Keeping your online storage secure

Whether it’s your pics, your financial information or just your favourite funny cat videos you are storing online, you need to take steps to keep your data safe. Here are some tips to keep you, and your info, safe from the hackers: Keep your password secure. Change your password regularly and don’t use the same password across multiple websites. If hackers crack one password it’s a pain, but if they access all your online accounts it can be a nightmare. As many sites use your email as a login ID,…

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On Line File Storage

What is online storage? Online storage systems, or “cloud” services as they’re also known, alllow you to store digital media online by uploading it through your computer or mobile device. Though transferred and accessible at any time via the web, the data is actually physically held on mammoth servers owned by whoever provides the partcular service you use (Google, Microsoft etc). Are they safe? The biggest issue with using cloud storage is data security, as you are relying on the service to keep your files and documents secure. If your…

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Alexander Fleming

ARTICLE SOURCE & MORE INFO AT: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fleming Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist. His best-known discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the world’s first antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium notatum in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy. Fleming was knighted for his scientific achievements in…

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Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone and founding the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885. Bell’s father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell’s life’s work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S.…

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SNP – The alternative to Osborne’s failed austerity project

“From the SNP benches in the House of Commons, where the real opposition sits, we will hold the Chancellor, the Tories and their government to account. We will offer an alternative vision – an economic plan based around investment in education; internationalisation; innovation; and inclusive growth.” Stewart Hosie MP – SNP Depute Leader and Economy Spokesperson in Westminster – blogs ahead of the budget. http://www.snp.org/the_alternative_to_osborne_s_failed_austerity_project “From the SNP benches in the House of Commons, where the real opposition sits, we will hold the Chancellor, the Tories… Posted by Scottish National…

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Nicola Sturgeon’s Conference Address March 2016

Scottish National Party (SNP) Nicola Sturgeon’s Conference Address was packed with announcements. Here are just some of the highlights. [facebook=’https://www.facebook.com/theSNP/posts/10154084339939078′ width=’400′ ] Nicola Sturgeon’s Conference Address was packed with announcements. Here are just some of the highlights. Posted by Scottish National Party (SNP) on Saturday, March 12, 2016

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Tech News & Info Websites

BBC CLICK >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9ry BBC WEBWISE >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/0/ INFORMATION COMMISSIONERS OFFICE (ICO) >> https://ico.org.uk/ The ICO is the UK’s independent body set up to uphold information rights. Find out more about our organisation and structure. WEB 100 – list of top websites. >> http://www.web100.com/category/web-100/ THE GADGET SHOW (Channel 5) >> http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-gadget-show GET SAFE ONLINE >> https://www.getsafeonline.org/ LIST OF IOS DEVICES & INFO >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iOS_devices#iPad

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Microsoft Surface Pro 3

Work anywhere Multi-position Kickstand The integrated Kickstand now features multiple positions so you can work comfortably whether you’re on the plane, at your desk or in front of the television. With the Kickstand, optional click-in keyboard, and multiple ports (including full-size USB 3.0, Mini DisplayPort and microSD card reader), Surface Pro 3 delivers the power, portability and productivity you need.

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Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions

Windows 10 is going to be the last major revision of the operating system. Jerry Nixon, a Microsoft development executive, said in a conference speech this week that Windows 10 would be the “last version” of the dominant desktop software. His comments were echoed by Microsoft which said it would update Windows in future in an “ongoing manner”. Instead of new stand-alone versions, Windows 10 would be improved in regular instalments, the firm said. Mr Nixon made his comments during Microsoft’s Ignite conference held in Chicago this week. In a…

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Election 2015: SNP wins 56 of 59 seats in Scots landslide

Election 2015: SNP wins 56 of 59 seats in Scots landslide http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-scotland-32635871   The SNP has recorded a historic landslide general election victory in Scotland, winning 56 out of 59 seats. Labour has been left with just one MP north of the border, but its Scottish leader Jim Murphy, who lost his seat, said he would continue in his post. The Liberal Democrats lost 10 seats with only Alistair Carmichael holding on in Orkney and Shetland. The Conservatives held Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale – the other seat to withstand the…

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