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Patients' medical records go online without consent

Paul Flaherty — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:07:51 GMT

Interesting, wonder what the process is to say NO! Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7408379/Patients-medical-records-go-online-without-consent.html Those who do not wish to have their details on the £11 billion computer system are...(read more)

Hard drive evolution could hit Microsoft XP users

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:29:29 GMT

Interesting Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8557144.stm Hard drives are about to undergo one of the biggest format shifts in 30 years. By early 2011 all hard drives will use an "advanced format" that changes how they go about saving...(read more)

#Exchange 2010 & NetApp Deduplication

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:45:21 GMT

#Exchange2010 .. This is an interesting blog by Mark Arnold Source: http://markarnold.blogspot.com/2010/03/exchange-2010-netapp-deduplication.html Lots of testing of various stores under various situations. As you know SIS has been eliminated from Exchange...(read more)

SharePoint 2010 & Office 2010 Launch

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:09:26 GMT

A few days late :-| Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2010/03/05/sharepoint-2010-office-2010-launch.aspx Today, we officially announced that May 12th, 2010, is the launch date for SharePoint 2010 & Office 2010. In addition, we announced...(read more)

Lucozade to lose colour linked to hyperactivity

Paul Flaherty — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:36:22 GMT

Isn’t that the whole idea of Lucozade? Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1256242/Lucozade-lose-orange-colour-linked-hyperactivity.html Lucozade could lose its distinctive orange colour because research has shown the colouring agent Sunset...(read more)

Released: Update Rollup 2 for #Exchange Server 2010

Paul Flaherty — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:07:17 GMT

#Exchange2010 RU2 http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/03/05/454155.aspx Exchange CXP team has released Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010 RTM (KB 979611) to the download center. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979611 Taken from: Revision: 1.0...(read more)

Microsoft Offers Users Rival Web Browsers

Paul Flaherty — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:22:50 GMT

Kewl just noticed this … it’s an option in Windows Update Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8537763.stm Microsoft is to ask millions of users across Europe if they want to use a web browser other than its own. Windows users will be offered...(read more)

#Exchange Server 2010 Help

Paul Flaherty — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:36:30 GMT

#Exchange2010 .. Oh just stumbled across this .. Use Exchange Server 2010 Help content to help you plan, deploy and manage your Exchange 2010 organization. File Name Exch2010Help.exe Version March2010 Date Published 3/3/2010 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8071c31f-45be-48dc-bfca-e1fb51f544d2&displaylang=e...(read more)

Multiple or incorrect Coding Notices: information for employees and pensioners

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:57:22 GMT

Whoops! that might explain why I have two codes for two different companies :-| Source: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/annual-coding-individuals.htm HMRC has recently introduced the new National Insurance and PAYE Service (NPS) which we are using to...(read more)

A Month in #Exchange: March 2010

Paul Flaherty — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:30:10 GMT

#Exchange2010 … #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Microsoft Exchange … In Blog Posts and News from last month #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* New Downloads available in February 2010 EMEA...(read more)

Amazon, Microsoft in cross-licensing deal with Kindle

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:27:36 GMT

More interesting news .. not sure about the Linux stuff :-| Source: http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/02/22/microsoft.deal.may.hint.at.courier.plans/ Amazon and Microsoft tonight agreed to a cross-licensing deal for each other's patents. The deal...(read more)

Iron Mountain Acquires Mimosa Systems

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:02:28 GMT

Interesting, cheap as chips .. only $112 million in cash Source: http://www.ironmountain.com/mimosa/ BOSTON (Feb. 22, 2010) – Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), an information management services company, today announced it has acquired Santa Clara,...(read more)

A Month in #Exchange: February 2010

Paul Flaherty — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:00:58 GMT

#Exchange2010 … You have got to be joking what happened to January? … #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Microsoft Exchange … In Blog Posts and News from December 2009 #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*...(read more)

Bing – Who pulled the plug?"!

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:22:41 GMT

doh what happened to bing?...(read more)

Log on Locally

Paul Flaherty — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:22:53 GMT

Learnt a funky tip yesterday from my mate Bungy … if you need to log on locally to a PC and can’t remember the name of it, use .\<username> in the logon box .Cool hey!...(read more)

VMotion and #Exchange 2010, not supported

Paul Flaherty — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:18:25 GMT

#Exchange2010 Source: http://kennethvanditmarsch.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/vmotion-and-exchange-2010/ Now this is very very interesting and may explain why my DAG databases keep failing over.. … vSphere Update 1 states: Enhanced Clustering Support for...(read more)

Webcast Reschedule: TechNet Webcast: Protecting Exchange Server 2010 Using Hybrid Forefront Protection for Exchange (Level 300)

Paul Flaherty — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:46:58 GMT

Just an FYI, this webcast was has been rescheduled for: Date: 02/12/2010 Time: 01:00 PM-02:30 PM U.S. Pacific Time … Attend this webcast to learn how Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 work better together. Discover how Microsoft Forefront...(read more)

NEW UK Windows Server User Group

Paul Flaherty — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:34:45 GMT

I received this email today … from Mark Parris who run the UK Active Directory User Group Towards the end of last year Mark Wilson and I had a conversation around combining the Active Directory User Group with the Windows Server Team user group...(read more)

A Month in #Exchange: January 2010

Paul Flaherty — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:23:43 GMT

#Exchange2010 … Happy New Year to you all and lets get this party started … #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* Microsoft Exchange … In Blog Posts and News from December 2009 #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*...(read more)

Michael Schumacher signs up for #F1 return with Mercedes

Paul Flaherty — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:53:03 GMT

The worst kept secret in F1 Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8427552.stm Seven-times Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher will come out of retirement to race for Mercedes next year, BBC Sport understands. The German,...(read more)

HP Product Bulletin

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:42:17 GMT

wanted to thank Stu for pointing me at this … http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/productbulletin.html#CD_Files The HP Product Bulletin provides you with the latest QuickSpecs at all times...(read more)

HP BladeSystem Matrix and Microsoft #Exchange Server 2010

Paul Flaherty — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:33:30 GMT

#Exchange2010 #HP This looks interesting … http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/getdocument.aspx?docname=4AA2-0689ENW.pdf This white paper provides a brief introduction to the HP BladeSystem Matrix with a focus on the HP Insight Dynamics infrastructure orchestration...(read more)

Unholy row over New Zealand Mary and Joseph billboard

Paul Flaherty — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:21:26 GMT

This made me laugh and it was put up by a Chruch!!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8417963.stm … A dejected-looking Joseph lies in bed next to Mary under the caption, "Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow" .....(read more)

support.microsoft.com

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:57:21 GMT

Ooops...(read more)

Forefront Protection 2010 for #Exchange Deployment and Performance

Paul Flaherty — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:15:44 GMT

This is a good use of 20 mins .. I quite like the format too. Not 100% sure that this is exchange version specific. Dunno if you need to have FPE installed on an Exchange 2010 server. http://edge.technet.com/Media/Forefront-Protection-2010-for-Exchange-Deployment-and-Performance/...(read more)