Computer Active (UK) - 20 Nov 2024
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DITCH YOUR SIM CARD
WHY WE SWITCHED BACK TO OPERA
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Letters
Anker Prime Charger 200W
Question of the Fortnight
Named & Shamed
Protect Your Tech
Buy It/competition
Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4
Huawei Watch D2
Lenovo Legion R25F-30
Grow Your Family Tree
Best Free Software
Deltahub Carpio 2.0
Turn up the dial
12 devices you must buy on Black Friday
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What’s All the Fuss About?
Jargon Buster
Extend Windows 10 support for $30 – but just for one year
WINDOWS 10 CONTINUES TO SLUMP
WHAT WE THINK
Search the web in CHATGPT – though it’s not free yet
Interpol warns patients about hackers stealing NHS records
ANKER TO RELEASE USB C CHARGERS
TOMORROW’S WORLD
PARAMOUNT+ ADDS ‘BASIC WITH ADS’ PLAN
Amazon’s rst colour Kindle suers from yellow fever
Scammers impersonate dentists to con patients
READ AI RECAPS ON PRIME VIDEO
POCKETBOOK LAUNCHES FIRST UK E READERS
THE WORLD’S GONE MAD!
TURN IMAGES INTO TEXT USING POWERTOYS
Channel 4 app arrives on Google Chromecast and TV Streamer
Flight Simulator 2024 on sale with 125 aircraft and 160 airports
RASPBERRY PI RELEASES ITS OWN SSD
BUY SKY GLASS FROM CURRYS STORES
TRIPLE YOUR DATA ON VIRGIN MEDIA O2
Will TV streaming kill o Freeview and the BBC?
THE FACTS
‘Claim £2,300 per month’ Budget stories
New tools
Cheshire police impersonator
What’s the Issue…?
BBC told me why iplayer isn’t on Google’s TV Streamer
Masts of disguise
Four HDMI TV sockets isn’t enough
Octaplus gives reader £150 to spend on Amazon
Can bookmakers William Hill refuse to close my account?
Is UK Pet Chip Registry a scam?
Does the 14-day right to reject also apply to Christmas gi s?
Argos refunded me within 24 hours of complaining
Your Genealogy Problems Solved
Localsend 1.16.1
Best Free Software
Treesize Personal
Peazip 10
Wise Folder Hider 5.0.6
SHOULD I PAY FOR…?
Can I display my lm collection as a virtual DVD shelf?
How can I search text across multiple PDFS?
What should I download?
SOFTWARE WARNING!
Google
Named & Shamed
WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? WHAT THEY SAY
Gmktec Nucbox M7 Pro
Asus Expertbook P5
HOW WE TEST
Apple ipad mini 7
Lenovo Legion R25F-30
Oculink
Anker Prime Charger 200W
Which PC would you recommend for making music?
Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4
Deltahub Carpio 2.0
Huawei Watch D2
A £100 mouse mat?
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Win 1 of 3… EZVIZ BC1C 2K+ security cameras
Epson
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How I edit my videos
Master Opera’s brilliant new browser tools
See Wikipedia entries on a phone map
Block porn and gambling on Windscribe VPN
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Find the halfway point between two destinations
Why I stopped using…
Close tabs with keyboard shortcut
Change number of recent in Libreo ce les
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Get your landline calls down the pub
Take screen recordings using Siri
Disable the new ‘toast’ noti cations
Customise your Dashboard in Vivaldi 7
Create a personalised ‘dashboard’
Identify Ai-generated voices in online videos
Remove or move the ‘List all tabs’ button
BEST EXTENSION FOR… Reopening closed tabs
Create a new circuit in Tor Browser
Get roadside assistance via satellite
BEST NEW APPS What you should install this fortnight
Move and resize the Youtube miniplayer
BEST APPS FOR... Gift cards
Listen to articles from Chrome in the background
See all the drivers installed on your PC
Use the Camera app’s framing grid
See your phone information in Start menu
Copy and paste whatever Narrator says
Change your keyboard shortcuts
Set your own columns in documents
Repeat columns and rows when printing
Instantly add quotes and brackets to text
Create a newsletter template in Word
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Will I need a new graphics card to keep up with my new monitor’s refresh rate?
How does Google know where I parked?
How do I cast photos from my phone to my TV?
Why do my two drives have di erent colours in File Explorer?
Why does my friend’s laptop keep crashing?
Can I unplug my PC from the mains during hibernation and reopen it in the state I le it?
2FA and MFA?
Has my smartphone forgotten my Wi-fi password?
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