No-one ever thinks they’ll be a victim of hacking. It’s something that happens to other people, not you. That’s what I used to believe, too, until it happened to my family, in the most amusing way possible. One day, my father decided to buy a new router and modem. They were lovely, sleek machines that gave our household a pretty decent internet connection. We were …Read more

Nigerian millionaires looking for your help, bank payments from Russia that didn’t go through, or even Facebook “friends” who want to “reconnect” with you; there are scams for everything out there. Using the internet means you have to be prepared to defend yourself from unscrupulous tricksters who want into your computer, bank account, and identity. Now, when we say ‘defend’ we don’t mean barricading yourself …Read more

Apple sold a record five million iPhone 5′s within the first three days they were on sale, but such a huge number of devices out in the market has also resulted in a number of problems being discovered. Here are seven problems people have complained about with the iPhone 5, and their solutions: (credit: nydailynews.com) Apple maps This is the the big problem that had …Read more

Windows XP was the star child of operating systems in the 2000’s. Many people still regard it fondly as the OS without peer. Unparalleled. The OS that ticked all the boxes. Sadly, the era of XP is drawing to a close 12 years after it was released, because Microsoft is shutting down all support in exactly one year from this month. Microsoft has been slowly …Read more