Category Archives for "Emails"

Byte Me Article 293 – If It Ain’t Broke

You Know If It Isn’t Broken This week we have still been seeing a lot of activity with phishing scams.  There are a lot of emails circulating trying to suggest that you have missed a parcel delivery or that customs is holding a parcel for you and urging you to click on a link or […]

Byte Me Article 292 – Current Traps

User Data is Not the Problem This week has been a mixed bag with a lot of different problems needing attention.  The NBN rollout in Rockhampton is still causing lots of Internet issues with phone cables getting disturbed in the “in-ground” pits around the city.  We are going to see this activity continue for quite […]

Byte Me Article 291 – Wi-Fi Woes

Fixing all your Wi-Fi worries So you have Wi-Fi at your place but it doesn’t always work and sometimes it drops out and you don’t really know if it is working properly.  Well today I will attempt to explain the how, why and what to do if this is the case and if you think […]

Byte Me Article 288 – NBN Highs & Lows

CQ’s Internet Service is Now a Bit Sporadic Unless you live in a cupboard you will be aware of the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout happening in Rockhampton.  This is a nationwide scheme and is only costing the Australian taxpayer a measly $30 Billion and is supplying fibre optic cables from our telephone exchanges to […]

Byte Me Article 284 – KS Continues Win 10 Upgrades

Windows 10 Upgrade Offered Today we need to let customers know that they have not missed the free Windows 10 upgrade boat and also enlighten everyone about the latest round of Internet based computer scams.  Firstly with the scams, we have seen a few customers this week that have been conned into using their credit […]

Byte Me Article 281 – Disaster Averted

Alma St Medical Up and Running The last two weeks has seen us busy with helping a local business to get back onto their feet after a major incident.  That business and incident was the fire that gutted one of our largest local medical practices – Alma Street Medical.  The fire at 150 Alma Street […]

Byte Me Article 278 – Tax Time Business Computing

Networking PC’s Vital for Business As we approach the end of another financial year we are seeing lots of businesses wanting an invoice for computers or computer upgrades before June 30.  It is a time of the year when we pick up many new business customers and I am often left aghast at how their […]

Byte Me Article 277 – Internet Safety

Getting Connected and Protected Following on from last weeks’ article directed at first time computer users, this week we look at what would be the next step forward – getting connected to the Internet and keeping safe while on it.  The subject of Internet connections has already been covered in many of these articles however […]

Byte Me Article 276 – Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained

Technology Knows No Bounds The feedback that I get from readers is very interesting and lately it has come to my attention that there are a significant number of regular readers that have still never had Internet access and have also never owned a computer.  I separate the two here as I don’t really count […]