What is MetaData within a Digital Photograph or Image? Image metadata is text based information that is added to a digital photograph by the device used to take or capture it, such as the make and model of the mobile phone, or the software used to edit it, such as Adobe Photoshop. The metadata within […]

The Dark Web – What is it? The ‘dark web’ forms part of the deep web and is not indexed in the normal way by search engines (e.g. Google etc). ‘Deep web’ websites are not indexed as they may consist of Internet email, forums, social media accounts, legal documents, online banking etc as well as […]

What is TeamViewer? TeamViewer is an application that allows the user of one computer to connect and remotely use another computer, as if they were sat at it, via the Internet. The software can be downloaded from here https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/windows/ for personal use for free, with limitations such as a connection time limit, or it can […]

BitLocker is a disk encryption facility that is available since Microsoft Windows 8 that can be used to protect data held on system and removable drives connected to the computer. BitLocker is available within machines running Windows Vista Ultimate and Enterprise, Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise, Windows 8.1 Professional and Enterprise and Windows 10 Professional. […]

An Overview of Skype Skype is an Internet based instant communication application that allows messaging and calling (both video and voice) between computers, mobile phones and landline phones using VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol). Skype allows communication between parties via encrypted TLS (Transport-Level Security) to encrypt messages between the user and the chat service or […]