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It’s almost Christmas time again, which means it’s gift time, and many of you will be looking to purchase online. The scammers are well aware of the increased activity at this time of year and crawl out from under their rocks to do their worst. […]
I was trying to make up a card with “Hallmark Card Studio” when I kept getting an internet connection error. It couldn’t connect to the server, and I couldn’t open any of the listed templates or clip art. For the first time after using this
Microsoft has agreed to provide Windows 10 users in the European Economic Area (EEA) with free extended security updates until 13th October 2026. Microsoft’s decision follows pressure from representatives of the Euroconsumers group, who pointed out that Microsoft’s plan to stop providing security updates as
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Yet another sensationalist headline – e.g., Windows 10 usage share climbs while Windows 11’s falls – is doing the rounds, suggesting that Windows 11’s user base is shrinking with a corresponding increase in Windows 10 users. These headlines are predicated on numbers provided by StatCounter,
Very recently, we published an article discussing the Best Free Partition Managers, and during my research for that article, I noticed a somewhat alarming pattern, which, when thinking about it later, I realized was something I’d come across previously. This applies to software that is
Windows 10 users will now get a year’s reprieve, according to a recent announcement from Microsoft. However, in order to receive security updates up to October 2026, you will need to sign up with the ESU (Extended Security Updates) program for free instead of paying
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I’m in a family subscription to Microsoft 365 Copilot, formally known as Office 365 (I wish MS would stop coming up with ridiculous names!), which gives us 1TB of storage with OneDrive, access to all the Office programs, and, if I’m not mistaken, unlimited use
Jim first posed this question back in 2020, comparing the warranty for a $35 toaster with that of a $1700 laptop. Nothing has changed in the interim. Should warranties on major electrical items be longer than 12 months? Let us know your thoughts via the
This is an update on a previous article comparing both services now that I’ve had a chance to compare them for a couple of years. I’ve been using both OneDrive and Google Drive for many years now and it appears to me that the former
I subscribe to half a dozen video streaming services and, in my opinion, not one provides a decent menu system. I’m not sure if it’s just me but I find the majority of these streaming services’ menu systems unintuitive and tedious. I won’t go into
Do modern appliances last as long as they used to? Jim says not. Take a look back at Jim’s 2015 article and see if you agree. Remember the old days when appliances and electronic devices actually lasted? When we were young, and our kids were
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Originally published in 2014, this is the first in a series recounting Marc’s interesting and often humorous encounters as a PC Technician, including colorful characters and unusual situations Catch up with all previous articles in Marc’s series: All A Day in the Life Of A
I love that we live in a world of diverse cultures and rich languages, but we don’t always understand what we’re reading. For my part, whilst I speak fluent Spanish and can read and write in that language, sometimes I need more than a little
Two free tools to check whether customer reviews on Amazon are legitimate. I believe that most online shoppers would read customer product reviews as part of their decision-making process, I know I do. These two AI-powered tools will filter out fake reviews and present a
