New Technology Archives

How Microsoft 365 Versioning Protects Against Ransomware

16 Feb 2021 Gina Whytein: New Technology, Online Safety

What is Ransomware? Ransomware is malicious software that encrypts your important files or folders which can then be held to ransom. Apparently this is on the rise worldwide. Once your data is encrypted you'll have to pay for the key to decrypt it again. The key to dealing with this situation without paying for it [...]

New Outlook Feature – Roaming Signatures

26 Jun 2020 Gina Whytein: Devices, New Technology, Public Notices, Tips & Tricks

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The New Edge

09 Jun 2020 Gina Whytein: Devices, New Technology, Public Notices, Tips & Tricks

If anyone out there is using Microsoft Edge for their internet browser you may have noticed that it has undergone a re-brand. The logo now looks like this: If you have it you'll know about this already though because it wasn't quiet about it - it activated a pop-up which cannot be easily exited from without clicking on [...]

Video Conferencing: Zoom vs Teams

06 May 2020 Gina Whytein: New Technology, Online Safety

Hands up of you've used a video conferencing application during lockdown. I think many of us will have tried this out recently, whether it's been for work meetings or catching up with family and friends. So which video conferencing app is best? A lot of people have been using Zoom, but if you already have Microsoft [...]

Choosing A New Computer

11 Nov 2019 Gina Whytein: Devices, New Technology, Services, Tips & Tricks

With the end of Windows 7 fast approaching, many people are considering buying a new computer. You could consider this a two part process - firstly, which type of computer do you want and secondly, which make and model of that type will you choose from the vast range of possibilities. Which Type? I wrote about this [...]

Super-fast USB4 on the Way

05 Sep 2019 Gina Whytein: Devices, New Technology

Now you might think that we're only just getting used to USB 3.2, or Type C, but apparently devices using USB4 will start to become available next year. USB4 will fit the same port as the Type-C, which is great because you don't have to worry about which way around your cord plugs in, and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]