A selection of removal tools that may help you clean a Conficker Virus infection. The Virus activated itself on 1st April 2009. Conficker D latest variant - Infections started 2009-03-04 Symptoms Blocks DNS lookups Disables AutoUpdate Kills anti-malware Download cleanup tools One, Two, Three, Four, Five "Conficker, also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido, is a computer worm that surfaced in October 2008 and targets the Microsoft Windows operating system. The worm exploits a previously patched vulnerability in the Windows Server service used by Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 Beta, and Windows Server 2008...Read More »

MS have launched a beta of IE8 - whilst most corporates are still on IE6., Full published article at: Read More »

Mobile WiMax trial and Intel investment announced in the UK., Full published article at: Read More »

Computing's blog recently published a post about two reports on social networking. In one of them, the authors suggest MySpace is breaking the UK Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)., Full published article at: Read More »

When it comes to hot buzzwords, nothing comes close to Web 2.0. Nobody knows exactly what it means but everybody uses it. In fact, at Network World we’ve started getting press releases referring to Web 3.0…..whatever that is. Clearly, on the consumer side of things, Web 2.0 refers to blogs, Wikis, social networks, mashups. In other words, people using lightweight applications to publish their own content on the Internet and to connect with and collaborate with others using Web-based applications. So, where's the enterprise angle? Full published article at: http://www.networkworld.com/research/2008/011408-8-techs-web20.html?fsrc=rss-applicationsRead More »

When discussing site redesigns or SEO with clients, I often discover that the idea of adding a blog is being kicked around internally by them. The common question that follows is "Why exactly should we have a blog?", Full published article at: Read More »

...but of course it's a test, before anybody gets excited., Full published article at: Read More »

Some interesting predictions about MS 2008 plans and launches – including more inroads into Adobe’s space, with implications for web designers., Full published article at: Read More »

Since Google launched its social networking initiative, OpenSocial, in October of 2007, the word "platform" seems to be creeping into more articles, press releases and marketing material. So here's prediction for 2008: this will become one of the over-hyped, over-used, poorly understood web marketing terms of the year., Full published article at: Read More »

Slashdot reports that Microsoft may push Silverlight by redesigning part of their own website using the platform, which offers an alternative to Ajax, Flash and JavaFx., Full published article at: Read More »