If you have a BlackBerry with a GPS chip and want to use Garmin’s GPS service you can now get a lifetime subscription for $99 (US) instead of paying $9.95 per month. It is a shame this is only for Blackberry users but it stems from a lawsuit Supreme Court of the United States Case [...]

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San Francisco – A team including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Princeton University, and other researchers have found a major security flaw in several popular disk encryption technologies that leaves encrypted data vulnerable to attack and exposure.
“People trust encryption to protect sensitive data when their computer is out of their immediate control,” said EFF Staff [...]

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These Vouchers are no longer available. I will post when I am able to send out new ones.
Are you Certified? Or just plain certifiable? Would you like a discount voucher for your next Microsoft exam? Go to my Microsoft Discount Voucher Form and send me your name, email address and what country you plan [...]

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Windows XP Service Pack 3 is on its way and you may be wondering what is included and why should I download this latest Service Pack. By now you expect it to contain all of those updates since Service Pack 2, which it will, but what you may not expect is it to also contain [...]

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CompTIA is currently seeking Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to attend a workshop February 11-15, 2008. In this workshop SME’s will be asked to provide assistance in item development for the new version of the CompTIA Security+ (2008 Edition) exam. The purpose of item development is to collaborate with the IT community in an effort to [...]

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A little while ago Microsoft announced an expansion to its largest conference. Tech·Ed U.S. will now be two weeks long, so you Developers out there will have your own week, June 3-6, and for the IT Professionals out there no more running into all those smelly programmers. you will be going, June 10-13, [...]

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