2
2012
The Ever Changing Microsoft Support Scam
I read this news article with interest and thought I’d share what I have learnt about this over the past few years. Our next door neighbours are still having problems with those pesky cold callers and to make matters worse they’ve decided to change their tactics a little, something they have had to do before.Its been called many things and still has many names but for the purpose of this article let us just call [...]
25
2012
A brief introduction to Google SafeSearch
Imagine the scene; One of the kids asks if they can use the computer to research their art homework. They have to make a jug out of clay and have absolutely no idea how they are going to do it. “Can you Google it for me?” “Sure” you say, “why not”. So you both sit down at the computer, bring up Google and type in ‘Jugs’. You hit the search button and, without looking [...]
25
2012
Friends Lists in Facebook
To celebrate my first blog post here, I thought I would introduce a feature on Facebook I am very vocal about – Lists So what are Lists and why should I use them? A very valid question. Why use them? If you’ve set your privacy settings to ‘Friends Only’ why bother over complicating it – Why should I go to all the trouble of dividing all my friends up when I’m happy with it just [...]