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I’m loving Win 8.1 and even more with the update. Having realised that Win 8/8.1 is the most secure Operating System (OS) from Microsoft, I decided a while ago to ditch my 3rd party Antivirus and just use Windows Defender but to hedge my bets, I also continued with using Malwarebytes Pro (MBAM). I haven’t …
Read More Windows 8.1, do you really need 3rd party antivirus?If you have a WordPress Website/blog (and why wouldn’t you), you need to read this 🙂 For the past few weeks our web server has been falling over and we’re having to keep rebooting the server. A thorough check of the error and visitor logs has shown that we are getting bombarded with attempts to …
Read More WordPress Admin, Brute force password attacksJust read an article from TechRepublic and it got me thinking, dangerous, I know 🙂 Here’s the article www.techrepublic.com/pictures/photos-a-look-at-the-linux-os-that-wants-to-get-inside-your-car/1/ All modern cars have some sort of engine management system and to be honest I don’t know if the EMS/ECU is a standard OS (Operating System) used by all vehicle manufacturers but I’m guessing each have …
Read More LINUX in your car?I’ve had the iPad for a week now, thank you eBuyer, and have played with it a lot! I did a couple of mini reviews on my facebook page so this is basically a round up of the week of use. I had no desire to buy an iPad or other Tablet as I didn’t …
Read More iPad Air 16GBRegular visitors and people that know me, know that I’m a bit of a nut when it come to security and Internet Privacy. Over the years many people have criticised Microsoft for all the apparent insecurities of the Windows operating system(OS), It seems that Windows 8 addresses this even better that Windows 7. The Anti …
Read More Windows 8.0/8.1 Anti-VirusFor those of us that still use XP, is it time to say goodbye XP? I say “It depends”! If you have an old computer and would like to take advantage of the additional capabilities of newer hardware and upgrade to Windows 8.1, then go for it. I have a few computers and a variety …
Read More XP is dead, long live XPMaybe I’m not trying hard enough 🙂
Read More The last didn’t kill the serverHopefully have fixed the problem.
Read More Fingers crossedStill trying to find out which WP plug-in is causing the server to die when posting a blog:-(
Read More Hopefully this post won’t kill the server again!