Many Jailbreakers who hacked their iphones previously using blackra1n, pwnage or redsn0w, who have since upgraded to Apples latest firmware 3.1.3, may find themselves tearing their hair out! (myself included)

At the present time, there is no Jailbreak available to 3G and 3GS users who have the newer bootrom starting with (MC).

This comes as a real blow to the iPhone community, as many are left high and dry with no option but to currently return to Apples forced policies.  There are many ligitimate reasons why you would want to jailbreak your iPhone but for now, it looks like we’re in for a bit of a wait.

This latest version of PwnageTool can jailbreak the original iPhone (Edge/2G), iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS(older bootrom only with baseband 04.26.08) and ipod touch(1G and 2G non-MC model; 2G should also be pre-jailbroken) running on iphone firmware 3.1.3.

If you have upgraded to firmware 3.1.3 and have a neweriPhone, the only option you currently have is to downgrade your firmware back down to 3.1.2, but beware, this is not easy! I gave up trying – which is exactly what Apple want.

Have they actually won this time?

From the 15th February, 2010, we will be expanding our catchment area and will be providing Remote Support, IT Support contracts to the Leicestershire area.

Small and Medium businesses can benefit from our low cost IT Support service by outsourcing their IT requirements to us.
We cover Servers and Desktops, Laptops and Apple Macs.

For a no obligattion quote, Please call (020) 3095 7740 or submit a contact request here.

Charnwood | Leicester | Melton | Harborough | Oadby & Wigston | Blaby | North West Leicestershire | Hinkley & Bosworth
IT Support Leicestershire. Computer Support Leicestershire.

Outsourcing your IT Support Saves You Money

Small and Medium businesses have the opportunity to employ their own IT workforce, or outsource.
Outsourcing allows businesses to release themselves from paying the high, fixed costs, of employing staff members to manage their IT needs and instead, pay a much lower monthly fee for an external company to manage all IT support requests.

The main difference is cost. Instead of paying a single IT member £28-33k per year, instead, you’ll be paying around £40 per machine per month. For a business with 50 machines, you can expect to pay around £1600 per month. This represents a significant cost saving.

• No longer have to pay employer National Insurance Contributions.
• No longer bound by employee rights and legislation.
• No longer have to contribute to Employee Pension.
• No longer have to pay Sick Pay.
• No longer have to pay for Holidays and Time Off.
• No longer have to pay for training costs.
• You can even reallocate or sub-let desk space to offset the cost!

It doesn’t matter how small your company is, even from 1-5 machines, you will still benefit from reduced operating costs by using outsourced IT Support.

The downside is that you will lose your on-site IT Presence, and instead you will simply call a number or log your IT Fault on-line. Engineers can then control your computer remotely or of course, visit you in your office.

SysFix.co.uk provides Outsourced IT Support London

EMERGENCY IT SUPPORT

What’s Covered:

• Internet Issues
• Network Issues
• Server Issues
• Desktop & Laptop Issues
• General Support

What’s Not Covered:
These issues can not be dealt with out of hours as specific parts would need to be ordered.

• Laptop Screen Repairs
• Dead Laptops (Power)
• Physically Broken Equipment

More information on this service can be found here.

In todays fast paced world, businesses require high availability and 100% uptime. With ever increasing demands on information technology, businesses find themselves without adequate IT support after normal business hours. Our premium, After Hours IT Support Service allows businesses in distress, access to technical support staff , without the cost of employing permanent, in-house IT staff after hours.

To All Customers looking to Upgrade or Replace their existing Antivirus or Firewall Product.

1 Year Free Antivirus Subscription

eset voucher

From the 1^st of February until the 31^st March, we are providing business customers with 2 years for the price of 1 on Antivirus Software.

Per machine, the cost is £39.99 , however, this special offer means that you get 2 years for the price of 1.
This is a very uncommon offer in the anti-virus world so if you are looking at replacing your current anti virus product or it’s up for renewal, then now is a great time to take advantage of this 2 for 1 offer.

