It’s Official–Skype Is Now Microsoft

by Luke Dunster October 14, 2011

It’s official; after months of deliberation- including gaining approval from the EU- Microsoft have acquired the popular VoIP platform Skype for a fee of $8.5 billion. The Microsoft Corporation’s move to acquire Skype has been on-going since it was announced in May of 2011, and now it is finalized as of October 13th it means [...]

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iOS 5 Is Here for Your iPhone

by Luke Dunster October 13, 2011

When Apple announced its latest iPhone, some were disappointed that, rather than getting a flashy-new iPhone 5, they instead had to make do with the iPhone 4S, boasting little difference in looks but with some changes under the hood. However, Apple still released it’s latest operating system for the iPhone – iOS 5- yesterday. With [...]

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Fake Anti-Virus– Malware in Disguise

by Luke Dunster October 13, 2011

A fake anti-virus is a piece of malicious software (i.e. malware or a virus) which masquerades as an anti-virus program, or even part of the Windows operating system itself. It will tell usually inform you (incorrectly)with fake pop-ups that your computer is riddled with viruses or memory/hard drive errors and that you can remove them [...]

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Are You Having Problems With Your BlackBerry Today?

by Luke Dunster October 10, 2011

If you’re having trouble with your web browsing, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) or sending e-mails on your BlackBerry device today, that’s probably because there is currently a mass BlackBerry outage affecting, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The BCC News website advises that the epicentre of the issue is in Slough in the United Kingdom, of [...]

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Sync Your Outlook Calendar With Your Google Calendar

by Luke Dunster October 7, 2011

If  you use both a Microsoft Outlook calendar and Google Calendar to keep yourself organised, but you want them to hold the same appointments as each other, well now you can, using Google Calendar Sync. Google Calendar Sync is a simple, free application you can download onto your computer which will take care of that [...]

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What Is a Blue Screen of Death, and Why Did My PC Just Get One?

by Luke Dunster October 5, 2011

Over the years, Microsoft Windows has become infamous for its Blue Screen of Death (also known as BSOD for short). A Blue Screen of Death, officially known as a Stop Error, is an error screen. This error screen appears whenever Windows runs into a critical error from which it cannot recover, and displays an error [...]

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How To: Company E-Mail on Your Android Phone

by Luke Dunster October 4, 2011

So we’ve covered company e-mail on your iPhone, but how about on Android devices? Today we will be looking at how to set up Microsoft Exchange e-mail on an Android phone too. Credit goes to our own Matthew Benson for putting this how-to together. (The following walkthrough was written based on the HTC Wildfire smartphone. [...]

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Access Your Web Bookmarks Anywhere

by Luke Dunster September 30, 2011

Those of us who frequently browse the Internet will likely have sites we will go back to on a regular basis, and will add them to our “Favourites” or “Bookmarks” so they can be accessed again later on. But, have you ever wanted or needed access to your bookmarks wherever you go, whichever computer you [...]

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Link Your Offices & Work Remotely With a VPN

by Luke Dunster September 29, 2011

Earlier this month we looked at “Five Ways You Can Work Remotely”, and one of those methods was to use a Virtual Private Network (VPN). Using a VPN, you can connect to your company’s network on the go or from your home or another office. Today we’re going to be taking a more in-depth look [...]

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Be Careful What You’re Clicking, and Always Read the Small Print

by Luke Dunster September 27, 2011

When browsing the Internet, we always need to be careful of what websites we browse, what we’re clicking on and what we download onto our computers. When you download a piece of software, if you’re not careful you may end up installing some sort of toolbar if you missed un-ticking the tick box which installs [...]

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