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Dirk Kinvig

Web Services Manager

Finextra

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05 Feb 2009

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Bank holiday weekend Finextra web servers upgrade

We are continuing to look forward with regards to the offering and services we provide, to do this we are upgrading our capacity. We are undertaking a planned upgrade to our web servers. In an effort to keep disruption to a minimum, this upgrade shall take place this Bank Holiday weekend. We shall begin the data migration on the Friday after close...

21 May 2009 Finextra site news

Social Bookmarking

Over at Finextra Towers, We've been working hard behind the scenes to ensure that we keep up with the times and all things Web 2.0. At Finextra.com we have made some recent changes to the news items and blogs pages. We have added the ability to bookmark each item in your Facebook page, so if you see an item that you just have to tell the world abo...

27 April 2009

Fantasy Formula 1

The Formula 1 season is well underway with some exciting events on and off the race track. The newest team on the Grid, Brawn GP, have had the best opener that they could ever hope for, winning both grand prix! There is still the matter of their rear diffuser setup - is it legal? That decision will be made at Formula 1's Court of Appeal on 14th Ap...

07 April 2009

Conficker.B and other threats

There has been much of talk recently with regards to threats to computer security. The latest high profile threat is the Conficker.B worm, which targets machines using the MS Windows OS. According to the Microsoft CSS Security Team, on the 1st April machines infected with the worm, "will begin to use a new algorithm to determine what domains ...

01 April 2009

Formula One: Finextra Fantasy Grand Prix

The 2009 season is almost upon us, with the first Grand Prix this coming weekend in Australia (Sunday 29th, 0700 BST). Already there's controversy with back tracking by the FIA with regards to the "Winner takes all" points system proposal. The change to the scoring would have meant the driver with the most wins secures the title (as oppos...

25 March 2009

I am a PC

I must admit I'm not a big Apple fan. Not the city they named twice but the rival to Microsoft. For a long time Apple has been perceived and marketed to be the hip alternative to Microsoft, Steve Job's Rebel Alliance to Bill Gate's Evil Empire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8). Apple's marketing infers that they are for the free thinker...

12 February 2009