SoCross Blog
News, tips & humour from Southern Cross
Shiny New Blog
Mar 26th
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Welcome to our shiny new Blog with loads of cunning features like twitter integration, for up to the minute news and information from Southern Cross, one-click printing and social network tools!
This is all part of an exciting re-branding of the socross.co.uk, website with all of our new exciting services including communications, web-design & hosting and digital media.
Check back soon and see everything we have to offer! Or why not follow us on Twitter!
We love this …..
Jan 25th
The best example of “instruction manual” English that we have come across in a long time !
“Change of battery charge
When you find the battery is badness (for example: the time of power supply are being shorten), you should change it on time. Please contact with the dealer, and assure whether being needed to change the battery charge. The process of changing must be operated by eligible people. Pay attention to the following matter: the battery charge may bring to the electrical shock and short-circuitry, so when you operate, you should pick off the watch, ring, or others mental goods. You should use the tool with insulated handle. Not to throw the wasted-battery charge into the fire for the battery may be easy to explosion. You don’t open or destroy it, because the liquid in the battery is rodent, and it is harm to your skin and eyes.”
New Year, New Services!!!
Jan 8th
Happy new year from Southern Cross.
Sorry we haven’t posted anything for a while but we have been very busy preparing a range of new exciting new services.
These new services include:
On-line file storage – access your files from anywhere & share them on-line!
Data Recovery – accidentally deleted a file? we have the power to get it back!
Telephone Systems – economical & extremely versatile VoIP and ISDN systems!
VHS to DVD Transfer – new hardware and software provides excellent quality!
More details on all of these services will be coming soon!
This Summer Please Remember 2 Things…
Aug 10th
Dogs Die In Hot Cars!
Computers Die In Hot Rooms!
This summer as temperatures rise into the thirties low twenties if we’re lucky, spare a thought for your computers.
Computers generate a lot of heat, much like a car engine, if left to its own devices a computer will generate so much heat that it will break down.
To stop this from happening all computers use a cooling system, usually comprising of fans and heat-sinks, designed to keep a cool breeze blowing through the machine.
In the long term overheating can cause permanent damage, in the short term the symptoms are extremely annoying.
Symptoms May Include:
- System Crashes
- Lockups
- Random Reboots
- Extremely Slow Performance
Steps you can take to prevent overheating:
- Ensure all vents on your PC/ laptop are uncovered and not clogged up with dust
- Leave at least 2 inches around your PC/Laptop for good air flow
- Avoid leaving your computers running in rooms with no ventilation
If you still have any of these symptoms after performing the steps above then chances are that your cooling system needs maintenance. These are much easier to fix than a burnt-out processor or motherboard so if you have these symptoms contact us ASAP!
Free Spring Clean & Health Check
May 11th
Reply to this post to be entered into our free prize draw!
That’s right. Southern Cross Computing is offering a free computer health check and spring clean (up to 1 hour) worth up to £75 to one lucky customer.
To be in with a chance of winning simply leave a reply to this post by the 31st of May (2009).
Internet Explorer vs. Firefox
May 1st
Just upgraded to IE8, but I have to say Firefox 3 is still much better and faster. Any one out there with a view on this?
Mike C
Broken Registry?
Apr 29th
Watch out for software that edits the registry!!!
At Southern Cross we have had to fix a number of ”broken” registries. And while we are getting very good at it, prevention is always better than cure so please read on.
Lift Off
Mar 23rd
Day one of the new Southern Cross Computing website. Jason has worked very hard on the new website over the past month or so, and we are all very proud of the result.
Jason and I have been testing the “live” version and have, of course, discovered a few gremlins along the way ! We have hopefully sorted out most of them now, but please let us know if you find any more, including any dodgy grammar and spelling !
We are now looking forward to seeing our Web Design and Multi-Media sites on line – more bandanna-scratching work for Jason, but they will be well worth the effort I’m sure.
If there’s anybody out there reading this, then please let us know what you would like to read about in this blog, because it will get very boring if it’s just the ramblings of the three of us !
Hello world
Mar 22nd
The Socross blog is now live and kicking, stay tuned for news, hints & tips and of course humour from Mike, Hilary & Jason at Southern Cross Computing
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