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Thursday reads

I have fond memories of “book buses” from when I was a child (mobile libraries) so the idea of a mobile shop seems like a pretty good concept to me - NPR explores (with a fair amount of sceptism in my opinion) the ide...

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Wednesday Reads

Sometimes I think work is pointless… then I read about Genuinely Pointless work and realize… it really is pointless, but hey, let’s enjoy the ride.

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Tuesday Reads

Late to the party, but I’ve just got round to another piece on the iPhone at 10 which simply reminds me how it seems like progress has slowed over the last few years although perhaps we all needed a breather from the ...

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Monday reads

Via the useful Veeam Digest, I started reading New Ransomware, old techniques which offers a good insight into the latest outbreak (Petya). All this new ransomware content is generating lots of great intelligence for ...

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In the absence of Powershell...

Every so often I come across some older machines that I need to script and forget how much I take for granted the power (sorry) of powershell. Here’s a useful command for when you next run into Windows Server 2003 and...

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OSQuery

It’s always refreshing when you find a new way of looking at a problem. Someone this morning pointed out a product that I’d never heard of before by the team at Facebook - OSQuery. Working in the security field there’...

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Windows Build Keynote 2016

It’s been a while since I’ve had the chance to watch the Build Keynote- but I’m glad I managed to find the time- highlights for me this year include:

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Is the future of software, widgets?

It’s hard to believe how much excitement now exists around the word “app”- as if it’s a new term in the industry instead of just a shortening of Software Applications. Every company wants to have it’s own app, people ...

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Fun with NFC

I’ve been shopping around recently for a new phone (after the painful experience I had with the Galaxy S5 and some truly appalling battery life and rapid abandonment by Samsung for OS and security updates) and debatin...

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