Every machine needs antivirus software, not only to protect from viruses but from hackers, and identity theft. Credit card numbers, names, email addresses are hot targets for hackers. Protect yourself today.
Telephone (020) 3095 7740 to order

Who can use this promotion?
This promotion is only available via SysFix Group (www.sysfix.co.uk).
All enquiries for the promotion will be allocated to SysFix Group.
Date

Start Date: 1st February 2010
End Date: 31st March 2010

NB Orders received after midnight on the 31st March 2010 will not qualify for the Promotion

Product
All ESET Business Edition Products qualify (minimum 5 machines)
Includes Server and Mobile products
Includes Not-for-profit and educational licences
All Home user licences are excluded
The Promotion only applies to sale of new licenses
Renewals are excluded

Order Placement
Orders are to be placed via SysFix Group (www.sysfix.co.uk) to receive this offer.
Place an order for a 1-year licence and automatically receive 2 years
This promotion cannot be retrospectively used against existing orders
Marketing
This promotion cannot be used in conjunction with any other special offers
In the case of any dispute the decision of SysFix will be final

Using Your Laptop in Bed is No Good!

A laptops air intake fan is located at the bottom of most laptops. Setting it directly on your bed, can block the air intake fan. This will cause the processor to heat up past it’s set maximum limit, and shut off. A laptop’s cooling system, is very poor to start with. You have all the hardware components stuffed into a tiny box.
Add to this is a small tube the size of your finger that directs air on the processor, and other components.
Also add to this that since the air intake fan is on the bottom, it sucks up anything in it’s path. Dust, dirt, food crumbs, lint, fuzz, you name it. In time this clogs the small air intake tube, I ’spoke’ of above, and the cooling capacity drops tremendously.

Not only does using your laptop in bed decrease the life of your laptop, but it’s dangerous too. You can fall asleep and turn over, possibly strangling yourself. It’s also a fire hazard. You wouldn’t sleep with your toaster – would you?

For those of you who sit with laptops placed on your legs, again, this is also dangerous. You’re actually heating up blood passing beneath the laptop. We all know that laptops give off a significant amount of heat, especially when airflow is restricted.  It’s even more detrimental to men who can find that their sperm counts may fall as a result of heat on testicles. The scrotum hangs away from the body to keep sperm cooler than body temperature. Subjecting them to heat is definitely no good.

Protecting YOU and your LAPTOP from heat damage.

1. Don’t sit with your laptop on your knees or lap, it’s known to cause infertility in men.
2. Don’t Sit in bed with your laptop without a proper surface or heat absorption mat.
3. Do allow your laptop to breath and do not allow the air intakes to become obstructed with bed linen.
4. Do from time to time, use an air duster to blow out the dust inside your laptop. Computer Cleaning helps improve airflow and extend your machines life.
5. Cancer – There’s stories every day in medical journals of suspected causes of Cancer. Don’t leave anything to chance. If you have to use your laptop in bed or on your knee or lap, please use a laptop heat absorption pad.

Laptop Heat absorption pads are available for £14.99 and includes free delivery.

• Heat absorbing macro modular compound
  

  Laptop Cooling Mat. Laptop Heat Absorption

• Permits up to 5 hours of continual cooling
• Crystals automatically reform in temperatures below 25 °C
• Reusable
• Quickly dissipates heat from the under-side of the laptop
• Suitable for all laptops
• Easily fits into a laptop carry case
• Extends laptop life by decreasing its operating temperature

Laptop Mats are specially designed to absorb heat away from the machine and your body. For more information or to place an order, please contact us on 020 3095 7740

One of our IT Support engineers spotted Ann on a London tube this morning.  Ann currently plays Lily Butterfield in Emmerdale but most renowned for her part in Neighbours as Madge Bishop, wife of Harold Bishop.

Ann Charleston heads into Central London via Tube.

Ann’s disguised herself by wearing large sunglasses in the middle of winter, on a tube train and stern posture.

Ann, If you ever need any computer assistance, please let us know!
I may have a spare hat and mustache you can wear too.

Top 5 Rules of Disaster Recovery Planning

1. eMail: The most important communication tool in todays business. Ensure that you have a facility in place that allows the inbound routing of all email to a secondary service that allows business continuity. As an optional extra, ensure that current emails are backed up and readily available on the secondary system.
   

   Burnt Server - Disaster Recovery and Disaster Planning is Important!

2. Phone: The second most important communication tool. How will your clients contact you? There is a growing increase in the use of VOIP / SIP technology (making calls over your broadband connection).  VOIP has the benefit that you can easily set up your inbound and outbound numbers elsewhere in the event of an emergency. With traditional analogue lines, you’re at the mercy of providers such as BT. It’s important to delegate members of your team to handle incoming calls by any mean , even if it’s simply bu using a mobile phone. Your main office number can easily be redirected to a mobile -IF you have in place, the procedure and know how  to do so .
3. Bums on Seats – In the event of a disaster, it’s okay having telephones and email, but where will your staff work. As a minimum requirement to disaster recovery planning, a central off site storage area should be established where users can VPN into the server and access company documents.
4. Staff: What if your Staff  have no bums? In the event of a terrorist attack and your entire workforce was wiped out, could another office continue the business? An office handbook should be created, outlining EVERYTHING in black and white.  A guide on how to build up the business from scratch. All documentation, all user guides, contacts. As much as possible should be logged into this book.
5. Connectivity – No Internet access, No Mobile Phone Network, No Land-line – How can you operate under these circumstances. For many, this has happened and must be looked at. Can you afford to have a failover solution outside of your city?

