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IPHONE 5 BATTERY RECALL – Exchange Programme from 29th August 2014

IPHONE 5 BATTERY RECALL - Does your Iphone 5 battery runs out too quick? According to Apple website, "Apple has determined that a very small percentage of iPhone 5 devices may suddenly experience shorter battery life or need to be charged more frequently. The affected iPhone 5 devices were sold between September 2012 and January...

Overheating Apple IPhone Chargers Exchange programme

A European USB iPhone charger sold between October 2009 and September 2012 "may overheat and pose a safety risk", says manufacturer, Apple. The US firm is offering to exchange the defective items free of charge. Apple urges those who own the adapter to stop using it, although it says the malfunction only occurs in "rare cases". As...

IPHONE 5 RECALL – Faulty Sleep/Wake/Power button

Apple has begun a replacement programme for some of its iPhone 5 handsets that have a faulty sleep/wake button. Apple said a "small percentage" of iPhone 5 handsets were affected by manufacturing problems that meant its sleep/wake button stopped working or only worked intermittently. It said it would replace the sleep/wake mechanism in affected phones free...

Transfer your contacts, calendar, photos, messages from IPhone 3GS, 4, 5 to Samsung Galaxy Smartphones

Swapping your phone for a new one can be a daunting experience especially for those with lots of contacts, messages, etc. However, Samsung have made the experience bearable with a neat tool called Samsung Smart Switch. This tool can be used to transfer all your contacts, calendar, messages, alarms, photo, etc from other smartphones...

VIRUS ALERT (PART 2) – FAKE COMPANIES HOUSE / RBS / FEDEX / LLOYDS BANK EMAIL

Following my last article regarding my experience with the company house and RBS virus email, I have seen significant increase in email traffic with virus attachment, all coming from very convincing sources such as Fedex Courier, Lloyds bank, etc. Several emails from Fedex have carried subjects such as “your parcels have been exempted from custom...

VIRUS ALERT – FAKE COMPANIES HOUSE / RBS EMAIL

I receive this very convincing email from companies house regarding a complaint made against our company. I was very keen to find out what the complaint was about, after all, we don't want anyone to taint our business reputation. An attachment(zip file) was included in the email with instruction to download it. Within the...

Malicious Police Virus – DO NOT PAY!!!

For some time now the Ukash virus, malware or ransomware has been a huge threat to computer user around the world. There are several variation of these deadly virus and removing the virus is not always straight forward. They often pose as your local police department such as West Yorkshire Police, Metropolitan Police, FBI,...