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10 things you can do to improve your computer’s security

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Check out our latest blog on securing your network and computers... http://www.colins-it.co.uk/blog/?p=166

all you ever wanted to know about the new iPhone 5

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Do you want the break down of the brand new iPhone 5. Read our blog article here...  http://www.colins-it.co.uk/blog/?p=146 Have you bought yours yet? Have a great day :-)

Microsoft Excel 2010 short-cuts & Free training

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11 reasons to consider upgrading to Windows Server 2012

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Our latest blog post can be read here... http://www.colins-it.co.uk/blog/?p=123

Best practices for network security

Latest blog post just hit the street...  http://www.colins-it.co.uk/blog/?p=121

a day in the life of a network engineer...

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check out our latest blog article here... http://www.colins-it.co.uk/blog/?p=98

Free Anti-virus vs Paid anti-virus

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Do you remember those days when you used to go in to a pub with your friends or colleagues and you would be asked if you could leave your credit card behind the bar so that they could keep a tab for you? I remember it anyway!!  How trusting were we? We wouldn’t entertain the idea today such is as our risk averse nature. It would appear that our fears are justified however. Over £530 million pounds a year in the UK falls foul to credit card fraud and a big chunk of this is through on line fraud i.e. somebody accessing your personal details on your computer without your consent. So how do we guard against this? Well normally we download anti virus software and then don’t give it too much thought thereafter. But which software? There is a big choice out there in terms of anti virus software and some of it is free so it’s a no-brainer isn’t it ? Just download the free one….Now we all like something that is free but will it do the job you are expecting it to do? Let’s have a qui...