The pros and cons of free WiFi in stores
Our appetite for data on the move just keeps growing and several high street stores have been rolling out free wi-fi for use by their customers. ...
One cracker to avoid this Christmas
Password crackers are becoming increasingly efficient at what they do, helped along by more sophisticated software, previous hacks and lazy password choices. So here are some ...
The rise and rise of the Bitcoin
You may have read reports last month of a man desperately combing his local landfill site for a PC he had thrown away several months previously. ...
Rapid rise in UK broadband speeds
The latest State of the Internet report by Akamai has found that the UK saw one of the largest increases in terms of internet speeds over ...
What is ransomware?
Ransomware presents a serious threat to business data, as it has the ability to lock access to files until the victim pays the attacker. It is ...
What happens when your cloud provider goes out of business?
A cloud computing expert has warned IT departments they must have a fall-back position in case their cloud provider goes out of business. Expert Thoran Rodrigues ...
Windows 8.1 rolled out to warm reception
The tech giant’s initial offering of its flagship operating system – Windows 8 – was met with mixed reviews back in August last year. Microsoft took a ...
Watch this white space: the ‘Internet of Everything’
Britain is to become one of the first countries in the world to trial white space technology, an initiative which it is hoped will help free ...
What does it mean to ‘Sign in using Facebook’?
You may have seen an option on certain websites to ‘sign in using your Facebook account’ and wondered what this means and how it might affect ...
