With all the hubbub surrounding XP’s impending day of doom, the fact that support for Microsoft Office 2003 ends on the exact same date seems to have been pushed well into the background. Yes folks, as of April 8th there will be no more security […]
Governments Decide What’s Best for Us! I realize I’ve been giving this topic a bit of a hammering lately but it really stokes my ire. What is it with Governments that makes them think they have the right to decide what’s best for us? If
Rant: Governments & Media Industry Interfering with OUR Internet! Read More »
In today’s world of burgeoning cybercrime, passwords and password security have become critical in the way we protect ourselves online. It’s not too difficult to create a different strong password for each account but it is not so easy remembering them all. This is where
New Password Manager *SpeedyPassword* – Is It Safe? Read More »
These Aussie signs have absolutely nothing to do with computers, technology and the like but hey, a little light relief never hurt anybody, right?
What do you get when you combine a remote controlled drone and a GoPro camera with a team of mega-talented video editors? A first person view of a day in the life of Superman, that’s what: Apparently, the video was only put up
OneNote, Microsoft’s popular note-taking service that syncs across multiple platforms, is now available for free. OneNote has previously been included as a component of the rather expensive Microsoft Office suites but is now available free for everyone as a separate entity: OneNote now on Mac,
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Warning, rant follows!! If your household is anything like mine, you have numerous devices which either require connecting to the PC occasionally or charging regularly, and each device’s cable comes with a different connection on one end or different power adapter. For example; in our
Rant: Why Can’t Cables & Adapters be Standardized? Read More »
Popcorn Time, the free and open source streaming movie project, has gone through so much turmoil in such a short space of time. Popcorn Time was launched just over a week ago to critical acclaim. A few short days later the developers decided to pull
A New York federal court has granted permission for the seizure of several domain names, bank funds and social media accounts belonging to the Chinese based company responsible for the DVDFab software. As of now, DVDFab and associated domains are inaccessible. The order was issued
‘QwikMark‘ is a basic, portable, PC benchmarking tool available free from the vTask Studio developers. QwikMark will measure CPU speed in gigahertz and gigaflops, as well as data transfer rates for hard drive and RAM. Download consists of a tiny 84KB single executable, no installation
A new streaming movie app, appropriately named ‘Popcorn Time’, has been receiving a lot of publicity recently, and with very good reason. Unlike Netflix, Popcorn Time is totally free, available anywhere in the world, and lists new releases in its movie library. Popcorn Time is
For many years now, the big three – Avast, Avira, and AVG – have dominated the free antivirus market. During that time, AVG has gone from ‘leader of the pack’ to ‘also ran’ and is now on the comeback trail, Avast has led the way
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XP ‘End Of Support’ Popup End of support for Windows XP is now just around the corner, on 8th April. In fact, XP users should start receiving official End Of Support popup notifications as of now. Security concerns have been well documented but one well
I’ve mentioned previously how I’ve installed Windows 8/8.1 on numerous clients’ machines and how they have all loved their new operating system. Well, this morning I received my first complaint… albeit a minor one. A female client was concerned that she could see no evidence
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