Its one thing for someone in the shop to say, “Just plug it in and it will work’, but its always a different situation when you but a network related device, add it to your internet at home and things just stop working. The main reason behind this is your network at home or business, in most cases are reliant… Read more →
Category: Internet
Pros and Cons of Online Storage
When we are talking about computers and phones and refer to storage we are basically talking about the hard drive on our device in which we store our photos, media and applications. On these hard drives there are other files as well, like programs which make our computer run, or the operating system itself like Microsoft Windows, Apple OSX or… Read more →
What Do I Need To Stream Movies
I saw a movie on Netflix the other day and I remember it was one of the first ones Id watched online a few years back before Netflix started streaming here in Australia. I can’t remember where I watched it online, but I remember thinking at the time how wondrous and complicated I thought streaming would be. Fast forwarded a… Read more →
My Computer Does Not Open PDF’s
What are PDF’s PDFs were invented by Adobe and stands for Portable Document Format and is one of the main file types used for people and organisation who want to distribute files. Why PDF’s are particularly possible and very useful is they can be used and look the same by pretty much all devices, including, computers, laptops and mobile devices.… Read more →
Why Your Website Needs HTTPS
Looking around the internet and coming across a lot of websites here in Townsville, its quite easy to notice that a lot of websites are still using the unprotected http over https. HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol and is the way in which data is sent over the internet and between your web browser and website. This… Read more →
Awesome Browser Extensions
What are Browser Extensions Your web browser is the program and application you use on your computer like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer to surf the internet and read websites such as this one. The programs come with heaps of functionality to do the things most developers think you want to do. Google Chrome for instance incorporates its… Read more →
PUP Potentially Unwanted Programs
There are a lot of computer threats out there these days and lots of ways criminals can hurt you, destroy your data or spy on what you are doing. Some of them just advertise you and are more of a nuisance than a real threat and others can cause real damage and full loss of both physical components and software,… Read more →
Share Your Internet from Windows 10
Most people either have some sort of modem, router or wireless device they use to access the internet these days. Gone are the days we used one connection per computer, or everyone had their own dial up connection. For most people the will definitely be the way to go, but every now and again people find themselves in a situation… Read more →
Why Your Website Sucks
Whether your a business, organisation, group of hobbyist, just about everyone has or needs a website these days. Unlike a Facebook Page or Free web-hosted page, having your own website gives you an online presence which you have complete control of, what it looks like, who can see it, and the exact message you want to get out to your… Read more →
Someone Has Accessed My Computer
Why Would Someone Want To Access My Computer WWW should sand for the Wild Wild West not World Wide Wed and thats because thats exactly what it is. With no real law and anyone from anywhere just about able to reach, connect or communicate with you, the internet is the worlds largest group of people who want to be your… Read more →