Portable Apps vs Installed Apps Anyone who follows Dave’s Computer Tips (DCT) for any time at all realizes that the authors here really like portable applications. There’s a good reason for this. They are much simpler by design and end up being easier to use […]
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Remember when you last moved house? All those boxes, each with a label saying books, cutlery, stamp albums, Uncle Ted’s ashes, that sort of thing? And remember when you all arrived at the new house and the domestic removal technicians unloaded all those boxes, which
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I don’t generally like to recommend tweaking tools, they can often do more harm than good. Besides which, they don’t very often include anything which can’t be achieved manually with just a little research. That said, I am about to make an exception for Ultimate
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The following excerpt is taken from an original article published by Brian Krebs on his KrebsOnSecurity blog. The article details a massive internet based credit card scam affecting possibly thousands of consumers. It is a complex scenario yet ultimately enlightening read which clearly displays Brian’s
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Mars One Announces Round 2 Astronaut Cut Mars One mission is to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars. Starting in 2024, crews of four will depart every two years. To that end, Mars One announced the selection of 1,058 candidates from the pool of over
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And why not? The essential tools required are already in your kitbag: eyes, hands and a lot of enthusiasm. But beware, it could get dangerously enjoyable. You’ve been buying computers from PC stores and internet retailers for years. They’ve never let you down or maybe
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Un-Merry Christmas Despite the mischievous-sounding word ‘hijinks’ in the title there is nothing in the least playful about the scams that the dregs of the earth are willing to try during the holiday season. This is not necessarily a pleasant article but it is one
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What is a Bottleneck? A bottleneck, when talking about computer hardware, and not your favorite rustic libation, refers to the slowest device in the system. That one piece of hardware that is bogging down everything else. Your hard drive is a typical example. It is
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Last week, in anticipation of an increase in numbers of XP users migrating to Windows 7, we published a number of Windows 7 tips to help those involved get started with their new operating system. You can catch up with that article here: Eight Basic
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YouTube + Google+ = Trouble for Google In an exceedingly unpopular move, Google is requiring YouTube commenters to sign in with their Google+ account in order to comment on a video. Officially, this is Google’s attempt to try to control the oftentimes ‘not nice’ or
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