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Database Server Falls Over - Not Many Hurt

Apologies for the absence of Articles & Texticles yesterday, my web hosting company (1and1.co.uk) were doing something unspeakable to the MySQL database servers and it took this site down for a few hours.
I’m always a bit suspicious when I see the visitor stats crash down to almost nothing…

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“The Register” Readers respond to Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs

For those of you living outside the UK who might not have heard this dismal story, a hapless functionary at the HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs) sent 2 CDs containing the personal details of all families in the United Kingdom claiming child benefit to a firm of accountants who were contracted to audit the [...]

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