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ComputerSpot News
April 13, 2011 | 
Author Lookout mobile security catches car thieves
Its a US video, so unfortunately has the mandatory 15 second commercial at the beginning, but is well worth watching to see how Lookout Mobile Security helps in real life.
What is Lookout Mobile Security?
Lookout is a Mobile Security application which works on Blackberry, Android phones
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Posted in Backup & Recovery, Business, ComputerSpot News, Email, IT Support, Mobile Computing, Security, Software, Virus & Malware | 
Tags: android, Anti Virus, Blackberry, Lookout, Malware, Mobile Phone, Mobile Security, Spyware | 
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SmartStamp – The Problem
The current Release of SmartStamp, from the Royal Mail, version 3.0.0.8 will not work correctly if you have IE9 installed on your computer. What happens is that the Postage Rate updates will not download.
When you go to print SmartStamp:
- Checks that the postage rate used
Posted in Business, ComputerSpot News, IT Support, Marketing, Software | Tags: IE9, Internet Explorer, Postal Mail, Royal Mail, Smart Stamp, Smartstamp | 1 Comment »
Successfully Remove Malware from your Computer
Today I had another instance of Malware on a computer that was brought into the office. In this case the problem manifested its self as not being able to run .exe files.
The computer was a laptop running Windows Vista, once the Malware had installed
Read the rest of this entry »How can you use the latest FTTC fast broadband?
The latest fast broadband provides speeds of upto 40Mb download and 10Mb upload. These speeds could drastically change the way that businesses work and how home users interact with the internet.
A fast broadband connection, using FTTC, is cost effective at
Read the rest of this entry »Posted in Backup & Recovery, Business, Business Continuity, Cloud Computing, ComputerSpot News, Home Users, Internet, IT Support, VoIP Telephony | Tags: ADSL, Adsl Line, Broadband Connection, Broadband Speeds, Connectivity Type, Document Management, Download Speeds, Fttc, Online Backup, Real Option, samknows, Small Businesses, Upload Speed, Voip Phone System | 1 Comment »
FTTC Availability in the UK
FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet) is the latest High Speed Broadband offering in the UK. It is available from BT, branded as Infinity, and from various independent network providers. FTTC Speeds are the same from all of the providers, including BT. FTTC is packaged differently by
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Network Problems Solved
If you are experiencing, unexplained, network problems and need to try and improve your network performance then you should talk to the guys at LinkStatus. They have vast experience in network fault finding and performance optimisation.
What Network Problems can Linkstatus help with?
Whether you need:-
- Multi-site
Posted in ComputerSpot News, Internet, IT Support, Technical Tips, VoIP Telephony | Tags: Apparent Networks, Bandwidth Monitoring, Fault Finding, linkstatus, Network Fault, Network Monitoring, Network Performance, Pathview Cloud, Performance Optimisation, Remote Monitoring, Root Cause Analysis, Voip Deployment, WAN, WAN Optimisation, Web Application Performance | No Comments »
What are Managed IT Services?
Managed IT Services allow business to concentrate on their core business activities and forget about the hassle of looking after their computer systems. The service provided will vary depending on the Managed Service Provider and the client requirements. However regardless of the actual service provided the
What Website Information is required for UK companies?
If your business is a private or public limited company or a Limited Liability Partnership, the Companies Act 1985 requires that the following website information is displayed in legible characters:
- Your company registration number
- Your place of registration (e.g. Scotland or England
OpsMgr Cumulative Update 4
This article contains a description of all changes in Cumulative Update 4 (CU4) for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2.
Cumulative Update 4 for SCOM 2007 R2 includes all previous cumulative updates for SCOM 2007 R2 and includes all cross-platform updates.
Note: Any cross-platform
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Lookout for Android Security Vulnerability
Lookout recently patched a security vulnerability in their Android app. The vulnerability, which was first reported by Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team, is not known to have compromised any devices or user data. Lookout worked with Google to fix the problem and release
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Create your own personal email signature
To help you generate your own personalised email signature for Outlook, or any other email client, we have put together a simple email form. The form will take the details that you provide and then generate four different email signature styles for you
Apologies to anyone who has had problems connecting to ComputerSpot over the recent weeks. We have experienced a few issues with the stability of the server that the hosting provider was using.
We have now moved ComputerSpot to a completely new Hosting provider and geographic location, so the stability issues should
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