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Apple and Facebook hacked – No-one is immune from a cyber attack

by George Quigley on 21.02.2013 16:08 0 comments 371 views
Categories: Secure IT
Tags: security, facebook, apple, cyber, hacked
On Tuesday, 19 February, it was revealed that Apple has suffered a security breach of its systems, which allowed hackers to install malicious software on employee Macs. The previous Friday, Facebook admitted a similar breach had occurred on their sy...
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Google Android Everywhere

by Leo Waldock on 25.01.2013 21:23 0 comments 358 views
Categories: Secure IT
Tags: blackberry, google, sony, toshiba, apple, android, htc, samsung, symbian, ios, panasonic, jolla, mozilla
Half the smartphones in use today run the Google Android Operating System while about one third are Apple iPhones. The remaining scraps of the market belong to BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows and Symbian.

You might be surprised to learn that some ...
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What do you want from IT?

by Kevin Salter on 01.10.2012 19:56 1 comment 231 views
Categories: IT, Future IT, Value from IT, Office IT
Tags: software, it, apple

At a recent conference there was a presentation from Microsoft and one of the questions posed was “what do you expect from IT?” The answers given to this are as below; do you agree or do you have other expectations?

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Steve Wozniak hates the cloud

by Leo Waldock on 07.08.2012 19:34 1 comment 1979 views
Categories: Secure IT
Tags: apple, cloud, mountain lion, wozniak
No less a luminary than Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, has warned about risks that are inherent to the cloud.

Wozniak has gone on the record to tell about his woes after an upgrade to the latest version of Mac OS X, which is called Mountain ...
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When the cloud bursts

by Leo Waldock on 20.07.2012 16:07 3 comments 552 views
Categories: Secure IT
Tags: google, apple, cloud computing, icloud, kidak, chroms
Pretty much everything I hear about Cloud Computing leaves me baffled and confused. The most straightforward applications are on-line backup such as iCloud where your data is stored on a remote server. If your house burns to the ground and your PC o...
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Ford Motor Co. answers your password problems

by Leo Waldock on 22.06.2012 15:56 0 comments 138 views
Categories: Secure IT
Tags: iphone, apple, chrome, password, imac, ford, bluetooth
Ford Motor Company has come up with a neat way to manage all your web passwords. Or rather, Ford has come up with a video that claims it has invented a neat way etc. etc.

The idea, as you'll see from the video, is called Ford Keyfree Login althou...
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More Mac Misery

by Leo Waldock on 10.05.2012 12:24 0 comments 562 views
Categories: Secure IT
Tags: pc, trojan, mac, windows, apple, os x, flashback
Oh dear. It seems that Mac users are too smug and complacent to save themselves from the Flashback Trojan.

A few weeks ago I wrote about the surprisingly high levels of Macs that had been infected by a Trojan called Flashback.

The good news w...
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iPad apps

by Kevin Salter on 04.05.2012 14:57 1 comment 1551 views
Categories: IT, Future IT, Value from IT, Office IT
Tags: apple, apps, ipad

Looking back at previous blog postings, one of my most viewed to date was headed "Office on the iPad....and dual displays....." With hindsight, the title was not good as there are mixed messages and it is not easy to identify what made this posting ...

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Apple Macs infected by Flashback Trojan

by Leo Waldock on 13.04.2012 05:39 0 comments 521 views
Categories: Secure IT
Tags: pc, trojan, mac, windows, apple, os x, flashback
The world has turned upside down for Apple owners with the news that 650,000 Apple Mac computers have been infected by a malware Trojan called Flashback. The details are surprisingly mundane as the problem was caused by a vulnerability in Java. Once...
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"Office" and dual displays for the iPad....

by Kevin Salter on 19.02.2012 13:51 2 comments 2086 views
Categories: IT, Future IT, Value from IT, Office IT
Tags: office, apple, ipad, display, dual screen

“Office” and dual displays for the iPad.....

 

For those switching to the iPad from a PC, trying to use programs other than Microsoft Office means a new product to buy and learn. Just made available in the UK is......

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