Townsville Nerds have been building websites since the mid 90’s. While I was studying education and James Cook University, one of our subjects was computing in education. This was all during the very early stages of the internet. That class included a broad overall the computer industry and one of the new technologies everyone was talking about then was the… Read more →
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Email Client Alternatives
A lot of people use Microsoft Outlook and with good reason. Outlook has been around a long time and does a very good job at all things calendar, contacts and emails. But the main reason most of us know about Outlook is because it comes with Microsoft Office, not because everyone decided to go out and buy it. So Microsoft… Read more →
Say Goodbye to Microsoft Pain
Just about everyone uses or has used Microsoft Paint at one time or another. The program in itself is not feature rich but a handy utility to quickly make little edits to images when quality is not really an issue. It is light weight, fast, free, comes with Microsoft Windows, and on its way out. Microsoft have recently published a… Read more →
Which is the best Antivirus for you
People ask me all the time which is the best antivirus program for their Microsoft Windows computer. This is probably the hardest question to answer, as there is no one shoe fits all strategy here. There is a clear difference in what anti-viruses corporate businesses should use who host web sites, servers and data sets. But when it comes to… Read more →
Dropbox vs Onedrive vs Google Drive
Most of us have probably heard of one of these services. With the race being on for who will be the most superior cloud storage provider, it is hard to know which services are legitimate, and what has to offer. This post hopes to provide some insight as to what these services are and what each can provide to help… Read more →
Viruses in Emails
The majority of viruses, malware, spyware and ad-ware we see on peoples computers is stuff they have accidentally installed themselves, by downloading and installing software associated with free; such as games and movies etc. But there are many other ways for your computer to get a virus, email being one of the big ones. Can I get a Virus from… Read more →
Using Your Old Laptop As Home Server
Most of us go through a new laptop or computer every 3 to 5 years. A lot of the time our old computer still work, but it is either starting to run slow or you want and require new rich features brand new computer have to offer. Most people either throw their old laptop or computers out, or give them… Read more →
Adblockers – Best Way to Defend Against Viruses
Anyone who follows my blog will know I am not a great fan of antivirus programs. It’s just I see dozens of computers every month with viruses and they all have some sort of Anti-virus Malware type protection on them. I don’t think they are anywhere as good as they should be and all my customers are certainly under the… Read more →
Spam and Ham eMails
One of the most annoying things in all of computers has to be annoying emails sent to us day in and day out from people who want our attention, money and advertising views. I have one email account which is over 20 years old, which gets thousands of emails every day regarding everything from stuff I wouldn’t want my mother… Read more →
Mac Repairs Townsville
Apple has always lead the ways in technology and computing. Although Apple didn’t event the computer, you can thank them for bringing them into your home, small business and pocket (iPhone). As awesome as the Apple technology is (Im a big fan), Apple do try and lock a lot of us out on what hardware can be sourced, and what… Read more →