Intuitive articles

There is no doubt that mobile phones have become an integral part of today’s society, with their abilities to surf the web, email, hold complete music libraries and much more. However these devices that we carry around with us all day and night may cause more harm than we would have imagined. The cancer research department of the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently released a report that stated mobile phone users may have a higher ...

The 10th of May, 2011 saw the official announcement and release of the 2011 Federal Australian Budget by the federal Treasurer Wayne Swan. Below is a list of all the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) projects that were announced, as well as a list of spending cuts on ICT projects that were announced in previous budgets. Based on the estimated costs of the entire ICT project funding announcements, investment into Australian ICT has slowed - ...

A client of Intuitive IT was recently trying to log into their computer. It took an excessively long time to login and when it did it seemed to have been reset to default, with all of their custom settings gone. Their e-mail was no longer set up on Outlook Express and the icons on their custom desktop icons had all disappeared as well. They contacted Intuitive IT with the problem and one of our technicians ...

On Tuesday the 8th of March, Intuitive IT left its long standing home and moved into the bustling and trendy heart of Fitzroy. A minutes walk from Brunswick Street, where we frequent to get our caffeine fix.   Moving into the Hive Studios building came out of necessity as Intuitive IT has continued to grow since it's inception and simply out-grew our previous office. Hive Studios is a shared professional workspace with a community atmosphere. The lower ...

On March 4th, reports were released that Google had removed 21 malicious apps from its Android Market. These apps were malware aimed at getting root access to the user's device, gathering a wide range of information and acting as quietly downloads more malicious code to the device without the user knowing. Since then, Google now says that there were actually 58 dangerous apps removed from their Android Market, all created by the entity Myournet. The ...

A business without its computers and phones up and running is losing money, so the project needs to be well managed to reduce the amount of downtime. Early Planning - Ensure you tell your suppliers at the earliest possible time the move is occurring. Get the account managers to scope out the new premises and ensure your services can be transferred to the new location. - Make sure your disaster recovery plan is up to ...

Since I've been at Intuitive IT, I've started looking towards the future. What's the next big thing? What's the word going to be Tweeting and Facebooking about? Well, I recently stumbled across a blog that might have a bit of insight into the digital trends that we may all face in 2011.   From the benefits of social media in the Small Business market, to the use of Smart Phones to improve efficiency. This blog ...

Microsoft has warned that its Internet Explorer browser is at risk of a newly discovered vulnerability. The company has yet to develop a permanent fix for the security hole but does have a temporary fix that prevents hackers from exploiting a hole to install malicious scripts. To view the official Microsoft security bulletin, click here. You could be at risk simply by visiting an infected website. To apply the fix, please click this link. You ...

Intuitive IT has recently hired Koray Adal to become the company's Marketing and Public Relations officer and with that, have discovered a glitch in the Facebook universe that we are here to resolve for you today. When Koray was at home, updating his Facebook, he tried to add Intuitive IT to his Facebook employment information. It was then that he realised that Facebook was unable to actually find the correct Intuitive IT business page and ...

From late yesterday afternoon to the wee hours of this morning, we were feverishly working away on our computers building the Victorian Restaurants Unite, Queensland flood relief initiative. Our goal was to have the website available for registrations by the time it's brainchild, Alastair Dobbs made an appearance on ABC 774 Melbourne radio this morning. The website is aimed squarely at the hospitality industry of Victoria, asking restaurants to donate a percentage of their takings, ...