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Have you missed your daily dose of spam emails advertising everything from Viagra to fake pharmaceuticals and watches this week? According to a link spotted on eWeek, Microsoft is claiming responsibility for the takedown of the massive Rustock botnet, which stopped sending out spam midmorning on 16 March 2011. This operation, known as Operation B107, . . . → Read More: Microsoft Claims Rustock Botnet Takedown Microsoft has launched the finished version of its Internet Explorer 9 web browser, and at the same time started a campagn to rid the world of the dreaded IE6. The site called The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown, appears to be set on moving the world off Internet Explorer 6 – and about time too! However, . . . → Read More: Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 9 In a post on the Official Microsoft blog, entitled Cracking Down on Botnets, Microsoft announced the takedown of the Waledac botnet, one of the 10 largest botnets in the United States and a major distributor of spam globally. Microsoft achieved this after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order cutting off 277 Internet domains . . . → Read More: Microsoft Takes Down The Waledac Botnet Have you ever wanted to see more of your spreadsheet on screen in one glance, without having to zoom out until the text is almost unreadable? Do you find that you are telling yourself that the job would be much easier if you could open two documents at one time and have them side by . . . → Read More: Increase Your Productivity with Multi Monitor Graphic Cards Buying A Wireless Microphone System? Are you considering purchasing a wireless microphone system, and are wondering which one to buy? There are a few questions you might like to ask your supplier before parting with some hard earned cash! Do I need a licence to use it now, or in the future? Will it . . . → Read More: Warning About Buying A Wireless Microphone System The featured Blog this week is The Network for the Post-Bureaucratic Age, which is a WordPress Blog hosted at WordPress.com. It uses the Freshy theme by Jide and may be described as a comparative newcomer in the blogosphere, with its first post date-stamped on 28th June 2010. The current headline post dated 8th September 2010 . . . → Read More: The Network for the Post-Bureaucratic Age Featured Blog The Town of Riverhead, Long Island, New York, has earn itself a place in the history of technology by employing the services of Google Earth to find swimming pools which did not have a permit. Chief Building Inspector Leroy Barnes Jr. declared that 250 permit-free pools had been identified thanks to Google’s technology. According to . . . → Read More: Town uses Google Earth to find Swimming Pools The Environment Agency has now ruled that LCD screens contain hazardous components, which will have an impact on businesses that have been using flat screens for some time and may now be considering replacing them. The liquid crystal substances themselves are not hazardous, but the back lighting fluorescent tubes are, as they contain mercury. According . . . → Read More: LCD Screens Ruled Hazardous Waste By Environment Agency The featured WordPress blog this week is actually a UK government site called The Spending Challenge. It uses a Theme in a directory called Coalitiondocdg, which may be a custom solution, with Contact Form 7 plugin by Takayuki Miyoshi to capture your feedback. It also uses Recent Posts with Excerpts plugin by Stephanie Leary, . . . → Read More: The Spending Challenge Featured Blog A colleague recently invited me to comment on a proposal they have been reviewing before a major government department undertakes a technology update in the near future. I was reminded of our post back in April last year optimistically titled UK Government Encompasses Open Source. I wonder if I might have been breaking out the . . . → Read More: Government Action Plan on Open Source Awry |
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