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Deadline Looming for PAYE Payday Filing

08 Nov 2018 Gina Whytein: Uncategorized

Payday filing of PAYE will become mandatory from the first of April 2019 for employers above the electronic filing threshold. This means that if you pay $50,000 or more of PAYE or ESCT per year then you must move to payday filing if you have not already done so. It used to be that employers reported [...]

Christmas is Coming…

31 Oct 2018 Gina Whytein: MYOB, Public Notices, Xero

Now is the time of year for businesses to make sure that they have a clear understanding of the notoriously complex Holidays Act and how they will apply it to staff leave over the Christmas and New Year period. The Ministry of Business and Innovation has released this document and also this website summarising it, which is lucky since the document […]

Microsoft Office 2019

25 Oct 2018 Gina Whytein: Device Care, New Technology

Microsoft have recently released the newest version of Office which Simon has kindly put onto my computer as the office guinea pig. There will now be three versions of Office available - Office 2016, 2019 and Office 365, which is hosted in the Cloud and is an annual subscription service. You can buy Office 2016 [...]

How to Turn Off Sneaky Windows Ads

16 Oct 2018 Gina Whytein: Device Care, Public Notices

So you might have noticed that, like every other space in your life, your own computer has started to present you with advertising. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if some company managed to project advertising into my dreams. Happily Simon has this morning presented me with this detailed article explaining how to stop Windows from doing this [...]

Windows 10 Update – Reports of Files Deleted

08 Oct 2018 Gina Whytein: Devices, New Technology, Online Safety

Before I took a day off last week I started writing an article about the new Windows 10 Update (Version 1809 - Redstone 5). I've now deleted that draft because the latest news is that the update has been pulled following complaints that documents have been deleted from the C:/Users/[username]/Documents/ folder, along with a few more minor issues [...]

http vs https and all the annoying security notifications

26 Sep 2018 Gina Whytein: Online Safety

You might have noticed recently, especially if you have good antivirus software, that half the pages you visit online are now prompting notifications that the site is not secure. The reason for this lies in the address bar. If you look at the page you’re on right now you should see a little https at [...]

iOS 12 – Update Away iPhone Users!

19 Sep 2018 Gina Whytein: Devices, New Technology

In the past I've always been reluctant to update my iPhone with the latest operating system but this one is getting good reviews. Apple is touting that it will improve performance on phones dating back as far as the 5s (released in 2013). Since I'm still running the 5s I'm super excited about the proposed [...]

Good News for Die-hard Windows 7 Users

11 Sep 2018 Gina Whytein: Device Care, New Technology

Windows 10 was released back in 2015 and most of us have by now bit the proverbial bullet and moved onto this operating system. Some, however, are stubbornly refusing to do so and Windows has relented to that pressure, announcing that it will continue to support Windows 7 until January 2023. The previous end date [...]

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ASUS Vivobook Flip 14 on Special!

04 Sep 2018 Gina Whytein: Devices, Specials

This week we have a special offer from our supplier on an ASUS 14" Flip Touch so we thought we'd order one in so you can have a look at it. We will have it on sale for $1357 incl. gst (down from the RRP of $1599). That's a saving of $242!! It's pretty cool, it [...]

Fortnite Exposed Users to Hackers

27 Aug 2018 Gina Whytein: Online Safety

You can't attend Saturday morning soccer in Cambridge these days without seeing goal scoring kids swinging their arms around in what us parents know to be a dance called 'The Floss'. It's one of many dances from the game Fortnite which is the latest craze among kids (and not-so kids) all over the world. At [...]

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