As I’ve mentioned in several articles, I convert VHS tapes to digital format for clients, and recently I’ve been playing with software that uses AI to ‘improve’ the video quality by upscaling with various AI models. Fellow author Jim Hillier has also written about video […]
The Drift Ghost XL Pro is a replacement action camera for my GoPro Hero 5, which I sold some time ago due to its poor battery life of less than an hour. Before buying the XL Pro, I researched action cams extensively and ended
This is the first time I’ve come across this Numlock key problem, where it is not enabled on Windows start-up. I’ve been playing with computers for long enough to know that Numlock ON can be enabled in the BIOS/UEFI and is usually set to ON
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I don’t game a great deal on my Asus TUF Gaming laptop, preferring my desktop, but it’s there if I need it. In fact, I use the laptop more for writing and other non-gaming matters, mainly in the mornings when it’s quiet. I also use
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My wife has a Samsung Galaxy A25 cell phone, and some time ago, I showed her how to restart it, which is done by holding down the power button for a couple of seconds until the power menu appears. It’s good practice to restart your
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In my recent article How I Revived A Fifteen-Year-Old Gaming Laptop, I mentioned that my client’s late husband enjoyed buying quality hardware. When I delivered her Sony Vaio back to her, I came away with a couple of tablets to look at. One is an
Whilst reading Jim Hillier’s excellent article, Streaming Video Services Colluding? I was reminded of other annoyances that crop up in the streaming universe, so here are just a few, because there are plenty! This Video Is Not Currently Available To Watch In Your Location Prime
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Recently, I’ve been deluged with laptops coming in for repair or upgrades. Mind you, I’m not complaining because work is work and it’s what I enjoy. Most of the upgrades are simply a matter of upgrading from spinners (HDDs) to SSDs and increasing memory (RAM),
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YouTube is really getting on my tits lately! The reason I signed up for YouTube Premium in the first place was to not be bombarded by moronic ads every few minutes, not to mention the super-low price of $3 per month where I live. However,
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In September 2018, Shadow of the Tomb Raider was released – that’s nearly seven years ago – and in 2022, it was announced that a new Tomb Raider game would be developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Amazon Games using the Unreal 5 engine.
As I’ve mentioned already in other articles, the UK Online Safety Act (OSA) now requires UK visitors to certain websites, such as Reddit, Spotify, and Wikipedia, to verify their age with a selfie or other means of ID. It’s worth noting here that national ID
A couple of weeks ago, a client phoned asking me to take a look at some laptops so that she could decide which ones to keep and which to give away to people in need. I had known the lady for some years, long before
Hot on the heels of the recent enforcement of the British Online Safety Act, which is supposed to protect children online, gaming is now being targeted by Collective Shout, an Australian campaign group formed to stop sexploitation in video games. All well and good, up
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In May 2025, Rockstar Games confirmed that the much-anticipated GTA VI will be released on May 26, 2026. But there was no mention of which platforms it would be released on. One has to assume that consoles will be first, followed by PCs a year
