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UK Not Adopting EU’s Universal Charger
Following the recent news that the EU plans to introduce a single, universal charger for all devices, it has been…
1000+ ‘Deepfakes’ On LinkedIn
Researchers from the Stanford Internet Observatory have reported finding more than one thousand ‘virtual’ employees on the LinkedIn platform.
Warning: Scam Aid To Ukraine Emails Circulating
The UK’s national fraud reporting centre, Action Fraud, says that it has received 196 reports of scam emails claiming to…
Stop Your Smart Devices From Being Used To Spy On You
With so many smart devices now all around us in homes and offices, we look here at ways to minimise…
Jake Taylor voted GCIS Player of the Month for January
Jake Taylor voted GCIS Player of the Month for January
Microsoft Halts Sales In Russia
In response to the invasion of Ukraine, Microsoft has suspended all new sales of Microsoft products and services in Russia.
Ransomware Study : Most UK Firms Pay
A study by security firm ‘Proofpoint’ has revealed that 82 per cent of UK organisations whose systems were infected by…
Okay, Ukraine Is Being Attacked. How Worried Should We Be?
In this article, we look at how, in addition to the devastating missiles, rockets, bombs, tanks and other weapons, Ukraine…
How Microsoft Will Block Macros To Stop Malware
Microsoft recently announced that it will be blocking Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default as a way to…
What Is The Online Safety Bill?
Following recent announcements of a toughening-up of the (draft) Online Safety Bill, we look at what the bill is, and…
European Oil Facilities Targeted By Cyber Attacks
In a worrying trend, oil facilities in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands have all recently been targeted by cyber-attacks.
30% Rise In Crypto-Laundering
A report by blockchain data platform ‘Chainalysis’ has shown a 30 per cent increase in cryptocurrency being used for money…
Study Shows No-One Is Immune From Phishing
A new report from F-Secure has revealed that the most technically competent staff are just as likely (if not more…
How To Stop Your Emails From Ending Up In Spam Filters
In this article, we look at how spam filers work and what can be done to ensure that our legitimate…
Tech Insight : How To Check Your VPN
In this article, we take a look at some of the ways users can assess how good their VPN really…
Microsoft’s March Commercial Price Increases
With Microsoft poised to increase its first substantive commercial pricing increase for Microsoft 365 since the company launched Office 365…
6G : From 7 Mins to 0.12 Seconds Download (ish)
Nanjing’s government-backed Purple Mountain Laboratories claims to have made a 6G breakthrough by recording the fastest real-time wireless communication speed…
Alexa’s Shocking Suggestion
A mother took to Twitter to complain that Alexa had suggested to her 10-year-old daughter that she play a game…
Control Incoming Calls With Google Voice
Cloudflare’s Radar, which monitors Web traffic, has revealed that TikTok has now overtaken Google to become the world’s most popular…
TikTok More Popular Than Google
Cloudflare’s Radar, which monitors Web traffic, has revealed that TikTok has now overtaken Google to become the world’s most popular…
World’s First “Living Robots” Can Now Reproduce
US-based scientists have reported creating “living robots” that can now re-produce.
How To Know If Someone Has Read Your Email?
In this tech insight, we take a look at the better-known ways of being able to tell if someone has…
Apple’s New ‘Business Essentials’
Apple has announced a new ‘Business Essentials’ service that enables small businesses to easily manage every employee’s iPhone, iPad, and…
Tech Insight : Do People Lie More Online?
In this article, we look at whether there is evidence to suggest that people lie more online, and what the…
Tech Insight : WAP … WEP … What ???
In this tech insight, we take a brief look at the WEP and WAP security protocols, and what happened to…
“Your Call Is Important To Us”
In this featured-article, we look at the traditional frustrations that occur when customers encounter (some) phone systems and how technology…
Facebook Re-Branded As ‘Meta’
In this insight, we look at ‘smart’ doorbells and how the outcome of a recent legal case has highlighted the…
Smart Doorbells And UK Law
In this insight, we look at ‘smart’ doorbells and how the outcome of a recent legal case has highlighted the…
Apple : What is ‘Sideloading?
In Apple’s new “Building a Trusted Ecosystem for Millions of Apps” white paper, it describes the threat posed by ‘sideloading’…
Elliott List voted GCIS Player of the Month for September
Elliott List voted GCIS Player of the Month for September
Amazon To Start Selling Cyber Insurance
Amazon has entered the B2B insurance market through a partnership with Superscript and is offering cyber insurance to small and…
Domain Security
After a recent report found that poor domain security has left most Global 2000 companies vulnerable to the threats of…
Tech News – Laser Broadband Success
Alphabet subsidiary X, the Moonshot Factory’s ‘Project Taara’ is claiming 99.9 per cent uptime within the first 20 days of…
Tech News # 1 : No More Passwords For Microsoft Logins
In a bold step, Microsoft has announced that it is getting rid of all password logins, and that users will…
Stevenage Football Club Player Elliott List wins GCIS August Player of the Month
Elliott List has been voted for as the GCIS (UK) Ltd Player of the Month Award for August…
Birthdates Becoming Required For Social Logins
The introduction of the Age Appropriate Design Code (also known as the Children’s Code) by the ICO means that Facebook…
What Is Most Web Traffic Made Up Of?
