How to open Mac Pages documents on your Windows PC
What do you do when your Mac friends send you a document, but it is in Pages format? Can it be opened on a Windows PC? How? What software do you use? The solution is quite [...]
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Create fantastic photo collages in your browser with FotoJet
FotoJet is a website that enables you to create collages from your photos to save, print or share on social media. It has a good range of features, is easy to use and is [...]
View traffic cams and streetside views in Bing Maps
When you think of maps, Google Maps springs to mind first, but Bing Maps has been steadily improving and it now has some great features, such as traffic cameras and streetside [...]
Microsoft slashes OneDrive storage with new rules
Microsoft has been providing unlimited cloud storage to Office 365 subscribers, but now the company has backtracked on the deal and will end this offer early in [...]
Stop two major irritations in Twitter for peace and quiet
Twitter has a couple of features that might cause some irritation when using the service and a couple of simple tweaks in the settings can make the social network more pleasant to [...]
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. Here is a radio player for Linux and Windows [...]
Switch DNS servers for speed and security
DNS (Domain Name System) servers are not something most people are concerned with, but they should be. They affect the speed of the internet connection and your security. Switch to a new DNS server and it can boost speed and make the internet [...]
Is the internet too slow? Try this speedup trick
Right from the start, the internet was very slow today. Instead of the fast responsive world wide web, pages were appearing noticeably more slowly in the browser window and some websites were even producing errors. It would sometimes take two or [...]
Monitor your internet data usage in Windows 8
Some people have unlimited internet access, but not everyone does and for those that don’t, the question is, how do you monitor the amount of data you have uploaded and downloaded? If you have Windows 8.1 then this is easier than you might [...]
Got a problem with Windows or the internet? Fix it!
Everyone has problems with their computer from time to time and as they become more complicated, they become harder to fix. Windows is looks very simple on the surface and is easy to use, but underneath it is actually very complicated and hard to [...]
Unblock programs blocked by Windows SmartScreen
There is a lot of great software on the internet and whatever application or utility you need, you will probably find it with a search using Google, Bing or one of the other search engines. Among the tens of thousands of good programs are a [...]
Think you have malware? View network activity
Start your computer and watch it carefully. After some initial activity it settles down into an idle state. The desktop doesn’t change, the icons and folders on it don’t change, nothing else appears on the screen, and you might think [...]
Monitor your internet data usage to avoid penalties
The amount of data transferred by the computer when it is connected to the internet is important for several reasons. Although some people are lucky and have unlimited data with their internet service provider, others do not. They have a data limit [...]
Opt out of Microsoft ad tracking
I am not a fan of advertisers tracking people and displaying targeted ads based on their interests. This has nothing to do with being tracked and the problem is that instead of displaying ads I might be interested in, I get ads I don’t want. I [...]
Configure Chrome’s search engines for faster, better results
As you browse the web you may have noticed that many websites have a search facility. Whenever Chrome detects a search box on a web page, it stores it in its search engines list. It isn’t obvious that it is doing this, or why it is doing it. It is [...]
Play radio stations with Banshee in Linux
Banshee is a media player that is frequently bundled with Linux distros and it is a handy app for playing music. It has a built in radio facility, but the app does not give any clues as to how to use it. Here is how to add radio stations and play [...]
Manage your internet bandwidth
Although some people have truly unlimited broadband internet access, a lot of people don’t. Bandwidth may be limited at certain times of the day, such as during peak hours in the evening. Even internet accounts advertised as unlimited occasionally [...]