by Alan | Sep 9, 2014 | General
There are undoubtedly millions of computer users around the world who use a computer at work, at home, pretty much every day and have never had a virus! Unfortunately, there are just as many millions who have experienced this ‘joy’ first hand. And of those who have,...
by Alan | Sep 3, 2014 | General, Security
The recent publicity surrounding A-list celebrities having private pictures from their iPhone put on public display for all to see, just serves to highlight once again the downside of the ‘Cloud Computing’ model we are all being encouraged to adopt. This was an iCloud...
by Alan | Jun 3, 2014 | General, Security
It seems to be impossible to read – or watch – the News these days without coming across some major new cyber-security warning urging you to take action now to protect your computer, or your data, or your money, or your identity, or something else, from imminent...
by Alan | May 10, 2014 | General
If I look at the causes of IT failure which result in a callout to Si29 Computer Services for help, less than 15 % of all our callouts are caused by failing hardware, while about 20% are down to Internet connectivity or other networking issues and then, a staggering...
by Alan | May 9, 2014 | General, Security
It has been estimated that there were over 10 million victims of some kind of cyber fraud in the UK last year. Added together they may have lost between £600m and £800m. These are seriously large numbers and some authorities believe the problem is continuing to get...
by Alan | Apr 21, 2014 | General
It seems I may have as many as 10 old XP PCs to replace with something newer over the next few weeks. Some of these upgrades have definitely been spurred on by the annoying popup now coming up on XP screens informing the XP user – that’s it, we’re finished – outta...
