28th January 2017 Tech Support and Warranties Following on from last weeks’ article we look at the differences between a computer warranty and a support agreement. Last week we mainly discussed the instances where a good warranty through the original manufacturer can come to the rescue. We see this often enough and it gives peace […]
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21st January 2017 What Does a Warranty Do & Not Do A customer asked me during the week “what is the point of warranty if I have to pay for things to be fixed”. This is a very worthwhile question and in the world of IT the answer seems to confuse a lot of people. This […]
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14th January 2017 Battling Unlimited PC Power In the last 20 years that we have been building, supplying and fixing computers we have seen a 100 fold increase in their power and capacity. Along with this we have seen operating systems increase in complexity from the truly ground-breaking (at the time) Windows 95 to the […]
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7th January 2017 Solutions to Stop Losing Data With the start of 2017 the first and most important article that I can write is about safeguarding your own data. There will not be many computer users that this does not apply to except maybe kids and teenagers that do not yet regard previous photos with […]
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24th December 2016 Keeping Receipts for IT Gifts With Santa arriving in the early hours of tomorrow morning there is little chance left for any of us to organise further gifts so this article will focus on the opening and activation of the gifts that he drops off. IT gear is largely a very personal […]
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17th December 2016 Yahoo Hack Timely Reminder The latest big news in the IT industry are the reports circulating of security breaches at Yahoo. These reports are now confirmed and approx 1 billion people with Yahoo accounts have had a certain amount of private information accessed by hackers. Yes, you did read those numbers correctly […]
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10th December 2016 Getting Fed Up and Hanging Up How long has it been since you called a service provider such as a Telco, Insurance Company, Most Government Agencies, Health Care Company, Bank or software company? These are the sort of calls that we dread. And how many times have you pressed different numbers for […]
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3rd December 2016Keeping Your Business Safe This week has been highlighted with a lot of businesses getting the Cryptolocker virus. Previously this virus was spread near exclusively through emails however now we are seeing a large number of hacking attacks. This especially occurs when you are running a server but do not have adequate security. […]
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Don’t Get Into Trouble With Tech Don’t let technology get you into trouble. With all of the leaps forward in technology there are an increasing number of things that you should not do. A few weeks ago some bright spark in Sunbury Vic, decided that it would be cool to send his drone to the […]
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Bruce Goes Xmas Shopping With Christmas fast approaching I many of us will be after a present for ourselves or for a lucky child or grandchild and many of these presents will be in the IT field. So I decided to do some online shopping for you and see what is around. So what needs […]
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