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New Azure sizes as Microsoft ramps up the marketing Microsoft adverts are everywhere at the moment, promoting Surface devices as a seasonal purchase for power and creative users. And the company is also heavily promoting its Azure cloud services, with the suggestion that Microsoft’s cloud is better

New Touch Bar MacBook Pro outsells all other notebooks They say innovation is dead when it comes to PCs and notebooks. All most of us get is a slightly faster processor every couple of years during the office upgrade, and not enough graphical grunt to play the

New Windows 10 threat revealed by Google While the technology giants are at each other’s throats when it comes to selling hardware and services, the companies have a common enemy in security threats. So, quite often, one company will discover an issue in another’s software. Late in

Apple and Microsoft unveil hot new hardware The seasonal autumn hardware refresh is upon us, with technology companies showing off their new PCs as if they were catwalk models. If your office is ready for an update this Autumn, Apple and Microsoft have just the products to

The pros and cons of Microsoft Azure Microsoft Azure launched as Windows Azure in 2010 before going on to be re-christened Microsoft Azure in March, 2014. It is a cloud computing platform designed to help in building, deploying and running applications and services, aided by Microsoft accommodated

How to support a mobile workforce It is well known that the best way to engage an employee is to allow more control over where and when they work. This change in employer mentality has resulted in a vast increase in full-time employees working from home. So

Get the free upgrade to MacOS Sierra Apple has ditched the “X” from its desktop operating system, but otherwise it is business as usual as the company brings its iOS mobile features to its line up of computers. The new MacOS Sierra will install and run on

New range of Macs to be unveiled this month Apple’s major annual iPhone smartphone launch event is done and dusted, clearing the way for the Mac line up refresh, which is set to be announced later this month. For those with an older Mac, struggling with an

Whaling – hacking minds, not computers While the cyber-security industry is dead certain that ransomware is on the rise, a similar tactic that doesn’t rely on exploiting network security, but the heads of employees, is also seeing an increase. Whaling, a type of business email compromise, is

Rise in ransomware shows anyone can be affected Based on information from a recent Freedom of Information request survey, it transpires that many of Britain’s universities and health institutions are frequent targets for ransomware demands (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37166545). That may be down to the large student populations, many of