When you talk social networks there is a good chance Facebook is going to be bought up in the conversion. Its pretty fair consider half the planet pretty much uses it (don’t know the exact current figures). But working with the public and going into peoples homes and businesses we speak to a lot of people in Townsville and learn… Read more →
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Can I Get A Virus From Facebook
We get asked this question a lot; can i get a virus from Facebook? As pretty much half the world uses Facebook now and just about every single customer we have in Townsville uses the Social Network giant. every time one of our customers get a virus on their computer they ask us the question. Facebook is a web service… Read more →
Has Your Internet Banking Been Compromised
Internet banking is easy and convenient. As long as you have an internet connection and a web browser or App, you can pretty much access your banking anytime, form anywhere in the world. The actual technology for internet banking is very secure also. Not only do banks use tightly guarded secretive algorithms to help protect you, they also utilise widely… Read more →
Two Step Multi-Factor Authentication
Two Step Authentication, also known as Multi-factor Authentication is a method of logging into an account by more than one way. Traditionally we use a Username and Password to log into an account such as email, Facebook or banking. For a lot of people this is enough. But, if you want extra security for a particular account, the provider might have Multi-factor… Read more →
Worried Your Computers Had Been Hacked
Motive for Hacking Your Computer There are many reasons why someone would want to hack your computer. It use to be and still is, people will do it simply for fun, because they can and like the challenge. But, the main reason in this digital age people do it is for information, with the end game being profit. The bad… Read more →
Facebook Hacked
Just about everyone uses Facebook these days for personal, business or advertising use. Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with people, create and join special interest groups, engage with your customers, send messages and even to read the news and find out what is going on Although a lot of people use Facebook for social reasons and… Read more →
What is Social Media
Everyone has heard of, most of us use it, but what exactly is the buss with all this social media going around? Although Social Media is not specific to computers or laptops, and can be accessed by pretty much any internet connected device like mobile phone, tablet and smart watch, it still gets bought up a lot and a lot… Read more →
Difference Between VOIP and PTSN
What is PTSN PTSN stands for Public Switched Telephone Network, and before the internet became mainstream was the old telephone type system we have and still use a lot in our homes and business. If you have seen the old movies where someone sits at a desk switching telephones together from calls inbound and connecting to calls outbound you have… Read more →
Computer News for the Week – 13/04/16
Happy Birthday to the modern day computer This week the personal computers turns 40. Before people were using computers in their homes, most computers were made for big companies and most people though there would never be a place for a computer in the home. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak changed all that with their Apple 1 back in April 1976 and… Read more →