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12th September 2013 | Online, Privacy
I recently had occasion to buy a product from an online company. Having added the item to my basket, I went to the checkout and entered my credit card details, then pressed the confirmation button to move on to the 3-D Secure section (more familiarly known as...
2nd September 2013 | Privacy, Security
Last year I wrote an article bemoaning the lack of security for emails, particularly with companies sending personal data to confirm quotations. After the recent revelations that the US are quite happily running as much information as they can through a system through...
27th July 2013 | Online
For the last few years, the "Cloud" has been the big thing, with plenty of companies springing up, offering space for you to store your data, whether it be specialised storage such as ITunes, Google Play Music or the Amazon Cloud Player for music; more generalised...
22nd July 2013 | Quality Assurance
On Monday 20th May and Tuesday 21st May, Europoint Communications, in conjunction with BCS Nottingham and Derby and the BCS Quality Special Interest Group hosted a two day seminar on Lean Quality Assurance. The course was presented by Tom Gilb, the progenitor of the...
6th June 2012 | Operating Systems, Testing
In May, I started on a new project for a client, and one of their first requests was for a rapid analysis of open source (or in other words, "free") defect and test management products. Beyond the free aspect, I also had the constraint of a Windows server....
12th May 2012 | Security
I've recently been asked to supply information for various business contracts and personal information for security purposes, and one thing has has struck me in all of these dealings: in each case, email was the primary preference for providing that information. This...
21st April 2012 | Online, Privacy
I recently attended a talk at the Nottingham and Derby BCS Branch on the imminent activation of the so-called "Cookie Directive" in British law. The law, in a nutshell says that, unless the information you are gathering from a person on your website is...
15th April 2012 | Quality Assurance
Last week, I had the fantastic opportunity to travel down to London to attend a two day course on Lean Quality Assurance at the British Computer Society headquarters, just off Covent Garden. The course itself was run by Tom and Kai Gilb, who are pre-eminent in their...
10th April 2012 | Online
Over the last couple of months, I've been updating this website, changing the overall look and feel, adding the blog and uploading some (hopefully) useful utilities and document templates. When you're writing a website, your primary concern is to ensure that it is...
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