Category Archives for "Security"

Byte Me Article 402 – Computer Types

Next in our mini series documenting the A-Z of computer purchase we look at computer types and brands.  Much like some people are left handed and some a right, or some like Fords and some like Holden’s, we have two main computer operating systems – Windows (made by Microsoft) or Mac (made by Apple).  Windows […]

Byte Me Article 399 – Review of Internet Connections

I was principally going to write this week’s article as a review of the currently available Internet connections, however I have largely covered this material in previous articles and we also have this information available via our www.kerrsolutions.com.au website.  Today I would rather talk about our NBN challenges. Last week I wrote about a friend’s experience with transitioning from […]

Byte Me Article 396 – IT Insurance

  Today we look at some of the fine print surrounding insurance policies when it applies to the IT field.  Firstly, what is an IT related insurance claim?  Many house & contents insurance policies will cover a range of IT mishaps such as accidental damage and liquid ingress.  Accidental damage can occur when you stand on […]

Byte Me Article 391 – Email Security 3

Office 365 is Best For Email This article will form the last in a 3-part series about email security.  We have discussed the email accounts that Internet Service Providers give you as part of your connection fees – along with their various pitfalls and limitations.  We have also looked at some of the cloud-based email […]

Byte Me Article 390 – Email Security 2

Secure Your Email Account Following on from last week’s article about email security today we look at the relative security of different email accounts and their setup.  Firstly, lets explain a few things about email accounts.  If you have an Internet connection, then this is through an Internet Service Provider (ISP).  You pay a monthly […]

Byte Me Article 389 – Email Security

Protect yourself from Hacks Today we focus on the increasingly critical issue of email security.  Many will think that they can’t be impacted by this topic – not true, unless you don’t have an email address.  Many will think that all email services will have the same security – not true.  Many will think that […]

Byte Me Article 387 – Data Recovery

Don’t risk Losing Your Data Today we look at another incident that occurred during the week at the shop.  In this case it was a new customer coming in with a data recovery problem.  They had purchased an external backup drive from somewhere and had been using it to keep important family photos.  In this […]

Byte Me Article 386 – It’s not a toy, Ella !

Keep Teens Away from PC What does PC stand for in the computer industry?  It has always stood for Personal Computer and this forms the very subject of today’s article.  Computers are well named as they are both a machine that we entrust with lots of personal information as well as having a myriad of […]

Byte Me Article 385 – Warren’s Decision

Do You Repair or Replace? Continuing from last weeks’ article we had Warren deciding on whether to spend $500 on upgrading his old laptop versus spending around $1260 of effectively replacing it.  I had initially thought that the replacement option was best – until I sat down with Warren and went through the pros and […]