Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Supportedge will be closed over the holiday season. We will be closing on the 23rd December and commencing business as usual Monday the 4th of January.

Can’t wait to hear from you all in the New Year

A group of MIT students conducted a study on the effectiveness of tinfoil hats blocking radio frequencies. The students came up with three hat designs, the Classical, the Fez and the Centurion all using two layers of aluminum foil. The group of students carried out various tests on a group of four individuals using a $250,000 network analyzer. The group of MIT students found that instead of actually blocking various radio frequencies the tinfoil hats actually amplified these radio waves by 30 or 20 dB depending on the wave frequency that is being produced.

A virus is going around disguised in emails addressing banking transactions. This virus is being attached to these emails in either a word document or a zip file. If you receive an email regarding banking transactions DO NOT open/download any attached files or documents. This particular type of virus only harms windows operating systems doesn’t harm Macintosh hence why the screen shot below is from a mac. If you have downloaded or opened a file or document that looks similar to the one below please feel free to give us a call.

If you have been noticing a Windows 10 alert in the bottom right hand corner of your computer screen there is no need to fear. This is not a virus nor is it malware, it has actually been added to the Windows operating system through an update by Microsoft. By following the popup and registering, you will be able to have Windows 10 installed on your computer for free.

Do take in mind that Windows 10 is still a new operating system, and if you already have Windows 7 or 8.1, you may encounter technical problems. For this reason we do not recommend that you install Windows 10 on your computer. However, if  you are certain that you would like to go down the path of having Windows 10, we at Supportedge would be more than happy to give you the support and guidance that you will need.

Our office will be closed from Saturday 20th December, 2014 to Sunday 4^th January, 2015. Have a safe holiday!

Telstra’s forgotten pay phone booths will be repurposed as Wi-Fi hot spots as part of a plan to blanket public spaces with internet. Read more about Tesltra’s project in this news.com.au article.

A recent piece of malware that aims to steal your online banking credentials revives a decade-old technique to install itself on your PC. Maintaining your cyber security will assist in preventing similar cyber attacks such as this. Read more about ‘Dridex’ in this computerworld article.

IBM and Twitter have announced a partnership involving the sharing of Twitter’s data with IBM for integration into IBM’s enterprise solutions, including IBM’s Watson-branded cognitive computing technology. Read more about the partnership and its implications in this techcrunch article.

Co-founder of Apple Steve Wozniak is to join UTS as an adjunct professor and becoming part of UTS’s ‘Magic Lab’, a hub for the university’s innovation and enterprise research. Read more about Mr. Wozniak in this Sydney Morning Herald article.

A Queensland steel company has paid $17,500 in damages following the discovery that they were using unlicensed versions of design software Autodesk and AutoCAD. Unlicensed software creates security risks and the risk of legal action for businesses. It is well worth using legal and licensed software despite the cost. Ask us more about switching to cloud software as an alternative to help keep your business compliant with the law. Read more about the case in this smartcompany article.