Author Profile: Rahul Bansal

Website: http://devilsworkshop.org/
Profile: I am a geek (wordpress), blogger (tech) & entrepreneur (rtCamp)

[Result] Blogger of The Month – July 2009

This is quick post to announce winner of Blogger of The Month contest for July 2009 and few more announcement related to network.
Blogger of The July 2009
July 2009, had very close competition between Richi and Prateek. As you can see from results table Richie won the race despite publishing 1 less post than Prateek.

Both Richie and Prateek published together 17 awesome posts which helped many users in our community. Overall,…

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Plugin To Protect Wordpress Against Password Reset Vulnerability

Since morning I have been reading about latest password reset vulnerability found in wordpress  version <= 2.8.3. (Details)

Those who can upgrade their wordpress installation, should upgrade to version 2.8.4 which fixes this vulnerability.

But there are people like us who are running highly customized wordpress setups which cannot be simply upgraded by single-click!

Although I personally do not find this recent vulnerability is anything serious, people who trying to hack into Devils…

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[Results] Winners of DW’s 3rd Anniversary Contest!

This post is to announce winners of DW’s 3rd anniversary contest – free giveaway of $1000 professional services and $100 logo design contest. Here is list of winners…

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[Results] Blogger of The Month – June 2009

We are glad to see response for June 2009 “Blogger of The Month” contest. 26 authors published 49 posts on 3 blogs in our network in June 2009. But as per rules of the contest, only one person could win the $100 cash prize.
We are glad to announce that the winner is…

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BlogCamp Pune 2 – Overview

Yesterday, we {Me, Deepak, Deepesh, Radhe, Shyam & Anil} were at BlogCamp Pune 2 as we posted about it earlier.

The event was better than expected and around 100 bloggers were gathered despite NO free T-shirt or lunch this time. Glad to see people are seriously camping for the sake of discussion only! ;-)

We could not attend entire event but for the first time I presented a talk at any *camp…

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Catch us @ BlogCamp Pune 2

If you are a blogger from Pune, this is great opportunity to get social with others bloggers in your town.

BlogCamp Pune’s second unconference will be happening on June 27th, 2009. First unconference was happened on June 16, 2007! Its glad to see this dedicated for bloggers event back after more than 2 years gap.

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Devils Workshop’s 3rd Anniversary Celebration – $100 Logo Design Contest!

Update: Details regarding this contest has been updated on July 4, 2009. Please read following post again.

Here is next part of Devils Workshop’s 3rd Anniversary Celebration! In last contest, some of readers showed interest in designing new logo for Devils Workshop!

We right now have no plans to make any major changes to DW theme. But we need some artwork for our new, upcoming two blogs. Yes, rtBlogs network will be…

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Google: No censorship of content in India

Google is not game for any editorial roles in India, reports PTI. This means that any objectionable content on its network will not be censored by Google, but will only address complaints to remove it within a specified time frame, between 10 minutes to 24 hours.
Google India Managing Director Shailesh Rao says:

“Google does not censor. It is unlikely that we will take a proactive role (in controlling content). Google…

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Devils Workshop’s 3rd Anniversary Celebration – Free services worth $1000!

(Update: Submissions for this giveaway are closed. We will update about winners via separate post on July 15, 2009. Till then, you can participate in this new contest with $100 cash prize.)

Dear All Devils,

Today Devils Workshop has completed 3 years and like previous anniversaries, you will get lots of surprises, which is our way of thanking to all who love & support Devils Workshop through out the year!

So here we…

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Key player behind the creation of Google – Rajeev Motwani found dead

Shockingly sad! Computer Science Professor, Rajeev Motwani, 47, one of the key players behind the creation of “Google” was found dead in his swimming pool in California on Friday. Rajeev Motwani had mentored Google founders – Larry Page and Sergey Brin, during their PhD at Stanford University.

Cause of death?

The cause of death still appears to be unclear. Motwani could not swim, so there is a possibility that he slipped into the pool and drowned.

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