I love these ‘kids react to old technology’ videos. The thing with kids is that their innocence can often lead to brutal honesty. Here, we see some youngsters struggling to come to grips with old film-type cameras. “Okay, so now, how do I see the […]
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Microsoft isn’t exactly renowned for considerate decision making. Most notable of late to lose brownie points with users was the thoughtless decision not to provide any official Windows 8.1 installation media – except of course for for those who purchased a boxed DVD. Those of
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Word allows us to create a border around our paragraphs if we choose to. If you like, you can apply borders to all four sides of your paragraphs. You can even go all out and have a different border for each side of your paragraph.
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Free Office for iOS In a somewhat surprising move, Microsoft has unshackled its Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps for iOS. As of 6th September, iOS users can now create and edit Office content on iPads and iPhones without requiring a subscription (personal use only –
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Knowledge is Power! I wear many hats and one of the things that I enjoy doing is teaching students computing skills. However, I have to stay on my toes and ahead of the pack. There is no excuse in this day and age for people
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Christmas is fast approaching and, as the go-to gadget man in the Hillier family, I’ve been busy checking out requests for possible tech type Xmas presents for the grandchildren. The most interesting of which has been a tablet/notebook combination device for my 13 year old
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Mobile apps are one of the fastest growing areas of software development today and everyone wants a piece of you, which in itself is no bad thing as competition generates choice and hence lower prices or even, completely free. Most of us have a mobile
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Messaging applications have been around for a long time but the proliferation of mobile devices has seen this area of communication expand rapidly with literally hundreds of various messaging apps now available to download. The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has recently completed a series of
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Speed– that is the singular thing for which we all strive. It doesn’t matter if you are a casual user of computers or a power geek. Speed is the ultimate destination. When you point your mouse at something and click, you want it to
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The Division Ubisoft Massive Entertainment Release date : 2015 [youtube]http://youtu.be/yPq_NVi-TC4[/youtube] First announced at E3 2013, The Division is largely inspired by Directive 51 and Operation Dark Winter, playing on the fragile threads that bind society together in the face of an outbreak of disease which
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Privacy Badger is a relatively new anti-tracking browser add-on coming to us from the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation). Privacy Badger is similar to but inherently different from other anti-tracking and ad-blocking add-ons such as Ghostery, Adblock Plus, and Disconnect. Privacy Badger is a browser add-on
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You may know that you can enter multiple lines within a single cell by simply clicking Alt + Enter at the end of each line, which starts a new line for you. With a little work you can use that tidbit to create a
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Microsoft has ended retail sales for Windows 8 as of 31st October 2014, almost two years after it was first released and exactly 12 months since the expiration of retail sales for Windows 7. With Microsoft intent on turning attention toward its new Windows 10
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