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The latest Doctor Who The Waters Of Mars  looks good coming in Sep 2009

Google tackled on e-mail security

Session hijacking could put personal details at risk

Google has been asked to explain why it is not making its Gmail e-mail service more secure.

In an open letter to Google boss Eric Schmidt, security experts, lawyers, and privacy advocates ask why Gmail users are “needlessly” being put at risk.

The 38 signatories want Google to start using the secure version of the HTTP protocol to protect Gmail users.

In response, Google said it was considering trials of the secure system with a select group of users.

via BBC NEWS | Technology | Google tackled on e-mail security.

Colin Bean’s Private Sponge (centre) was a familiar face in Dad’s Army Actor Colin Bean, who played Private Sponge in Dad’s Army for many years, has died aged 82 in Wigan Infirmary. He spent his last years at Wickham Hall Care Home in Springfield and died at the infirmary on Saturday. After many years in repertory, he was spotted in 1968 by his friend Jimmy Perry, one of the creators of Dad’s Army, and given a part in the series. He last appeared in public at a reunion of the Dad’s Army Appreciation Society last year.

Source: BBC

I am just starting to try and do a daily blog with a  list of intresting sites so here goes day 1 post

Another encounter with Ubuntu from Aardvark Daily

Implementing Row- and Cell-Level Security in Classified Databases Using SQL Server 2005
Published: April 1, 2005 | Updated : September 1, 2005 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc966395.aspx

Identifying the source of SQL Server login failures (18456 errors)

And a great story from the BBC “Battle of the Smartphone” http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/06/battle_of_the_smart_phones.html