In this article, we look at how a surprisingly large proportion of Internet traffic is made up of bots, how…
Windows 11 May Not Work On Your Computer. But You Can Try!
A Microsoft recent update announcement about Windows 11 appears to say that although the new OS still won’t run on…
Tech Insight – What Is 3D Printing?
In this article, we look at what 3D printing is, its benefits, and how it is being used now to…
Microsoft Price Hikes
Microsoft has announced that from March 1st 2022, it will increase the prices of its Microsoft 365 and Office 365…
Legal Tech Advances
In this article, we take a brief look at the many different ways that technology is increasingly being used by…
Apps & Zaps – Ideas For Automating Your Business
In this article, we look at how Zapier and other alternatives can be used to link apps together and create…
Tech Insight – What Is Business Process Management?
In this article, we take a brief look at Business Process Management (BPM), how it works, and how it can…
Apple To Scan Phones For Inappropriate Content
In this article, we look at what data science is, and what is driving its growth and value to businesses…
Why is Data Science … Big?
In this article, we look at what data science is, and what is driving its growth and value to businesses…
Tech Insight – Why Is Printer Ink So Expensive?
After a recent ‘Which?’ survey found that some branded printer ink costs more than some champagnes, we take a look…
Distrust or Mistrust Disinformation or Misinformation?
The new Online Media Literacy Strategy from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) is aimed at supporting…
WhatsApp Without A Smartphone
Facebook’s WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will allow users to send messages without using just their smartphone.
New Windows 365 “Cloud PC” From Microsoft
Microsoft has announced its new hybrid Windows 365 cloud service where the operating system is stored in Microsoft’s Cloud and…
Tech Insight : Open Plan Offices Create Stress From Noise
Recent research by TheNextWeb.com has confirmed long suspected views that open-plan office designs can reduce psychological well-being, affect moods, and…
Doesn’t Microsoft Back-Up Your Stuff?
Recognising that Microsoft 365 does not comprehensively back up your data means that making sure that you have a third-party,…
Windows 11 Launched
With the launch of Microsoft’s Windows 11 recently announced in an online event, we take a brief look at what’s…
UK Nuclear Plant Funded By Amazon Cash
General Fusion, a Canadian company with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos as one of its backers is building a Nuclear Fusion power…
How Much Do You Know About Copyright Law?
In this article, we take a broad look at copyright and how it may apply to your business online, plus…
Hybrid Working Could See Half of UK Businesses Cut Office Space
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey has found that half of UK businesses expect to reduce the size of their office…
GCIS are awarded Leviton Authorized Network Integrator Certification
GCIS are awarded Leviton Authorized Network Integrator Certification
Guarding Against The Rise In Router and VoIP Attacks
After a recent high profile media story highlighted how poor router security led to a police raid of the home…
Tech Insight – What Is Bandwidth?
In this article we take a look at what bandwidth is, ways to improve bandwidth, and we look at how…
Clubhouse For Android Launched In The UK
Drop-in audio conversation social network app ‘Clubhouse’ has launched its Android (beta) version for download in the UK.
Google Users To Be Auto-Enrolled In Two-step Verification
Google Users To Be Auto-Enrolled In Two-step Verification
Stevenage Football Club Luke Norris wins GCIS April Player of the Month
Stevenage Football Club Luke Norris has been voted for as the GCIS (UK) Ltd Player of the Month Award for…
ISDN To be Switched Off
With BT Openreach officially setting the timeframe for switching off PSTN/ISDN, we look at what this means for businesses.
Tech Insight – What Is An API?
In this week’s tech-insight we take a brief look at what APIs are, why they are important, and how they…
Live Captions Expanded To Chrome Web Browser
Google’s real-time Live Captions feature is now available to anyone using a Chrome web browser instead of just for Pixel…
The Risks or Benefits of Charging Devices Overnight?
Many of us charge phones and laptops overnight but is this good for the battery and is it potentially dangerous,…
Stevenage FC Player Elliott List named GCIS March Player of the Month
Stevenage FC Player Elliott List named GCIS March Player of the Month
Notable Notes About … The New £50 Note
Bletchley Park code-breaking hero and wronged computer pioneer Alan Turing is to feature on the UK £50 note from 23rd…
Buying Cars and Art … and Making CO2
With news of a booming ‘NFT market’ and the acceptance of Bitcoin as payment for Tesla cars, we look at…
Practice PowerPoint Presentations Anywhere
Microsoft has announced that its PowerPoint Presenter Coach is now available on all platforms.
