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The cost of open source software
Although the giants of software, like Microsoft, have a stranglehold on our desktops, most people have heard of open source software. These are applications that have...
Climbing the search engine rankings
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is a bit of a black art. The major search engines change their algorithms weekly, sometimes daily, so it’s hard to keep up. Here are a...
Clever phone systems with competitive edge
We installed an internet phone system for a client recently, replacing a previous phone system. They were concerned about the work that would go into programming all...
Who goes there?
In all the best children's stories the giant demands 'Who goes there?' and you need the password to get by. Today we all have dozens and dozens of places for which we...
Do technical support helplines give you a headache?
When your broadband goes down and rebooting hasn't worked you're faced with calling 'technical support', that can be the beginning of a long, frustrating and sometimes...
When officialdom meets social media
After all the riots across Britain it was apparent that many of the rioters were using social media to get messages to and fro. During the TV programme Question Time...
What is cloud computing?
A few years ago files hosted on an offsite server were referred to as 'being in the cloud', but things have moved on and now Cloud Computing is about having many...
Testing your back up
If you haven't got a foolproof system for backing up your data regularly, you're risking your business. If every document you've generated, every piece of customer...
Telephones that use computing power
The cost of communication seems to be steadily rising - and small business owners are caught in a trap. They can't cut your communication down, it's how the business...
Are you protected from phone hacking?
OK - maybe you're not famous and don't think you're a target for hackers, but neither did the widows of soldiers who have been killed in Afghanistan or the parents of...
Virtual business – real location
These days more and more people work virtually using high speed internet connections and sophisticated telecommunications to allow them to operate from virtually...
When to dial – and when not to!
There are so many different telephone numbers, besides the ones that start 01 and 02, there are 03, 08 and 09 numbers; it can all be very confusing. Here’s a rundown...
What's phishing?
People talk about phishing, but what is it really? What is a phisher trying to do? Phishing is when someone is posing as a legitimate organisation in order to get log...
Computer maintenance for everyone
If you've got a car it will need servicing by a professional mechanic from time to time, but you can keep it running by checking the oil, the water and the tyres. You...
Smooth operator – making your computer work for you
Mousing around your computer screen can be a pain – and anyone who uses a keyboard regularly may already be suffering from repetitive stress injury (RSI) or carpal...
Are you a technophobe?
People who use technology don’t necessarily need to understand how it works – as long as it keeps working, it doesn’t matter. However, as most people rely on their...