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In this economy, everyone is looking for ways to learn new skills or make money online. 

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Users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer are being urged by experts to switch to a rival until a serious security flaw has been fixed. [alternatives: Firefox (highly recommended), Google Chrome, Safari]

The flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer could allow criminals to take control of people's computers and steal their passwords, internet experts say.

Microsoft urged people to be vigilant while it investigated and prepared an emergency patch to resolve it.

"Microsoft is continuing its investigation of public reports of attacks against a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer," said the firm in a security advisory alert about the flaw. Microsoft says it has detected attacks against IE 7.0 but said the "underlying vulnerability" was present in all versions of the browser.

Other browsers, such as Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari, are not vulnerable to the flaw Microsoft has identified.

SimplWeb makes it even more affordable to host your Joomla website. They have now lowered their prices to $19.95/mo, with a first month free trial.

When it comes to hosting for Joomla, the average web host server is not usually optimized for Joomla. The low-cost  web host usually is a one-size-fits-all setup, where they go for the lowest common denominator of optimization. PHP5? mySQL 5?  Maybe not on those $5/mo hosts, because the thousands of websites they are hosting might break, since how many people keep their scripts up-to-date? (Unfortunately, too many don't upgrade and risk getting hacked.).

Then getting help for your Joomla questions can be difficult, if not impossible. Big hosting companies are not going to know your specific needs for Joomla. They usually just make sure you have access to your site and email.

What about security?

Authentication failed: 535 Incorrect authentication data

I just ran into this trying to use SquirrelMail. It also affected RoundCube and likely Outlook. Usually this feels like a permissions problem server wide, but this only affected one account. One that had recently changed servers.

Authentication failed:
Error 535
Incorrect authentication data

A search gave me many solutions, many complicated root-based commands. And one simple solution. I like simple.

Choosing a web host relies on many factors. The most important is the abilitity of the person who will be maintaining and updating the website. Too often, new 'webmasters' shop by price, looking for the cheapest web host for their website, but they then get stuck when trying to do anything. What is labeled 'Easy' is not really easy for most people. If you have never setup a mySpace or Facebook profile, and barely know how email works, then you might need something more than cheap hosting.

A nice balance between affordable is SimplWeb, which does most of the management for you, but makes it easy for you to create the content.

First, figure out what type of person you are in terms of Internet experience and computer abilities. Be honest with yourself.  Are you a Do-It-Yourself person, or maybe a "Not-So-Technical" but capable person?

Finally, a simple way to create a Professional Looking Site

With Simplweb, you can create a professional looking site in the time it takes you to drink a cup of coffee. When we mean professional, we mean it, no flaky templates here, only high quality designs specific to your industry. Your website can look like it cost thousands for less than the price of drinking a cup of coffee every day!

Features and Flexibility

SimplWeb builds your website with open source software. They use Joomla, a hugely popular content management system. It's used to run everything from small personal websites to big organizations like Porsche or the United Nations. It provides an amazing array of features, from user polls to ecommerce shopping carts. Joomla sites are insanely easy to update, with one click you can edit pages and with another save your updates, live on your site.

Have you ever thought about adding a Wiki to your website? But maybe you found the installation and setup a bit difficult?

Or maybe you thought you might try building your whole website using Wiki tools, but again, that setup part gets in the way.  I found a site that seems to make it much easier for you.

1&1 MailXchange -Your professional communication and collaboration solution

1&1 MailXchange takes e-mail, contacts, tasks and calendar functions associated with traditional mail platforms and combines them with information storage, document versioning tools and shared workspace, resulting in a powerful solution to bring your employees together.

• Work from anywhere
• Low cost, open source alternative
• Simple, easy-to-use interface
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