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Taking a Screenshot with the Microsoft Snipping Tool

Have you ever wanted to take a copy of your computer screen (or part of it)? Perhaps you want to email a picture of an error to your computer technician and find that it is easier to do that than describe in detail what is going on or maybe you just need to take a copy of something you´ve seen on a website for future reference. Well this is the tool to use and everyone who has Windows 10 has it already built into the operating system. The Microsoft snipping tool is a natty little thing that you can use to take pictures of your screen; here´s how you do it. Read this entire article »

Worried about your privacy in Windows 10 – then read this…

A lot has been said about how Microsoft are invading peoples privacy and ‘stealing’ their personal information when using the new Windows 10 operating system. The fact is that for a number of the new features available in the new system to work, they need to have access to some of your personal information – this really doesn’t mean that they are snooping on you. However, there are also some settings that are turned on by default (if you select the express setup when installing Windows 10) that you may want to tweak, and that is what this article is all about. Read this entire article »

Windows 10 – first major update released!

If you’ve been holding off updating to Windows 10 until the first “service pack” then now’s the time to seriously think about upgrading. Last month Microsoft released version “1511”, code named “Threshold 2” (Threshold was the code name for Windows 10). The update brings the new operating system right up to date with all the latest updates and features, here we cover some of those new features… Read this entire article »

Health Related Christmas Gifts for Smart Phone Users…

Well, we are well and truly on the lead up to Christmas! With that in mind I thought I would review some tech-based health themed Christmas gifts that you might want to consider for the smartphone user in your life.

Withings do a great range of health devices that will communicate direct with your smart phone, tablet or PC to enable you to track various aspects of your health. Read this entire article »

Windows 10 – after the dust has settled…

Back in June I wrote an article entitled “Yes Microsoft really is offering you a free copy of Windows 10”, it was aimed at dispelling the myth that many people had about this being one of the latest scams. By then I had been using the pre-release version of Windows 10 for about a year and although it was impossible to tell what the end product would be like I found it a stable and easy to use system. Read this entire article »

Is It Me…

I quite often receive phone calls and emails from people telling me that they have problems with their Internet and they dont know whether the problem is with them (i.e. their computer / laptop / tablet) or with their service providers (i.e. Movistar, local wireless provider etc.) – this month we attempt to give you some tools that should help you identify where the problem is and therefore be able to contact the appropriate person with a little more confidence. Read this entire article »

Put whatever is on your laptop / tablet / phone on your TV

Ok, so you have your nice shiny internet enabled device (it could be your laptop, your tablet or your smart phone) and you are more than able to use it to browse the internet, play YouTube videos or even play catch up TV that you have accessed with your favourite VPN or proxy server, but you’re still frustrated with that tiny screen on your device. Well read on – we have the answer! Read this entire article »

Yes, Microsoft really is offering you a free copy of Windows 10

I have been contacted by quite a few, understandably sceptical, customers when they saw a “strange” icon appear in the bottom right of their computer screen. When they hover over or click the icon, they receive an unlikely offer from Microsoft. The offer is for a free upgrade to the latest operating system – Windows 10.

Yes, believe it or not (and you should because its true) Microsoft really are offering all of the current Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 customers a free upgrade to Windows 10 and users will have 12 months from the release date of the 29th July to take advantage of the free upgrade offer – after this time Microsoft say that the upgrade will be still available although users will have to purchase it. Read this entire article »

Astronomy from the comfort of your armchair!

Last month we reviewed Windows 10 – Microsoft’s new operating system which is still in the testing phase but due out this summer. I thought I would let you know that recently Microsoft announced that they will be giving away Windows 10 for free! This is in line with what Apple and many other software developers are now doing and it’s great for us consumers. Read this entire article »

Windows 10 – it’s like Windows 8 but it works!

Later on this year Microsoft will launch their latest operating system – the thing that makes your computer work. This time they are calling it Windows 10 – no I have no idea what happened to Windows 9 either! I guess we shouldn’t be too suprised about the lack of consistancy in numbers given that their previous operating systems (in order) consist of Windows 3.1 followed by Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millenium, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (back to numbers then!), Windows 8 and 8.1 and now Windows 10. Read this entire article »