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Has Internet Explorer stopped working on your computer?

Norton LiveUpdate

A recent update to Norton 360 and Norton Internet Security may have been the cause of such an issue. Norton has released an update to the problem and has documented this solution. To correct this error, you may need to apply the latest Norton 360 updates to your computer. Here’s how to do this: Start […]

Five tips to be cyclone and storm ready with your technology

Five tips for be cyclone and storm ready with your technology

With Cyclone Marsha and heavy storming weather on its way to South East Queensland, we thought that we would share some tips to ensure you are ready and prepared in case of emergency. Install and have appropriate hardware protection Along with circuit breakers to protect your home or office premises, we suggest that all businesses […]

Get Microsoft Office free on your mobile or tablet

Get Microsoft Office free on your mobile or tablet

Do you have a mobile device and wish to open and work on Microsoft Office documents? We have great news to share. Microsoft has recently introduced free mobile apps of Microsoft Office which can be easily used on tablet and mobile phone devices including Apple iPad and iPhone, Android tablet and phone and Windows Phone to complement […]

Ask CyberGuru: What type of printer do you suggest I buy?

Ask CyberGuru

In the latest in our Ask CyberGuru series of articles, we are asked “I am looking for a printer for my home office to print documents. What printer would suit my needs? Are the cheap ones available at (insert retail store name) going to last? What type of printer should I buy?”. When comparing printers, […]

Enhance the look of your documents

Enhance the look of your documents

Looking for ways to make your documents look great? There are some new impressive ways in which you can improve their look if you are running Microsoft Office 2010 or Microsoft Office 2013. One of the long-standing ways available within Microsoft Office is the use of Clipart, this has been improved with Online Pictures. Microsoft […]

Microsoft silently ends mainstream support for Windows 7

Windows 7

Mainstream support silently ended for Windows 7 on 13 January 2015. Whilst this hasn’t made the headlines as did the end of Windows XP’s support in April last year, where businesses were required to perform considerable upgrades to their computer’s hardware and software, it is a significant milestone to understand in terms of Microsoft’s support […]

Top 5 CyberGuru blog articles for 2014

Top 5 CyberGuru blog articles for 2014

Happy new year! CyberGuru has recently received the “Your 2014 year in Blogging” report provided by JetPack. JetPack is a plugin for WordPress, our website content management system that provides statistics and other valuable information about the running of our website. We thought for the first blog article for 2015, that we would share the top […]

Think before you click – the increase of ransomware

Think before you click - the increase of ransomware

We have recently become aware of a few unfortunate cases of ransomware, where users’ data is taken at ransom due simply by clicking a link and opening a malicious attachment from an unsuspecting website. Whilst it shares some similarities to some types of malware including trojan horses and phishing, it requires the individual or organisation […]

Critical WordPress updates are required on your website – upgrade to the latest version!

WordPress

We are in the process of contacting all of our website design clients for whom we developed your websites for. Most websites that we have developed in recently years are maintained in a content management system known as WordPress. WordPress has recently released version 4.0, and more recently, version 4.0.1 Security Release which is a critical […]