Set up Family Sharing to allow family members to access your Apple TV+ subscription. Read our Apple TV plus review. Having been in the content game for many years, it’s probably no surprise to learn that Apple has launched its very own video streaming service. While the iTunes Store meant you could purchase individual TV … Read more
Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon Review The latest LTS release has had long gestation period and it’s yet another solid release Specs [table id=1 /] Originally based on Debian, but now built on Ubuntu’s LTS releases, Mint follows a ‘release when ready’ cycle, instead of a fixed schedule as preferred by Fedora, Ubuntu and many others. … Read more
Norton Security Premium Review Anti-malware, anti-spam, firewall, parental controls, online backup (25GB), secure browser, system cleanup, version checking, password manager, website filter, remote monitoring, anti-ransomware and rescue disc. Although we find ourselves a little unhappy at Symantec of late for the cancellation of the free version of Norton Family, the fact remains that, when it … Read more
Bitdefender Total Security 2018 Review Anti-malware, anti-spam, firewall, parental controls, secure browser, system cleanup, version checking, password manager, website filter, remote monitoring, anti-ransomware, rescue disc and VPN. Although its overall rating took a modest hit in the most recent AV-Test benchmarks due to some overzealous filtering of new applications, Bitdefender Total Security remains our favourite … Read more
There’s a new Ubuntu LTS in town, with a whole new desktop to entice and amaze you. Jonni Bidwell rolls out the orange carpet… Quiet your busy mind for just a moment, dear reader, and tell us what you hear. The sound of swallows, swifts and wheatears returning to their northern breeding grounds? No, listen … Read more
I decided to reorganise my hard drive but I didn’t realise that moving folders can affect the programs they contain and cause them to stop working properly. I ended up breaking a whole bunch of programs and wasted a lot of time finding workarounds and reinstalling software. Now I’ve decided that I still don’t like … Read more
Most emails are just a few kilobytes in size. But if you’ve been using an email account for several years, you’ll know that your mailbox can creep up to unmanageable proportions – with photos and other large attachments swelling it further still. This can eventually cause problems. If you use an online webmail account, for … Read more
MX Linux 17.1 – Shashank Sharma’s expectations of a modern-day distribution is a lumbering Goliath, which makes this distro fall squarely into the David camp. The distribution is based on Debian Stable and can trace its origins to the coming together of the Mepis and antiX communities. Along with a lightweight and responsive XFCE environment, the … Read more
Developers argue that buggy, bigname antivirus software is more dangerous than the attacks it’s meant to guard against. Nicole Kobie puts the security vendors on trial Antivirus slows down your computer, interferes with apps and nags you with renewal pop-ups. But what if they were the least of its crimes? What if it was actually … Read more
WPS Office 2016 for Linux Promising the world’s best office experience for the Linux community, WPS Software presents WPS Office 2016 for Linux: a high-performing yet considerably more affordable alternative to Microsoft Office that is fully compatible with and comparable to the constituent PowerPoint, Excel and Word applications. The WPS Office suite, with more than … Read more
Microsoft Office on a Linux Machine?! My middle child is headed to college this fall, and although the college doesn’t require a specific type of computer, it does require students to have Microsoft Office. Not Microsoft Office-compatible, but specifically Microsoft Office. That bums me out, but I figured Office 365 might be just the answer … Read more
It’s maddening when free software tricks you into installing unwanted junk. It’s even worse when the culprit is a program you’ve paid good money for. So I’m grateful to reader Billy Jenkins, who drew my attention to a particularly brazen offender. The program is Magix Music Maker, an audio-production tool aimed at budding composers. It … Read more