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2013-05-29 - 2013 IT Tax Tips
The end of the Financial Year 2012/13 is fast approaching, so now is the time to start plannin more...
2013-05-27 - Why Your Business needs to think mobile to Stay Competitive
With the rise of Smartphone & Tablets increasingly small business needs to think about it more...
2013-05-07 - Windows XP – less than a year left!
Windows XP has been a robust Microsoft Operating system since it was launched 12 years ago. Amazingl more...
2013-04-26 - What Are Managed Services?
The term “managed services” is generally defined as the practice of outsourcing day-to-d more...
2013-03-22 - Disposing of Old Computers
Newer and faster laptops, phones and tablets are being released every day it seems, but what are we more...
2013-02-26 - How Cloud Computing Can Benefit Your Businesses
In Australia business owners are always looking to squeeze even more productivity out of limite more...
2013-01-23 - Can Your Business Survive a Data Loss?
Many Australian businesses report that they are not properly prepared to combat the risk or to bounc more...
2012-12-04 - Data Backup and Data Recovery
It’s a call no one wants to make to their IT service provider. You’ve turned on your com more...
2012-11-06 - How to Combat Email Overload in the Workplace
With the introduction of smart phones, our work lives were supposed to become easier. No longer wou more...
2012-11-06 - Working On the Go: How To Adapt to a Mobile Job
Anyone whose job has them on the road a lot knows that working on the go requires completely d more...
2012-09-13 - Combating Computer Fatigue
If your job has you sitting at a desk or computer all day, you’re probably beginning to feel t more...
2012-08-07 - Study - Without The Tech-Stress
As we head into the second half of the year, students are busy studying and preparing for final year more...
2012-07-17 - Introducing the Microsoft Surface Tablet
Australia has proven to be Tablet mad market with 1.2Million computer tablets now in circulation and more...
2012-06-14 - Unplugging Yourself from a
Today’s tablets and smartphones allow you to take your work anywhere and everywhere, including more...
2012-05-28 - 12 Top tip for protecting your data
At Computer Troubleshooters we are always seeing situations where data loss has been experienced and more...
2012-05-14 - Your Computer - Virtually
Once upon a time, large corporations began moving away from mainframe-based systems and started usin more...
2012-04-10 - Essential Tips for Internet Access when Travelling Overseas
Increasingly we are looking for access to the internet & our email when we are travelling outsid more...
2012-03-08 - How to prepare your business for Cloud Computing
The IT industry may shout that Cloud Computing is the way of the future and that all businesses shou more...
2012-02-28 - Is your business ready for Cloud Computing
Cloud computing seem to be the buzz words on every small business owners lips when they ask about th more...
2012-02-22 - 5 Good Reasons your business needs an IT Audit
"IT Audit" sounds bad, like hard work, & something you wouldn't sign up for. But an IT more...
2012-02-07 - Google changes privacy policy and search result rankings
Increasingly Business in Australia is reliant on a the web to generate sales and leads through their more...
2012-01-30 - MYOB - logo missing on invoices ? How to fix
Have you lost your logo in MYOB – on your invoices, statements, & logo’ed customised more...
2012-01-09 - Technology Predictions 2012
Each January, the I.T. industry reveals predictions for the upcoming year, so we’ve scoured th more...
2011-12-05 - Can my phone or tablet get a virus?
Smartphones and tablets are now Australia's fastest growing method of accessing the internet, but wi more...
2011-11-21 - Why your business should create a Google+ Page
With Google just releasing Google+ pages for businesses we wondered what all the fuss was about. The more...
2011-11-02 - How can the Internet really improve your business?
It’s widely accepted that now most business cannot operate without an internet connection. Eve more...
2011-10-19 - NBN Rollout 2011 - 28 locations
The NBN (National Broadband Network) announced the first 12 month NBN rollout schedule for the const more...
2011-10-05 - Online Scams & Email Hoaxes
With online access now the predominant communication method across the world it seems organised crim more...
2011-09-05 - 5 Thing to do BEFORE you lose you Tablet or Smartphone
Mobile computing gadgets are increasingly becoming an important way we communicate and store in more...
2011-08-08 - Microsoft Telephone Scam
URGENT!! WARNING OF “MICROSOFT“ COMPUTER SCAM BY TELEPHONE If you receive a tel more...
2011-08-02 - Home Office - Internet Security, Data Backup & Lifestyle
Again this month we look at the home office and what needs to be done to get a great IT network envi more...
