HP is recalling more than 3,000 rechargeable battery packs used in laptop computers due to a potential fire hazard. The voluntary recall comes after the company received reports that a fault in the lithium-ion battery pack could cause it to overheat. HP Australia estimates 3,405 potentially affected battery packs have been sold in Australia. There…
Free search engine (SEO) tips from Google for small business
I’m going to keep this post brief so you can just get straight to the video on YouTube and watch. Matt Cutts from Google gives you his search engine optimization tips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gscFgaMTm48 -SCuffy
Update on Support On Click – Police alert to Scam
It’s official – the Queensland state Police have investigated complaints and found the Support On Click offering is a scam (when they call and pretend to be Microsoft). Here is the official press release, with a link to the police website:http://www.police.qld.gov.au/News+and+Alerts/Media+Releases/2009/04/New+scam+targets+computer+users.htm The Queensland Police Service has issued a warning about a new scam targeting computer users.…
Support On Click (aka reading the fine print)
It’s that time of the night (usually around 6:30pm) and the phone rings. A lovely Indian voice from Support On Click tells you that your computer has serious problems which must be fixed by paying them a subscription fee for a remote support session. Would you be suspicious? What if the caller told you that…
MYOB pictures on email & pdf forms
OK, let’s ignore how long it’s been since my last post and just rejoice that due to my great filing system I managed to find my wordpress login details 🙂 Strangest thing in MYOB accounting software – customise a form and insert your own picture/graphic (eg company logo), use the ‘Send to email’ or ‘Send to…
HTC Touch Pro plays up …
No, not the ‘naughty child hiding your car keys’ playing up, but an ominous ‘reboot loop’ playing up on any inbound or outbound phone call connection. Had I managed to get a dud? Thanks to the google search of a friend, a hard reset was attempted (after the usual I.T. trick didnt work of removing…