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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:34 PM

The Sun Java installer still sucks....

I was prompted to install the latest update to Sun Java a short while ago, and the installer still sucks. The installer still triggers a UAC prompt. The installer still does NOT remove old versions of Java - old versions that take 136 megabytes per version...
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Monday, November 19, 2007 8:21 PM

Negligent technical support advice from TomTom

Never never never never NEVER tell users to turn off their computers firewalls. You can read my brief dialogue with TomTom's technical support here - yes, I suppose I should have tried switching from wireless to wired before contacting TomTom, but...
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Saturday, November 10, 2007 8:35 AM

Haute Secure is blocking smh.com.au!

Oh, this is not good... I go to www.news.com.au and I see this: I go to www.smh.com.au and I see this: Access to smh.com.au is completely blocked. Clicking on the More Info link reveals: I'm going to get in touch with the guys at Haute Secure and...
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Sunday, September 09, 2007 6:22 PM

Quechup - how to kill your business and online reputation in one fell swoop

Wow! It's been a while since I've seen a Web 2.0 startup become the target of such widespread negative press.... Note: I did my best to ensure that Quechup did not have access to any address books stored on my local PC, but there is one page,...
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Sunday, July 15, 2007 1:30 PM

oh dear, michael will not be happy

hardwaregeeks.com blocked by Haute Secure
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007 10:09 PM

haute secure - how it works

Ok, so I've had the chance to chat to the developers behind Haute Secure, and I have a little more information about the how's and why's of the product. I'll leave it to them to introduce themselves, and provide their Curriculum Vitae...
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Monday, June 25, 2007 10:55 PM

haute secure - a new add on dedicated to fighting malware sites

How can I best describe Haute Secure , a yet to be released toolbar for Internet Explorer (x86 and x64). Well, we all know how successful the Phishing Filter has been at protecting web surfers from phishing sites - a big part of the success of the Phishing...
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