iTunes accounts have been hacked!

Over the course of weekend it was discovered that a rogue iTunes application developer had managed to hack into Apple App Store. This person then used the existing iTunes accounts to purchase his own app so that the ratings of his app would top the App Store charts!

However now it has been discovered that there are more than one such rogue developers who have managed to successfully break into Apple's App store and have hacked a number of iTunes accounts all across the globe! Further the accounts which were hacked have reported anywhere between $100-$140 spent using their accounts. Not only this but the hacked accounts were also used to purchase "free apps" in order to boost the app's ratings to sell the app's premium versions.

What can you do

Here is a small list of actions you can take immediately

• Check your iTunes accounts for purchases. If there is anything that you didn't purchase, your account has most probably being compromised. We recommend that you get in touch with Apple immediately. Click here to go to their support page.
• Change your iTunes account's password. It would also be best to change any security related information that you have associated with the account. As additional security measure we would also recommend changing the passwords/security information of the email account you have associated with iTunes account.
• If you are not planning to use iTunes for purchases in the near future we will also suggest to remove your card information that is associated with your iTunes account. One alternative for iTunes purchases is to use gift cards.

Should you need further advice or information please do leave a comment here or alternatively get in touch with us by emailing us at help@BritishPcRepairs.co.uk or by visiting http://BritishPcRepairs.co.uk/ContactUs.aspx

Here is a light take on iPads..enjoy! Of course you can always email us on fixit@BritishPcRepairs.co.uk or send us a message by clicking here

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O2 enters the Home Phone market

O2 has very recently entered the Home Phone market. The line rental starts with only £9.45 a month but you have to take their broadband to take their home phone services. However with their broadband prices starting from just £7.50 a month (for O2 subscribers) it could easily turn out to be the cheapest and the best (read further) deal on the market!

The concept of O2's home phone is pretty much the same as Sky home phone or Talk Talk. You need an active working BT line before you can switch over to O2. Notice the emphasis on the word "active" here. If you do have a BT phone line but you got that disconnected then you need to get that activated by BT before you can sign up for O2 Home Phone. However if you get BT to activate the phone line for you then BT will tie you in a 12 month contract (at least) which mean you can not go with O2 for at least 12 month. Talk about dog chasing it's own tail..doh!

Having said that we at British PC Repairs are big fans of O2 as a company. Over a number of years we have found their customer care to be excellent and undoutebly the best in the business. Their services are not just excellent value for money but they are one of the rare companies who deiver what they promise.

More details about O2's home phone here

If you need any suggestion picking up the right broadband provider for your needs please leave a comment here or email us on fixit@BritishPcRepairs.co.uk

It has been wildly reported that a botched update by one of the leading anti viruses "McAfee" is causing Windows XP based machines to shut down and eventually crash!

This latest update causes McAfee anti virus to falsly detect the presence of a virus. This false detection then triggers a chain of uncontrolled events which eventually lead to some crticial Windows XP files being deleted from the user's computers.

If you or someone you know have suddenly experienced loss of network functionality or black screen or a total system crash on their PC we urge you to please contact us "as soon as possible" to prevent more damage to your computer. We can help you save your important data and rebuild your PC to a working condition. YOu can contact us by clicking here or send us an email at fixit@BritishPCRepairs.co.uk. Alternatively you can call us on 01372 890 123.

Update: If you are running McAfee on your computer and haven't seen this problem yet, please do not turn off your computer!! Keep checking this blog for more updates!

In this day and age when you don't really need a laptop or a computer to get onto to the internet which applications are then better at others in their league?

One of our favourite blogs recently conducted a review of the top 5 music streaming services available today. We at British PC Repairs think that the article is absolutely brilliant and will be of immense use to all the music lovers out there.

The top 5 services are

1. Grooveshark

2. Spotify

3. Pandora

4. Last.fm

5. Lala

You can read the full article here

This program is usually $19.95 but today it is complete Free courtsey of GiveAwayOfTheDay! You can download this program here

SoftChronizer is a very easy to use, fast and versatile double-file search program, that was designed to help you keeping your private or corporate book, music or picture collection in order, as well as for other use cases.

SoftChronizer can reliably search for any type of duplicate file in a single hard drive directory (with subdirectories), or simultaneously in different folders on different drives.

SoftChronizer displays MP3-ID3-Tags (displays the bit rate, i.e. a statement about the quality of the music, as well as the duration of a track in minutes and track’s album-name of a song), as well as for images, their size in pixels and their color-depth! – So if you see several duplicate files, you quickly can decide which picture, or which MP3 file you want to keep, or not.

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Folks at one of our favorite blog "Lifehacker" have shared this excellent tip that can radically change your online shopping experience. This is a new internet based service called "Q-Compare" which lets you compare E-Bay prices for an item against Amazon prices! With few clicks you can find out whether a particular item is cheaper at Ebay or Amazon! What's more this app unlike Google search results only lists current and active ebay auctions. Thus no stale results and no dissappointments!

Take Q-Compare for a ride by clicking here

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Here is a great free app for your iPhone which tells you just how safe your neighbourhood is. This app will tell you what percentage of people in your neighbourhood have had ASBOs issued to them and also how does your neighbourhood compare to the rest of the country!

More details on the app here

Download the app here

One of our all time favorite magazines PC Pro recently offered this excellent article on how to easily improve the quality of photos clicked from your digital camera. Here have a look at the results yourself

Starting pic

After the sixth step is over

You can read the complete article here

On December 17th Twitter was hijacked by "Iranian Cyber Army" who managed to compromise DNS server records which in layman's term means that they were able to redirect requests to twitter.com to their own servers. Users who tried to login during that time saw the screenshot which is presented in this post above.

While this does not necessarily mean that any passwords were compromised, it would have been very easy for the attackers to set up a fake login page and harvest user passwords as the unsuspecting users tried to log in. We would however suggest that if you haven't already done so yet, please change your twitter.com password to be on the safer side.