The number and scope of cyber attacks are increasing at an alarming rate. Here in Australia, we’ve very recently experienced two massive breaches involving millions of people’s data. The first occurred just a few weeks ago when the comprehensive personal data of an estimated 10 […]
ExplorerPatcher is an open-source freeware tool that provides many options to change Windows 11’s behavior so it looks and behaves more like Windows 10, including options to place the Taskbar at any of the four locations on the screen and change to a Windows 10
Chromium-based browsers Edge, Chrome, and Brave already include an Extensions button in their toolbar and Mozilla has recently followed suit with its Firefox browser. However, the Extensions button in Firefox is disabled by default and cannot be enabled via the normal Settings menu because it
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There’s no doubt that COVID has severely impacted on the supply chain for many goods. I think many of us anticipated that the COVID situation would cause some delays and stock shortages but I doubt too many would have predicted the sheer extent and longevity.
Proton, the Switzerland-based company that specializes in providing ultra-secure services, has recently introduced its new cloud data storage service, including a 1 GB plan for free. The company first introduced its secure webmail service, including end-to-end encryption, eight years ago, followed by Proton VPN in
Love it or hate it there is no doubt that social media plays a major role in modern society. First off, let me be clear; I am of the opinion that social media does more harm than good, but then, I am of the older
A few weeks ago we published an article in which I mentioned two types of software that are almost certain to elicit a lively discussion, browsers, and antivirus. We covered browsers in that article – Which Is the Best Browser – and now I’m going
Users often ask in which order the two commands to fix system file corruptions – sfc /scannow and Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth – should be run. To know the answer to this question you first need to understand what functions these two commands perform. Please read: How
Recent comments from a regular DCT reader prompted me to install and take a closer look at the Brave browser. Brave is known to be the most private of the mainstream browsers incorporating a native ad-blocker, anti-tracking protections, and even fingerprinting prevention. In this article,
System file corruptions in Windows are quite common and can cause all sorts of weird behavior. Don’t ask me how they happen because I have no idea – I only know they do happen. It might have something to do with the 50- 60 million
It’s something we’ve probably all experienced occasionally, when access to the normal shutdown and restart options are unavailable, such as when the Start button and/or menu are unresponsive. Most of us will resort to holding the power button in to power down and then pressing
There are two distinct software choices that are totally subjective and any discussion is certain to elicit a lively debate: browsers and antivirus software. We all tend to base our opinions on familiarization, our own personal criteria, and experience. As far as I am concerned,
Many of you will remember Winamp, the extremely popular free media player. The original Winamp was first released in 1997 with development discontinued in 2013. However, in 2018 a new version of Winamp was leaked online with developers subsequently announcing they were indeed continuing to
As a writer, I work with images frequently and regularly and am always on the lookout for websites that provide a graphics creation/editing service for free. It’s also important, from a writer’s point of view, to make sure we are not contravening any copyright, so
