New Article: buying things online, safely

Card safety online is really important – and the banks have spent millions on making it all as safe as they can.

By and large, it’s worked.  Yes, there are some scammers out there (particularly in countries with less carefully enforced laws – who can still target people over here). 

But one thing that makes [...]

The Confusing "Browser Choice" Screen

Chances are, you’ll soon have a screen appear saying you need to choose a web browser.  It’s a rather confusing screen and if you haven’t heard the background to it, you’ll wonder why on earth it’s appeared.

I’ve written an article about it – it’s not an Inner Cirle article as such but I [...]

The Confusing “Browser Choice” Screen

Chances are, you’ll soon have a screen appear saying you need to choose a web browser.  It’s a rather confusing screen and if you haven’t heard the background to it, you’ll wonder why on earth it’s appeared.

I’ve written an article about it – it’s not an Inner Cirle article as such but I [...]

Not exactly an email scam, but…

I recently had an email from an Inner Circle member who’d avoided a nasty new computer related scam.  It’s not an email one – someone actually phoned her.  Luckily, she was quick witted enough to realise what was going on, but I thought it would be useful to everyone else to know about the [...]

Technical Gremlins

This morning I found there have been some problems with the Inner Circle website over the weekend – sometimes it worked, sometimes it wouldn’t appear at all and sometimes it would let you see some parts but not others.

I’m assured by the company who “host” the website for me that it is now [...]

New article: recording tapes and records

Phew – this one’s a bit of a mammoth – 10 pages!

It shows you how to record tapes or records onto your PC (and then onto a CD).  You can get fancy equipment to do it, but you don’t have to splash out.  In fact you can use free software.  Then all you need [...]

New Article: Safely Delete Junk Emails

When you’ve got a dodgy looking email, you should delete it without opening it.  But to delete, you first click on it – which on some PCs opens it automatically.  Here’s how to get around this so you can safely get rid of junk emails. 

My latest article shows you how to get around this.

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