Category: News

Charging Forward

How often do you feel the frustration of desperately searching for a charger and a free socket for your phone when it’s hovering threateningly at 5% battery? In a home office especially, it’s likely that the sockets and wiring were put in place before computer use became widespread. Have you considered updating your sockets? Did […]

Centralised vs Decentralised

Centralised vs Decentralised

With the development of contact tracing apps to counter the spread of COVID-19, there has been discussion of centralised and decentralised methods. So what do these terms actually mean? The short version is that the centralised method is designed to collect more data and compare it on central servers, while the decentralised method collects as […]

Big Green Shout

How can you make your ‘new normal’ Greener? Here at Solidarity IT, we always aim to be as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible. 🏠 Home-office (single premises)📞 Remote Support (visits only when absolutely necessary)🚗 Car Share (Co-Cars Hybrid/Electric)📄 Digital paperwork♻️ Waste recycled If anyone has any other suggestions of ways we can minimise our […]

Benefits of Protect-IT

Benefits of Protect-IT

Protect-IT defended a client’s laptop against a virus attack recently. It was detected in a piece of Malware called “browserassistant.exe” lurking in the hidden app_data folder. It was continually blocked by AutoProtection and then removed via remote access. The first time the customer was bothered by it was when I called them to let them […]

Refurbished Laptops

Refurbished Laptops

If you need a laptop on a budget, a refurbished laptop can provide surprising value. Cleaned, ready, and good as new. A mid-range laptop can handle a variety of home and office needs. Refurbished Laptops start from £180, but can be tailored to your needs. We can help you figure out what’s best for you.

Google Maps Hacks

http://www.simonweckert.com/googlemapshacks.html As an experiment and prank, an artist put 99 smartphones in a trolley, and walked around roads in Berlin to trick Google Maps into thinking there was a traffic jam, in a piece of performance art titled Google Maps Hacks. Google Maps uses the locations of it’s users to map out areas of high […]