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Open Source Web

“Heartbleed” Bug: How to check if server is venerable

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‘Heartbleed’, A major new vulnerability in the open software OpenSSL could let attackers gain access to user passwords and even fool people into using bogus versions of Web sites!

While the scope and size of the damage isnt clear, the fact that it has hit some of the major websites is a huge cause of worry.

Here is how to check if a website is venerable to this bug:

  1. Visit the following webpage: http://filippo.io/Heartbleed/
  2. Type in the url of the website you want to check in the space provided
  3. Hit Go! (and pray)

 

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Android Apps Solutions

How to Remove Picasa Albums from Gallery (and stop Sign In requests) – Android

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Update: This solution also removes the annoying sign in request from Picasa that is seen on some android devices.

When you first start using an Android phone it will request you to sign in to a Google account. Doing so automatically triggers a process that syncs your data and photos from your phone to your Google account and vice versa. This synchronization also downloads all your old Picasa web albums to your phone.

While this is a useful feature at times, it tends to be a problem when you really don’t want those pictures on your phone or need to save the space on your phone.  Then it makes sense to disable this feature. Here is how to do it:

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