YOU’LL NEED THIS PC LOVERS ARE SPOILED for choice when it comes to email clients, so it’s strange that so many just stick with the programs that come bundled with their OS. Read our Make E-mail Easier With Thunderbird. THUNDERBIRD The latest version (115.0) is compatible with Windows 7 onwards and most versions of Linux, provided … Read more
FIRST, let’s address the elephant in the room. There is one app that has come to dominate the world of desktop publishing, and that is Adobe InDesign. If you’re working for a company that uses InDesign, there’s no point having anything else. The same goes for QuarkXPress, the former leading light in the industry that … Read more
YOU’LL NEED THIS MEGA ACCOUNT New Zealand-based cloud storage provider with generous 20GB free limit. Read our Store Your Files Online For FREE. APPLE HAS JUST HIKED THE PRICE OF ICLOUD+. The online storage service, which helps sync your iPhone and iPad with Windows, is still free if you use 5GB or less, but beyond … Read more
ENSURE YOUR PC REMAINS IN TIP-TOP SHAPE AND FIGHTING CONDITION WITH THE HELP OF NICK PEERS. Read our PC SERVICE and TUNE-UP GUIDE. All mechanical products require maintenance to keep them running. You get your truck or car serviced at regular intervals to ensure that failing parts are spotted and replaced, while tuning the engine … Read more
The Windows 11 Taskbar and Start menu have been, shall we say, a little divisive. There hasn’t been a storm of complaint like this since the last time Microsoft tried to shake up the way we interact with our computer’s operating system, and while Windows 11 doesn’t make changes to the extent Windows 8 did, … Read more
There’s something rather magical about products that ‘just work’. Smart TVs, speakers with built-in voice assistants and video doorbells all fall into this category. Plug them in, connect them to your Wi-Fi, and you’re ready to go. There’s very little to configure and usually even less to maintain. Read our STOP WI-FI HACKERS. The trouble … Read more
You can fix many problems with Windows by tweaking the registry or running special commands, but unless you know what you’re doing, you could further mess up your PC. FixWin provides one-click repairs for dozens of common issues and annoyances, in an attractive, easy-to-understand interface, and it works with both Windows 10 and 11. Read … Read more
Can I remove all traces of Kaspersky? Q I’m finally planning to do something I should have done last year, which is remove all traces of Kaspersky from my computer and switch to Microsoft Defender. But I know that antivirus programs are very stubborn and have a habit of leaving files scattered on your system. Is … Read more
by Nik Rawlinson What you need: Android phone; Ventoy app; OTG cable; USB stick or external hard drive Time required: One hour We’ve always recommended preparing a USB-based emergency toolkit, from which you can boot and reinstall Windows if your PC suffers a serious corruption. This isn’t an alternative to maintaining regular backups, but a supplement: reinstalling … Read more
Released on 20 April, 2023, Kubuntu 23.04 is the second of three planned interim releases on the way to the next Long Term Support (LTS) version. That release, Kubuntu 24.04 LTS, is due out in April, 2024. Read our Kubuntu 23.04 Review. Written by Adam Hunt This is Kubuntu’s 37th overall release and the 16th one with the Qt-based Plasma 5 … Read more
Summer’s a great time to get into drone flying – here are three to try. Read our Potensic Atom SE vs Autel Evo Nano plus vs DJI Mini 2 SE. Whether it’s capturing breathtaking landscapes, video footage of your holiday, or even inspecting the tiles on your roof, modern camera drones offer unparalleled ways in … Read more
Avoid the hassle of a traditional coffee maker, and the wastefulness of a capsule-gobbler, with one of these bean-to-cup marvels. It won’t really save you enough for a deposit on a castle, but switching your morning slurp to a home brew will soon pay for itself. The only question is, which machine? What’s the story? The smallest … Read more