If you exist in the grey twilight between good and evil, and want to look cool while doing it, David Rutland has just the distro for you. Read our Kali Linux 2022-4 Review. GPL3 licence | www.kali.org Kali Linux is an evil distro for hackers, ne’er-do-wells and other undesirables who want to overthrow the state and sow … Read more
Nate Drake has hours of endless fun with the colourful and simple-to-use Endless OS without once needing to go online. Read our Endless OS 5.0.1 Review. IN BRIEF Endless is the perfect OS for offline environments, coming with a colossal range of built-in programs, games and educational materials. Still, it’s let down by a lack … Read more
Thunderbird for Android will be based on K-9 Mail, which you can download now. Read our 5 FREE APPS YOU MUST DOWNLOAD. Thunderbird for Android In our ‘Stop using Gmail and Outlook’ feature in Issue 516, we recommended Mozilla’s Thunderbird as the best alternative way to access your emails from those services. The only problem … Read more
A VPN (or Virtual Private Network) like NordVPN lets you set up an encrypted connection between your smartphone, tablet or computer and a remote server. This allows your internet traffic to be sent over that connection and stops your mobile-network provider snooping on it. It’s particularly useful when you’re using public Wi-Fi and you don’t … Read more
When you host an important online meeting it’s vital that someone is taking accurate notes that everyone can agree precisely reflects what was said. This can be tricky to do by hand, so it’s worth using an AI tool to automatically transcribe what people say. Our recommended program for this task is the excellent Otter, which works in Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google … Read more
Q Every time I run CCleaner it shows a high number of trackers, which it removes. Where do these trackers come from? And how can I stop them? My PC runs Windows 11, and I use the Edge browser with the DuckDuckGo search engine. I also have both Malwarebytes and Adaware installed. Mick Penn A CCleaner probably doesn’t help novices … Read more
The developer of this brilliant tool for capturing and editing screenshots has been very busy this year. PicPick 6, released in March, completely redesigned the program’s interface and added a dark mode, while version 6.2 in June introduced a feature called Screen Recorder that lets you capture videos and animated GIFs of your screen, including audio. To round off 2022, PicPick has been updated … Read more
Microsoft PC Manager Microsoft caused a stir in October when it quietly released a new PC clean-up tool called PC Manager through a Chinese website. The free app has since been added to the Microsoft Store (though its page is currently hidden) and now has an English-language website (https://pcmanager-en.microsoft.com/), and we expect it to be … Read more
Nate Drake explores the glorious union of Gnome and Xfce in a single OS. You’ll never look at your desktop the same way again. Read our VOYAGER LIVE 22-10 Review. Various licences available | https://voyagerlive.org In 1901, chef Julia Chandler pioneered the first peanut butter and jelly recipe. What once were two delicious spreads in their own … Read more
VirtualBox provides a free way to try different operating systems within your current OS by running them in a virtual PC (VM). It’s the most popular tool of its kind, and this new version makes it even more useful. Test drive an OS. Read our VIRTUALBOX 7-0 Review. Windows 7, 8.1, 10 or 11, macOS or Linux | Free … Read more
Fix your photos and create eye-catching social media content. Read our ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2023 Review. macOS 11, macOS 12 (12.4 or later); Windows 10/11 | $ | adobe.com A new selection of contemporary collage templates enables you to combine and share eye-catching images via social media. Photoshop Elements 2023 is designed to help photographers … Read more
Nick Peers will help you bring your PC back to life. Read our Streamline and speed up your PC. YOU’LL NEED: BootRacer and Autoruns Wise Game Booster (for on-the-fly optimisation), Process Lasso (to rein in resource hogs) Does your PC take longer to boot than it used to? In most cases, you can trace this … Read more