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Saturday, July 21, 2007 9:32 PM

Code Camps galore

We all know that Adelaide hosted Code Camp SA recently - it was a great success, and some people even wished I was there ! TechEd is coming up of course, but now there are two code camps scheduled for October, on the same weekend (13-14) and at the same...
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Monday, April 02, 2007 9:47 PM

Vista requiring ctrl-alt-del before login

So you want to tell Vista to require Ctrl-Alt-Del before you can logon. Just like you had in previous versions of Windows. And it's easy to do, you just have to find the proper dialog box, like the one below. You tick the checkbox, and everything is done...
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Sunday, February 18, 2007 6:29 PM

Malware distributed by MSN Messenger banner ads

I'm sure this won't be the case for long, Microsoft tend to be good about addressing things like this. Fellow MVP Sandi Hardmeier has put out a very detailed post about the problem, I suggest you read about it there. It does raise some interesting questions...
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006 12:32 PM

Insecure websites

It really worries me when I stumble across an insecurity in a website. I don't go looking for them, but when I find one, I feel like I have a responsibility to do something about it. I don't mean tell the world about it - that would be bad for the company...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006 9:37 AM

Oracle has 3400% more vulnerabilities than SQL Server

There has been a lot of talk over the years about how Microsoft products are vulnerable to hacks. When I went through university many moons ago, Microsoft were certainly painted as the evil empire (not necessarily by individuals or as the university as...
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