Cloud
Who can access your files on Google Drive?
You may not be the only one that can access your Google Drive content and apps may also have access. Which apps are they and why do they have permissions? Find out and block them.
Linux
How-To
Track your emails and see when they are read with Sidekick
Have you ever sent an email and heard nothing? You don’t know whether it arrived, got lost, whether the person read it, or it was deleted. Sidekick can tell you and it is a handy […]
How-To
Get amazing Google wallpaper for your desktop and browser
If you have ever used Bing to search the web you cannot have failed to notice the fantastic photograph that is displayed. Google has come up with an alternative that is equally amazing and features […]
How-To
Download and run any version of Windows for free
Did you know that Microsoft is giving away free copies of Windows? Not just Windows 10 upgrades, but Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista and XP too? Here’s how to download them for free.
Comment
5 things Linux needs to do to become more popular
The launch of Windows 10 has prompted many articles promoting the benefits of Linux. If you are changing your OS anyway, they say, why not take the opportunity to switch to Linux? Fat chance.
How-To
Bet you didn’t know you could do this with Chrome apps
Chrome has the ability to run apps, some of which are simple and are little more than a shortcut to a website, but others are more like whole applications. You can do some interesting things, […]
Linux
Add Momentum for a bright new tab page in Chrome
Tabs are quite possibly the best feature ever added to web browsers and it is hard to imagine life without them. They are quite dull, but function well enough. You can make them more exciting […]
Internet
Take control of your Facebook news feed and clean it up
What does your Facebook news feed look like? Is it full of stuff you are not interested in? Are there comments, videos, stories and and other items you just don’t want? Are some of the […]
Linux
Which apps are accessing your Facebook account?
Facebook and privacy is a constant issue for many people and there always seems to be a way that information leaks out. How are your Facebook details accessed and who can access them? Here is […]
Free
Speed up VirtualBox enormously with this simple tweak
VirtualBox is a great application for running various operating systems in a window on the desktop. However, the performance is sometimes not so good. In fact, it’s rotten. Why? Here is one solution you may […]
Linux
Is the Windows clock wrong? Here is the solution
I recently had an odd problem with files showing the wrong date in Explorer windows. Now the Windows clock is wrong. What is going on? Two time-related problems in two days! The cause of the […]
Linux
Run Linux from a USB flash memory drive
The DVD-Rom drive is becoming obsolete and fewer computers have one these days. A lot of laptops don’t have an optical drive for example. So how do you install and run Linux, as it is […]
Cloud
Google Keep adds the feature you have been waiting for
Google Keep has had one serious limitation up until now and this is an almost complete lack of facilities to organise your notes. Well now you can and you can collect them into projects, hobbies […]
Linux
Get a free internet radio player for Linux and Windows
There is little need for a physical radio these days, apart from in the car. Instead of tuning in a radio to listen to your favourite station, it can be streamed over the internet instead. […]
Linux
Stop Chrome opening two tabs when it is started
An irritating fault that can occur with Chrome is that when it is started, it opens your home page as normal, but then it also opens another page on another tab. What is causing this […]
Linux
Get free books from Google Play and read them on your PC
Save a tree and read an ebook! Google is giving away ebook for free and you can read them on your computer in Windows or Linux. You can even read them on your phone and […]
How-To
Don’t read web pages, listen to them instead
Do you find reading web pages tiresome? Would you rather that someone read them out to you so that you could sit back and relax and just listen? This is entirely possible and it will […]
Linux
Customise Chrome’s address box and add new features
The address box in Google Chrome performs two functions and it is used to enter and display website addresses and it is used to search the web. Instead of the normal address box, it can […]
Linux
Clean up Chrome by removing the profile manager
Google Chrome has supported multiple users for a long time and you could add users in settings and then switch from one user to another. It wasn’t very convenient for people that switched profiles […]
Linux
Check and correct spelling in your browser and email and more
It is easy to make a mistake when writing an email, especially if you are in a hurry. Sometimes we are not sure of the correct spelling of a word, other times we know […]