ClearType is Microsoft’s implementation of subpixel rendering technology in rendering text in a font system. ClearType attempts to improve the appearance of text on certain types of computer display screens by sacrificing color fidelity for additional intensity variation ~ Wikipedia Clear as mud? Put simply, […]
As part of a summer promotion WonderFox has partnered with multiple software vendors to present a mega giveaway involving 9 products – free for everyone: The software: Wonderfox DVD Ripper Pro – Rip DVDs to virtually any video/audio/device IObit Advanced SystemCare 9 Pro – *One
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Apparently, quite a few users are being prevented from upgrading their existing operating systems to Windows 10 due to incompatible graphics drivers – receiving a message similar to the following: Coincidentally, I came across this issue recently when a client brought over his Windows 7
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The Utter Confusion of 2K Monitors I’ve recently been looking at buying a new 2K monitor. For those not in the know, 2K equates to a maximum resolution of 2560×1440 as opposed to HD’s standard 1920×1080. There’s nothing wrong with my current Asus PA248Q which
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Speculation surrounding the possibility of Microsoft introducing a subscription based option for Windows 10 has been doing the rounds for quite some time. We even wrote about it way back in 2014: Subscription Based Windows OS – Is It On The Cards? Now, it seems,
*Applies to Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, and Windows 10 Do you remember the old “Copy to” and “Move to” options which were once part of the Windows right-click context menu? For some reason, beginning with Vista, Microsoft decided to do away with these
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Ransomware has quickly grown into one of the most prevalent threats today and is showing no signs of abating any time soon. We’ve already published several articles discussing methods for the prevention of ransomware, you can catch up with those articles by clicking the following
The latest version of Geek Uninstaller, a popular third-party program for removing installed software, now also supports removing Windows Store apps. Geek Uninstaller is a portable program which not only uninstalls software but also scans for and removes leftover traces, in much the same way
In what must surely rate as one of the OMG situations of the decade, a Washington security company has fitted a tracking device onto the ankle of a man awaiting trial but, apparently, made one fatal error… Quincy Green was arrested on gun charges and,
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Because it’s a hybrid operating system, catering for both desktop and mobile users alike, Windows 10 is a very different animal to Windows 7 and even more mobile-centric than Windows 8.1. You will no doubt have heard complaints regarding increased telemetry (data collection) in Windows
We’ve all been through the scenario; we purchase a shiny new PC and experience that tinge of excitement and anticipation as we rush home to set it up. We get home, plug it in and boot it up, only to be confronted by a plethora
The latest desktop browser market share figures from NetMarketShare do not paint a pretty picture for the once popular Firefox: As you can see from the above screenshot, Firefox has been steadily losing ground until its desktop browser market share has finally dropped to a
A comment from a reader of my recent Freeware article asked how she could know if a software was safe to download. This question really rammed home just how much of a perilous exercise downloading software has become these days, especially for less experienced users.
