The much used and venerable CCleaner’s interface has remained virtually unchanged for years but, with the release of its latest CCleaner version (v5 Beta), Piriform has decided it’s time for a new look. As you can see from the above screenshot, the new ‘flat’ design […]
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WonderFox is running a Thanksgiving promotion which includes 6 giveaways valued at $150.00us total. Hailed by WonderFox as a “Feast of Freebies:, the mega giveaway is live right now through to 30th November. WonderFox Feast of Freebies – What’s on offer WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro:
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Digiarty is giving away licenses for its leading WinX DVD Ripper Platinum software… expires on 20th November so be quick WinX DVD Ripper Platinum – The Software WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is a Windows-based DVD ripper software capable of ripping any DVD (even latest encrypted
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[message type=”info”]The winning names have now been drawn… and the winners are: Mark Brown Al Settle Richard Hay Louis Pryor Mickey Fradenburg Keith Benson Mike Gilligan Carol Sollitto Rex E Maurice Fleisher THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW EXPIRED Congratulations to all winners and thank you to
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The following is obviously aimed at less experienced users, but I would urge experienced users to also read – if only the final message at the conclusion. I’ve lost count of the number of client’s machines I’ve worked on where the resident antivirus is either
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I love these ‘kids react to old technology’ videos. The thing with kids is that their innocence can often lead to brutal honesty. Here, we see some youngsters struggling to come to grips with old film-type cameras. “Okay, so now, how do I see the
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Microsoft isn’t exactly renowned for considerate decision making. Most notable of late to lose brownie points with users was the thoughtless decision not to provide any official Windows 8.1 installation media – except of course for for those who purchased a boxed DVD. Those of
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Free Office for iOS In a somewhat surprising move, Microsoft has unshackled its Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps for iOS. As of 6th September, iOS users can now create and edit Office content on iPads and iPhones without requiring a subscription (personal use only –
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Christmas is fast approaching and, as the go-to gadget man in the Hillier family, I’ve been busy checking out requests for possible tech type Xmas presents for the grandchildren. The most interesting of which has been a tablet/notebook combination device for my 13 year old
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[message type=”info”]The winning names have now been drawn, and the winners are: Nigel Scarth Grady Johnson Henry Ciesla Leo Hegwood Jack Hall Robin Pearson Clyde Duroux Vic Limbo Angel Torres Kenneth McQueen THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW EXPIRED Congratulations to all winners and thank you to
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Messaging applications have been around for a long time but the proliferation of mobile devices has seen this area of communication expand rapidly with literally hundreds of various messaging apps now available to download. The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has recently completed a series of
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Privacy Badger is a relatively new anti-tracking browser add-on coming to us from the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation). Privacy Badger is similar to but inherently different from other anti-tracking and ad-blocking add-ons such as Ghostery, Adblock Plus, and Disconnect. Privacy Badger is a browser add-on
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Microsoft has ended retail sales for Windows 8 as of 31st October 2014, almost two years after it was first released and exactly 12 months since the expiration of retail sales for Windows 7. With Microsoft intent on turning attention toward its new Windows 10
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Website #1 – The Story of the Web Spanning from 1989 to 2014, the site presents a nice pictorial history of the web. It’s not exactly a blow by blow account but it does highlight all the main defining moments. Either scroll through manually at
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