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Free software Alternatives

Computer software can be expensive, however if your budget doesn’t quite go the distance, there are some great free alternatives to some of the most commonly used programs. While the Microsoft Office home and student edition can be bought for under 150 dollars, the Open Office software suite is also capable of handling word processing, spreadsheets, media presentations and more…but[Read More…]

Employee Mobile Devices pose Business security risk

If you’re looking to secure your business computers from Internet threats then you’ll need to think beyond the tradtional desktop or notebook systems that employees may use. Any staff smartphones that have access to a business email system or are even likely to be plugged in to an office computer, along with USB memory sticks and other tablet computers are[Read More…]

Apple Mountain Lion update

Apple Mountain Lion update

Apple recently released the latest update for it’s OS X operating system for Mac computers and with over 3 million downloads in the few days following it’s launch OS X Mountain Lion has become the most successful OS X release in the history of Apple. For users running OSX Snow Leopard or Lion on their Macs the upgrade to Mountain[Read More…]

Should you change your password?

If someone else had access to your email account, how much damage could they do? Imagine handing over your Facebook, Twitter or Paypal login details to a criminal…in fact, how do you know it hasn’t already happened? Well for starters head to https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords Here you can quickly search to see if your email address is among the over 500 million[Read More…]

Free Home Security with your WebCam

Security cameras are a great tool to deter thieves, but you don’t have to spend thousands of dollars to set one up. Using your computer, a web-cam and a free program called “iSpy” you can have some home surveillance up and running in just a few minutes. The program can be set to motion sensitive video recording which means it[Read More…]