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  • I am having problems with referrer spam at the moment. I have written about this issue in the past, but the measures I took then do not appear to be as effective as I had hoped. As a result, I…

  • I am back after the holiday break (had a great time in the south of Spain, thanks) – and I am swamped in post holiday IT issues! Always after holidays when people come back and turn on their PC’s, servers,…

  • I’m away for a two week break – no computers are going too be (ab)used by me during this time – consequently, my next post on this blog will be on January 3rd. Until then, enjoy the break. Tom.

  • Bruce Schneier, founder and CTO of Counterpane Internet Security, Inc., has written an update to his earlier article on securing home PCs. The updated article is full of useful advice such as recommending that you don’t use Microsoft Windows (“Buy…

  • Google have released Google Suggest as a beta release and it looks good. What is Google Suggest? In Google’s own words ” As you type into the search box, Google Suggest guesses what you’re typing and offers suggestions in real…

  • The initial AuthImage install didn’t go according to plan. When the plug-in was installed, no image appeared – therefore no comments could be left, genuine or otherwise. After scratching my head for some time, I remembered that this blog is…

  • Renaming the wp-comments-post.php file had a drastic effect on the comment spam – it appears very many blog comment spammers go directly to this file to submit their spam. After changing the name of this file, not only did the…

  • Unbelieveably, I am still getting comment spam through the various measures I have put in place. Just this evening, I have re-named the wp-comments-post.php file – previously I had edited the contents of this file, changing comment variable names but…

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