Personal details of over 533 million Facebook users have been leaked to the web and made freely available for hackers to exploit. News of the breach was first reported by Business Insider on 3rd March 2021 who asserted that the leaked data includes: phone numbers, […]
Should you be wary of answering the phone? Short answer, Yes. It’s probably a robocall spammer. I cannot believe the number of scams and robocalls we are enduring these days. It’s gotten to the stage where my wife and I no longer answer the phone
Tech giant Google has long been recognized as one of the greatest collectors of user data, if not the greatest. Now, in what can only be described as a remarkable turnaround, Google has recently announced that it is set to move away from its traditional
Chromium-based browser Edge incorporates quite a few useful features and Microsoft is constantly adding more. Not so sure about the usefulness of Edge’s latest new feature, however, which allows users to switch between horizontal and vertical tabs. Nevertheless, here is a quick guide on how
We test Edge vs Chrome vs Brave vs Vivaldi vs Opera vs SRWare Iron We recently published an article testing various aspects of the three main browsers’ performance– Edge, Chrome, and Firefox: Which Is The Fastest Browser?. In response to a reader’s request, I have
World Backup Day is fast approaching (31st March) and to celebrate, Aomei is giving away three of its terrific products– Aomei Backupper Pro, Aomei MBackupper Pro, and Aomei CBackupper. This giveaway is open to all comers. PLEASE NOTE: There are no restrictions on features but
We test Edge vs Chrome vs Firefox to see which is fastest. There is always much discussion about which browser is the fastest. Personally, a half a second here and there doesn’t bother me at all and, as far as I am concerned, there are
Comments posted by readers in response to forum threads and articles can often add value. Whenever I read a tech-related article I always peruse the comments section under and most of us would have, at some time or the other, visited a forum seeking help
Malwarebytes Browser Guard is a free extension, available for all major browsers, that helps protect users from scammers, malicious pages/websites, browser hijackers, and more. What impresses me about this extension is that it blocks access to tech support scams. I’ve published warnings previously about the
Lots of people like to save useful articles and posts to their local computer for future reference– how-to guides, interesting facts, special interests, etc. The traditional method is usually to save as an HTML file but there is another very simple option that provides excellent
The internet turns 52 this year and, to celebrate more than 50 years of the invisible information superhighway, here is a list of pivotal moments. Please feel free to mention, in the comments below, any events you think should have made the list. 1969 ARPANET
As reported in an earlier article from Terry Hollett — LastPass Changes Free Service — LastPass has changed the terms of service for its free password manager to exclude syncing across all devices, a feature which is now only available via LastPass premium accounts. This
Thank goodness that, with Windows 10, Microsoft finally rationalized the various available Windows editions. Looking back to the popular Windows 7 which was available to home users in no less than five different editions — Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate — what
Antivirus products have always been among the most difficult applications to uninstall completely with leftover bits and pieces often causing residual issues. It’s one of the main reasons most antivirus vendors provide specialist tools to help completely uninstall their products. Back in 2015, we published
