Whilst we are used to hearing about computer viruses and I am aware of many people’s Windows computers that have been rendered practically useless due to adware / spyware installed from clicking on random (until the computer was wiped and the operating system reinstalled). It is one thing to have the inconvenience of having to […]

During last year I entered into the PA Consulting Raspberry Pi competition. The aim to “Make the world a better place” using the Raspberry Pi computer. My entry was the Kidsafe family Internet filter proxy. I reached the final which was held last week. I had a great day meeting the staff at PA Consulting […]

The LPI practice exams on PenguinTutor.com are periodically updated to keep the content fresh and relevant to those studying for the the lPIC exams. I do look for changes in the objectives and try and remove questions that are no longer relevant and add new questions to keep the quiz up-to-date. It has however been […]

An essential part of computer security is to always lock your computer whenever you leave it. It only takes a couple of minutes with your back turned for someone to access your personal information or change your Facebook status (frape). Logging out can be a bit of a pain, so luckily there is a quick […]

In the good old days of wireless networking the world was a wonderful place. You bought a wireless router plugged it into your broadband and it just worked. There was an issue of not enabling security, but that just made it easier for others to borrow your network (good or bad depends upon your personal […]

I’ve had a couple of minor issues with my new Dell Inspiron Laptop. These have been resolved now, but I must say that I was a bit uncertain about how well the help desk would handle my request after my previous bad experience with the Dell helpdesk. The issues: missing anti-virus software license and invalid […]

Unfortunately my website watkissonline.co.uk went offline for a few hours on Sunday due to a bandwidth exceeded issue. I’ve already created a post about the problem I’ve had with low cost hosting issues with bandwidth exceeded. Whilst I still think it’s wrong to block a website in these circumstances I believe I’ve found the reason […]

There have been some rogue Facebook applications that are being used to gain access to information on individual’s profiles. The latest one has now been blocked, but I’m sure there will be more to follow: Security concerns over latest rogue Facebook app. The controls put in by Facebook to protect against these are that a […]

Sometimes you need to know your IP address. Sometimes it needs to be the real IP address that you appear as on the Internet and not just the fake one that your local router uses. An example is when I blocked access from visitors whilst upgrading my blog.

I’ve now completed a major reorganisation of the PenguinTutor web site. This is the most significant change to the site since it was launched in 2006. The first reason for the change is to reorganise the content. Although it appeared to make sense at the time some of the categories were not as logical as […]