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ASCOMP Backup Maker Pro Winners Announced! Winners will be notified by email. ASCOMP has graciously given DCT five licenses to run a giveaway contest for their Backup Maker Pro Edition software. These licenses are currently each valued at $39.90 (US). ASCOMP does offer a Free […]
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If you are running out of space on your Taskbar, or if you have already run out of space, Linkbar is a terrific little free and portable utility that allows you to easily create multiple Taskbars and position them wherever you like. Creating Additional Taskbars
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Giveaways & Contests Dave’s Computer Tips is working hard to bring top-quality software to our readers. Please note that none of the upcoming contests and giveaways are etched in stone. Changes may be made to this list at any time. Here’s what’s happening… Running Now!
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I switch between using speakers and headphones quite often. Sure, you can do that by using your mouse to click multiple times, drilling through a convoluted Windows menu mess, but wouldn’t it be much simpler to only use a keyboard hotkey? That is what SoundSwitch
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Ashampoo Snap 12 Winners Announced! Winners will be notified by email. Ashampoo has graciously offered our DCT readers a chance to win one of five licenses for their Snap 12 screen/video capture software. These licenses are currently valued at a discounted price of $24.99
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I usually use PhotoFiltre for my basic photo editing needs. Especially since version 7 included more layer support. Not as sophisticated as Photoshop, but it suits my needs. But the colour palette needs a bit of improvement. One colour I noticed missing is brown. There
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The Photos app, which is included with Windows 10, is a lot more versatile than the name suggests. Not only does the Photos app come complete with a very good range of image editing features but also includes a nice range of features for working
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A guy brought me his iPad. I was told it was stuck in recovery mode. When they brought it to me, it was stuck on the Apple logo. I plugged it into my computer to see what would happen. Nothing happened. So I opened iTunes
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There’s no doubt that the games market is now more competitive than ever with new online stores arriving on the scene seemingly every few months. But it’s still dominated by Steam, with Epic Games Store making huge strides, especially with its free games offers,
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Starting with Windows 7, Microsoft replaced the Internet activity monitors with a static one. I’m referring to the icon that looked like two monitors that flashed blue to show network activity. One incoming, one outgoing. It displayed down in the notification area. But Microsoft, in
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ASCOMP Synchredible Pro Winners Announced! The winners will be notified by email. Our friends at ASCOMP have given us five licenses for their new version 7 Synchredible Professional software. These full version licenses are currently valued at $39.90 (US) each. ASCOMP also offers a
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ASCOMP Image Former It’s a paid program but you can get a 14-day free trial with no limitations, according to their site. It’s basically just an image editor but one feature that caught my eye was the ability to rotate pictures. Most image editors allow
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Just a quick tip. If you use playlists in VLC, you can separate the playlist from the player by going to the View menu and clicking on Docked Playlist. If this is checked, the playlist is embedded into the player but uncheck it and you
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World Backup Day is fast approaching (31st March) and to celebrate, Aomei is giving away three of its terrific products– Aomei Backupper Pro, Aomei MBackupper Pro, and Aomei CBackupper. This giveaway is open to all comers. PLEASE NOTE: There are no restrictions on features but
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