Keeping Your Passwords Strong
We are in an age now where anything can be online from your address details to your current bank account information and even balance. So what do we have to do? Well, the first and most important thing we can do is to keep our passwords strong, and difficult to guess. It can be an […]
Outlook app for iPhone and iPad review
Microsoft’s Outlook for iPhone and iPad email app is a relaunch of the Acompli release last December. The new rebranded 1.0.2 version still supports Microsoft Exchange and Outlook mail accounts, but Google, iCloud, and Yahoo as well. A nice feature is how easily it hooks into your Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, and Box cloud storage. […]
Windows 10 Update
You may have already heard the latest news from the Microsoft HQ but if you haven’t it has been the announcement of Windows 10. No, not Windows 9. So this is it, the successor to Windows 8.1 and your main question may be “What happened to Windows 9?!” Well it was announced that Windows 9 […]
Android Security Flaw
There are a few things we promote when speaking to our customers, friends or anyone listening regarding IT systems and recommendations. One thing we find ourselves discussing the most is security and this tip is no different. It has been reported that a security researcher has found a flaw in some Android versions where the […]
Track Santa’s progress to you!
He’s making a list He’s checking it twice He’s being tracked by NORAD!!!
Backing Up Your Mobile Data
Mobile Data Backup? When did you last backup your mobile data? This is sometimes an easily forgotten task or it becomes one of those “I’ll do it later jobs”. However, we use our phones, a lot, the question you have to ask is “can I afford to lose my data?” The best practice would be […]
The 12 days of IT Christmas
12 Days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me: a Brand New Shiny PC! On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 2 CPUs and a Brand New Shiny PC! On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 3 Flash […]
Essential Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts to save time! Tasks such as opening a program, starting a new file, saving a document and even moving between open programs can all be done with a click of a button, but did you know you can also do this with your keyboard? Here are a few of the essential keyboard shortcuts […]
IT is easy isn’t it? My son can do IT. It won’t take you long
All common statements we hear from potential customers all the time. The ugly truth is often discovered at their expense when they put price ahead of service and go with the cheaper quote. The old saying “you get what you pay for” is especially true for business IT support. Business IT Support is a completely […]
Super Critical Patch for Windows Computers
Super Critical Patch As part of today’s “Patch Tuesday” release of 14 security patches and bug fixes, Microsoft has released 4 “critical” patches – the first being deemed “Super Critical” on the same scale as the Heartbleed exploit discovered earlier this year. The critical patches are to fix vulnerabilities in Microsoft Secure Channel, Windows OLE, […]