[message type=”info”]The winning names have now been drawn… and the winners are: Harris Evans Dave O\\\’Dell Sharon Lippincott Charlie Copeland Gareth Smith Lindsay Fotheringham Tracy Johnson Wendy Arcand Patrick Fox James Mowrey THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW EXPIRED! Congratulations to all winners and thank you to …
AV-Test is best known for its ongoing evaluation of antivirus protection and usability but just recently the German lab shifted gear and, instead of measuring how well antivirus protects our data and devices, decided to look into how effective these products are at protecting themselves. …
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I can think of several scenarios where the ability to lock down a PC may be beneficial, even outside of a work environment. For older children with younger siblings perhaps, or parents with children, or young adults sharing accommodation. It’s quite easy to prevent access …
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Due to a pretty hectic schedule lately, I haven’t been keeping up with the iOS updates. As a result, I updated from iOS 8.0.2 to 8.1.1 this week. All was fine until I tried to enter my blood glucose readings in the Health app. …
Microsoft’s generosity of late has been nothing short of astounding. Not only did they give away Visual Studio 13 Update 4 and Microsoft Expression Web last week, but they are now giving away a ton of music. I just downloaded nearly 4GB of titles and didn’t put …
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Excel has always been a great piece of software but Excel 2010 has even more great features and one of them is the ability to use a right-click cell menu to filter a table based on the active cell’s value, font color or fill color. …
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Those who tend to keep up with the latest security news will be well aware of the recent increase in webcam hacking. This most invasive form of spying appears to be right in vogue at the moment, where hackers take advantage of poor designs, security …
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I teach Weekly Computer Classes at the Local Libraries and love to share with others things I have learned along the way. I make sure that people know there is more than one way to do most things on a computer. Personally, I am a …
Microsoft has been, for the most part, of an isolationist mentality. That is, they made their fortune with an apparently strict ideal of focused software production, keeping their information proprietary and close to the cuff. I will hazard a guess that Satya Nadella, the heir …
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[message type=”info”]The winning names have now been drawn… and the winners are: Harry Malhotra Dennis Biernott Dom Yarnal David Leary Steve Smith David Rarden Rahul Singhal Frank Lerner Richard Hunter Rick Harris THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW EXPIRED Congratulations to all winners and thank you to …
Mozilla has enjoyed a decade long arrangement with Google whereby the Firefox browser has shipped with Google search as default search engine. In fact, the deal with Google has accounted for a large percentage of Mozilla’s overall revenue during that time. Now, as the current …
We’re all susceptible to the traps and pitfalls encountered during our abbreviated stay on this mortal coil, none more so than those of us who dare venture into the realm of online shopping ~ caveat emptor (let the buyer beware!) Warning – Rant Follows! I …
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In the last week my father-in-law sent me an email which I quote: Sher – Trying to clean up my room. I have a bunch of 3.5″ diskettes – some blank and some with info. Are they of any use to me? I …
Build your own computer desk – all you need is a few old PCs, plus… what is that, a door? Try a Reboot? Speaks for Itself! Who’s the Boss? One Upmanship? *Once again these images, or ideas for the images, are courtesy of MajorGeeks, DCT’s …
