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There was a time when I used Skype quite extensively and I’ve had an account with it for well over a decade. However, with the likes of WhatsApp and others, all my calls are usually app-to-app over WiFi and therefore free. But landline calls, such […]
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Many of you who are mature enough will remember the old saying… don’t believe everything you read in the newspapers. In today’s digital world, the same can be said for what is published online. One of my pet peeves is when a comment includes a
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Recently, I was working on my computer, and all of the sudden the address bar showed the Yahoo! icon. This was at the front of the address bar of my Google Browser. What this meant was that it was using Yahoo to search when I
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Ashampoo Privacy Inspector Winners Announced! This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email. Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! Ashampoo has kindly offered our DCT readers a chance to win a free copy of their all-new Privacy
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Email Discipline Email has become an evil necessity in today’s electronic world. Email is used by just about everyone “as of 2021 4.26 billion people around the world use email” (Source: 99 Firms Blog) with a mobile device or computer. Understanding that “Spam comprises 85%
You’ve likely been reading recently that “AI” is the up-and-coming technology. I’ve even read predictions that AI will make Google search obsolete. In fact, Microsoft’s Bing search engine is already working on integrating Bing search with the OpenAI program through their own new system called
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My uncle’s friend passed away and he had a video he wanted me to do up. He said to make it fancy and put a border around it or something. So a bit of searching around and I came across this site: Kapwing Online Video
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Readers of DCT will remember that in November 2021 we reported in Facebook Bans Links To Dave’s Computer Tips that all links to our articles on Facebook were being blocked, with a message stating that our content had been reported as abusive. Naturally, we were
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Ok, so technically, someone tried to hack into my home network. Although they did not get in, I thought it would be informative to go over what happened. In this article, I will explain the different methods used to get into my network, what the
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Readers will know that I live in Argentina which is considered by most people to be a third-world developing country and as such is privileged by geographical pricing for many online goods and services. I refer specifically to downloadable media such as video games, music,
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Google Maps Timeline is an optional feature that you can turn off at will but I have opted in because I ride to so many places on my motorcycle that it’s a great way to keep track of my movements. Some may wave their arms
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Opera has a new feature that, in theory, will help sharpen videos and pictures on the websites that you visit. It’s called “Lucid mode“. To access it, go to the “Easy setup” menu – three stacked lines in the top right-hand corner. When the side
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I had an unusual problem. I wanted to read an article called, “PicPick Adds Delayed Capture Functionality” by John Durso – you can read it here: PicPick Adds Delayed Capture Functionality But the page was displaying weirdly. The first thing I saw was what I
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On November 30, LastPass reported that they were breached and an unauthorized party, using information obtained in the August 2022 incident, was “able to gain access to certain elements of our customers’ information”. On December 22, Karim Toubba, the CEO of LastPass, announced that the
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