TECHTIPS

It's amazing how many people still don’t back up their computers. Your hard drive is likely to contain irreplaceable precious family photos, documents, music, videos and emails. Imagine them all now – gone forever. What would you lose? Let's clear up a few things: ALL HARD DRIVES ARE DESTINED TO FAIL. It’s just a matter of when. Some take many years, others fail much sooner, but it WILL happen. A backup is a DUPLICATE COPY of your data to a SEPARATE location (NOT copied to t

Laptops are becoming more popular than ever, since they take up less space and you can use them anywhere. One thing you may not have considered is what happens if the laptop gets stolen, or accidentally left somewhere when you’re out and about. What data is on there? Is it sensitive? If it’s used for work, would the company have to report a data security breach? “But I’ve got a password on my laptop” I hear you say. This in itself is not enough. Anyone with basic computer ski

Did you know that you can synchronize the information contained in your web browsers across multiple computers and mobile devices? The information that you can sync can be some or all of the following: Bookmarks / Favourites Browsing History Saved Passwords Autofill Data Browser Extensions Themes Settings The two main browsers which support this are Firefox and Google Chrome. You simply install the program, setup an account, and select the information you wish to sync. Then g