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A fantastic yet troubling article that details the battle against Conficker, surely one of the cleverest pieces of malware yet written. A worm that lays dormant on millions of Windows PC's, silently awaiting instructions from its creator years after it was first discovered.

The Enemy Within

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For many years I have suffered at the hands of the standard UK power plug. Bulky and unweildy, it makes a mockery of any attempt to travel light. I have yet to find a notebook case that copes well with the size and shape of it. As laptops become slimmer its design failings only become more obvious. Enter the 'folding plug'; an ingenious space saving concept that us Brits can only hope becomes reality.

Following the end of O2's exclusivity deal with Apple for UK distribution of the iPhone, the company has begun to offer an unlocking service to customers. 

• Customers tied into pay monthly contracts with O2 can unlock at any time free of charge. However, they are still obliged to continue paying the monthly tariff until their contract expires.
• Customers with pay-as-you-go accounts are able to get their iPhones unlocked after owning the phone for 12 months and upon payment of a GBP £15 unlocking fee. 

The unlocking procedure is said to take up to a fortnight. Confirmation that unlock has been successful is sent to the customers phone by SMS message. 

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