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How-to: Get Privacy in Firefox
Private Browsing – Browse the web without saving information about the sites you visit As you browse the web, Firefox remembers lots of information for you: sites you’ve visited, files you’ve downloaded, and more. There may be times, however, when you don’t want other users on your computer to see this information, such as when … Continue reading
How-to: Get Privacy in Internet Explorer
All the major web-browsers - Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari – now offer built-in privacy features, yet it’s estimated that that only 1-2% of users take advantage of them. Most users say they are concerned about privacy on-line; identity-theft, anonymity, and data protection. But some of these anti-tracking features are hard to figure … Continue reading
How-to: Clean Up Video Soundtrack using ffmpeg, Audacity and Openshot
Let’s say I have some HD video shot on my Samsung Galaxy SII: for a phone it’s a good video camera and ordinarily picks up pretty good sound, but, thanks to the venue (your typical tin-shed sports centre) and the other activities (toddlers on bouncy castle, bless ‘em) the sound quality was terrible. I’m not … Continue reading
How-to: Understand 4G (Guest post)
Originally published as What is 4G? by Educare, Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 You’ve probably heard Kevin Bacon ranting on about it, but what is 4G? 4G is the ‘next generation’ of mobile internet, just as the current generation is called 3G (and 2G before it). It stands for Fourth Generation of Cellular Communications and is … Continue reading
How-to Avoid Fake and Insecure Apps
Do you assume that anything in the Apple and Android app stores has been vigorously tested, vetted and proven 100% legit? Don’t. We’ve been telling users for decades now to be extra careful when downloading PC software to avoid common scams by crackers, fraudsters and pirates: so it is with tablet and smart-phone apps. Even … Continue reading
News: Microsoft Announces Xbox One
Microsoft has unveiled its next-generation video games console, Xbox One, its’ new voice and motion-controlled home entertainment… thing. “Where your games look and feel like nothing else, where your TV becomes more intelligent, where all of your entertainment comes alive in one place. Team Xbox is on a new mission – design and build an … Continue reading
News: MasterCard Display Card
I know this announcement originally came from a MasterCard press release in November 2012, but given the recent hack of ATM’s in New York and further credit card fraud, perhaps this ‘future of credit cards’ will be brought forward. The problem with the current generation of credit cards are not well protected. Most of the … Continue reading
Opinion: From tumblr to Tumbleweed – I Give It a Year
One Billion Dollars!! If, like me, you were surprised to hear that this is not Dr. Evil splashing the cash, but Internet dinosaur Yahoo, your first reaction might have been: wow, Yahoo has still got a billion dollars? Second surprise; they just spent it on a cash acquisition. Yes, cash. This is not one of … Continue reading
How-to: Widget Visibility and You (Re-post)
Originally posted by Christopher Finke, on the official WordPress.com blog Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 Since the dawn of time, humankind has yearned for control. While we can’t give you more control over most of your life, we can give you more control over your widgets. And today, with the new widget visibility tool, you can … Continue reading
How-to: Create a Multi-Photo album on Facebook
You all know how I DON’T do Facebook? Well I look after the FB page for a sports club and finally found a reason for uploading photos there that I didn’t want anywhere else. Only it didn’t work… The Help makes it really simple: To upload photos: Click Add Photo/Video at the top of … Continue reading
How-to: Network Settings [Guest Post]
Network Settings by Jan Mussche originally appeared in Full Circle Magazine Issue 72. When you connect your desktop, laptop, printer/scanner, tablet, cellphone or whatever other device you might have, to a network, you need to set a few things straight in order to get connected. The first choice you make is whether you use a … Continue reading
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