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Google Nexus One Android smartphone
10 Mar 2010 at 8:02am
Hard to resist

Review The flourishing Android operating system has appeared on phones made by Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG and HTC. Now Google has launched its own handset, though it?s actually made by HTC, which has made the bulk of Android handsets so far.?


Exploring Security in the virtualised world
10 Mar 2010 at 8:02am
Practical Matters discussed live

Webcast: 10am If virtualisation is creeping across your organisation you?ve presumably ticked some of the security boxes, right? Well, whether you have or not, you may still want to tune in to our webcast at 10am today: Virtualisation and Security: Practical Matters.?

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work


Suburban woman accused of using net to recruit terrorists
10 Mar 2010 at 7:02am
Feds cuff JihadJane

A suburban Pennsylvania woman who went by the online alias JihadJane used the internet to recruit Islamic terrorists and to plot the assassination of a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday.?

Offloading malware protection to the cloud


Sepaton in anti-Data Domain pitch
10 Mar 2010 at 7:02am
Dual-node MS2 cluster

Criticising the pain of single-silo deduplication products, Sepaton has introduced a dual-node clustered product that can be upgraded to its larger ES2 system.?

What is your recession sales strategy?


Tablet maker threatens, then robs Apple
10 Mar 2010 at 6:02am
The non-iPad iPad clone

The publicity whores at China's Shenzhen Great Loong Brother tablet-PC maker are at it again.?

What is your recession sales strategy?


UK pol touts canine chip implants
10 Mar 2010 at 6:02am
Doggies digitized for your protection

Even if your beloved Westie is spending her declining years curled up by the hearth, Home Secretary Alan Johnson suggests she should be microchipped for the protection of her potential victims, and you should pony up for dog-attack insurance.?

Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing


Google opens Google Apps app store
10 Mar 2010 at 5:57am
One stop Google bolt-on shop

The Mountain View Chocolate Factory has unveiled an online marketplace for third-party applications that hook into its Google Apps suite of web-based businessware.?

The power of collaboration within unified communications


Floating IT lab mimics multi-tiered networks
10 Mar 2010 at 1:38am
Is it real? Or is it Skytap?

Skytap - the Jeff Bezos-backed startup that lets you mimic internal IT infrastructure in the so-called cloud - has introduced a new set of automation tools designed to facilitate the creation of complex network topologies on its floating interwebs service.?

The power of collaboration within unified communications


Fraud-prevention service ponies up $12m for 'false' ads
9 Mar 2010 at 11:17pm
Agrees to safeguard customer data

An Arizona company that sells services designed to prevent identity theft has agreed to pay $12m to settle charges it oversold their effectiveness and didn't adequately protect sensitive customer data.?

Offloading malware protection to the cloud


Pillar juices flash drive box
9 Mar 2010 at 9:18pm
Reliability boost roadmap

Pillar Data Axiom storage arrays can go a whole lot faster, use less energy and be more reliable, thanks to a range of new features from flash drive enclosures to pre-emptive copies.?

The power of collaboration within unified communications


Apple's draconian developer docs revealed
9 Mar 2010 at 8:54pm
The first rule of iPhone Club is...

In the 1999 movie Fight Club, Brad Pitt famously tells a huddle of pugilistic aspirants: "The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club."?

Offloading malware protection to the cloud


It's official: Adobe Reader is world's most-exploited app
9 Mar 2010 at 8:33pm
The new Microsoft

Adobe's ubiquitous Reader application has replaced Microsoft Word as the program that's most often targeted in malware campaigns, according to figures compiled by F-Secure.?

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work


Cisco 'forever changes internet' with... a router
9 Mar 2010 at 7:45pm
322 Tbps of bandwidth (not quite) here

How will Cisco "forever change the internet"? With a new router.?

Offloading malware protection to the cloud


Google tests TV set-top search, says report
9 Mar 2010 at 7:24pm
Satellite TV meets YouTube meets online ad machine

Google is privately testing a television set-top box that lets users search satellite TV programming as well as video websites like its very own YouTube, according to a new report.?

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work


New Internet Explorer code-execution attacks go wild
9 Mar 2010 at 7:08pm
IE 6 and 7 users targeted

Online thugs are exploiting a security bug in earlier versions of Internet Explorer that allows them to remotely execute malicious code, Microsoft warned on Tuesday.?

Offloading malware protection to the cloud



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Tecnical stuff

Technical - stickald

It's a bloody struggle to remember how to do things, especially when you dont do them very often. If we dump everything here then it leaves our heads clear to play. Borland C++ Builder is great and most this stuff is for that.

In most cases the code can prolly be made more cool, but it werked and we're on a deadline and who cares anyway (If you do happen to care, drop a message in the forum, cheers).

Converting an AnsiString to a char for a DriveCombo
A TMS Components TWebUpdate INI File
Timers in ISAPI's
How to write ISAPIs (Borland Builder 5)
HTAccess Custom Error Page
Linux Machine Part 1
Linux Machine Part 2