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In a quite staggering act of double standards, Meta, the parent company of Facebook has apparently sent emails to Facebook’s moderators to allow posts from certain countries that call for the deaths of Russian soldiers, even going so far as allowing posts calling for the […]
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In the world of politics, if you want a story to go away, you invent a bombshell story to overwhelm the front page and your problems are solved. On the other hand, if a story is important enough, you want it to stay on the
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Cut The Cord Adding a Bluetooth transmitter and receiver is a great way to upgrade an older TV or a newer one not fitted with Bluetooth. Living in a condo or an apartment often means listening to your favorite movies in a subdued volume so
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Spam, Spam, and More Spam Spam, Junk Mail, Unsolicited Mail all fall into the same category and can fill your inbox with a ton of unwanted emails. Even when email clients like Outlook, Gmail, and others can effectively move most Spam to the Junk Mail
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I got a call from a woman who was getting a warning about a possible virus on her system. It was one of those scammer’s ads that tries to convince you that your system is infected. Two things to keep in mind: 1. Never call
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Do this on all the computers in your network. Set Profile Account Password First set a password on your profile account in Windows if you don’t have one already. If you are going to be sharing files over a network, a little bit of security
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Having revamped my YouTube channel several times since being demonetised in August last year, I had to face the fact that one video, The Making Of The Exorcist, was probably the culprit. I had uploaded it several years ago, having found it on a special
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The family computer is a great source of fun and information for all, but families with tender age children will need to take steps to protect those innocent eyes from the darker side of the World Wide Web. There are numerous methods to filter out
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For several months I’ve been struggling to find the reason that POP3 doesn’t work as expected for my Gmail account. POP3 is used to download email from an email server to your PC or download email between two email accounts. The problem I’m seeing is
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I got another laptop (not a new one). Someone I know was getting rid of all their old tech and gave me one of their laptops. It’s a Gateway MS2285 (currently Win 10). After resetting and fiddling with all the settings, it was still as
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When Malwarebytes first released Anti-Exploit it was as a free standalone program and then, quite some time ago, Anti-Exploit was merged with Malwarebytes’ main product, Malwarebytes Antimalware, as part of its Premium package. However, did you know that you can still get Malwarebytes Anti-exploit (MBAE)
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I first highlighted this outrageous situation on 24th November 2021 in Facebook Bans Links To Dave’s Computer Tips and nearly two months later the censor hammer is still in place. Collectively we writers at DCT have submitted tickets to Facebook’s so-called help desk on numerous
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I got a notification from Opera that an update was available. You get a little red dot on the side of the O logo in the top left-hand corner of the browser. When you click on it, it opens the menu and in the menu,
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Continuing the saga of YouTube demonetisation, which has affected my channel since August last year, it’s become reminiscent of DCTs ban at Facebook — no specific answers are forthcoming. This is very frustrating because even though I’ve given my channel a complete overhaul and deleted
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