James and I demonstrated how to implement iSCSI earlier in the year whilst touring around the UK - many of the audience were keen to find out more. iSCSI is a cool technology as it allows you to share an area of disk on a server to other machines across...

There a literally a handful two handfuls (not that that's really a word!) of places left for the Windows Mobile and System Centre Mobile Device Manager TechNet event that's taking place in London in the morning of 26th of February. All you have to do...

Visit the DDD Scotland site to find out all about this event - if it's even 1/2 as good as previous Reading based DDDs you're in for a treat if you are able to go. Make sure you register ASAP to make sure you get a place put the date in your diary and...

I am intrigued by the recent annoucement that you'll be able to incorporate Facebook applications in your own website simply by embedding some Java code according to Duncan Riley's post on TechCrunch titled Facebook Apps on Any Website: Clever Move ....

I've been contacted by someone who's being bullied online asking for advice. I was typing a reply when I mentioned it to Eileen who came up with a much simpler suggestion than I was going to give. Eileen adviced me that there's a report abuse facility...

The VistaSquad User Group are meeting again next week - it's a great place to discuss both development and infrastructure matters with your peers and it's free. If you'd like to attend then simply add a comment to their announcements blog. The event...

I'm sorry to have read (moments ago) that one of the most enthusiastic geeks I'm lucky enough to work with is in hospital following a freak accident. I have been somewhat heartened to read the second update on Dmitry's blog and look forward to hearing...

Craig Murphy was pretty quick of the blocks with his post. The launch site doesn't let you register yet and it doesn't have the session abstracts yet either but that cat's out of the bag - our UK customer launch event is taking place on the 19th March...

Amy has posted 50+ Killer Online Resources for Computer Science Students on the Virtual Hosting blog which she describes as follows: "Computer science students are lucky because the Internet is like a living textbook, full of information and advice for...

Like sooooo many people my thoughts keep going back to "what can I do to reduce my (negative) impact on the environment?" and "what can I do to help others be more environmentally friendly?" Clearly there are no appealing simple answers. Becomming...

Computer Security: What's the point! is taking place in Edinburgh on the 13th Feb. The Institute of Engineering and Technology are hosting the event - It's free to everyone including non-members of the IET It will be a good event as it's being run...

John Guin has posted an interesting article listing the OneNote Powertools - they are free to download (and use) and are well worth a look. John works as a member of the OneNote test team at Microsoft. There are tools for transferring information to...

There’s an interesting article discussing the security features of Windows Powershell in this month’s TechNet Magazine .Don Jones discusses both the secure by design ethos as applied to Windows Powershell and specifically how to prevent malicious scripts...

71% Are you an Uber-Geek? Quiz courtesy of Appliance Parts from Easy Appliance Parts Click on the image above to see for yourself. Thanks to the Girly Geekdom blog for putting me onto this bit of fun.

David Tebbutt has posted an interesting article discussing Twitter in terms of what it is and where it fits in the Social Networking space. The following paragraph in particular stood out but it's worth reading the whole piece: "When blogging first...

I've joined a Spa! I went last night - it was wonderful. Oh and they have plenty of exercise stuff too but it's easily avoided :-)

Chris Dalby is hosting the Live Meeting User Group meeting on the 24th January - as it's online you can of course access it from wherever in the World you are located - simply register ahead of time to join the meeting which takes place at 4pm GMT. ...

Dave Northey has posted a screencast on TechNet Edge showing how to configure IIS 7 to host PHP - there's another good one on Channel9 by Dunnry . Our aim is for Windows Server 2008's IIS 7 to be the preferred platform for hosting PHP and to that end...

OK so I'm sad but in my head right now I've got the line "If you've got a problem and no one else can help, you need...... the TechNet Forums" followed by "DaaDaa Dar Dede Dede Der" - yes I was a fan of the A-Team! Joking aside though the TechNet Forums...

Thanks to ahisgett for the image - you can view his photostream here .

Each morning since Christmas I've enjoyed reading Andrew's blog to see his latest nth day of Christmas post - as you can see he's a great cartoonist AND a data geek too :-) Today's cartoon appealed to me even more than the others due to the surfboard...