Although the Wifi in my office was registering nearly at full strength, I’d been finding that it was regularly cutting out, or drastically dropping in download speed. My router is two rooms and three walls away. The solution is to use what are known as Homeplugs; I’ve written about these before, but devolo, one of the bigger brands, has just sent me their latest model to try.
Ian Botham's spell of 5 for 1 at the Edgbaston 1981 Ashes
Provided that you are buying everyone a box of tissues, of course.
If your computer is at least four years old there is a good chance, unless it’s an Apple, that it is using the Windows XP operating system. If it is, then you need to do some thinking, because on 8th April Microsoft will stop their “support” for it, leaving your computer increasingly susceptible to attacks by malicious scoundrels from all over the world.
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Don’t panic; it will continue to work, just as before, it’s just that Microsoft will no longer be sending it monthly electronic repairs. This is a constant battle; the cyber-crooks are always searching for vulnerabilities in mass market software and when they find a crack in the defences they exploit it by sneaking something malicious through it. This might be to copy your passwords, or get into your emails, or worse. It’s very unwelcome, sometimes sinister, and always a nuisance.
@Webster007, April Oldie: The #NHS has 1million computers running XP & has to pay #Microsoft over £100 per machine keep them updated each yr
— The Oldie (@OldieMagazine) March 20, 2014
The classic Tony Hancock "Blood Donor" episode
You can give blood yourself: Click here
'Newspaper writers, especially over 50, often talk about how the internet is killing their industry.' @Webster007 begs to differ: March mag
— The Oldie (@OldieMagazine) February 25, 2014
