It is absolutely abhorrent what is happening today in Ukraine as Russia continues it’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine has moral support from many parts of the world today, and has shown great effort in resting the invasion on a sovereign and independent country. In today’s world war is not only restricted to the real …
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Apr 12
April’s Patch Tuesday update issues
There are reports of issues with the April 2019 patch Tuesday update causing Windows to boot and run slow. The issues appear to be related to Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows 2012 server machines and anti virus from Sophos, and Avast. See Beta News and Windows latest for more information.
Apr 09
One down, how many more to go?
Hacker and blackmailer gets caught, but is it enough? Users are still at risk as there are many more out there to take his place.. From London, a student used his programming skills to blackmail porn site visitors across the world. His scam is estimated to have been up to £4m, but only £700k has …
May 14
Cyber Attack update
Following events of the cyber attack on the NHS it has come to light this was on a global scale, and the effects to some degree could have been minimised. What wasn’t know on the previous post a couple of days back was the extent or the nature of the attack. The attack was global, …
May 12
NHS across UK hit by Cyber attacks
Reports have been coming in during the past hours of a Cyber Attack on the NHS. Reports are suggesting this was part of something bigger globally, there is no lead at this time where this attack originated. More at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39899646
Apr 11
Loyal Customers penalised on broadband costs
Does your broadband costs suddenly jump after an introductory deal ends? Citizens Advice has said that the cheapest broadband prices increase by an average of 43% or £113 a year. Many customers were unaware of the price increases. The rises amount to a “loyalty penalty” for customers who stay with the same provider, Citizens Advice said. …
Jan 29
Apple Recall
Apple has issued a recall notice on its mains adapters. This is due to safety concerns. Plugs in the UK are not affected, but plugs in the Apple World Travel kit are. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35432682
Jan 20
Twitter offline due to code change
Twitter went offline yesterday due to an internal code change which lasted over 6 hours. The code change was reverted back to the previous version which corrected the problem. How did we all cope without one of the biggest social platforms on the internet? Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35361150 Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35351154
Jan 19
WhatsApp to be free
Internet communication application WhatsApp is now free to use. For the last few years, you’ve had to pay a subscription after 12 months. But the company says that fee is being scrapped immediately. It costs around 69p-a-year, but if you’ve just paid it, you won’t get a refund. WhatsApp is owned by Facebook, already has …
Jan 19
Friend Reunited to Close
Launched in 2000 one of UKs first social networking sites, Friends Reunited is closing. After being sold in 2005 the site went into decline, and despite being taken over again by its originators it could not recover it’s previous usage against the giant Facebook. Although Friends Reunited is closing, the founder, Steve Parkhurst is opening a completely …
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