I'm not going to bang on about the old days. I'm just going to say that these days everybody needs at least 2 email addresses. I've...

Every so often the things designed to protect are the very things that kill us. I was reminded of that this week when an article about...

I knew my 7 and a half year old laptop was on borrowed time. If you've asked me about how long your laptop would last I would have said...

In this day and age having duplicates of files is not the disaster it used to be. In the old days memory / storage was so limited and...

This may be a bit more technical than my usual articles. Sorry. You should have a read though and keep this in mind. The information will...

I am not going to explain file synchronisation to you. You can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_synchronization...

My previous post on Mailstore Home i.e. the post immediately before this one, came about from my testing and assessment of the Gmail...

I've written a lot about email and the pain around managing thousands of emails, the pain of email clients failing and corrupting their...

Those of you paying attention to my computer lifespan recommendations will know that the average lifespan of a laptop is 2 to 3 years....

In the following article, mostly for the geeks and the technical I am afraid, a company using a a help desk support online ticketing...

For nearly 10 years I have been working with (read: helping/volunteering) Scott Dufty at the KCEC / KHBEC with business events,...

In 2016 I sent out a semi-regular email newsletter. This is a post from then that is still relevant today. I've reviewed, commented and...

Don't! It is that simple, but please read on to find out why... Over the years I have had instances where a customer has purchased a new...

These days many of us have more than one computer - a desktop and a laptop, and many other devices besides. Across these devices we'll...

Every so often I receive a call from someone who has spilled wine or coke or some other beverage on their laptop. If you are reading this...

Every now and then someone has to be cut out of our computer lives for one reason or another. I am not here to judge or probe why. What I...

These days email is ubiquitous. We expect it to be everywhere, work on everything and communicate instantly. Unfortunately, that's not...

Computer and online security in this day and age is quite a complete and scary beast for many people. It is an industry in of itself so I...

Over my many years in this game I have seen a lot of "easy migration" tools. From special cables, to special software, to built-in tools...

My wife works for Gartner and has just been at the annual security summit in Sydney Australia. https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/apa...