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In the age of spying and paranoia, many users often purchase computers with built-in webcams and microphones –often advertised as increasing the quality of video calling services like Skype, Facebook, Google Hangouts and oth...
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For those unfamiliar–DNS is a Domain Name System, this is the part of a service that lets you use the web and all its services. DNS provides a way for computers to translate domains from machine readable addresses to IP ad...
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Microsoft’s WIndows 10 typically uses the Segoe font, introduced as part of the metro design language which made its debut in Windows phone 7 and Windows 8 on the desktop. With the Windows 10 Creators Fall Update, Microsoft is r...
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With Windows 10, Microsoft is moving more and more standard features of Windows into the Windows 10 Settings app. To briefly recap: There are two kinds of user accounts in Windows, standard accounts, and administrator accounts. Fo...
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It’s no secret that Windows Precision Touchpad drivers have gone a long way in bringing touchpad functionality in Windows PCs on par with MacBooks — alongside with better hardware design and roomier touchpads of cours...
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Qwerty, Azerty, or whatever you please, Windows 10 lets you make use of and toggle between different keyboard languages and layouts. There are advantages to using different keyboard layouts on Windows for users who are bilingual o...
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Microsoft released its mobile inspired Skype preview app for Windows users today, but there’s a slight problem. If you’re using Windows as Microsoft intended it, that is, with Windows 10 being automatically updated to ...
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Microsoft’s Outlook.com is getting a major makeover. The company announced a new Outlook.com beta program yesterday, which comes with a brand-new design, and some intelligent new features. The new Outlook.com is certainly mu...
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One of the consequences of having a desktop OS that dabbles at being a tablet OS is that metaphors which exist for one user experience often cross the Rubicon to the other, even when they don’t make much sense. Windows for i...
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Microsoft Edge has a new tab page that is by default filled with news, weather, sport, and most irritatingly, advertising. I’m of the philosophy that a new tab page shouldn’t be an element of distraction, but should le...
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With the Windows 10 Creator’s Update rolling out from last week, there’s a long install period followed by an welcome screen with Microsoft’s highlighted features. Not everyone is a fan of those welcome pages, in...
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Groove Music is now a suitable music player slash streaming service for mainstream users on WIndows 10. WIth all the focus on streaming music nowadays, it’s important to remember that some users still use old (but powerful) ...