In a recent article here at DCT I showed how to Activate Dark Mode in YouTube and in another I raved about Opera and it’s many stand-out features. It’s entirely possible, yet highly unlikely that the good people at Opera actually read those two articles because version 45.0.2552.635 (PGO) aka Opera Reborn has introduced not only […]
Britain’s National Health Service Following the global cyber/ransomware attack this week, it transpires that the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is still using Windows XP on a reported 90% of its systems, even though XP has not officially been supported by Microsoft since April 2014. Apparently the NHS entered into an agreement with Microsoft for […]
John McAfee John McAfee, the most colourful character to emerge from the dullness of the tech industry of late, has announced plans to launch a hack proof cell phone through MGT Capital sometime in 2017. To be known as the Privacy Phone, the device promises to be the most secure handset ever developed, with features […]
In the above scene from Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) where Bill Gates tells IBM executives that he believes he has what they need, a disk operating system that even he doesn’t yet possess (according to the film**), we witness a moment where one man’s fortune is secured and the seeds of the personal computer […]
A Tale of Two Clouds A while ago I wrote This is Why Microsoft OneDrive Sucks and ranted about placeholders, Scrooge-like storage woes and weird file naming. Well, I’m back and I’m both on the warpath and singing its praises, so how weird is that? This time I’m complaining about Office related syncing, and icon overlays, whilst […]
Cool YouTube Darkness Apparently Google is working on a not-so-secret Dark Mode for YouTube and you can activate it yourself in just three easy steps. Personally, I find a darker background to be easier on the eyes and certainly hope that Google incorporate this feature into YouTube on a permanent basis. How to Activate Dark […]
Netflix Is Now a Dating App Without doubt, Netflix is the world’s most popular media streaming service; it’s easy to use, offers an amazing variety of content and until very recently used a tried and tested five-star rating system that made sense and was logical for viewers to relate to. All that has now changed […]
Thank You Windows 8 Over the years I’ve played with all sorts of Desktop customisation software, not least following the launch of Windows 8 when we were all left scratching our heads and wondering what had happened to our beloved Start Menu. That particular Windows fiasco spawned all manner of third-party add-ons which I played […]
Winners Announced! PrimoSync has graciously offered five (5) licenses for a Giveaway Contest for their Primo iPhone Data Recovery software. Read on to learn more… Primo iPhone Data Recovery There may come a time when your iPhone becomes non-responsive, you get stuck with a black screen and a ghostly Apple logo stares back at you, […]
When we upload a video to YouTube we are offered three thumbnails, chosen by some Google algorithm, but you do have the choice of uploading your own custom thumbnail, too. For that reason, amongst others, I needed to find a way of browsing through a particular section of a video so that it could be […]
Following on from my article How To Be a YouTube Millionaire, a feat which I fear I will never attain, it’s clear that a big part of the YouTube experience is presentation. Much like the menu that you see when you’re scrolling through Netflix or Cable TV, your channel content needs to be organised and […]
Tomb Raider – Dagger of Xian Twenty years ago I bought a new Pentium II computer bundle, (to which I later fitted a 3DFX Voodoo II graphics card) and started to play my first computer game, Tomb Raider II. From that moment on I was hooked on the Tomb Raider (TR) series and this particular game […]
No, this isn’t a fly fishing instruction manual, but how to mirror your iPhone or iPad screen to your Windows desktop. It’s surprisingly easy actually and requires no configuration of your Apple device or even a software download. You only need to download the strangely named Lonely Screen to your PC and within seconds […]
Making money on YouTube is a serious business and requires full time dedication, a lot of content and hundreds of thousands of views. Production values and content appear to be moot points though, as both these aspects may be be interchangeable. For example, a cutesy video shot on a shaky cellphone which reaches thousands of […]