5th May 2018 Don’t Be Stuck With A Lemon It’s happened again! A good customer of ours in Harvey Bay had their old laptop die suddenly and they thought that they needed to grab something quick. The result of this was a trip to a local chain electronics store and the purchase of a Hewlett […]
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28th April 2018 We’re Like Bulls At The Gate I can feel the tempo here in Rockhampton ramping up. Traffic is getting busier; more jobs are coming through the door and there is getting to be more of a sense of urgency about the place. There is little wonder with Beef Week kicking off next […]
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14th April 2018 Cast Eye Over Screen Choice Continuing from last weeks’ article about screens we discussed screen resolution and stated that the current standard for computer screens is 1080p. This has proved to be a good all-round resolution for computer screens however the computer industry is following the TV industry and manufacturers are now […]
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7th April 2018 UHD Counts on Pixels Last Saturday saw the Keppel Sands Krabtastic day go brilliantly with over 7000 people through the gates. It was a great day and Kerr Solutions were very proud to be sponsors of such a worthwhile local event. This week we not only look at computer screens but also […]
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31st March 2018 Claws Out For Weekend Fun Thanks for taking the time to read another one of my articles, although I must ask of you what the time is right now? If it is anywhere between 9am and 5pm Saturday then I also must ask, why are you reading this now and why you […]
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24th March 2018 Know the Social Media Traps Last week we looked at how best to keep log on information and passwords for computer related sites and services. Today we will look at the security surrounding your personal data on social media sites that you use. Social media sites comprise the likes of Facebook, Twitter, […]
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17th March 2018 Take Time Choosing Passwords We barely have a day go by without needing to reset a password for a customer or without having to go through a sometimes convoluted password recovery process. This inevitably happens when we are swapping a customer across to a new computer or even when an email account […]
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10th March 2018 Switch On With Laptop Options Following on from last weeks’ article about laptop reliability and replacement options, this article will look as other weaknesses that are particular to laptops. One nasty problem that we have seen in particular with Toshiba laptops is that of the screen hinge breaking. It is hard to […]
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3rd March 2018 A Hard Knock Life For Laptops As is often the case, the basis for today’s article comes from events that transpire at our service centre during the week. In this instance I was making a coffee out the back and eavesdropping on the conversation that one of my techs was having over […]
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17th February 2018 Look Out For Phone Scammers Today we talk about phones and I can almost hear the cogs turning – why phones all of a sudden? Because we still have new and existing customers coming through the door every week that have been victim of a phone scam. With the advent of IP […]
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