SysFix Group welcomes your comments and views on the new security level announcement and how this will affect you.

UK terrorist threat level raised to Severe

The UK terror threat level is being raised from “substantial” to “severe”, Home Secretary Alan Johnson has said.

The new alert level means a terrorist attack is considered “highly likely”. It had stood at substantial since July.
It is in response to the perceived increased threat from international terrorism following the failed Detroit airliner bombing on Christmas Day.

In today’s society, we face a very uncertain future. Since the July Tube bombings, It’s fair to say some of us would rather change seats than sit next to a fellow bearded passenger carrying a rucksack.  Unfortunately, since the attacks, Britons now face an increased risk.

The UK has made itself a terrorist target since taking part in the war against Iraq, but just how prepared are we in terms of Disaster Recovery should the worst happen?

Disaster Recovery

As we come to rely on technology more and more, just how can we protect ourselves and our businesses in the event of a terrorist attack?
If your office was attacked right now – What would happen? Can you honestly answer the questions with a solution?Disaster recovery planning  is an important aspect in todays society, not just in respect of terrorist attacks but from natural hazards such as fire and water damage.  SysFix IT Support provide Disaster Recovery Planning consultations to help get you on the right track to ensuring you have some protection should the worst happen. Please contact us for a no obligation quote.

Some planning is better than no planning at all!

Top 5 Rules of Disaster Recovery Planning

1. eMail: The most important communication tool in todays business. Ensure that you have a facility in place that allows the inbound routing of all email to a secondary service that allows business continuity. As an optional extra, ensure that current emails are backed up and readily available on the secondary system.
   

   Burnt Server - Disaster Recovery and Disaster Planning is Important!

2. Phone: The second most important communication tool. How will your clients contact you? There is a growing increase in the use of VOIP / SIP technology (making calls over your broadband connection).  VOIP has the benefit that you can easily set up your inbound and outbound numbers elsewhere in the event of an emergency. With traditional analogue lines, you;re at the mercy of providers such as BT. It’s important to delegate members of your team to handle incoming calls by any mean , even if it’s simply bu using a mobile phone. Your main office number can easily be redirected to a mobile -IF you have in place, the procedure and know how  to do so .
3. Bums on Seats – In the event of a disaster, it’s okay having telephones and email, but where will your staff work. As a minimum requirement to disaster recovery planning, a central off site storage area should be established where users can VPN into the server and access company documents.
4. Staff: What if your Staff  have no bums? In the event of a terrorist attack and your entire workforce was wiped out, could another office continue the business? An office handbook should be created, outlining EVERYTHING in black and white.  A guide on how to build up the business from scratch. All documentation, all user guides, contacts. As much as possible should be logged into this book.
5. Connectivity – No Internet access, No Mobile Phone Network, No Land-line – How can you operate under these circumstances. For many, this has happened and must be looked at. Can you afford to have a failover solution outside of your city?

SysFix Group welcomes your comments and views on the new security level announcement and how this will affect you.

Fixed Fee SEO : Fixed Price SEO

At SysFix, We provide a unique opportunity that enables anyone the ability to afford Search Engine Optimisation. SEO is a lengthy and labour intensive task but the rewards are great!

SEO is generally something that most individuals and businesses would rather conract out than do themselves, simply becuase of the amount of time it takes and the technical skills required.

With our SEO Package, we only charge you when we actually achieve results. Unless we get you to the top 2 pages of Google, you don’t pay.
All you pay is an initial low set up fee based on your requirements and then when we gain you a high ranking on Google, then you pay us a monthly fee for the work we have done and continue to do on your behalf.

If you’re looking for a more interactive service, you can hire our London SEO Expert on a day or weekly basis.
The London SEO Consultant will guide you through your internet marketing plan and help build a portfolio that will provide long term results.

Our SEO Examples show that we have provided our clients with Top Number 1 positions on Google. We’re confident in the work we do and get the results you want!