Backup to Avoid Lethal Blackmail Two weeks in the IT world can be a very long time and in this case the whole ball game has changed in the last fortnight as far as I am concerned. Last week we had several customers falling victim to an Internet threat that previously had little impact. This […]
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What Downloads Do You Need? Last week we wrote about the now happening NBN debacle and looked at exactly how inferior and redundant it is to be considering fibre to the node as opposed to the original NBN idea of fibre to the very doorstep of Australian premises. This week we expand on the subject […]
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Beat the Odds, Stay Away from Scammers If you are reading this article and your last name starts with the letter C then please send me $1000! According to statistical information, this should be around 7.5 % of the population and given The Morning Bulletin’s circulation of 20,000 people – this should net me around […]
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Making PC a Totally Teenager-Free Zone Most often the source for these articles is what we have seen happen during the week at the shop. This is the case again today as we have recently had a number of work / business computers brought in with problems which only stem from their use. The term […]
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What to do When Things Go Wrong Some of my latest articles have been a guide on how to get expert help when things go wrong. I have discussed the benefits of using a professional repair service as well as one that is willing to let you talk directly to the technician that works on […]
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When a PC Whiz Can Cost You Time, Money This week’s article is about the levels of expertise in the Information Technology (IT) field. Our industry has become so complex and changes so rapidly that no-one on this planet can claim to know everything about IT. This is one of the reasons that we have […]
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Portable Devices Can Access PC Software Last week we talked about all of the different devices that are available today – from smart phones through netbooks, tablets, and laptops to All-in-ones and desktop PCs. The main difference between all of these devices being their physical size (all are capable of browsing the Internet). With an […]
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Beware ‘Virus’ Offers of Help as Often Fake You are happily browsing the Internet and all of a sudden your computer is telling you that you have viruses – a screen has popped up, it looks authentic, it may even be doing a scan or listing files that are already infected. This same screen will […]
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When the Expert Help Doesn’t Quite Work A day in IT can mean a big difference. This is certainly the case for a local mechanical business who first called us around 10am one morning with ‘computer problems’. An hour later I was onsite with Brad – one of our computer techs finding an absolute kaleidoscope […]
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Low Power Rating Will Slow Down Your PCCPU’s Matter 9 March, 2013 It’s happened again – my pet peeve! I was called to a new customers’ office because of a ‘few’ things going wrong. One of those things was a new PC which was reported to be running slow. I had a look at this […]
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