Dom’s Digest 18-09-2018
This Week’s Dom’s DigestHey everyone, Here is the latest Dom’s Digest. A quick snapshot list of interesting stuff I’m enjoying or thinking about right now… Hopefully something here will be helpful to you as well! Enjoy! Book I’m Reading!The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams. Scott is the creator of the popular cartoon, Dilbert and it turns […]
Dom’s Digest 11-09-2018
This Week’s Dom’s DigestHere is your current Dom’s Digest. A quick snapshot list of interesting stuff I’m enjoying or thinking about right now… Gadget I’m Loving!RocketBook Notepad and App. I use the A4 version of this as my main notebook. The ability to be able to erase mistakes easily with a Pilot Frixion pen or […]
The CryptoLocker Epidemic [VIDEO]
It’s far too easy to take your data for granted, but how would you cope if you were to walk into work one morning to find that all of your data was gone? Fire, theft, hard drive failure and cyber-attacks are only a small selection of hazards which can completely erase an ill-prepared company overnight. […]
Criminals winning ‘cyber arms race’ – National Crime Agency
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36731694 Businesses and law enforcement agencies are losing the “cyber arms race” with online criminals, the UK’s National Crime Agency has warned. The technical capabilities of criminal gangs are outpacing the UK’s ability to deal with their threat, the NCA added. It said there were 2.46 million “cyber incidents” last year, including 700,000 frauds […]
Beware: Computer support fraud – a new twist
First reported by By Jess Bown (Jun 23, 2016) via money.aol.co.uk. This week, a new scam targeting internet users with fake tech support services. How does it work? Fraudsters have found a new way to persuade internet users to part with their hard-earned cash: by posing as legitimate internet service providers – offering bogus tech […]
10 Tricks That Can Make Anyone An Excel Expert
One of our support team was on a call this week with a business owner that was having a bit of a nightmare with Excel. Turns out we found a solution using a few tricks that sorted things out in a jiffy, and it made me think… why not share some of these ‘tricks’ with […]
Beware – Ransomware is out there!
Below is some vitally important information taken from the Norton website, about the latest cyber-crime that is sweeping the world… The latest spin on a ransom note isn’t composed of letters clipped out of a newspaper. Increasingly, criminals are unleashing brash attacks on your PC and its data through a type of malicious software called […]
Who doesn’t love a freebie?
Keeping your PC and computer system backed up, secure, and fully functioning can be expensive. There are a multitude of packages and software that helps protect against malware, backs up data, loads multimedia, modifies images and much more. But you can get these programs without breaking the bank. We’ve made a list of the top […]
What ‘Mom vs Triplets + Toddler’ Can Teach Us About Business
You may have seen this video doing the rounds recently. The video, titled: Mom vs Triplets + Toddler, gives us a glimpse of a Mother’s manic bedtime routine with her four adorably cheeky kids. If you haven’t seen this video yet, where have you been? Since the video was posted on the 4th February, it’s […]
This made me smile
All the team here at Barton Technology work extra hard to ensure the I.T. Support Service we offer is second to none. So you can imagine my face when I received the following news by phone last week: “Hi Dominic, it’s David here from Network Computing Magazine. I’ve got some fantastic news for you. I’m […]