The 7th major version of Google's Android operating system (codenamed "Nougat") has now been released. Android powers about 80% of the world's smartphones, as well as various other devices from tablets to TVs.

A very nasty threat Apple's mobile devices (iPhones, iPads and iPods) emerged last week. For those that aren't interested in the details, the short version is that you should ensure that you've installed the latest update that Apple have released (iOS 9.3.5).

As you may have seen on the news recently, there are reports that O2's customer data have been "sold on the dark net". The concept of the "Dark net" or "Dark web" is cropping up more and more, so what is it?

As we have mentioned in most of the last few newsletters, the limited time offer to upgrade to Windows 10 for free has now ended. Friday was the last day to take advantage of this. This is exactly one year since Windows 10 was made generally available to the public.

While it will be some time before the full implications of the UK's vote to leave the European Union is known, there's some immediate effects that have already become apparent.

You may have heard the term DDoS attack (or sometimes just DoS) in relation to issues with various internet based servers (websites, VOIP etc). What does this actually mean?

Microsoft have recently announced the date that the offer to upgrade to Windows 10 for free will end. As we have discussed in previous blogs, this was always a limited-time offer. As hinted previously, the offer will come to an end on July 29th - pretty much exactly a year after the initial release.

In this month's jargon busting blog, we will explain exactly what a database is.