For the past 5 years, anytime we needed to create a web site we have used WordPress. WordPress started out as a blogging platform but has evolved over the years into a very robust, yet easy to use, content management system (CMS) that can be used for any type of web site.

In response to our customer’s needs we have created everything from business blogs to simple “web brochure” sites to full-featured eCommerce sites, all using WordPress. Here’s a link to our WordPress Support page.

Once your web site set built on the WordPress platform, changing content and adding features is a complete breeze. All the management functions are menu-driven and best of all, you don’t have to learn how to code HTML. (see video below)

Examples of our work

A professional photographer’s business blog: NINASUTHERLAND.COM/BLOG

A business web site providing information and service: CATALARMS.COM

An eCommerce site: COMPUTERFORMS.US

…and of course, our own site: DOMEX.COM

We are proud to announce that our own Bruce Sutherland has been selected to speak at the DEFCON 19 computer security conference taking place on August 4-7 in Las Vegas this year. His paper entitled “How To Get Your Message Out When Your Government Turns Off The Internet” was submitted in response to DEFCON’s annual call for papers.

DEFCON, now in its 19th year is an annual gathering of roughly 8,000 hackers and computer security professionals where talks are given on a wide range of subjects. The conference is also frequently attended by representatives of the CIA, FBI, NSA, the Department of Homeland Security and various other alphabet soup government agencies.

EDIT: Full talk including slides are available here.

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You do backup your company’s data right? Right?! If not, here’s a sobering statistic to consider: 60% of companies that lose their data will shut down within 6 months of the disaster. I’ll spare you the other statistics but I assure you, the end results of not backing up are just as ugly as the one above. (more…)

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Recently a long time customer of mine completely jumped the gun and ordered a file-server all by himself from a local “white box” distributor to replace one that had been running solid for 8 years 24/7/365. Here’s why that’s typically a bad idea; This distributor has no idea what my customer intends to use the server for and does not provide technical support directly to the customer. (more…)

Microsoft Windows (any version) is notorious for being a magnet for viruses, spyware and malware in general. Because these threats to Windows are often misunderstood by users it may seem like one would need a degree in computer science to protect against them. Not so! Following a few simple rules will keep you safe from these threats and keep you operating safely and efficiently: (more…)

Most internet users  do not think they have a choice when it comes to which web browser they use in Windows. They simply click on the blue “E” and go along their merry way. When their computer becomes “magically” infected with spyware after visiting certain web sites, they wonder why.

The reason, arguably, is that Microsoft Internet Explorer is notoriously insecure. Not to mention, web sites do not display properly sometimes on Internet Explorer. This is by design. In Microsoft’s perfect dream world, all users would be viewing web sites with Microsoft Internet Explorer which are being served by Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) web server and the site would be written in Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) scripting language. (more…)

Recently, I visited a client’s site to do some necessary upgrades to their desktop computers. They were running a mix of IBM brand computers loaded with Windows 2000 mostly. The upgrade went smoothly and just in passing, I took a look at their Novell Netware v6.0 server which is running on IBM x250 hardware.

While this might sound like older hardware (it actually is) the fact that it’s still running strong is a testament to IBM’s server-class computers and the rock-solid nature of Novell Netware. (more…)

Mozilla Firefox uses a great built-in password manager, however the only thing that is missing is the ability to export your saved login information. By exporting your login and password information you can save it to an external password management program. To add this functionality to Firefox, take a look at the aptly named Password Exporter add-on. (more…)

For  many years now we have recommended that our clients use AVG Free to protect their computers against viruses, trojan horses and spyware. Recently AVG released version 9 of their free anti-virus software and the features give a good reason to upgrade. From AVG’s site: (more…)

Adobe Reader was, for a long time, the only way to view documents created in Adobe’s Portable Document Format. Over time other software emerged to allow users to view these documents but the most “lightweight” example I’ve seen is Sumatra PDF reader. (more…)