2011-07-07 - Home Office - 5 Tips for Home Office Networks
The growth of high speed broadband in Australia over the last 5 years has meant that many businesses more...
2011-06-06 - Is the internet running out of room? IPv6 a sure thing
Recent news reports have surfaced about the internet running out of space. I.T. people have known ab more...
2011-05-25 - 2011 IT Tax Tips
As the end of the Financial Year 2010/11 approaches we are starting to think of ways of ensuring our more...
2011-05-04 - Watch out, bots – here comes the FBI!
The Federal Bureau of Investigation wants access to computers in the United States, but this might b more...
2011-04-07 - Does your Business need an iPad or Computer Tablet?
Apple’s much hyped iPad gave a boost to a now thriving ‘tablet computing’ industry more...
2011-03-07 - Business Continuity Planning BCP
Recent events across Australia such as the Brisbane floods & cylone Yassi along with the the tra more...
2011-03-07 - 5 Reasons your business needs an IT Audit
Have you ever reviewed what your business has in place for IT systems ? Have you built your bu more...
2011-02-15 - Dinner Party Facts
Our Partners at Powerbuy.com.au (if you are a small business they can save you big $$$) recently put more...
2011-02-03 - Safer Internet Day
As our children grow up in the presence of the Internet, computer skills have become as fundamental more...
2011-01-07 - IT Industry’s Tips for 2011
In January 2010, we revealed your list of technology needs for the upcoming year. You said you&rsquo more...
2010-12-03 - What you need to know about Google’s latest change
Google has recently completed the biggest change to its service in at least 5 years. This will impac more...
2010-11-29 - New ransom virus encrypts your files unless you pay $120
Details of a new virus spreading through PDF files, that renders your information unreadable un more...
2010-11-10 - IS Microsoft Calling You?
If you answered your phone and it was Microsoft, telling you that your computer had a problem and th more...
2010-10-07 - Clean your Microsoft Windows
Remember when your computer was shiny and new? Windows ran smoothly, applications opened fast and er more...
2010-09-06 - Are you an accidental spammer?
If you were looking to employ someone, you’d carefully check their reputation and their refere more...
2010-08-19 - Cyber Blackmail gets Personal
The fight against internet threats seems to have taken a turn for the worse with increasing reports more...
2010-08-09 - Technology - when you Start a new Business
If you’re thinking about starting a business, then technology might be the very last considera more...
2010-06-22 - Microsoft Office 2010 what's new?
Microsoft’s release of Office 2010 has been somewhat overshadowed by the recent Apple iPad rel more...
2010-06-04 - IT Tax Tips 2010
As the end of the Financial Year 2009/10 approaches we are starting to think of ways of ensuring our more...
2010-05-07 - What does your website say about you?
First impressions count and today it’s likely that the first impression of your business will more...
2010-04-06 - 5 things YOU must know about your business’s computers
Isn’t it great to know that your business’s computers are in the hands of an expert? You more...
2010-03-09 - How to tame your Email Inbox
Once upon a time we managed our lives and ran our businesses without email. In the 1960s and 1970s, more...
2010-03-02 - Triple Crown for IT Support Franchise
Growth in IT has been hard to find in recent years. The inclusion of Computer Troubleshooters in the more...
2010-02-09 - 10 things you must know before buying an iPad
With much fanfare, Apple has now unveiled its ‘iPad’ computer. Weighing 1.5 pounds and b more...
2010-01-27 - Your Business IT in 2010
At this time of year, many technology experts unleash their predictions for the next 12 months. Ins more...
2009-12-10 - New Years IT Planning
As we start winding down 2009, it’s time to start thinking about plans for the year to come. F more...
2009-12-07 - Windows 7 a winner with Techs
On October 22nd Microsoft launched its Windows 7 Operating System, with all the fanfare and media at more...
2009-11-11 - Telecommuting - Your Office away from the Office
Albert Einstein said “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we crea more...
2009-10-18 - Microsoft Windows 7 is here!
From late October 2009, new computers will start to ship with Windows 7, the latest operating more...
2009-09-09 - Social Networking - How to get started
Social media allows users to interact with each other and discuss shared interests. Popular social m more...
2009-08-10 - Email Marketing made easy
Most business owners would agree that it’s easier to provide more solutions to an existing cli more...
2009-07-09 - Anti-virus Sofware - what's the best ?
