The Software Super Villains are preparing to take over the world.
Geoff A started it with TestMan and DefectGirl (link broken)
Mitch has the Gantt Dude:

Paul Stovell has Big “A” Architect and The Scope Creep:
 

There’s a new villain that I heard of during Jamie Sharp’s presentation ‘Your Data Centre of the Future’ at Security [...]

Recently I signed up my mobile to Telstra’s Next-G Network on a casual plan. Because I use a pre-paid data pack to access my hosted exchange mailbox, I need to keep track of that usage. Fortunately Telstra provides a MyDataUsage website that you can register for and logon to track your usage on a day-to-day [...]

I came across some great “Cookbook” white-papers today on how to backup Virtual Machines running on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. These are implemented using the new Volume Shadow Copy Service functions in SP1. This allows you to backup a virtual machine while it’s running.

Backup and Recovery using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service [...]

Recently I needed an application to check if the .NET 3.0 Framework was installed and if it was a version we supported. Thanks to Aaron Stebner’s blog posts on What .NET Framework version numbers go with what service pack and Sample code to detect .NET Framework 1.0 and 1.1 Service packs this is quite simple. Also [...]