Aliases, or alternative email addresses, are an easy and useful way to isolate/separate specific emails and help keep your main Outlook.com email address off the radar. Aliases were first introduced into Hotmail sometime ago and have been carried over to the Outlook.com webmail service. Outlook.com […]
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If you’re one who enjoys reliving the past you definitely need to check out British Pathé’s massive collection of historical newsreel videos. From the Hindenburg disaster in 1937 to “Arnie” winning Mr. Universe in 1969. All in all there are more than 85000 videos categorized
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For those who may be unaware, VLC is a popular free and open source cross-platform media player developed by the VideoLan Organization. VLC’s widespread popularity stems largely from its excellent codec (video format) support and powerful range of features, you can check it out here:
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The saga of Java and its inherent vulnerabilities goes on unabated. The latest Java update includes patches for no less than 37 security holes, and that’s just the ones that have been identified. I’d love to know just how many individual patches Oracle has released
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Easter is almost upon us and Digiarty has once again trotted out its flagship DVD ripper programs to give away. Both the very good WinX DVD Ripper Platinum for Windows users and MacX DVD Ripper Pro for Mac users are currently available for free as
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[message type=”info”]Winners have now been drawn – and the winning names are: hoonkid04 Martin G (unclaimed – redrawn to Ed Page) alex19100 Elie Robillard Philip Clempson Don Pito cmorr55 (unclaimed – redrawn to Gordon) Kamil B Shane THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW EXPIRED Congratulations to all
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Edward Snowden’s revelations regarding the NSA’s covert spying activities not only served to heighten the issue of online privacy, they also created a general atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust. One software which came under the microscope in particular was the popular and widely used TrueCrypt.
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Easter is fast approaching and the associated giveaways are starting to roll in. As is our usual policy here at DCT, we’ll only be reporting those giveaways which involve reputable products plus a simple and direct method for obtaining the software for free. BlazeVideo’s Easter
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It is being universally described as “catastrophic” and “the biggest security threat the internet has ever seen”… it is called Heartbleed. Heartbleed – What is it? “Heartbleed” is the name given to a bug recently discovered in a component of the widely utilized OpenSSL open
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Glossary of Terms: PUPs: Potentially Unwanted Programs – such as toolbars. PUMs: Potentially Unwanted Modifications – changes to home page, search engine, etc. MBAM: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware It’s been almost a year since Malwarebytes’ decision to stop supporting the identification and removal of PUPs created a
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Zorin OS is a Linux (Ubuntu-based) operating system specifically designed to help traditional Windows users migrate as easily as possible to an alternative operating system. My first encounter with Zorin OS occurred almost 18 months ago. At that time, I checked out Zorin OS via
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As the first quarter of 2014 has now drawn to a close, and considering XP’s end of support is nigh, I thought it might be timely to check out current market share figures and see how much things have changed over the past 12 months.
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[message type=”info”]The winning name has now been drawn, and the winner is… drum roll… John Lesnak. John has been notified by email and his prize will be mailed to him as soon as he responds. THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW EXPIRED Thanks to everyone who entered,
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This is possibly a little off topic, although many movies do include some kind of CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) these days. Besides, I really do enjoy a good movie. Now, I realize opinions about movies are purely subjective but I thought the multi-award winning Gravity
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