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Two judges order Trump administration to give fired workers their jobs back
Hey everyone, have you heard about the recent judicial decisions regarding the Trump administration and the laid-off workers? Here are a few key takeaways for you to consider:
What does your email address say about you?
It’s astonishing how many businesses are still operating with an email address that shouts ‘amateur’! I’m talking about those emails that end in aol.com, gmail.com, btinternet.com, hotmail.com, outlook.com (the hotmail replacement), live.co.uk or one of the other...
Are you getting what you’re paying for?
When you sign up to a broadband deal you’ll find suppliers will be trying to entice you with promises of ‘super-fast’ download speeds, but how accurate are these numbers they’re spouting? Firstly, take notice of the words immediately before the numbers – are they...
My heart bleeds for you
Everyone is crying about the Heartbleed bug that has caused security problems for sites that use a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to keep log in and credit card details secure. It’s not a virus or even a direct result of hacking, but simply a hole in the code that leaves...
Ex-rated
Microsoft has made XP an ex-Operating System. As of 8th April they won’t be fixing any problems so your operating system is wide open. What does that mean to you? If you’re still using XP you won’t get any more updates to fix security issues. That means that if...
Have you been breaking the law?
If you’ve ever bought a CD and then transferred it to iTunes so you can listen to it on your MP3 player or SmartPhone, the answer is ‘yes’. It may seem ridiculous that you’ve paid good money for music or an CD of an electronic book, only to find that you can only...
A new way to communicate
Now we’re all using mobile devices as extensions of our thought processes, it’s hard to imagine the days when only big businesses had computers. The jump from business computing to home computing, and from dial up to broadband has been an incredibly fast process....