Power Really Hasn’t Been With Us Will a severe tropical cyclone ever reach Rockhampton – never, was my reply just several weeks ago! Think again! As now we have all just experienced what we are unlikely to see again in Central Queensland during our lifetimes – I hope. Who would have ever predicted the events […]
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LET Closures Whip Up Activity There has been a big impact on Central Queenslanders with the closure of the Leading Edge Telecoms (LET) stores across the region. It is always disappointing to see locally run businesses close their doors and it is particularly tough on the loyal and helpful staff that they had at those […]
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Storms Wreaking Havoc on PC’s Many areas across CQ are finally getting some much needed rain and as is often the case, once it starts we see storm clouds building nearly every day! Lately the heavens are also trying to show off with displays of lightning several times a week. We see the results of […]
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UPS Protection is Vital Wednesday night I sat on my front veranda and watched a spectacular light show as a heat storm passed over large areas of Central Queensland, sending lightning bolts earthward and momentarily turning night into day. I couldn’t help but to reflect back to over a decade ago when I would spend […]
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Why Does My Computer Hate Me? Part 10 of 10 – Computer Ownership This article is the final in our 10 part mini-series of self-help articles covering all facets of computer ownership & the topic for this week is – common PC myths! Next week we will be back to the normal coverage of what […]
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Plenty More to Come for PC Users, Readers This weekend marks a major milestone with the Byte Me articles as today they are being launched as a weekly column in the Gladstone Observer with an introductory article. Today’s article here in the Morning Bulletin is number 178 and in the CQ News it is already […]
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Protecting Your PC in the Home 508mm of rain overnight – that is how much one area in the ranges behind Mackay received Thursday night. The sort of weather that cyclone Dylan has brought with it is tough on people and on computers as well. There are several things to look out for with both […]
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Power Fluctuations Cause PC Damage Time passes too quickly and I see that incredibly it has been 15 months since I have done an article on protecting your PC from the certain damage/death associated with power fluctuations. Central Queensland is littered with heavy industry and many of our rural areas have SWER power grids (single […]
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Get on the Front Foot and Back-Up Your PC How do you structure and store your important computer files? Firstly the IT industry refers to these files as ‘user data’ and they are mostly comprised of ‘files’ that you create yourself. User data can be simply a bunch of Word documents, Excel spread sheets, emails, […]
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