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  • Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #221 – Stay safe on WiFi

    EwanD
    Following last week’s misty-eyed retrospective on WiFi and Bluetooth , it’s worth pausing a little to pass on a few safety tips too. If you’ve a WiFi network at home which does not have encryption enabled (using a decently strong password – known as a Pre-Shared-Key or PSK – and a modern encryption method...
    on 23 May 2014

  • Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #123 –Windows 8: sign in, with Pic & PIN

    EwanD
    A short but sweet Tip this week, aimed at those of you who are running Windows 8: if not, why not check out the Release Preview page. Out of the box, the logon security model that Windows 8 supports offers a variety of ways to log into or unlock your PC, though ultimately it could still requires a complex...
    on 6 Jul 2012

  • Blog Post: Tip o’ the Week #64–Some IE9 tips

    EwanD
    This tip was originally written shortly after the release of Internet Explorer 9, however it’s still valid today. IE9 is the fastest, most modern and most secure browser we’ve ever made (some would say, that anyone has made – recent independent analysis from NSS Labs shows IE9 blocking the vast majority...
    on 2 Sep 2011