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I received the Assassin’s Creed game on the XBox 360 on Friday.

After much delays and anticipation does it satisfy or disappoint. (more…)

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Matt Cutts has recently posted an article about Fuzz Testing.

For those of you that are unaware fuzz testing is the art of testing a piece of software by giving it random input. The reason this can be effective is that it can trigger unforeseen bugs within an application. In fact Matt gives an example of tests carried out on UNIX software which found that a substantial percentage of softwares were vulnerable and the fuzz testing caused the application to crash. (more…)

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Flexi Web Host are currently holding a 50% discount sale.

By using the code NOV-DEAL when you go through the checkout process you will automatically receive a 50% discount on hosting that you are currently ordering. The discount is valid for the current invoice so to make the most of the offer you should choose a longer hosting period.

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It has been reported that the latest version of Wordpress is still vulnerable to abuse.

Jaimie Sirovich over at SEO Egg Head today reported that on returning from holiday he found that his blog had been hit by what he calls a HTML tainting attack. (more…)

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Many people seek advice on forums. It can be easy to find the answers that you require by doing this But there is 1 problem, how can you rely on advice from strangers? Especially when you have no idea of their credentials.

I am a regular on a domain forum called Namepros and 1 thing I notice is that everyone is willing to give their $0.02. (more…)

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Not too long ago Layered Technologies were hacked. Unfortunately it looks like it is contagious as now Fasthosts (1 of UK’s biggest hosts) has called in the police. (more…)

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I am getting somewhat fed up of dealing with incompetent companies. 10 Weeks ago I was made redundant so as anyone would I started sorting out my finances. 1 company I have a credit card with is Barclay Card. (more…)

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This morning I received my first letter from an American Debt collector. The debt collectors in question are Amer Assist who are acting on behalf of Layered Technologies.

If you are not aware Layered Tech provide dedicated servers. I did (about 18 months ago if not longer) have a dedicated server with them but not all was plain sailing. (more…)

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