Prevent a rainy day disaster by using Cloud services for backup These days it seems that all the online services are offering online storage space. Recently, prices have been dropping across the board with Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft and others slashing prices to encourage users to move services to them. Dropbox, one of the first … Read more
Enhance the quality of your video calls During the Covid lockdowns, millions of us discovered the benefits of making video calls on our PCs. Software such as Zoom, Skype and Google Meet lets you have free face-to-face chats with friends and family anywhere in the world, so you can stay in touch when you can’t meet in person, and make group … Read more
PCs get messy as they age. Read our Wipe junk files using a USB stick. Deleted software leaves junk behind, some programs are installed without your knowledge, folders get emptied and left to stagnate, and personal data isn’t properly wiped. The recently updated HiBit Uninstaller addresses each of these issues, and more, by gathering a long list of powerful file-deletion tools in an … Read more
Microsoft included a new energysaving section in its ‘Moment 2’ update for Windows 11, released in March. It lets you apply quick fixes to cut your power consumption and, as a result, reduce your electricity bill. What you need: Windows 10 or 11 Time required: 30 minutes We’ll explain how to use these new options, … Read more
Nate Drake nosedives into the dark net with the Tor Browser and is blown away by its new censorship-resistant features. Read our Tor Browser 12.0.3 Review. IN BRIEF The Tor Project never fails to impress with its easy-to-set-up private browser, which doesn’t record a web history and hides your IP address. The latest version supports more languages than ever before and offers a selection of bridges to connect to Tor, … Read more
PicPick lets you record two-minute videos of your screen complete with audio. Read our CAPTURE MEDIA CONTENT FROM ANY SOURCE. Record your screen including audio Knowing how to record videos of what’s happening on your screen is a very useful skill to master. Not only does it let you show friends and family how to carry out specific tasks, … Read more
Microsoft is peppering its operating system with nags, nudges, recommendations and offers. Nik Rawlinson explains how to eradicate these annoyances. Read our Block all adverts in Windows. These days many people don’t have to pay to get a new version of Windows – they simply upgrade for free. Perhaps that’s why Microsoft is now increasingly trying other ways to … Read more
Plex is a brilliant way to stream audio and video content, but it’s recently made some unwelcome changes. Robert Irvine explains what they are and what to use instead Plex (www.plex.tv) has long been one of our favourite ways to organise and enjoy our videos, music, photos and other media files on any device. But recently the company has made a … Read more
Watch videos on YouTube and you’ll be watched yourself. This is because Google tracks your viewing habits and targets you with adverts. FreeTube solves both these problems by providing an alternative front-end for YouTube that lets you stream videos privately on your desktop without having to sit through endless ads. Screen-Capture tool. Read our FreeTube 0-18 Review. Windows 7, 8.1. 10 or … 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