Tethering: Creating a Portable WiFi Hotspot
What is Tethering? Never heard of “tethering”? Or perhaps you have, but you’ve never used it? Well, here’s how to create your personal WiFi hotspot
Hazel Randall
February 9, 2021
Hazel Randall
The Language of Technology: Gotta Love IT!
Over the past few decades, technology has advanced at cracking speed, and the beautifully malleable English language has absorbed a multitude of new uses and
Hazel Randall
November 16, 2020
Tech Tips: Take Ctrl in Microsoft Word with 34 Keyboard Shortcuts
The control (ctrl) key on a computer keyboard takes a role in numerous keyboard shortcuts, in all operating systems and their programmes. Keyboard shortcuts vary,
Hazel Randall
October 19, 2020
Text Talk: A Parents’ Guide
The language of teenagers is always a bit of a mystery. Every generation of parents is bewildered by the vocabulary young people use when conversing
Hazel Randall
September 29, 2020
Tech Tips: Laptop Security Tracking Software
Question: What can you do to protect your laptop against loss or theft? Answer: Not a lot. Question: How can you maximise the chance of
Hazel Randall
September 27, 2020
Tech Tips: Proactive Archiving with Google Vault
What is Google Vault? Google Vault is one of Google’s software and cloud-computing tools – a suite of products collectively named G Suite. Designed to
Hazel Randall
September 23, 2020
Tech Tips: 5 Ways to a Secure Computer Network
Being the victim of a cyberattack can be a messy business. Short-term financial costs include: lost revenue as a result of reduced productivity; temporary over-staffing
Hazel Randall
September 4, 2020
Tech Tip: Lost Your Router Connection? Five Ways to Get it Back
There can be many possible causes for your wireless router going offline. You might come to your computer and find that there’s no connection; or
Hazel Randall
August 25, 2020
Tech Tip: Keep your Computer Keyboard Clean
Somebody, somewhere, has worked out that a computer keyboard harbours ten times the number of bacteria as a toilet seat. The reason for this horrific
Hazel Randall
August 24, 2020
Working from Home: How Easy is it?
The New Normal The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a rapid change in the way we work. Right from the early days of lockdown, it became
Hazel Randall
August 21, 2020
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