Tech Roundup 5th February 2016

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Feb 3: Microsoft starts downloading Windows 10 automatically through Windows Update Microsoft starts downloading Windows 10 automatically through Windows Update https://t.co/v0y1onKLzZ — Optima Systems (@OptimaSystemsuk) February 3, 2016 Sam says: ‘Automatic updates to start downloading Windows 10 for you seems like it could upset a lot of people wishing to remain on Windows 7 or 8. My advice would be … Read More

How Do You Merge Google Calendars?

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How I learnt to merge google calendars As a regular user (and I’m not afraid to say a fan of) Google Calendar, I thought that I knew a lot about what features it could offer. I was wrong. It seemed that there was one extremely helpful feature that eluded me and that was calendar merging. The question was, how can … Read More

Can Windows Defender be Trusted to Look After Your PC Security?

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Microsoft seem to be (finally) getting serious about providing antivirus and anti-spyware protection after a number of false starts. But is the new version of Windows Defender another of these or is it finally the software that will allow you to dump those costly subscriptions to premium third-party programs? What is Windows Defender? Windows Defender, in name, has been around … Read More

Tech Roundup 29th Jan 2016

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Jan 25: Microsoft is working hard on Edge browser – and wants your feedback Microsoft is working hard on Edge browser – and wants your feedback https://t.co/nAPP1sqFQ8 — Optima Systems (@OptimaSystemsuk) January 25, 2016 Jay says: ‘If you ask any group of people that use a computer their thoughts on Internet Explorer you are almost guaranteed a mixed bunch of … Read More

Tech Roundup 22nd Jan 2016

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Jan 20: Is big data a big failure?Comment from Sam, story via Techradar.Jan 21: Chrome soon to be even faster (for SSL)Comment from Jay, story via Techradar..Jan 22: Problems installing Windows 10?Comment from Jay, story via Techradar.And something non-tech related… Friday 22nd January is national hug day, so to honour this we have this story from The Independent.Woman opens professional cuddling … Read More

WordPress XSS vulnerability

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A couple of days ago a major vulnerability was discovered in some of the most popular plugins for WordPress. WordPress is the World’s most popular content management systems for websites. According to www.w3techs.com as of January 2015 23.3% of the top 10 million websites were powered by WordPress. Because of its popularity it’s a common target for hackers and software … Read More

What is CSS?

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Just about everyone who has ever been involved with or looked into website development will have heard of CSS. For those who don’t know, CSS stands for ‘Cascading Style Sheet’. I’ll explain a little more about what exactly it does in the next paragraph. What is it for? CSS can be used to do countless things to websites. Mostly it … Read More