the network the customer wants to move to (known as the recipient) arranges the number transfer.

Ofcom said its research showed most British consumers would prefer British operators adopted the same practice.

Matt Hatton, analyst at Analysys Mason, said: “A change to a recipient-led process may make it easier for consumers to switch providers, but it could led to an increase in ‘slamming’, where a customers’ provider is changed without their consent.”

You can download Vista SP2 directly from Microsoft at its Web site (348MB) or it will be automatically delivered to your Vista system via Windows Update within a few weeks, according to Microsoft. You must have Vista SP1 installed on your system to install the SP2 Vista.

Additional Vista SP2 Updates

Besides Blu-ray and Bluetooth support, Vista SP2 also:

* Fixes Wi-Fi issues when Vista awakes from sleep mode.

* Improves performance of Vista desktop sidebar gadget, allowing for RSS feeds to perform better.

* Address overall Vista system performance issues. Microsoft says SP2 repairs nearly 700 nagging Vista bugs and security updates.

* Boosts power management efficiency by 10 percent.

* Gives your computer support for VIA Technologies’ new 64-bit CPU

* Lets your system support exFAT, which can handle larger files and can also use UTC timestamps so you can synchronize files across different time zones.

The case was brought by The Times newspaper after it discovered the identity of a blogger in the police service who wrote the popular NightJack web page, which was awarded the Orwell Prize for political writing in April.

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The author, Richard Horton, a detective constable with Lancashire Constabulary, had sought an injunction to stop the paper from releasing his name but his application was denied.

“It would seem to be quite legitimate for the public to be told who it was who was choosing to make, in some instances quite serious criticisms of police activities and, if it be the case, that frequent infringements of police discipline regulations were taking place,” said Mr Justice Eady, The Times reports.

“I do not accept that it is part of the court’s function to protect police officers who are, or think they may be, acting in breach of police discipline regulations from coming to the attention of their superiors.”

The NightJack blog was very popular with the reading public, getting up to half a million hits a week. Horton has now deleted the blog and received a written warning from his superiors.

The case will have a chilling effect on other workplace blogs, since the lack of any expectation of privacy will cause some to abandon their blogs.

“Thousands of regular bloggers . . . would be horrified to think that the law would do nothing to protect their anonymity if someone carried out the necessary detective work and sought to unmask them,” said Hugh Tomlinson, QC, for Mr Horton.

The police force has supplied a number of authors of popular blogs, so much so that the forces have intro duced guidelines on blogging aimed at limiting what can be said by officers on the beat.

The new Facebook URL is like your personal destination, or home, on the Web. People can enter a Facebook username as a search term on Facebook or a popular search engine like Google, for example, which will make it much easier for people to find friends with common names. Your username will have the same privacy setting as your profile name in Search, and you can always edit your search privacy settings here.

Usernames are on a first-come, first-serve basis for your profile and the Facebook Pages that you administer by visiting www.facebook.com/username/. You’ll also see a notice on your home page with instructions for obtaining your username at that time.

Facebook usernames will be available in basic text forms, and you can only choose a single username for your profile and for each of the Pages that you administer. Your username must be at least five characters in length and only include alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9), or a period or full stop (“.”). While usernames are currently available only for Romanized text, non-Romanized characters may be supported in the future.

Think carefully about the username you choose. Once it’s been selected, you won’t be able to change or transfer it. If you signed up for a Facebook Page after May 31 or a user profile after today at 3 p.m. EDT, you may not be able to sign up for a username immediately because of steps we’ve taken to prevent abuse or “squatting” on names.

Be sure to check out this FAQ for answers to common questions, and if you’re an administrator of Facebook Pages, get more details here. If you want to ensure you keep the rights for a trademark or other protected name, contact us here.

Enjoy!

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You can get 100GB of secure online storage for under £40 a year ….. that’s just 75p a week!

I’ve been using it for about 2 weeks now and I’m very impressed, why don’t you give it a try? If you don’t like it within 30 days you can get your money back !

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On Windows Vista 32-Bit Business, Windows Vista 32-Bit Home Basic, Windows Vista 32-Bit Home Premium, Windows Vista 32-Bit Ultimate, Windows Vista 64-Bit Business, Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Basic, Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium, Windows Vista 64-bit Ultimate

Windows Vista

Download Setup Files here

Extract to files to C:\DELL\drivers\R152639

Start – Right Click Computer – Manage – Device Manager – Right Click BT Mini-Receiver – Update Driver

Navigate to C:\DELL\drivers\R152639\ and then wither Win32 or Win64 (Win32 – 32 bit OS Win64 – 64 bit OS)

Next your way through and the bluetooth drivers should be installed.

Windows XP

Download Setup Files here

Radio Switch Fix here

Extract to files to C:\DELL\drivers\R161378

Start – Right Click Computer – Manage – Device Manager – Right Click BT Mini-Receiver – Update Driver

Navigate to C:\DELL\drivers\R161378\ and then wither Win32 or Win64 (Win32 – 32 bit OS Win64 – 64 bit OS)

Next your way through and the bluetooth drivers should be installed.

I waited so long for the Google paid apps to appear, they finally appear ….. and guess what I can’t even purchase anything!

It would appear that Google don’t seem to fully support those of us who use the Google Apps For Your Domain …… any ideas anyone?