UK’s First Till-less ‘Walk Out’ Shop
Amazon has opened its first ‘no-till, just walk out’ grocery store in London where customers are automatically billed on exiting…
Google Tracking Cookies
As Google has announced an end to third-party cookies, we look at the issues that have led to the decision,…
Stevenage FC Player Elliott List named GCIS February Player of the Month
Stevenage FC Player Elliott List named GCIS February Player of the Month
More Remote Workers Trusting Mobile Data For Important ‘Stuff’
New research from O2 (conducted online by YouGov) shows that more remote workers are switching to mobile data to stay…
What Is Clubhouse?
With ‘audio-only’, social media app Clubhouse starting to hit the news after its launch one year ago, we take a…
Man Sued For Bad Review on Trustpilot
Consumer review website Trustpilot has expressed concerns over freedom of speech after a firm of London solicitors sued someone over…
Will thousands of Hertfordshire businesses wave goodbye to passwords this year?
Thousands of staff in Hertfordshire could wave goodbye to the frustration of logging in to apps this year, as Microsoft…
Coronavirus Lockdown Increases ‘Romance Fraud’
UK Finance and Action Fraud have both reported increases in fraud related to romance scams over the lockdown period.
Emotet : A Million Bucks per Incident
In the light of a reported recent victory by Europol in trying to stop the particularly dangerous Emotet malware, we…
SFC Player Terence Vancooten named GCIS January Player of the Month
SFC Player Terence Vancooten has been named the GCIS UK Player of the Month for January 2021
Contactless Payment Limit Could Be Raised to £100
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked the UK Treasury to consider increasing the maximum contactless payment to £100.
What Is Zero Trust?
With mobile computing, software-as-a-service (SaaS), and now remote working moving the focus of IT security away from the traditional perimeter,…
Google Mobile Search Re-Design
Google has announced that to make it faster and easier for users to find what they are looking for, a…
Signal Crashes Due To Millions of Sign-Ups
With more than 30 million people joining the non-profit, end-to-end encrypted communications app ‘Signal’ in just a few days, users…
Data About You Held By UK Government
In this article, we look at not just the story of how a staggering 400,000 police records were accidentally deleted…
Trump Banned on Social Media
Last week, following the storming of Washington DC’s Capitol building, US President Donald Trump’s ban from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram…
SFC Player Arthur Read wins GCIS Player of the Month for December
SFC Player Arthur Read wins GCIS Player of the Month for December
AI in 2021 For Small Businesses
In this article, we look at some of the ways that SMEs can access and use AI to improve efficiency…
Those Who Understand Stats Are Less Prone To COVID
New Research from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM), suggests that people who understand statistics and data are…
SFC Cumming wins GCIS November Player of the Month
Jamie Cumming has been voted for as the GCIS (UK) Ltd Player of the Month Award for November.
2020’s Big Tech Story Round-Up
As 2020 draws to a close, here is look back of some of the biggest tech stories and issues in…
Stay Safe Online This Christmas
With Christmas just around the corner here are some suggestions for how you and your loved ones can stay safe…
Technology : Post-Brexit
Huge congratulations to well deserved winner Elliott List for being voted by the Stevenage community as September Player of the Month.
GCIS collect donated Christmas gifts for the elderly residents of Stevenage
Huge congratulations to well deserved winner Elliott List for being voted by the Stevenage community as September Player of the Month.
SFC Arthur Read wins GCIS October Player of the Month
Huge congratulations to well deserved winner Elliott List for being voted by the Stevenage community as September Player of the Month.
Home Learning: Helping the young people of Stevenage
GCIS UK Ltd are proud to partner with MSC Active and Marriott’s School to help young people of Stevenage get…
Support Local Businesses at Christmas
Hundreds more Hertfordshire businesses will want to monitor exactly what their staff are doing during working hours in 2021 –…
2021 prediction: Huge increase in remote monitoring of Hertfordshire staff
Hundreds more Hertfordshire businesses will want to monitor exactly what their staff are doing during working hours in 2021 –…
Elliott List wins GCIS September Player of the Month
Huge congratulations to well deserved winner Elliott List for being voted by the Stevenage community as September Player of the Month.
Death of Internet Explorer will cripple specialist apps for Hertfordshire businesses
Microsoft’s recently announced that Internet Explorer will start to die next month – and that will cause a unique problem…
Quarter of Hertfordshire businesses still using “dangerous” Windows 7
New data has revealed an estimated quarter of businesses in Hertfordshire are still using an out of date computer operating…
Hertfordshire expert: Everyone’s passwords are for sale on the dark web
Virtually everyone living in Hertfordshire has had their passwords stolen – and they’re all up for sale on the dark…
Resurgence in webcam scam fooling Hertfordshire “work from home” staff
A clever online scam that’s been around for years has seen a resurgence in Hertfordshire in the last few weeks…