Ashampoo Backup Pro 26 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 given DCT five licenses for its Backup Pro 26 software. These licenses are currently each […]
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Last week, we covered how you could deny Facebook access to your camera roll. If you missed that, you can find it here: How To Deny Facebook Access To Photos This week, I’d like to switch to another social media platform. What is this other
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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
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Reports have been circulating on tech sites that Windows has lost 400 million users over the past three years. However, those reports have been predicated on an incorrect assumption, and the fact is that Windows global usage has not decreased significantly at all. The story
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With Google dominating the advertising and SEO sectors, this is a question that I have frequently been asking myself of late because many of the titles of YouTube videos and tech articles scream clickbait. But more than that, most websites need advertising revenue to survive,
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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,
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Microsoft has previously announced a Windows 10 ESU (Extended Security Updates) plan for home consumers, with the plan extending security updates for 12 months for $30.00. However, Microsoft has now provided details for two options to get the extended security updates for free: Use Windows Backup
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We’re only halfway through the year, and with the unstoppable rise of AI in the tech industry, we’ve already seen around 100,000 jobs disappear, so we should be very worried. According to a report from Final Round AI, about 500 tech workers are losing their
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Last week, we covered ‘How to Enable Charging Animation On Samsung.’ If you missed that fun article, you can find it here: How To Enable Charging Animation On Samsung This week, I’ll be discussing how to keep your photos safe on your mobile device. You
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Following Microsoft laying off more than 9000 employees recently, it’s emerged that Turn 10, the Microsoft-owned studio that produces Forza Motorsport (FM), has suffered badly from the hatchet with over 50% layoffs. The Forza Motorsport franchise was first launched in May 2005, with the latest
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According to StatCounter, as of July 2025, Windows 11’s operating system market share is nearly on par with that of Windows 10. Bearing in mind that StatCounter’s stats are not precise and provide more of a guide than an exact picture. The following graph from
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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
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The debate over the use of Registry cleaners has been ongoing for many years, mainly due to the risk versus reward factor. While I agree that Registry cleaners in the wrong hands do involve an element of risk, if the Registry cleaner software includes the
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