August 2019 - Green Mouse

Upgrade from Windows 7 to 10 – The Time Has Come

28 Aug 2019 Gina Whytein: Devices, New Technology, Online Safety, Public Notices

If you read my blogs you will know that I've been harping on about this for about a year now. In January 2020 Windows 7 will become unsupported by Microsoft, which means that any time a scammer, hacker or other bad actor pokes a hole in the security of Windows 7 systems, Microsoft will no [...]

This is a Scam! Fake Office 365 Email

20 Aug 2019 Gina Whytein: Online Safety

The Scammers are getting better and better at creating believable emails. Check out this one we got this morning. Now you might, if you read it thoroughly, notice that the word 'our' is missing the 'r', and if you hovered over any of these links you might pick up that they were about to send [...]

How to Watch the Rugby World Cup

20 Aug 2019 Gina Whytein: Public Notices

The Rugby World Cup starts next month. It will run from the 20th of September to the final on the 2nd of November. There are two main ways to watch it and how you do it will depend on how far down this rabbit hole you want to go: Spark If you intend to watch [...]

The NUC Mini PC – The Next Unit of Computing

15 Aug 2019 Gina Whytein: New Technology

How big is your PC? I'm talking about the tower, the box that sits under your desk or on it, taking up your work-space. Imagine if it was the size of a couple of sandwiches instead (yes that piece of paper in the above photo is A4). The NUC is 11.68cm x 11.17cm and only [...]

Cambridge Neighbourhood Support

07 Aug 2019 Gina Whytein: Online Safety, Public Notices

I received an email from Cambridge Neighbourhood Support this week, which you can follow on Facebook. It hadn't really occurred to me before but of course this is another resource for local news and assistance relating to scam activity as well. The email detailed a particular scam that has been reported locally to the Cambridge Police. [...]