There’s a new scam making the rounds, and it has some unusual features. It’s commonly called the Laryngitis Scam, and it bypasses a lot of the useful tips I gave in the previous article about detecting the difference between real and scam emails. It’s worth learning about, because there’s no …
For as long as we’ve had technology, we’ve had scammers. Crooks have been fooling people since the invention of writing on clay tablets, and many of the modern email scams aren’t much more advanced than that. I’m talking here about our good friends the Nigerian scammers. These don’t always come …
As I write this, the deadline for upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is only a week away, and people are asking what they can do. To save a little typing, here are my answers in an easy-to-find form. Share and enjoy! The Problem When Microsoft came out with …
Take a look at the bottom of your computer screen. If there’s a “dock” down there that wobbles when you mouse over it, you’re on a Macintosh and what follows is not your problem, so well done there. If there’s a pretty-coloured Windows button toward the middle of the task …
