tech talk

What a mess. Hackers (or maybe a single hacker) have got into Optus data here in Australia and stolen the personal details of up to 9.8 million past and present customers. The stolen data includes full names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, home addresses, also passport...

I got an email, supposedly Tesco, £500, I'm a customer signed up for club card etc. Opened it, and straight away it didn't seem right, (looked liike it was from them), did a quick google found this:- https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/tesco-scam-could-empty-your-27297510 O.K. the article is dated...

I don't know exactly what is going on but was having a wander around town and decided to view AccyWeb on the Tapa Talk app, I'm always logged in on that as well as this site. up came AccyWeb's welcome screen and this time it asked me to log in. I did so and instead of logging me in a message...

It’s seems a while since this sort of thing was mentioned on Accyweb and although most of you will be aware of it already as it has been around for a long time, I thought I would bring it up again as there seems to be more of it lately. A timely reminder, if I may mention it, of how diligent we...

Just bought this and cannot get it working anyone know who I can contact to sort it out without having to pay a fortune. Been quoted £80 by Curry's team, I cannot afford that

does anyone on accyweb use or considered using (hide my ip) does it work, is it safe to use, are there any pit falls in the use of

Are WebEx and GoToMeeting defined as Web conferencing technologies or video conferencing? Both are quite popular, and the video conferencing capabilities of these tools are improving. Which of these 2 produce high-quality images, sound and overall reliable communications?

I have a question about website latency, is it true that a one second delay in page load speed causes an average 7% drop in conversion, 11% drop in page views and 16% drop in customer satisfaction? this is for e-commerce sites. How do you reduce latency and speed up content delivery?If you have...

Hi, guys! Maybe some of you have heard about Samsung Note 7 battery issue. I was about to get mine last week but I heard about the news. Can you suggest a better option? I don't like iPhone for the meantime. I would perhaps go for HTC or Lenovo or LG.

Today I have tried to Google something and got the message that it is an untrusted connection. I am currently using Firefox as my preferred browser I also cannot access my Flickr account because I get the same message. Is anyone else having the same problem? Is there anything I can do to remedy...

Yesterday i received a email from Australian Consumer Protection regarding the Windows 10 system. It could be of interest to someone waiting to download The link to the email is below. http:/t.co/v3sV81A2Mq

A vulnerability has been detected in Android which can result in a compromise of your contact data. It works through your phone's automatic retrieval of MMS messages. What you need to do: On the lookout blog there's a link to their Stagefright detector at the play store. Install it, run it...

Anyone troubleshoot this problem that real player won't download files off You Tube with Windows 8.1. When I try it just comes up with "Unable to Download" and has since day one.

Microsoft are offering a free upgrade to Windows 10 from W7 & W8, even if you are using a pirated copy (you naughty people). Available for 12 months from it`s release, I`ve been able to avoid W8 but I might give it a go seen as it`s free. "Free Upgrade...

I'm in a library not Accy - but the system is blocking me from going into the General Chat forum here due to "unsuitable subject matter" - this is a recent thing and for years I used the same library and no problem. i can access any other subject or thread but this one.

Recently bought a 27" 144hz monitor for gaming and today my 3D vision 2 glasses turned up. End of the setup I am asked what do I see in this mess of dots. It gives you a choice the mess or the mess with a square. I chose mess and I got this " 3D health test failed please see an eye doctor 3D...

turned my little laptop on the other day and my screen has gone funny, i think it might be the pixels but it may be something else, can anyone please give me some advice thankyou pic might be a bit naff cos i cant actually see it properly

I cannot delete or edit addresses in my contacts list. A popup tells me to contact my server. There is no clear-cut advice via Google. There is a very expensive non-=Yahoo helpline. Anyone got a useful number or other advice?

Every time I switch on my computer I get these annoying adverts(in Spanish cos I live in Spain!)and I have to delete them before I can get into my home page.Can anyone tell me in simple terms how to get rid of them please? Permanently!

Whenever I click on one of the thumbnails the window appears and the "clock" spins - and spins and spins but the enlargement of the thumbnail does not appear. Has anyone got any suggestions?