Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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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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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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Microsoft Designertopia 2007

Well I’m now back home after 2 days and 1 night in London as a Microsoft Student Partner attending the Microsoft Designertopia 2007 Design Conference, and I can definitely say that I’m pretty loaded with useful information on things such as WPF and Expression Studio which as quoted by Microsoft, is a suite of tools for creative designers that gives you

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Windows Vista London Launch with Bill Gates Speech

As you may or may not know Bill Gates gave a speech yesterday in London at the British Library for the launch of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System, which was pretty cool. Though unfortunately I didn’t go as I didn’t know he was coming until the week before, I tried to get a press pass but Microsoft didn’t get back to me,

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Bill Gates: WorldWide General Availability of Vista & Office 2007

January 29, 2007 1:45 p.m. PST / 4:45 p.m. EST / 9:45 p.m GMT From Times Square in New York City, join Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates for a live webcast celebrating the worldwide launch of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System. The celebration pays tribute to the millions of Microsoft customers, partners and product testers around the world

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Countdown to Windows Vista and Office 2007 is nearly over

The Coundown to Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System is nearly over, so this week will sure to be one of the most important weeks in Microsoft’s history, as it finally releases Windows Vista and Office 2007 to the consumer market. However is a new Windows and Office launch still a big deal? Is Windows Vista enough of a leap forward to repel