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Sunday, August 31, 2008 11:46 PM

How to uninstall Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1

If you’ve tried installing IE8 Beta 2 onto a machine that already had IE8 Beta 1 on it then you’ll have seen the following message: Install Windows Internet Explorer 8 A previous build of Internet Explorer 8 is already installed on your computer. You
Posted by Steve Lamb | 12 Comments
Sunday, August 31, 2008 10:44 PM

Where can I download Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 from: Why might you want to?

I was surprised that the download link for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 for Windows Vista wasn’t as easy to find as I’d expected hence writing this post. If you’re wondering why to give IE8 a go then you may wish to read the following sites: Internet Explorer
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:20 PM

Interesting video interviews with the FBI discussing security

Kai Axford has posted a series of short video interviews with representatives of the FBI – they are well worth a look – particularly if you are based in the United States as they include advice regarding whom to report breaches to. Check out The Security
Posted by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 11:40 AM

Thank you for voting for this blog: Which Security blogs make interesting reading?

I’m delighted that so many of you took the time to vote for this blog in the “Security blog” category. Congratulations to Guy Bunker who’s View from the Bunker blog beat this one into second place. Personally the best thing to come from the competition
Posted by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:02 PM

Alexander Sotirov speaks out following wild spin on his talk about Windows Vista Security

Credit to Ed Bott from ZDNet who interviewed Alexander Sotirov to get his perspective on the stories that have circulated in the press following the talk he gave with Mark Dowd at the recent BlackHat Securit conference. The talk was titled "How to Impress
Posted by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
Friday, August 15, 2008 4:00 PM

Where can I download the slides from the Microsoft Virtualisation and Management Technologies events?

If you went to any of the events titled “Microsoft Virtualisation and Management Technologies” then you should will already have a link to the slides at the registration site. In any case you can download the slides from here .
Posted by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
Monday, August 11, 2008 9:36 PM

Which companies are more successful due to blogging? which are held back?

I think this is an interesting question. OK so I’m rather biased seeing as though I asked it! Some companies encourage their employees to talk openly about the products and services they work with – other companies try to control all outbound messages
Posted by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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Monday, August 11, 2008 9:03 PM

What TechNet Events are coming up in the UK?

Here’s a list of the Microsoft UK TechNet events that are running between now and Christmas: 13 August 2008, London: Microsoft Virtualisation and Management Technologies 21 August 2008, Liverpool: Microsoft Virtualisation and Management Technologies 2
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Thursday, August 07, 2008 11:35 AM

What Virtual Private Networking software would I recommend for Windows and how to set it up?

I was recently asked this very question and I responded with "Windows Server 2008/2003/2000 and Windows Vista/XP" provide excellent built-in Virtual Private Networking features that are standards compliant and assuming they are correctly configured can
Posted by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
Friday, August 01, 2008 5:12 AM

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 looks good – just beware that it may eat your cookies!

I’m giving Internet Explorer 8 a whirl – it’s early days as we’re only at Beta 1 and I’ve found a glitch whereby upon installing the new version I lost the cookies on my machine. I’ve fed the problem back to the product group and am confident they will
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Friday, August 01, 2008 5:05 AM

Is perception reality? The Mojave Experiment sheds some light

If you think Windows Vista sucks then I suggest you take a moment to view the recordings on the Mojave Experiment’s website – it’s where a large number of people who hadn’t tried Windows Vista for themselves were shown a sneak preview of a “brand new
Posted by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
Friday, August 01, 2008 4:54 AM

Which database is more secure? Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server?

I still come across Oracle enthusiasts who mistakenly believe that Oracle’s database suite is more secure than Microsoft’s SQL database suite – this is nonesense as I shall explain. The point to this post is not to gloat – it’s simply to set the record
Posted by Steve Lamb | 6 Comments
 
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