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Analysis of rivalry between Google and Microsoft

Microsoft has bashed both Samsung and Apple in its ads this year but there is a very good reason…

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KB: How to Flash a Bricked Nokia Lumia

Your nokia trashed?

How to Flash a Bricked Nokia Lumia 820/920|WP8

Tip: How to fix a bricked Nokia Lumia 920

Notes:

Powers off after battery goes into reserve

Two finger Salute: Power and Volume Down Key pressed for 20 sec - should get a vibration pre-boot up

How to Flash a Bricked Nokia Lumia 820/920|WP8

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SQL 2012 HAG - Issues and Notes

How to change database mirroring encryption with minimal downtime

http://rusanu.com/2010/04/23/how-to-change-database-mirroring-encryption-with-minimal-downtime/

HADR Encryption different on both nodes.

http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/DataMgmt/DBAdmin/setting-up-mirroring-to-sql

SQL 2012 AlwaysOn Availability groups Automatic Failover doesn’t occur or does it

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sql_pfe_blog/archive/2013/04/08/sql-2012-alwayson-availability-groups-automatic-failover-doesn-t-occur-or-does-it-a-look-at-the-logs.aspx

How It Works: DROP AVAILABILITY GROUP Behaviors

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psssql/archive/2012/06/13/how-it-works-drop-availability-group-behaviors.aspx

Building the Cluster : http://www.sqlpassion.at/archive/category/alwayson/

How to reduce paging of buffer pool memory in the 64-bit version of SQL Server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918483

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Prevent spam from your own domain

Get-ReceiveConnector “ReceiveConnector” | Get-ADPermission -user “NT AUTHORITY\Anonymous Logon” | where {$_.ExtendedRights -like “ms-exch-smtp-accept-authoritative-domain-sender”} | Remove-ADPermission

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Enabling debug logging for the Net Logon service

Troubleshooting account lockout the PSS way http://blogs.technet.com/b/instan/archive/2009/09/01/troubleshooting-account-lockout-the-pss-way.aspx

The NTLM Authentication Protocol and Security Support Provider

http://davenport.sourceforge.net/ntlm.html#ntlmHttpAuthentication

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Limitations of Performing Administrative Tasks in a Lync Shared Desktop Session

Lync Server 2010 Desktop Share issue with Windows 7 and UAC: “Share control is disabled for elevated applications.”

http://terenceluk.blogspot.ae/2011/03/lync-server-2010-desktop-share-issue.html

Application Sharing in Lync  http://blogs.technet.com/b/lync/archive/2010/09/14/application-sharing-in-lync.aspx

Lync 2010 Application Sharing and Applications Running with Elevated Privileges http://www.technotesblog.com/2011/10/12/lync-2010-application-sharing-and-applications-running-with-elevated-privileges/

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Microsoft Retiring SHA-1 in 2016

REF: Links

http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2880823

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/11/microsoft_retir.html

SHA2 and Windows http://blogs.technet.com/b/pki/archive/2010/09/30/sha2-and-windows.aspx

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KB: Nokia Lumia Calendar language issue

After powering on my Lumia, I was not sure why it had a foreign language displayed in Calendar, while everything else was in English.

Might have been a typical bug.

Here is the Fix:

Go to setting,

Then select languages+regions

then select all the options to US English and the browsing language to US English as well.

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WORK: “Punctuation social personalities” Poster by Carrie J Keplinger

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Google’s Android OS now runs on 80 percent of smartphones globally at the end of the third quarter of 2013, according to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report. During the third quarter of this year, the overall smartphone market witnessed 39.9 percent year-on-year growth with a total of 211.6 &

Android smartphone alone accounted for 81 percent of all shipments. Besides Android, Microsoft’s Windows Phone is another OS to witness growth in the third quarter. It recorded the largest year-on-year growth with 156 percent ..

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This is what many people were expecting the iPhone 5c would be like. Motorola on Wednesday announced its new Moto G smartphone, a budget alternative to its Moto X flagship phone that offers mid-range specs for a dirt-cheap $179 off-contract price. Among other things, the device features a...

