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• ***IMPORTANT*** Google & Hotmail targeted in e-mail scam!

  6/10/09

  Google's web-based e-mail system, Gmail, has been targeted as part of an "industry-wide phishing scheme".

  click for Gmail details      click for Hotmail details

• Windows 7, just around the corner!

  27/9/09.

  Windows 7 is complete. After previews and beta versions and then the Windows 7 Release Candidate, the Windows 7 team has decided that Windows 7 is ready to release. It is now on MSDN and TechNet, and is already with PC makers.

  Windows Technical Beta Program members will be getting their free Windows 7 in the next few days.

  This isn't the exact version of Windows 7 Ultimate that you'll get on a new PC, because there are still content deals for Media Center to lock down and it doesn't have the Windows 7 web browser ballot screen that users in Europe are likely to see when they set up a Windows 7 PC (new or upgraded).

  PC builders and laptop manufacturers will create their own Device Stage interfaces for some PCs and many more peripherals will have Device Stage interfaces by October.

  But this is the final code you'll be using from day to day - the last few bugs and the debug code of the Release Candidate are gone - and it's the first time we can tell whether Microsoft has delivered what Senior VP Steven Sinofsky promised last autumn: "Making Windows 7 compelling and easier to get used to."

  

  Windows 7 has to woo Windows XP users who have resisted Vista by offering performance and compatibility as well as extra features, and it has to entice Vista users who feel they should have had the performance and compatibility all along by convincing them that it's more than a service pack.

  And given how many people have tried out the pre-release versions of Windows 7, the RTM has to dot the i's, cross the t's and feel truly finished.

  It's a tall order. Can Windows 7 deliver all that, compete with OS X Snow Leopard and stave off the attack of Android and at the low end? Is it a Windows you'll actually want to use?

  Follow this link to read 18 reasons why you would want to upgrade. Windows 7

• More Internet issues in West Penwith

4/9/09.

There have been more internet issues in the West Country over the last week or so with users experiencing drop-offs in service as well as other issues. This has been due to a major issue with the primary MUX at the Bristol Exchange. This MUX services many of the counties in the South West region, so we have not been alone! It is reported that this issue has now been resolved.

• Internet issues in St. Ives and surrounding areas
  

  3/8/2008.

  Everyone has suffered with loss of Internet service in the area over the last couple of weeks. This was due to a massive MUX failure at the St. Ives exchange. BT took their time to resolve this issue by trying to repair the faulty hardware instead of just replacing it, which they eventually did. Many ISPs failed to inform their customers the details of the fault, although regularly e-mailed updates by BT, instead opting for the general response of getting the users to run through a series of time consuming tests on their own hardware and line, which concluded very little.

  We at SoLVIT have seen this type of fault many times before and would recommend that in the future, if your Internet stops working, rather than pay premium rates to your ISP support desk, give us a quick call first and we can provide free advice on what the current issues could be.

• SoLVIT CS now Sophos Silver Partner
  

  1/1/2008

  SoLVIT CS has now attained the Sophos Silver Partnership status allowing for the sale and implementation of all Sophos services, including specialised Anti Virus/Anti Spam solutions, to private and business users throughout the South West.

• Spyware - More dangerous than viruses?
  

  The term Spyware is used to describe a broad category of malicious software intended to intercept or take partial control of a computer's operation without the user's knowledge or permission. While the term taken literally suggests software that secretly monitors the user, it has come to refer more broadly to software that subverts the computer's operation for the benefit of a third party

• New IT company now open West Cornwall
  

  1/1/2007

  Providing competitively priced advanced networking services for the IT industry including  24/7 annual support, LAN/SAN/WAN/WiFi design and implementation, including Virtual Private Networks, Backup solutions, web site design, hardware/software supplies/repair for Mac and PC, onsite computer training as well as fast support,  friendly advice and reasonably priced hardware for industrial, personal/home use.

  There are other products and services planned for a later date, please check back regularly for updated information. These will include a competitively priced Cyber Cafe, boasting 8 MB download speeds, free Wireless Hotspot (if you need to check your e-mail, contact the office whilst away or just want to access the Internet) as well as monitored Network and Online Gaming. A 'walk-in' system health check, 'off-the-shelf' component and fitting/testing services as well as free technical advice. 

  No obligation site surveys and advice given at no cost, just call 01736 799550, 8am - 8.00pm Monday -Saturday, 9am - 5.30pm on Sundays to arrange a consultation. Home users need a Health check and advice for your home pc, or perhaps that new pc/laptop for Xmas not behaving like it should?  Internet not working or not yet implemented, again please call. 

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Press Releases

• New IT Company now open West Cornwall
• Windows 7 - 18 reasons to upgrade
• Microsoft Vista - Top Ten Tips
• Spyware - More dangerous than viruses?
• SCS Network Products
• New Web site and Domain change