Saturday, October 30th, 2010
Misco is an online electronics store which sells everything from computer hardware/software to TVs to iPods. We really rate Misco, here's why:
How much experience do we have?
Lots, I have lost track on how many orders we have placed with Misco and I can think of one problem we had, no ...
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Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
Dabs, like Misco, is an online electronics store. Here's why we recommend them:
How much experience do we have?
Lots, we have been using them for years.
What makes them stand out from competitors?
A fantastic website. Really easy to use and just simple. Worth paying a bit extra when you can't find it ...
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Saturday, August 14th, 2010
Over the past few weeks we've been running both Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) and FileHippo. Both pieces of software are designed to scan your PC to identify whether an programs are out of date, thus providing you with increased security. As we've been using the programs for a while ...
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Secunia's Online Software Inspector (OSI) inspects your operating system and software for insecure versions and missing security updates. By ensuring your machine is fully up-to-date you help prevent your software against security issues.
The tool is very easy to use...
Visit the Secunia OSI Website
Click Start Scanner
Look at your results (see example ...
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Clients often ask us...is there a free and effective way for me to convert PDF's into a Word or Excel document?
We recently came across the websites 'pdftoword.com' and 'pdftoexcelonline.com', both of which provide impressive results and are by far the best of their kind (out of the free sites we've ...
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
Google Wave is a brand new online tool from Google! Check out the video above to find out what it does!
Here at Brandstar we're extremely impressed with this new piece of technology and genuinely think that it is the future of emails. There is still a long way to go ...
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Friday, July 24th, 2009
Read this great from PCToolbox for advice on how to bank safely online....Banking Safe in 2009!
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
"Phishing Scams" are a way for cyber criminals to steal confidential information and even your identity. Scammers send out thousands of emails pretending to be credit card companies, banks (including paypal), online auction sites (like ebay) and other organisations.
Phishing scams normally contain a serious incentive or technical reason why you ...
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