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Yahoo 2013 breach now at 3 billion accounts.

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Yahoo HQ
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You may remember a story from last year about Yahoo having the largest security breach in history. The one that actually happened in 2013, 3 years prior to it being announced. In its announcement in 2016, Yahoo stated that the breach affected 1 billion accounts, about a third of its total. The problem is that they were just a little bit off in their numbers. It turns out that that is a number closer to 3 billion,

Track Hurricanes and Tropical Storms with these online tools

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The time period from 1 June to November 30 is known to the Atlantic Coast and the Caribbean as Hurricane Season. The Pacific coast of the US has a similar season, but starting in May as opposed to June.  This is not to say Hurricanes don’t happen outside the season, this is just the most likely time frame. 2017 has been quite the active year. There have been 13 named storms at the time of this writing, and he US has been hit with several major storms this season. Hurricane Harvey, A category 4 storm, at its strongest point, pummeled Texas and Louisiana. Hurricane Irma a category 5 ravaged the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Then it set its sights on Florida. Irma Was billed as the strongest storm ever recorded. These storms were devastating, in terms of loss of property and loss of life.  As I am writing this Hurricane Maria, now a category 4 Hurricane, is barreling down on the Caribbean Islands (again), and lining up for a strike on Puerto Rico.

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Setup a server, with WordPress in 15 minutes!

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Great so you have weighed the pros and cons of hosting your project on your own servers, and decided it is the right option. So, the next step  is to decide how to go about getting setup. You could go with setting up your server(s) on premises, or co-location of your hardware could be an option. These methods will get you online, but create extra expenses and overhead. If you don’t have a need to control your hardware, the best way to get going is to build  your servers in the cloud.

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Shared hosting vs running your own server (pros and cons).

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Shared vs Server

Many people who build Websites and applications have been at a point where they have to consider the best place for their project to live. Do they want to use a shared webhost? Or, do they need (or want) to run on their own servers. The majority of simple websites, blogs, and whatnot can run perfectly fine on a shared host. Millions of websites run on shared hosting, and for most it is the correct choice.

Other projects may rely heavily on custom software stacks, or non-standard modules, or just not function properly on a shared host. These folks typically need to run in their own servers. Sometimes,

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