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Microsoft Surface Power Cord – Voluntary Recall

Microsoft Surface Power Cord – Voluntary Recall

We've just learned that Microsoft has initiated a voluntary recall for AC power cords (the cord that plugs into an electrical outlet) sold with the Microsoft Surface Pro and Microsoft Surface Pro 2, and with any Microsoft Surface Pro 3 purchased prior to July 15, 2015...

(Yet more) Ransomware Bugs and Virus

(Yet more) Ransomware Bugs and Virus

While we've been enjoying a great kiwi summer, it seems the virus writers and hackers have been busy.  They've unleashed new variant's of the ransomware viruses, but this time the old trick of looking for poor English isn't working - the language looks more credible. ...

Our favourite ‘surviving the madness’ holiday app!

Our favourite ‘surviving the madness’ holiday app!

[header2 text="Let Google Maps help you get where you are going on time." align="left" color="#00cfef" margintop=""] With the annual bustle of Christmas upon us, our office conversation turned to mobile phone apps on Friday.  The surprise was that some of our...

Keep your OneDrive space

Keep your OneDrive space

We warned you a few weeks ago about a space reduction coming for OneDrive. [header2 text="Thankfully you can KEEP your bonus space!" align="left" color="#00cfef" margintop=""] All is not lost! With changes coming to reduce the free space you get with OneDrive - you...

Getting ready for Christmas

Getting ready for Christmas

Its Christmas time again (well almost) and along with shopping, gifts, Christmas parties, holiday bookings and the thousands of other things in need of sorting.  There are also a couple of IT related items to be checked off. [header2 text="Backups" align="left"...

New latest post

New latest post

If, like me, you love OneDrive, be warned that the space you get for free is being reduced. [header2 text="I love using OneDrive!" align="left" color="#00cfef" margintop=""] I use it to keep the family photos, to backup the camera on my Android phone, to store my...

Spear-Phishing (aka Whaling)

Spear-Phishing (aka Whaling)

There's yet another new, and nasty, 'phishing' attack doing the rounds.   We've heard it called SpearPhishing, or Whaling.  Here's how it works. The villains research the name of your CEO and your accountant/CFO.  This is often just a matter of looking on your website...

Cyber Security Breaches

Cyber Security Breaches

There's a lot of interest in cyber security this week - from client business cellphones going missing, 'crypto-locker' scares on office PCs and over the last few days - enquiries stemming from new business insurance cyber-security products. We noticed an article...

Sponsoring Malaghan Institute

Sponsoring Malaghan Institute

Kinetics Group is proud to be a Lab Partner for the Malaghan Institute.  The Malaghan Institute is New Zealand’s leading medical research institute focused on finding cures for cancer, asthma and allergy, multiple sclerosis and infectious disease.   Based at Victoria...