Seeing Ads on Wikipedia...

The Next Web have reported that some users have noticed third party adverts appearing in Wikipedia. We are used to adverts for Fundraising Appeals from Wikipedia, but these are official. Some users are reporting third party ads appearing in Wikipedia, which is not right. If this is the...

Windows 8 Version detai...

Microsoft have released details on the versions that the new Windows 8 Operating System will be released under in a Windows Team Blog. It appears that they have simplified the system too which isn’t a bad idea as previous releases have confused many with what versions they need for...

Volume License Pricing ...

It has come to our attention that Microsoft are increasing the price of all Volume Licenses which may include SPLA licenses. This is because Microsoft are going to use the Euro exchange rate, rather than the Dollar exchange rate. This means a potential increase of 20 – 30%. This is...

Refresh and Reset your ...

Microsoft have unveiled a new feature of Windows 8 that is the refresh and reset your PC feature. The Reset feature is designed to reinstall Windows 8 in the event of a crash. So, for example, if your PC crashes and you are in the predicament of having to reinstall the OS, apaprently the...

Tim thumb exploit in Wo...

Over the past few weeks, WordPress sites have been taken down by the Black Hole exploit, which uses an exploit found in the Tim Thumb image resizer plugin. It redirects users to counterfeit sites that con users to download what is supposed to be antivirus software. Read more about it at...

Blackberry Service Upda...

Following on from recent outages, Blackberry are now saying that services are now fully back up and online. Blackberry are saying that from yesterday, services across Europe should be back up and running, perhaps with some minor issues with the speed of delivering mail. They recommend...

Blackberry Services

In the news recently has been a series of outages on the Blackberry services. This has affected many Blackberry users, predominately in the Europe region. If you are a supported client using a Blackberry, then you maybe affected. You shouldn’t be affected if you are connected to our...

Morto worm and the impo...

Microsoft have released details on a worm that is getting around called Morto. It can get onto a network using RDP, Remote Desktop Protocol, which is used to connect to PCs remotely. Once in, it will try to log on as a variety of usernames and passwords, as listed by Microsoft on their...