The 2013 Norton Report released last week by Symantec has revealed that 5 million Australians have been affected by Cybercrime over the past year at a total cost of 1.6billion Australian dollars. Today I spoke with David Hall from Symantec Australia about the findings of the Norton report, including the impact of mobile devices and social networks. Listen below. [Read More…]
Just about everything we do in our lives now has some kinds of connection to the Internet, but many Australian businesses are being left behind. PayPal’s 2013 digital literacy report found many businesses lack even the basic knowledge to operate online. Some of the key findings from the report include: • 3 in 5 small to medium businesses claim low[Read More…]
A new survey has revealed that Women today are well connected but unprotected. The AVG Technologies survey looked at how Women across Australian and New Zealand use the internet and mobile devices finding that on average each owned 1.3 smartphones and 1.5 laptop devices, often spending at least one hour per night on an internet connected device. More interesting figures[Read More…]
Does your internet connection feel unusually slow or perhaps you feel like your online experience has been getting more sluggish over time? The first thing to check is if it’s actually the computer that’s causing the speed problem so try running a system tune up application to get things running smoothly. I recommend the following appliccations; Iolo System Mechanic AVG[Read More…]
Intel reports that there are now more than 300 million computers globally that are more than 4 years old and many users of these machines are frustrated by their performance. Recently I spoke with Anna Torres from Intel Australia about how these old PCs compare to the latest offerings with 4th generation Intel processors inside. Listen below.
