Easter is fast approaching and the associated giveaways are starting to roll in. As is our usual policy here at DCT, we’ll only be reporting those giveaways which involve reputable products plus a simple and direct method for obtaining the software for free. BlazeVideo’s Easter […]
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Apple’s Operating Systems Heartbleed Free The HeartBleed bug affects the encryption technology designed to protect email, instant messaging and e-commerce related to online accounts. The problem affects only the version of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) known as OpenSSL. Unfortunately, this happens to be
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Many of you may have noticed a few changes in your Windows 8.1 installations this week. On Tuesday Microsoft released “Update 1” for Windows 8.1 – I know, all these numbers are starting to get confusing to me too! Update 1 is more of a
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It is being universally described as “catastrophic” and “the biggest security threat the internet has ever seen”… it is called Heartbleed. Heartbleed – What is it? “Heartbleed” is the name given to a bug recently discovered in a component of the widely utilized OpenSSL open
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Glossary of Terms: PUPs: Potentially Unwanted Programs – such as toolbars. PUMs: Potentially Unwanted Modifications – changes to home page, search engine, etc. MBAM: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware It’s been almost a year since Malwarebytes’ decision to stop supporting the identification and removal of PUPs created a
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Zorin OS is a Linux (Ubuntu-based) operating system specifically designed to help traditional Windows users migrate as easily as possible to an alternative operating system. My first encounter with Zorin OS occurred almost 18 months ago. At that time, I checked out Zorin OS via
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Microsoft introduced a new feature in Word 2007 named Alignment Tabs, which are reminiscent of WordPerfect’s Relative Tabs feature. Alignment tabs have been retained in Word 2010, so let’s take a quick look. Alignment tabs can be useful because they readjust automatically if you change
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Some of you may remember the recent Teck Korner special report where we gave exclusive details and news from the very heart of Microsoft itself. The breathtaking response to that unparalleled piece of reporting found us scurrying back to Teck Towers for refuge, which is
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As the first quarter of 2014 has now drawn to a close, and considering XP’s end of support is nigh, I thought it might be timely to check out current market share figures and see how much things have changed over the past 12 months.
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Microsoft’s Office for iPad Wildly Successful Microsoft’s Office for iPad has had more than 12 million downloads in the week since its release. Each of the apps —Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote — are free but require an Office 365 subscription to be able to
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[message type=”info”]The winning name has now been drawn, and the winner is… drum roll… John Lesnak. John has been notified by email and his prize will be mailed to him as soon as he responds. THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW EXPIRED Thanks to everyone who entered,
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This is possibly a little off topic, although many movies do include some kind of CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) these days. Besides, I really do enjoy a good movie. Now, I realize opinions about movies are purely subjective but I thought the multi-award winning Gravity
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Announcements regarding Microsoft’s future direction have been emanating from the Build 21014 conference at a prolific rate. Facts can sometimes get blurred and rumors abound, but here are the three top stories which appear to be valid: Windows to be Free for Devices with Screens
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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0 Free Edition Sporting a brand new interface plus improved anti-rootkit detection and Chameleon self-protection now built-in, Malwarebytes Anti-malware (MBAM) version 2.0 is a major update. Here’s what developer Marcin Kleczynski had to say about it in a recent blog post: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
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