These days we are being forced, and choosing, to make many of our purchases online. From paying bills to buying trinkets on eBay, more...

You know how every time you need to talk to call a company for service you have to do battle with automated systems designed to fob you...

Recently my wife and I noticed that we were getting scam phone calls from numbers that were only a digit or two away from our own...

When the pandemic struck a lot of people were suddenly out of work. Strangely, a lot of businesses actually did very well out of it. Some...

This may be a bit more technical than my usual articles. Sorry. You should have a read though and keep this in mind. The information will...

In the early days of computers they didn't know their time or their location. Without getting too technical, they did have a clock and...

The CAPS LOCK key is a throwback to oldie worldy typewriters. But these days it is pretty much just a pain in the bottom. I hate it so...

In my "article ideas" list there are a bunch of things that are really handy but too small to be a story on their own. So I thought I'd...

For years Microsoft Office has installed a component called OneNote. When it first showed up I tried it and couldn't see the point of it....

In the old days there used to be a lot you could do to speed up a slowing and painful PC. While it may still seem like there's a lot that...

Every now and then we relocate our computers, TVs, stereos etc. There can be some reluctance and stress around this task for people who...

I've been bumping into this problem for a while and it is very annoying. It costs me and my customers more time and money for something...

Put a few hours aside. In my experience the average basic migration takes about 2 hours. HOWEVER, everyone’s is different and there are...

If you are still using Windows Live Mail then you are exposing yourself to at least 8 years of evolved security risks. The most recent...

Determine which elements of your old computer are to be retired and which are to be kept. For example, if you are using software that is...

Most people are shocked by the average life of a computer. 2 to 3 years for laptops 3 to 4 years for all-in-one type PCs 4 to 5 for...

Whether your child is just about to start school and/or needs a laptop for the the first time, or they've been doing it for ages, you may...

Often I come across machines with files all over the place. The owners of the machines tell me they never know where anything is or...

I'd gotten used to using the very handy "Text replacement" function on my iPhone. You use it by entering the text that you want to appear...

I am sure I've written about this a couple of times already but I can't find the articles anymore, so here I go again. A while back I was...