Author: Christine Betterton-Jones
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Malware (Malicious Software) – it’s all over the place!
Malware (Malicious Software) is “software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system.” It can harm us in many ways – both directly when it infects our devices and through major attacks on … Read more
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How Malware (Malicious Software) can harm you
Last week, we learned about today’s huge global scamming industry. However, scamming isn’t the only threat we face. Malware has also evolved rapidly, becoming more sophisticated and widespread. This Thursday, March 13, we’ll explore how modern malware can infiltrate your … Read more
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The International Scamming Industry – It’s bigger than you realise.
The February 8 – 15 edition of “The Economist” magazine ran a leader and briefing about the international scamming industry and how it works. The investigation, called “Scam Inc” was carried out by Sue-Lin Wong, the Economist’s SE … Read more
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The scamming business – It’s bigger and more sophisticated than you realise.
The Economist recently ran articles and a podcast series (Scam Inc) investigating the fast-growing international scamming business which is capable of duping bankers to bankrupt themselves. As AI tools become more powerful, scams will become even more convincing. This Thursday, … Read more
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LibreOffice: a powerful substitute for MS Office, and it’s free
On Thursday 20 February, we looked at the latest version of LibreOffice – This is “a private, free and open source office suite – the successor project to OpenOffice. It’s compatible with Microsoft Office/365 files (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, … Read more
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Getting the best out of LibreOffice
LibreOffice is a free, open-source office suite replacement for Microsoft Office/365, based on OpenOffice (no longer supported). It is fully featured with a word processor, presentation, spreadsheet, database, maths, and drawing programs. Like all powerful software, it can be tricky … Read more
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Quantum Computing – an introduction
On Thursday February 6 and 13, 2025, Peter Breger gave a series of presentations. The first was on the history of computing leading up to quantum computers. The second focused on Quantum computing and its current status. Here is a … Read more
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Quantum Computing – Part 2
Last Thursday, Peter Breger explained the history of computers from counting with fingers, through the abacus, cogs and wheels and mechanical calculators, to analogue and digital computers and now the revolutionary technology, Quantum Computers. This Thursday, February 13 we will … Read more
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Quantum Computing (Part one of two)
This Thursday, February 6th Peter Breger will explain how computing aids have been shaped by our needs to do arithmetic, mathematics and technology through the ages. In the International Quantum year 2025, we look at how computers have changed throughout … Read more
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We all agreed – privacy is impossible (unless you are a hermit on a desert island, without a smartphone)
On Thursday, January 30th we discussed if privacy was possible in this connected age and agreed it wasn’t unless you live in complete isolation without any contact with the outside world. January 28th was Data Privacy Day . The article … Read more