We often get asked “what’s the best anti-virus software?” however that’s lik more...
2009-06-12 - What is a virtual Server?
Did you know that you can have all of the business benefits of a server, without physically owning a more...
2009-05-26 - Why you need a Firewall
Did you know that when your computer is connected to the internet, it has over 131,000 ‘ports& more...
2009-04-26 - IT TAX TIPS
As the end of the Financial Year approaches we are often thinking of ways of ensuring our business i more...
2009-04-17 - The Ten Technology Basics
Technology is always changing and evolving, but most businesses can’t afford to keep pace with more...
2009-03-11 - Cyber-bullying
School-aged children quickly learn to make friends, display preferences and establish their own soci more...
2009-02-05 - New Year - New Computer Problems
This month we continue our advice on technology’s little hassles, with a few more areas that c more...
2009-01-19 - New Year - New Office
Often technology’s little problems or hassles are ‘put up with’, instead of being more...
2008-12-09 - Email Virus or Season Greeting?
If an email arrives in your inbox, claiming to be an electronic greeting card from a friend or famil more...
2008-11-12 - Social Networking or Cyber Bludging ?
MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Nexopia, Hi5, Skyrock and Friendster are common examples of online comm more...
2008-10-13 - Is your Laptop Painful ?
In the past, the use of laptop computers was reserved for selected, special people in the corporate more...
2008-09-11 - Time to upgrade to a Server ?
When a business consists of more than one person, questions arise about how to share critical busine more...
2008-08-08 - Domain Names, Websites, & Email - Help ?
If you have a presence on the internet (or if you are considering it) then having your own internet more...
2008-07-04 - Technology Moved
Moving into a different house or office can be very stressful, though many moving companies offer pr more...
2008-06-03 - Computer Hard Drive Storage & Speed
You can guarantee that technology is always changing and always improving. This is particularly more...
2008-05-05 - Spam Prevention & Computer Protection
‘Spam’ (also called unsolicited commercial e-mail) can just seem like an annoyance, but more...
2008-04-17 - Google Ranking Factors
In my opinion, these are Google's most important ranking factors. Some of these may or may not be ac more...
2008-04-07 - Be found on the Internet
The internet continues to rise in popularity as a resource for people to research and source product more...
2008-03-06 - Electricity – Fried or Foe?
Most technology depends on a clean, uninterrupted supply of electricity. Unfortunately, inconsi more...
2008-02-06 - Staying Connected
Do you expect your internet connection to work when you want to use it? Do you depend on this c more...
2008-01-14 - Life without your computer
Many people wait until that fateful day when their computer crashes and then they suffer the consequ more...
2007-12-10 - Happy E-Greetings!
As e-mail is more widely accepted as a communication method for doing business, it is also more comm more...
2007-11-06 - Passwords
Passwords are your keys to accessing electronically stored information. In many cases you may n more...
2007-10-04 - Onboard the Universal Serial Bus
Universal Serial Bus (or USB) has rapidly become the standard for connecting devices to your compute more...
2007-09-06 - Technology Questions
Asking for the price of a new computer is like asking the price of a car. Although all cars have fou more...
2007-06-07 - Consumer Reports Survey
Consumer Reports surveyed over 23,000 computer users and created a picture of what computer support more...
2007-05-08 - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Part 2)
Last month we looked at how we could reduce the environmental impact of our technology usage. more...
2007-04-09 - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Have you ever wondered how we are impacting the environment through our growing reliance on technolo more...
2007-03-04 - Troubleshooting your computer
How do you diagnose computer problems and know when to call in a professional? more...
2007-01-31 - TOP 5 TIPS
HOW DO I KEEP MY COMPUTER(S) RUNNING AT OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; Firewalls, anti-virius, antispywar more...
2006-12-06 - Expert Consensus on Top IT controls for Small Business
A recent worldwide survey conducted by a group of acedemics from St. Cloud State University, USA, ha more...
2006-12-06 - Are you ready for Microsoft Vista ?
Half of American Business PCs Can't Run VistaREVIEW DATE: 05-DEC-2006By Peter GalliAbout half of the more...
2006-11-27 - 2006 Asia Pacific Conference - Melbourne
Our 2006 Asia Pacific Conference was huge success attended by over 60 franchisee from Australia, New more...
2006-10-19 - Computer Troubleshooters Leads the Way
"Troubleshooters looks to SMB: Computer Troubleshooters will increasingly shift away from more...