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Nokia Black update to bring Bluetooth LE connectivity across Windows Phone 8 Lumia devices

Nokia Lumia users will be delighted to know that Bluetooth LE (4.0) connectivity will soon be available across the company’s Windows Phone 8 running Lumia portfolio with the Nokia Black software update. Nokia first launched this Bluetooth LE feature with Amber software update, however it remained restricted to certain phones only which included 520, 620, 625, and 720. The Finnish company has now mentioned it on its official website (FAQ page) that with the forthcoming Nokia Black software update, they will extend the Bluetooth LE access for other Windows Phone 8 running Lumia devices as well.

The Bluetooth LE is basically meant for consuming low energy while it is connected to Bluetooth enabled accessories. It allows users to connect their phones with special accessories like fitness monitors, temperature sensors and hear-rate monitors among others. This feature will also help in running an accessory’s battery for longer, even for up to months, Nokia claims.

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Check to see if you are account has been leaked

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Android safety

Does installing a custom ROM on Android delete or remove any NSA coding?

My advice would be to either get

cyanogenmod

replicant

Ubuntu torch

Hope this helps

—Jammy

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A new study by KU Leuven-iMinds researchers has uncovered that 145 of the Internet’s 10,000 top websites track users without their knowledge or consent. The websites use hidden scripts to extract a device fingerprint from users’ browsers. Device fingerprinting circumvents legal restrictions imposed on the use of cookies and ignores the Do Not Track HTTP header. The findings suggest that secret tracking is more widespread than previously thought.

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You've been asked a similar question on page 5 of the site but mine is probably a little different. How secure are the email providers that come as part of a web hosting. For example with my domain I created a custom email address which uses Roundcube to send and receive, how secure is this and are there any safer/private alternatives? Thanks for taking the time to reply and keep up the great work on the site

It depends on your host. Your host still has access to the server. If you are using something like a shared host, then its probably not very secure, as the shared host still has backend access into the sever, your root files, and email. Its still more secure than something like Yahoo as you are controlling the email. Roundcube is merely a client. Roundcube has nothing to do with the mail, it just shows you the mail. But until you can afford a dedicated server I would recommend using an email provider from PanamaPrivacy,

Hushmail.com

StartMail.com

Lavabit – Shut down as of August 2013 (the owner cannot state why, but many reliable sources say whistle blower Edward Snowden was using it, and the court made him shut the service down.)

SilentCircle.com – Mail Shut down as of August 2013. All of their other services still work.

TorGuard.net

RiseUp.net

OpaqueMail.org

Autistici/Inventati

NeoMailBox.com

4SecureMail.com

CounterMail.cm

CryptoHeaven.com

S-Mail.com

Securenym.net

Safe-Mail.net

KeptPrivate.com

Novo-Ordo.com

LockBin.com

AES.io

SendINC.com – Sends encrypted emails, not actually a provider, but allows full communication through your email but encrypting your email/emails.

Opolis.eu

OneShar.es – Self destructing emails

BitMessage.ch

NotSharingMy.info – Great service, its not a provider, not a throwaway email provider either. Read on their page what they are about. I would recommend using this everyday with hushmail.

AnonymousSpeech.com

TorMail.org – extreme privacy, this is the most secure email provider that exists on the internet.

~Freedom Hacker

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Bookmark: Certificate Services Windows Server 2008 R2 with SHA2

SHA2 and Windows http://blogs.technet.com/b/pki/archive/2010/09/30/sha2-and-windows.aspx

Common Questions about SHA2 and Windows http://blogs.technet.com/b/pki/archive/2011/02/08/common-questions-about-sha2-and-windows.aspx

Upgrade Certification Authority to SHA256 http://blogs.technet.com/b/pki/archive/2013/09/19/upgrade-certification-authority-to-sha256.aspx

Creating a Two Tier PKI With Windows 2008r2 http://blog.ittoby.com/2012/04/creating-two-tier-pki-windows-2008r2.html