articles about new and upcoming technology
After 40 years developing a Windows operating system, you’d think Microsoft could get it right, right? But no, Microsoft continues its unfathomable pattern of following up success with unmitigated disasters. Windows 7: Released in 2009 and destined to become one of the most popular Windows […]
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Is something going on with Bitwarden? Bitwarden is a cloud-based, open-source password manager that has received a lot of positive coverage here at DCT over the years. I currently have a premium Bitwarden subscription. Jim Hillier recommends the free version of Bitwarden if you do not need
AI Agents, also known as Generative AI, are the AI we are familiar with from providers such as OpenAI (ChatGPT), Google (Gemini), and Microsoft (Copilot). Agentic AI, to the best of my knowledge, Agentic AI is not yet available for mass deployment, but it does
Device Encryption Can Cost You All Your Data Recently, I have had several customers receive a BitLocker recovery screen. Unfortunately, none of the customers had knowingly enacted the BitLocker Encryption, and all were unaware they had one. Many didn’t know they had a Microsoft Account.
In all my years of witnessing the introduction of new tech, I’ve never seen anything to match the rapid uptake of AI. The fact that AI is as yet far from perfected doesn’t seem to bother the tech giants as they continue to battle it
Like it or loathe it, AI is permeating every aspect of the PC. Microsoft, Google, software developers, etc., are all pushing AI at every opportunity. But, the critical question here is… is AI truly ready for prime time? In my opinion, AI has been pushed
ASCOMP PC Internals Winners Announced! This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email. Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! ASCOMP has kindly offered our DCT readers a chance to win one of five licenses for their PC
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
YouTube Shorts are short videos under three minutes long. They must be in vertical format with a 9:16 aspect ratio. I first avoided playing them because I didn’t know how to stop them without exiting YouTube altogether. After a little button pushing on the remote, I
The Drift Ghost XL Pro is a replacement action camera for my GoPro Hero 5, which I sold some time ago due to its poor battery life of less than an hour. Before buying the XL Pro, I researched action cams extensively and ended
Everything seems to be getting more and more expensive these days, and that applies to PCs as well. Some time back, I took the plunge and bought a refurbished desktop PC to replace my aging secondary machine, but not before I’d well and truly done
Watching movies copied to a flash drive on my TiVo cable box. This project originally started differently. I connected my Android cable box to my computer. I wondered if I could access any of the files on it, especially the recordings. The first problem I
Quick Method To Improve Your Cellular Coverage In the past, I have heard many of my clients complain about spotty cell phone performance to the point where the phone won’t even ring, and the call might automatically go to voicemail. For many of my readers,
I’m thinking of turning my old Acer desktop into a media server. I have a few DVDs that I would like to rip to obtain a digital copy. I wrote before about this using “WinX DVD Ripper”. Read here: How To RIP DVD With WinX
