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Chrome silently installs AI on your devices

Google Chrome is reaching into users’ machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. The fi...

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cPanel/WHM critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940)

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability, CVE-2026-41940, affects cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM). This flaw has ...

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Add email to iPhone

To connect cPanel email to your iPhone via IMAP, go to Settings > Mail > Accounts > Add Account > Other, the...

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Add email to Samsung Phone

Option A: Using the Gmail app (much better option) Open the Gmail app. Tap your profile picture in the top-right corner,...

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Critical Windows Vulnerability (CVE-2025-33053)

🔴 Rated 8.8/10 in severity – High risk! 🔴 Actively exploited by hackers (including the Stealth Falcon group) 🔴 Microsoft...

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Can Microsoft “Teams” be Hacked remotely ?

Hackers can remotely execute “cmd” commands on your P.C. via Teams chat! Skip to 16:20 on the video, to see the demo. If...

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Office365 Price Hikes – how do I avoid them ?

Here is a great explanation of what has happened, and how to make sure you are only buying what you want from Microsoft....

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AI is not open for copyright protection.

On Friday, a judge ruled that a piece of art created by AI is not open for copyright protection. “Human authorship is a ...

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Do I need a .au domain ?

Since March 2022, small businesses and individuals have been offered a new Australian domain name ending with just a sho...

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How safe is your password ?

When it comes to creating and using passwords we all want to have something easy to remember. But how easy are passwords...

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Have you been hacked?

533 Million facebook users have.. Check here to find if you are one of them.. Originally published 6 April 2021.

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Better than Photoshop ?

If you want a fast, reliable and ‘very close to photoshop’ image tool, Affinity photo is fantastic! It is currently on s...

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Free Stock Photo websites

Being that Getty Images just bought Unsplash, we thought this neat site would be useful for when you need free high qual...

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The hidden fingerprint in your photos

An article on the BBC website has pointed out how each camera sensor (including phone cameras) have slight imperfections...

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Bootstrap 4: align-self-center is your friend !

The “grid” is one of the core assets of Bootstrap 4 – time to take a closer look and understand how you may use it! Its ...

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Google releases datasetsearch..

For those who like to analyse the market before diving into a new venture or marketing strategy, Google have released da...

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Joomla 4 is nearly here !

Here’s what’s coming in Joomla 4: Install Joomla in the blink of an eye: an easiest, fastest and more user f...

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WiFi is hacked !

Today is being called “Black Monday” in many information security circles. We have had a major Wi-Fi vulnerability annou...

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Setting up email..

Setting for email can be a tricky thing with all the different email clients out there. Here is a quick guide. The best ...

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Joomla! 3.5 – new features including PHP 7 Support – awesome!

Joomla! 3.5 is here, with PHP 7 support and a long list of quality-of-life improvements: Download system & environme...

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Firefox not loading websites after 28 January update? – fixed

I use Mozilla Firefox at work and home. But it stopped loading websites at 1.10pm Wed 28th Jan 2016, after an auto updat...

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PC On a Stick with Windows 10 !!

Transform any HDMI monitor or TV into a computer with the Intel® Compute Stick complete with a quad-core Intel® Atom™ pr...

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Google Face Recognition app not allowed in EU

“The social network is taking facial recognition very seriously and announced earlier this year that its DeepFace AI sys...

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No stopping the Eternal Camera!

A camera powered by the light it uses to take pictures has been invented by American scientists. Theoretically the self-...

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Google Shakes Up Mobile Search

Google is going to factor in Mobile Responsive site templates in its search results from next week. Its probably a good ...

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Joomla 3.4 is here!

Joomla 3.4 introduces new features – improved front end module editing, composer integration, Google new reCaptcha, Uplo...

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Adobe Flash exploits – UPDATE NOW.

“Two days after reports of yet another zero day vulnerability surfacing in Adobe’s Flash Player software, the company ha...

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Patreon.com – an interesting way to fund an artist!

I discovered this website today via a music artist who I think is an excellent young composer and performer… Patreon all...

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Our first Google Play app goes live

We converted our iPhone app to the Google Play Store format, for android users, and it has just been accepted for distri...

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Opencart 2.0 released.

The latest version of Opencart has been released and is looking Good – fully Responsive default template, and easier to ...

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Shell Shock: Bash bug hits the internet

Shell Shock: Bash bug is labelled the largest ever to hit the internet. However, our Helpwise web servers are patched an...

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Joomla 3.3.6 Released

Thanks to the hard work of our volunteer contributors, 9 bugs have been resolved with the 3.3.6 release. See the Joomla!...

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OpenCart 1.5.6.4 Released

Not a huge release, but fixes some issues that came with .2 and .3 releases. 1.5.6.3 added measures to detect viruses in...

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Joomla 3.3.0 Stable has been released

The Joomla! Project and the Production Leadership Team are proud to announce the release of Joomla! 3.2.4 and 3.3, the l...

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HeartBleed? – Not Here!

Technically, Heartbleed is a security bug in the open-source OpenSSL cryptography library, which is widely used to imple...

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