You’re ready to give your presentation, but until that first slide appears on the big screen, you can never be sure that your equipment has got your back. We can’t tell you not to worry, but these handy tips should help bail you out if your presentation goes south.➤HARDWARE & CABLE CONNECTIONSIt can be difficult … Read more
Keep a handy list of apps you want to test out The wishlist feature has been present in the Play store app for a while now, but gets little recognition. This handy function enables you to create a list of apps you want to download, but aren’t ready to try just yet. Maybe you’ve read … Read more
Stealing treasure, not lives DETAILS PUBLISHER Square Enix DEVELOPER Eidos Montreal CREDITS Deus Ex: Human Revolution [2011] Tomb Raider [2013] Deus Ex: The Fall [2013] PLAYERS 1 KINECT? TBA SMARTGLASS? TBA RELEASE DATE February 2014 WEBSITE thiefgame.com TWITTER @Thief Eidos Montreal is listening. The industry has gotten itself into a rather sad state, where new … Read more
BJ’s latest one-man resistance promises a lot DETAILS PUBLISHER Bethesda Softwords DEVELOPER MachineGames CREDITS The Darkness [2007] Escape From Butcher Bay [2004] Assault On Dark Athena [2009] PLAYERS 1 KINECT? No SMARTGLASS? No RELEASE DATE TBA 2014 WEBSITE wolfenstein.com TWITTER @wolfenstein Wolfenstein: The New Orderas described by its creative director Andreas Öjerfors sounds really quite … Read more
“When a chainsaw shows up, you know that horror tropes are being fully embraced DETAI LS PUBLISHER Bethesda Softworks DEVELOPER Tango Gameworks CREDITS Resident Evil [1996] Resident Evil 4 [2005] Vanquish (Shinji Mikami) [2010] PLAYERS 1 KINECT? TBA SMARTGLASS? TBA RELEASE DATE TBA 2014 WEBSITE theevilwithin.com TWITTER @TheEvilWithin Whenever Bethesda reps talk about The Evil … Read more
Q I am using Windows 8 Pro with Internet Explorer 10. I also use Google as my homepage. Recently when I click the button to open Internet Explorer I get a blank page rather than my Google homepage. What has happened? Gurpreet Sodhi A Confusingly, Windows 8 includes two versions of Internet Explorer (IE): a … Read more
Q Reading the final part of your Windows 8 Crash Course in Issue (www.snipca. com/9035), I was alarmed by this passage: “A great new Windows 8 tool called Automatic Maintenance helps keep your PC in good order. It automatically performs routine maintenance tasks such as defragmenting the hard disk”. The problem is, I have two … Read more
Q I have seemingly lost some Word and Excel files from my 560GB Maxtor external hard disk. Also, Windows keeps popping up with a message stating “you need to format this drive”. Other stuffon the hard disk seems to be intact. Do you have any suggestions? Mandeep Sigh A Our main suggestion is that your … Read more
Q I followed the Workshop in an earlier issue and installed the Stickies program. I think it’s really good and I now rely on it daily. Recently, though, all my sticky notes disappeared. I don’t know what happened but some of them contained important information, including some software serial numbers, so I’m desperate to get … Read more
Q Can someone tell me how I can see a photo I have with the PNG file extension? When clicked to open there is just a quick flash of the picture then I am left with just a straight line in the centre of the square. Nothing on my computer will open them. Nitin Ghosh … Read more
Q Someone has hijacked or cloned my Yahoo email address and is now sending me spam for pharmacological and money products. I have changed my password, and run all sorts of virus-checkers – but all to no avail. I would be grateful if someone could help me, as I don’t want to change my email … Read more
Q : I recently got an HTC Flyer P510e tablet and, as I am happy with a phone that uses a pay-as-you-go SIM, I wanted to set up the tablet in the same way. My phone company was helpful and set up the SIM and top-up card quickly. I can check the credit balance on … Read more