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Can Thieves Detect Laptops in Cars?

January 20, 2010

I recently received a question from a reader asking how thieves were apparently able to detect laptops out of view in locked cars, say either covered up or in the trunk (or “boot”, depending on where you live).
This is a topic that’s seen batted around for some time and has attained the status of urban [...]

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Don’t Hesitate to Name & Shame!

January 18, 2010

Something that really irks me is the way many communities enact legislation that effectively pays more attention to the rights of offenders than to those of their victims.
While I accept that a case could be made for protecting the identity of very young minors, for the most part I do not believe that justice is [...]

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Microsoft Patches & Updates for January 2010

January 14, 2010

It’s Patch Tuesday again, that day each month when Microsoft releases software patches and updates for their various products.
Patch Tuesday is a very important day for all Windows users who are concerned with their privacy and security.
Not infrequently a Microsoft patch or update will close a vulnerability that, if left unaddressed, could allow an attacker [...]

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Product Updates Notification

January 9, 2010

ADVISORY: New Office Policy Manual 2010 Edition
For their own protection, and in the interests of productivity and employee relations, everyone in business needs appropriate and legally enforceable written policies. A clear and concise Employee Manual establishes company standards while defining employee benefits, company policies, etc.
The TemplateZone “Office Policy Manual 2010″ allows employers to quickly build [...]

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More Proof That Conroy’s Filter Is a Con

January 7, 2010

Sorry folks, as much as I’d like to drop this Internet filter business, more proof of government deceit keeps surfacing. If this story doesn’t wake you up to their real motivations then I’m afraid you are blinkered beyond any help.
As regular readers will be aware, I have repeatedly accused the Australian government of using “child [...]

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A Worthy Goal Doesn’t Justify a Stupid “Solution”

January 3, 2010

I’ve posted several times on plans by the Australian government to introduce mandatory Internet filtering at the ISP level. Since these plans first came to light it has become quite clear that one of the biggest obstacles we face is uninformed contributions by technically ignorant people, especially people who have some degree of influence over [...]

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A WordPress Problem & How to Fix It

December 23, 2009

It appears that quite a few readers of this blog may have been confused and inconvenienced when trying to post a comment to one of my posts.Turns out it was a bug in the WordPress software that I use for this blog.

It wasn’t until I was notified of the details by a reader that I [...]

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Conroy’s Folly: The Great Australian Firewall

December 16, 2009

Well, it’s finally out in the open — the duplicity and insanity that we knew would prevail. The clown prince of the Australian Internet regulatory system, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, has announced that compulsory content filtering at the ISP level is to receive his blessing.
Duplicitous because right from the start Conroy claimed impartiality, and maintained [...]

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Registry Cleaners Revisited: The Final Chapter

December 10, 2009

Why is it that the topic of Registry Cleaners evokes near fanatical fervor both for and against? In this article I present a case for calm and rationality by offering some simple facts, as opposed to the usual biased and often baseless fanaticism.
Some time back I published an article entitled Choosing a Registry Cleaner. Although [...]

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Microsoft Patches & Updates for December 2009

December 9, 2009

It’s Patch Tuesday again, that day each month when Microsoft releases software patches and updates for their various products.
Patch Tuesday is a very important day for all Windows users who are concerned with their privacy and security.
This month Critical Security Bulletins/Patches have been issued affecting the following products:

Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
MS [...]

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