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tu 13 May 2025	Michelle Kaye's helpful review of Microsoft ending Windows 10 support this autumn though being Trump's America they will sell you an extension.
tu 6 May 2025 Windows 10	WARNING Trump isn't the only knob in the USA. Microsoft are ending support for Windows 10 on Tuesday 14 October including security fixes. To see if your box will run Windows 11 download and install PC Health Check but if your box is more than five years old probably not. Maybe Trump will make the Windows 12 upgrade easier for us by only allowing Americans to have it ...
sa 8 Mar 2025	Last century it was maybe a year before we realised our first mobile could text. Similarly we vaguely knew autofocus could be fine tuned but we didn't know two of our camera bodies had these presets. Tempted to dismiss as useful if all you snap is tennis but maybe we're just fearful of the new ...
sa 1 Feb 2025	Our windmill correspondent Andy Fordyce has pointed out that Apple Maps also functions as a sat nav ... a helpful comparison.
th 30 Jan 2025 sat nav	In Stamford and needing to drive to Norwich the sat nav refused to fire up, panic but in the event it's just follow the A47 and well sign posted but it helps to know the towns on the way. In Darren Smith's volunteer role as retail/tech consultant he pointed out Google maps on a mobile will function as a free sat nav. We half suspected as much and on an iPhone found it fully functioning though it took a little learning and used locally you can hear the voice ... we'll find out when we leave Suffolk what happens at speed:)
fr 17 Jan 2025	In a lifetime of laughter and tears we've encountered picture editing being done in Excel and web design in PowerPoint. Google research may show a prog more suitable for your project, not Microscoft and maybe even free.
th 2 Jan 2025	Often a software's new feature/improvement is a solution looking for a problem. Cruising The Cut talks about YouTube's Stable volume.
mo 9 Dec 2024	It was only when we needed to batch rename a group of files we rediscovered Power Toys. There are so many toys in the box it's a bit overwhelming but PowerRename appears with a right click and does just what we wanted and ImageResizer looks useful. PT is open source so probably not absolutely bomb proof.
we 27Nov 2024	The Beeb is not being helpful with the red button, today the market info has gone away to make it nicer for us ... don't think so.
fr 1 Nov 2024 red button	1974 the BBC started the world's first teletext service Ceefax. It didn't survive the 2012 digital switchover but a similar text service is available on the red button if the tv is not connected to the Internet and despite a threat to end it in 2020. Journalistic standards are slipping with clumsy copy and pastes from the web but it does make a less brutal way to get the news.
we 30 Oct 2024	The BT Cloud will close tomorrow so probably a good idea to download your stuff before then. Other free services are available.
fr 18 Oct 2024	Even allowing for it's always longer than you think we're still surprised that Detectorists is ten years old! It's gentle humour is still endearing and tonight Radio 4s Screenshot will be celebrating the anniversary.
we 2 Oct 2024	Custom made for David Mitchell (he's one of the six! executive producers) the second episode of Ludwig on BBC1 tonight like episodes one and three criminally under employs Sophie Willan in a wig and glasses. Thankfully Alma's Not Normal returns for series two Monday BBC2.
mo 2 Sep 2024	We suspect it's the awesome power of AI that caused our Facebook page to go away for a bit today. Our page was suspended for Impersonation (something to do with that there Ed Sheraton?) but returned within minutes of us appealing.
sa 3 Aug 2024	Our Ctrl + wheel pc tip below we're told by users is particularly welcome when really you need new glasses.
mo 1 Jul 2024	A shortcut we stumbled across that seems to be mouse only. In web browsers Chrome, Edge and Firefox hold down Control key and rotate the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. Don't forget Ctrl + wheel to get back where you were.
th 13 Jun 2024	In the early days we unwisely used the same easily remembered password for multiple accounts. Then Yahoo a sort of pre-Google search engine got hacked revealing users' passwords. Our Google account has started sending slow to load emails pointing out our vulnerability. If you have a Google account go Manage your Google Account/Review security tips/Your saved passwords to deal with it.

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