Scams never seem to go away; this particular phone scam has been around since at least 2009 and keeps resurfacing on a regular basis. Do NOT follow the advice of these unsolicited phone calls, they are scams. The phone scam starts with a member of the household being asked for by name, the scammer will […]
Easter Eggs aren’t just the chocolate variety given to celebrate Easter. You can find Easter eggs on your computer in a variety of places. The Easter eggs in these instances are hidden messages or an inside joke within software. There were a lot of Easter Eggs in the earlier releases of Microsoft software. These hidden
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Hard drives are the main storage component of your computer, which are sometimes referred to as a hard disk drive and abbreviated as HD or HDD. The first hard drive was announced back in 1956, it comprised fifty 24-inch diameter disks (platters) and could store 3.75 megabytes of data. The hard drive’s cabinet was 60
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Google Chrome has been the most popular browser since May 2012 and 88% of internet users use Google to perform internet searches, but did you know that Google offers so much more. Let’s take a look at a few things you might not be so familiar with. If you open a Google account you will
Today, 15 February 2013, asteroid 2012 DA14 will fly within 17,200 miles of earth. This is lower than the communications satellites that orbit 22,000 miles above the equator. The asteroid is about the size of half a football pitch and will not hit earth, and it is not expected to hit any satellites. The best
Java has been in the technology news recently after vulnerabilities were found in the latest release. Vulnerabilities in software leave computers open to attack, so it is important that the software on your computer is up to date. But what is Java and why do you need it? Java allows programs written in the java
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Rogue security software is a form of internet fraud that tricks you into paying money for fake removal of malware. The software reports a number of infections and lures you into paying for a service or additional software to remove or fix these problems. In most instances these infections do not exist but the
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Superfast broadband is the common name used for fibre optic broadband. The technology uses a fibre optic cable between the exchange and your nearest street cabinet which enables much higher upload and download speeds, this is known as FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet). The line from the cabinet to your home is still copper, copper
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We have all seen or heard the warning of ‘If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is’ but what if it is true. I am going to recommend two websites to you, one will pay you a cashback amount on your online purchases and the other will give money to charity,
