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Stay Smart Online Alert - SMS Medicare Phishing scam
Follow the link to find out more information. As with most of these scams the nature of them is not new. Often just a few detail change...
Nov 21, 20181 min read


Playing hide and seek with your data
I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you the risks of losing your laptop or having your home computer stolen. You know there’s stuff on...
Nov 20, 20183 min read


Don't update to Windows 10 Version 1809 October Release
I know it is November and I know Microsoft has re-released/enabled this update with the major bugs fixed. HOWEVER, in the last 2 days...
Nov 15, 20181 min read


Reasons to change your password
In previous articles I have described ways to protect yourself and your data. Usually protecting yourself means applying a password to...
Nov 14, 20183 min read


Manage email backups better - drag and drop them to folders
You may have noticed from my other articles and blog posts that I am no longer a fan of email clients (programs that "do" email for you)....
Nov 14, 20183 min read


Stop pestering me SEO man
I have a confession to make, I’ve never paid for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and I suspect I probably never will. Chances are you...
Nov 12, 20183 min read


Filenames from the dawn of computing
I've seen a few posts about this subject of late so I thought I'd join in. It probably doesn't occur to most people these days, but back...
Nov 8, 20183 min read


Microsoft not having a good time lately
Modern operating systems are very complex but that's not excuse for breaking things that used to work. The latest glitch with Windows 10...
Nov 6, 20181 min read


Getting Nanna back
I am sure I've written about this a couple of times already but I can't find the articles anymore, so here I go again. A while back I was...
Nov 1, 20182 min read


Wireless is supposed to be good, but it often isn't
We are often bashed about the head with the proposition that "being wireless" is equal to some great freedom...liberation, a better life....
Oct 25, 20182 min read


Naming things so you don't lose them
When I was taught computer programming I embraced the benefits of naming things descriptively. Mechanically, automatically or even...
Oct 24, 20183 min read


Secure email - the myth, the pain, what you can do...
Every now and then I get asked about setting up a secure email system for a customer. Pretty much every time I have explained the...
Oct 22, 20182 min read


Measure your augmented reality
In iOS12 I received an new app from Apple. It is an augmented reality measuring tool. You point it at the thing you want to measure and...
Oct 22, 20181 min read


To Eject or not, that is the question...
I don't know many people who "Safely Eject" their removable storage media. Even I just pull them out when I think I know the risks....
Oct 17, 20182 min read


The bad economics of keeping old computers
Microsoft recently published a study in Australia and New Zealand about the cost of trying to keep old computers running in a business....
Oct 16, 20181 min read


Checking for updates just got worse
Microsoft recently had to pull an update to Windows because it was "deleting user's files". Without going into that debacle too much, it...
Oct 15, 20181 min read


To power down or not?
Over my many, many years in computing I've had to deal with many and varied power related issues. From shocking myself on my home built...
Oct 15, 20183 min read


Don't connect your PC to your Monitor this way
I had a bit of a weird and new problem the other day. A customer had unpacked and set up their new monitor to their new Windows 10 PC....
Oct 7, 20181 min read


When eyes, ones and els all look the same
Since computing began with alpha-numerics there's been a problem. Certain numbers and letters all look alike. For example, the favourite...
Oct 4, 20182 min read


The latest version of MS Outlook is awful
I haven't personally used Microsoft Outlook, the proper email client program, for about 10 years. As I've ranted about in the past, doing...
Oct 3, 20183 min read
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