You may have noticed that my site hasn't been updated in a while and I'd like to take a moment to apologise for that and offer the following by way of explanation;

Louise and I have recently moved house, got married and are expecting our first child any day now. I want to devote more time to my family and spend it in our new home.

In order to do that I have stopped taking on new I.T. work. I am happy to offer assistance and advice to any existing/previous customer by email however I will not be taking on any paid work or trading as Get I.T. Dunn for the next year.

Originally published in the Norwich Evening News on Wednesday 30th June 2010 - written by Leum Dunn

You might not realise it, but email has been around for a while now. It's gone from humble beginnings as a Cold War emergency system, to something so ubiquitous that not only my computer, but my phone, my television and my games consoles all chirp for attention every time someone sends me a message.

Originally published in the Norwich Evening News on Wednesday 5th May 2010 - written by Leum Dunn

When is the best time to replace your PC? Should you buy the latest and greatest machine on the shelf, or stick with your current computer?

Let's face facts; we are still using our computers for exactly the same things as we were five or more years ago.

Admittedly the internet looks better nowadays but fundamentally we do our accounts, check our schedules, email our colleagues and write correspondence.

My second article for the Norwich Evening News is now online! I have duplicated it below for your convenience but I recommend you take some time when you can to read the various 'ask the experts' articles that are available on the Norwich Evening News website. I feel that there is a good selection of help and advice being offered on a range of subjects of interest to small business startups in particular.

You can find it here:
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/eveningnews24/norwich-news/business/

As you may be aware, I have been invited by Sam Williams of the Norwich Evening News to join his panel of small business experts. Between the five of us we will be contributing articles and advice on the various issues and challenges that small businesses face on a weekly basis. I encourage you to have a look at the 'Ask the Experts' section of the Evening News and to forward any questions you want to see answered in print to Sam Williams via the Evening News website:

http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/eveningnews24/norwich-news/business/

Avast Antivirus has been updated, it offers a number of improvements and new features over 4.8 and continues to be my preferred antivirus application.

Please ensure that you install the update over the next few days.

You can find it here:

http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

This week saw the government introduce the "Click Clever, Click Safe" scheme, a plan to bring internet safety discussions into classrooms. Part of the effort to keep our children safer online.

I had been planning to write a piece on this subject as well as bring in some of the topics I cover when teaching internet safety to adults. It seems I've been beaten to the punch in this instance however so I would like to draw your attention to the BBC's coverage of the announcement itself:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8398763.stm

Hi folks, September 13th October 2009 is an important day for everyone running Microsoft Windows.

Microsoft have decided to issue their largest ever security update tomorrow to fix 34 seperate faults/flaws, eight  of which are deemed to be 'critical'.

Please ensure you have 'Windows Update' set to accept critical security updates. If you have any questions or concerns please call for assistance.

You can find more here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8302286.stm