In iOS 7, how to close your apps has changed. Prior to iOS 7, you tapped the Home button twice to display a row of icons at the bottom of your screen for all of the apps that were running in the background. Then you would […]
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I awoke this morning to a plethora of new updates for my Windows 7 machines, around 22 on one machine and 27 on the other. Fellow Windows 7 users should have also received the same slew of updates during the course of the past couple
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You will no doubt be aware of the saying… “You can’t please all of the people all of the time“. What follows is in response to a couple of mild rebukes I have received regarding my freeware reviews. A couple of DCT readers have very
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Many moons ago we published an article on how to use DVDShrink the right way. Through the following years that article has been viewed numerous times so I thought it might be a good idea to recreate the guide in video format. The video under
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When you click that key combination it no longer opens up the Find & Replace dialog box. What happens since version 2010, is that a pane will appear on the left-hand side of your screen that will allow you to search. Personally, I feel as
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Siri is the intelligent personal assistant that allows some Apple iPad and iPhone users to speak natural language voice commands in order to operate their device and its apps. It was originally introduced in 2011 as part of the iOS 5 and iPhone 4s launches.
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Amazon Unveils the Kindle Fire HDX Amazon unveiled the newest version of the Kindle Fire, the Kindle Fire HDX. It sports a 7″ HDX display (1920×1200) with high pixel density (323 PPI), a 2.2GHz quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM. Perhaps its most unusual feature is the
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Actually, the headline should probably read… “Microsoft Admits MSE is Bottom of the Heap, Recommends 3rd Party Antivirus – or does it?“. This story, complete with supposedly substantiating quotations direct from an interview with a Microsoft representative, is currently all the buzz. Here are just
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For the last few versions of iOS, searching for something on your device was very easy — go the Home Screen and swipe left to right. If you try that in iOS 7, you will find that nothing happens. While I get the whole
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An employee at Taiwan-based company Next Media Animation has put a whole new spin on “you can take your job and shove it”. When Marina Shifrin grew tired of her boss and her job she decided the best way to get her message across was
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Some iOS 7 users are having problems sending text messages. Apple is working on a fix but until it is available, you may want to try this: Step 1: Turn off iMessage (Settings > Messages). Step 2: Reset networking settings (Settings > General > Reset).
iOS 7 Messaging Problem – A Quick Fix until the Real Fix Arrives Read More »
If you are looking for a full blown desktop calendar which includes to-do lists, reminders, and all manner of extraneous features, this will not be of much interest to you. On the other hand, if you are looking for a light, simple, unobtrusive desktop calendar
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How many countries in the world do not use the metric system? What are the most common surnames in Europe – by country? Which country’s population consumes the most alcohol? Or the most coffee? What are the highest paid public sector professions in the US?
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