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Jan 30 2015

How to Record Your Video Game Action – Part 1

By Marc Thomas / 6 Comments

Do you ever see stuff on the net and say to yourself ‘I wonder how they do that’? I know I do all the time and usually when watching Youtube game walkthrough videos, because I’m a bit of a pussy really and it’s always handy […]

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Jan 29 2015

SSD and Defragmentation – The Final Statement

By Richard Pedersen / 4 Comments

In the old days, when Solid State Drives first “came out”, there was a big problem with write cycles. The more you wrote to them, the worse it got. Every single write to the drive shortened its life by a big chunk. Not so, anymore…

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Jan 28 2015

Random Photos – Humor in Tech (and life)

By Jim Hillier

Here we are with another set of random photos courtesy of our recommended download site MajorGeeks: Beware the cold and calculating Al-Gebra! Because remembering names like “Yahee”and “Goggle” is always useful, right? Fixed everything? I can’t see a roof rack anywhere! That free internet must

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Jan 28 2015

How to Add Vertical Lines to the Sides of a Word Document

By Carol Bratt

You can create myriad different embellishments to the text in your Word documents. One of the embellishments is vertical lines either at the left, right, or both sides of your documents or words, etc. There are a couple of ways in which you can accomplish

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Jan 28 2015

Whose (on)line is it anyway?

By Mark Williamson / 16 Comments

As a responsible parent, I’ve always held the opinion that it is my duty to protect my children on-line. Of course, I can only do this to an extent, and until they are of a certain age, and given my kids are now young adults,

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Jan 27 2015

Toolbars & PUPS – The New Revenue Raiser

By Jim Hillier / 19 Comments

Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPS), have been infesting our machines for years but certainly not in the same quantity and frequency as today. Unfortunately, freeware developers appear to have cottoned on to this shabby method for creating additional income in droves, to the point where, in

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Jan 27 2015

Free Alternatives to Microsoft Office Suite

By Sherri Meinke / 16 Comments

Many people purchase a computer and just assume the Microsoft Office Suite package comes standard on it. NEWSFLASH It does not come standard.  You can pay extra for the package or experience the trial version that often comes preloaded on systems and is usable for only a

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Roboform - the world's best password manager
Jan 23 2015

Get Roboform Everywhere for Only $4.95 Right Now!

By David Hartsock / 2 Comments

You may recall our recent Roboform Everywhere giveaway where we were able to give away 10 free licenses to DCT readers. I was contacted earlier today by Roboform, who were extremely happy with the participation level and enthusiasm of our readers. They felt a reward,

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Jan 22 2015

New Monitors – Which one is best for you

By Jim Hillier / 28 Comments

There is possibly nothing more confusing than trying to choose a new or replacement monitor. There are so many different brands and models available, a variety of different panel types and specs to consider, it ain’t easy – especially when factoring in the value for

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Jan 21 2015

Windows 10 Upgrade Free During the Initial Year!

By Mark Williamson / 20 Comments

Microsoft has announced that Windows 10, the anticipated successor to the slow up-taken Windows 8, will be released free of charge to Windows 7 & 8 users who upgrade during the first year after the new operating system’s official release. The free release will apply

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Jan 21 2015

Bitdefender Adware Removal Tool – Free & Portable, but Does it Work

By Jim Hillier / 10 Comments

I realize there are a number of free adware/toolbar removal tools already available but when a reputable security company such as Bitdefender enters the arena, one has to sit up and take notice. As far as I can tell, Bitdefender Adware Removal Tool was first

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Jan 20 2015

Swedish “Genital” Video for Kids – Shock, Horror!

By Jim Hillier / 2 Comments

A children’s show produced by Sweden’s public service broadcaster SVT recently released a music video for its “Snoppen och Snippan” [penis and vagina] song to coincide with the premiere of its new season. Since the show chose to illustrate the bouncy, catchy track with a

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Jan 20 2015

How To: Set Up a Network Printer in Windows 8.1

By Jason Shuffield / 3 Comments

Have you ever wanted to set up a network printer in Windows? I have and figured I would share how to do this in Microsoft Windows 8.1 since this one can be a little trickier than other Windows versions. With all new Windows they seem

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Jan 19 2015

RIP FreewareBB

By Mark Williamson / 12 Comments

As many freeware followers will know by now, FreewareBB was sold recently although unfortunately it fell into the hands of people who wanted to use the good name and reputation of the site to scam and trick others. Those very tactics are the likes of

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