Articles about software
For reasons beyond my understanding, I decided out of the blue to update my VLC media player. So across the top menu, I clicked on Help then Check For Updates… I had version 3.0.6 and version 3.0.7 was available so I accepted the prompts to […]
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Google Stadia To Launch In November What is Stadia? That’s a good question. From what I can gather, Google Stadia is a revolutionary new subscription gaming platform, which allows you to play games through the cloud. In simple terms, Google Stadia lets you play modern
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Winners Announced! [message type=”info”] This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by eMail Jaff Husin Robert Furlong Debnat Son Frank Mohnhaupt Karsten Andersen Yury Kuzmin Mieczyslaw Szustakowski Shawn Irfan David Millan Robyn Bellefleur Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who
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How To Convert Videos There are many reasons why you may want to convert videos, the primary being the platform the video is destined for and the format the video was recorded as in the first place. In my case, I record a lot of
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In my article, How To Create A Passkey On Xbox One, I wrote about how to create a passkey for your Xbox One and about creating a password before someone purchases something on your Microsoft account. Since I have four kids, this was a must on
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If you use PDFs a lot during your day-to-day computer work, then this deal is for you! Ashampoo has donated five licenses for their PDF Pro 2 software to give DCT readers a chance to win a free copy by entering this giveaway contest. These
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Digiarty is celebrating their 13th Anniversary with two great giveaway promotions! WinX DVD Ripper Go to this WinX DVD RipperWinX DVD Ripper link to get your free copy now! Valid until June. 5th, 2019 WinX HD Video Converter Go to this WinX HD Video Converter
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Welcome to the new Dave’s Computer Tips Tech News where we’ll try to bring you the latest news on all technology-related matters. Nothing moves quite as swiftly as computer-related technology and keeping up with developments is what we do here at DCT, so let’s get
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A number of people asked about creating DVDs so here’s a simple program and the basic instructions on how to use it. First, download and install DVDStyler. When you first open the program you’ll get the New project window. The only options you might want
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Ashampoo HDD Control 3 Ashampoo has generously offered our DCT readers five licenses for their HDD Control 3 program. These licenses are currently valued at $29.99 (US) but at the time of writing can be gotten at a discounted price of $16.00. There is also
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In August 2017, Marc Laidlaw, the former Valve writer of the entire Half-Life series, penned a tongue-in-cheek storyline entitled Epistle 3 on his website, which fans saw as his interpretation of what Valve may have planned for Half-Life 2: Episode 3 (aka Half-Life 3). Most
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WinOptimizer 16 Winners Announced! [message type=”info”] This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email Witold Butwilowski Martha Lindquist Robert Lasher David Tomm Yury Kuzmin Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! [/message] Ashampoo has kindly given us five
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In my opinion, Ninite is the safest site to install programs from. When you open Ninite you are presented with a list of programs to select from. You check the ones you want– the ones I picked here are Chrome, Malwarebytes, SUPERAntiSpyware, Revo, and Glary.
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What Is A Rootkit Rootkits according to Wikipedia: A rootkit is a collection of computer software, typically malicious, designed to enable access to a computer or an area of its software that is not otherwise allowed (for example, to an unauthorized user) and often masks
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