www.cool-ade.co.uk will be closing down on 31st January 2012. The technology element will move to a new website which will be launched on 31st january 2012. This will encompass a technology blog, technical and web development services. The community element where general issues are discussed will live on under the name cooladeUK as a dedicated blog. All websites and [...]

HP has always been one of my favourite computers brands so I was somewhat surprised by their recent announcement to spin off their PC and tablet divisions. I didn’t see this coming although maybe I should have. HP has always had a good track record with hardware. In fact, I would always recommend HP PCs [...]

Many of the looter are clearly visible on the footage published on the News networks. Add to this the numerous CCTV cameras which will be analysed later. There’s a good change that many will be caught. So is it’s not worth destroying your future. [...]

My Microsoft AdCenter account has been hacked and a bill of £400 run up for a short campaign pointing to http://alloads.info/yahoo-messenger/. Interestingly, the problem was first identified by my credit card company, who promptly declined the unusual payments coming from Microsoft in the US. So how did this happen? Microsoft claim my username was used [...]

Here we go again, another major security breach where we discover a serious lack of controls at a major corporation. Sony announced that credit card information has been put at risk. Also, reports have suggested that Sony were storing passwords without encryption. The security of personal data is a major area of concern as we’re [...]

Mobile phone security has greatly improved since the days when it was child’s play to intercept phone calls. While the technology has improved, users have become complacent. This is well known with the way access controls are neglected. Examples of this are weak passwords, using the same password for multiple systems, recording passwords on post-it [...]

Solution available to fix the problem where the Kerberos Ticket Granting Ticket is not issued during an Active Directory user’s initial login. Apple have detailed the fix in http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4100. A fix is also listed at http://www.afp548.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=26509. Follow the steps below to force the creation of the Kerberos TGT on initial login. The is taken from [...]

I recently had the task of building a Podcast Producer server and integrating it with Active Directory. After stumbling along without much success I decided to look for help. Help was found on the Podcastproducer.org website. Basically, I needed it to allow Active Directory domain users to logon via the Podcast Producer website or logon [...]

I’ve recently been working on a project upgrading Adobe Creative Suite to CS4 for about 100 users. Why CS4? I hear you say, when CS5 is available. Well, not all companies move that fast due to compatibility with third parties, etc…. Getting back to the upgrade. The aim was to un-install CS3 and then install [...]

Lets start by saying that I’ve never owned an iPod or iPhone. With the iPod I never played enough music on the go to justify one. With the iPhone, I simply can’t justify the price. Luckily I have access to both the iPhone and iPad where I work. So I guess, for the time being [...]