Public Notices Archives

Our First Training Course Dates

15 Sep 2020 Gina Whytein: Computer Training, Public Notices

Exciting news - we have the new Green Mouse Training Space constructed and our first course is up and running! Our Training Space will accommodate up to four students on each date but we will go ahead with two or more. Computers and take home notes are supplied - all you will need is a [...]

What’s the Deal with Fake News?

01 Sep 2020 Gina Whytein: Online Safety, Public Notices

There has been quite a bit of comment in the media recently about the rise of fake or misleading information online. Politicians have recently begun to address the concept and even specific incidences directly as it begins to impact upon our response to the Covid-19 situation, which relies on collective action. It used to be [...]

The New Green Mouse Training Space

11 Aug 2020 Gina Whytein: Public Notices, Services

Good news everyone, we've completed our long requested and anticipated training space! We can now accommodate small groups (two to four people) with desks and computers, and soon to be completed training workbooks. What we're up to now is figuring out which courses to provide and to that end we've created a little survey which we're [...]

Dropbox is Not a Backup Solution

28 Jul 2020 Gina Whytein: Device Care, Devices, Public Notices, Tips & Tricks

Kerrin has asked me to discuss Dropbox because he has heard quite a few people suggest that they don't need a backup system because they're using Dropbox, or that they're using Dropbox as their backup system. So today I'm going to discuss why this is a very bad idea. Dropbox is syncing software. It's purpose is to [...]

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 [...]

Scam Posing as Covid-19 Report

27 May 2020 Gina Whytein: Online Safety, Public Notices

Microsoft has released a warning about a new scam playing on the huge public interest in the Covid-19 pandemic. The emails purport to contain a Covid-19 report from the World Health Organisation, and have Excel links to what they claim are statistics but are really a backdoor to opening NetSupport Manager, which is a remote [...]

Totally Locally – Cambridge Directory

12 May 2020 Gina Whytein: Public Notices

The Cambridge Chamber of Commerce has built an excellent online business directory for Cambridge to encourage us all to support local businesses. Check it out here. These businesses are those which are 'offering virtual services' during Alert Levels 3 and 2. The idea is to help kick-start the local economic recovery and maintain our precious small [...]

Alert Level 2

12 May 2020 Gina Whytein: Public Notices, Services

I think we were all fairly relieved yesterday to hear that the move to Alert Level 2 has been approved and scheduled by the Government. For anyone who missed that, the plan is that we will officially move to Level 2 at midnight on Wednesday, so from Thursday we can go out in public, go [...]

ANZAC Day Employment Requirements and Entitlements

16 Apr 2020 Gina Whytein: Employment, Public Notices

With Anzac day (25 April) falling on a Saturday this year, many employers are grappling with the question of who to pay what to for the holidays over this time. The simple answer to that question is: What day(s) does the employee normally work? If they normally work on a Saturday then that is their public holiday day. If they don’t [...]