Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

The Kent IT Clinic (KITC) – February 2007

Well as you may or may not know, I’m now an IT Consultant for The Kent IT Clinic (KITC) at Medway which is a University-based IT Consultancy (provided as a University Module) which aims to provide help and expertise to the small and medium enterprise. As well as providing support to small and medium companies, The Kent IT Clinic (KITC) also provides a laptor

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Netcraft Phishing Feed To Protect Microsoft Customers

Microsoft has licensed Netcraft’s Phishing Site Feed for use in its Microsoft Phishing Filter Service, providing users of Internet Explorer 7 protection against the latest phishing attacks reported by the Netcraft Toolbar Community. Microsoft’s inclusion of Netcraft data in the Microsoft Phishing Filter was announced by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates during his keynote speech today at the RSA Conference in

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February 2007 Web Server Survey by Netcraft

In the February 2007 survey we received responses from 108,810,358 sites, an increase of 1.93 million from last month. Apache has a decline of 442K sites this month, and sees its share of the web server market slip by 1.47 percent to 58.7 percent. This is the first time Apache’s market share has been below 60 percent since September 2002.

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Johnny Panic releases ‘The Rebel’

The winners of the 2006 Windows Live Sessions Spaces competition have just released their new single, ‘The Rebel’, set to play at The Great Escape 2007, this is new music you can’t miss. Creating timeless, anthemic songs that are sincere and energetic, their infectious melodies don’t shy away from difficult subjects. Check out their single and behind the scenes interview

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MSN Games Survey Reveals Men Need “Me Time” Too!

According to a recent survey commissioned by Microsoft Corporations MSN Games, one of the world’s leading casual gaming sites, Americans are feeling more stressed out and starved for time than ever, with 56 percent of men (age 18 to 34) and 71 percent of women (age 18 to 34) spending less than an hour on themselves a day engaged in

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XGate: Launch Of New Weapon In Fight Against Paedophiles

A British company’s revolutionary security device for home computers is being heralded as the ultimate weapon in helping to keep children safe from paedophiles on the Internet.XGate a security device from Manchester-based, market leading security company Global Security One (GSEC1) addresses this issue. The pioneering power of the XGate is immediate for all to see: the ability to instantly oversee

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Artist Submissions Now Open for The Great Escape Festival 2007

Barfly are proud to announce the return of The Great Escape Festival which will bring the best of live music from across the World back to Brighton on the 17th 19th May 2007.  Artist Submissions Now Open for 2007 For the second year running, The Great Escape has teamed up with Windows Live Spaces and this year are to  offering a