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Is Conficker the start of the biggest botnet in history?

Conficker worm infected machines may comprise one of the biggest networks of robot computers (botnets) in Internet history if security experts’ fears are proved correct. From midnight on 1 April, the Conficker program will start scanning thousands of websites for a new set of instructions telling it what to do next.

Conficker – also known . . . → Read More: Is Conficker the start of the biggest botnet in history?

Karalon Technology Traffic IQ Pro

The other day I passed a pleasant few minutes chatting on the phone to a nice guy called Dominic, from Karalon Technology.

Karalon Technology are the Vendors of a product called Traffic IQ Pro which is used by many large companies and organisations such as Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Singapore Government, Microsoft, HP, AT&T, . . . → Read More: Karalon Technology Traffic IQ Pro

Parliamentary computers infected by Conficker worm

The House of Commons internal computer network has been infected by the “Conficker” worm and has had to ban its users from attaching outside storage, such as USB memory sticks, in case it gets reinfected. An estimated 10 million PCs worldwide have also been infected and experts fear next week will see problems worsen. For . . . → Read More: Parliamentary computers infected by Conficker worm

Customising WordPress Using Templates

In order to customize a WordPress theme, you may need to decide which template file needs editing in order to provide a conditional display. Say you want to have a link to you favorite book retailers which only appears on your books page http://techcosupport.com/press/category/books/, then you may need to build a custom template for that . . . → Read More: Customising WordPress Using Templates

Customising WordPress Using Page Templates

If you are considering customising WordPress, you may be interested to know that it can be configured to use custom Page Templates for different Pages. This means that several or all pages could have their own unique Page Templates and so appear completely different.

If you want to create a custom page template called MyTemplate, . . . → Read More: Customising WordPress Using Page Templates

NOMS Organization Ill-conceived, Incoherent and Incompetent

The House of Commons Hansard Debates for 17 Mar 2009, pt 0003, lists a question from David Taylor, Lab/Co-op for North-West Leicestershire, to the The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, Mr David Hanson.

The question was “Last week’s National Audit Office report on C-NOMIS excoriated senior NOMS management for an information and communications technology . . . → Read More: NOMS Organization Ill-conceived, Incoherent and Incompetent

Aloha From Maui and the Pink Biker Chic

While off last week on a working trip to the beautiful island of Maui, in the State of Hawaii (well someone has to do the difficult jobs!) we bumped into Eldonna Lewis-Fernandez, a retired US Air Force veteran of 23 years. Adventurous, edgy and refined, Eldonna is affectionately known as the “Pink Biker Chic.”

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NAO slams IT project’s rising costs

The National Audit Office has slammed plans for a multi-million pound central database of offenders that failed because of poor management and a lack of budget control. The spending watchdog said the abandoned IT project’s rising costs and delays could have been avoided if basic management rules had been followed.

Edward Leigh MP, chairman of . . . → Read More: NAO slams IT project’s rising costs