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November 2005 - Posts

biometrics - fingerprint access

Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:44 AM by BruceCowper
I have had the MS fingerprint readers for quite a while now and have found them to be great convenience devices. These consumer units were produced in conjunction with DigitalPersona but are aimed at helping us deal with a challenge we face more and more Read More...
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Regional Weather Station with MSN Direct Weather Data Service

Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 1:22 PM by BruceCowper
For all of the weather watchers out there (and in Canada I think that means all of us...) I have over the summer had the priviledge of testing this little beauty: http://www2.oregonscientific.com/shop/product.asp?cid=2&scid=4&pid=603 http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productdetails/sku__OQ003 Read More...
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Windows Defender (Microsoft Anti Spyware tool)

Posted Sunday, November 27, 2005 1:06 PM by BruceCowper
Further to my last post, for those of you concerned about the Sony DRM rootkit you may be happy to know that the Windows Defender (was the Microsoft Anti Spyware) tool has a signature for dealing with the software. http://blogs.technet.com/antimalware/archive/2005/11/12/414299.aspx Read More...
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root kits

Posted Sunday, November 27, 2005 12:11 PM by BruceCowper
I thought it was about time I jumped on the bandwagon about rootkits in light of the recent challenges the the Sony software. I can imagine that there are many pieces of code out there that have been designed for one purpose or another and unintentially Read More...
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Exchange Performance Tuning

Posted Saturday, November 26, 2005 8:23 PM by BruceCowper
During the past couple of weeks I have been going across the country with some of the guys from IBm doing a series of events on Exchange Performance tuning... Much of this has been focussed towards the use of SANs, but the information is just as pertinent Read More...
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Inspire Workshop Series with Dell & CMS

Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 11:06 AM by BruceCowper
For the last couple of days we have been delivering a series of workshops written over the summer by Myself and Mike Holder from CMS Consulting. During the sessions based around AD we have been looking at fundamentals, deployment, troubleshooting and Read More...
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WSYP project: Leverage customer feedback for software reliability

Posted Saturday, November 05, 2005 1:52 PM by BruceCowper
Ever wondered what we do with your feedback when you click on the 'send report' button if you get an error? Well here is a rather amusing video that give you an idea of what could be... http://msexp.streamnavig.com/msexp/player.asp?e=E9999&s=9999_en_w&f=9999_en&uid=00011C7758813ADF&lng=en&cou=uk Read More...
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Hotfixes - do they cost or not?

Posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 2:58 PM by BruceCowper
I was reading a colleague of mine's blog today (Rick Claus) and it seems he has done a bit of digging on whether hotfixes actually cost to get hold of. I personally thought it was a daft idea if a fault is known about and a fix available, why should I Read More...
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