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TurboCash 3.757 financial software

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Bookkeeping might be one of the greatest chores in life but a computer can make it far less painful. TurboCash is a very comprehensive program, suitable for running accounts for...

Hannspree HN198

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:01:00 GMT

Anthony Dhanendran, Hannspree’s HN198 monitor is no looker. It’s not ugly as such, but in an era of improving monitor design it is decidedly 1990s in style....

Google Chrome 0.3.154.0

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:56:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Google Chrome is an interesting new web browser with some exciting technological changes. The most obvious of these is that the address bar is now 'inside' the tabs....

Gallery: from Tape to DVD in four steps with Vista Home Premium

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:50:00 GMT

Theresa Fowler-Child,

Paypal to offer full refunds for fraudulent transactions

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:22:00 GMT

Dinah Greek, People using Paypal to buy goods on Ebay will be given a full refund, including postage costs, if they fall victim to fraudsters....

Ebay cuts workforce

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:32:00 GMT

Dinah Greek, Ebay is to cut more than 1,000 jobs – which equates to around 10 per cent of its global work force....

Review: Olympus SP-570UZ digital camera

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:27:00 GMT

Gavin Stoker, Compact ‘superzoom’ cameras are designed to be all things to everyone. The 10-megapixel Olympus SP-570UZ is a good example, incorporating a very broad 26mm—560mm zoom range in its 20x lens...

Review: Verbatim Mediastation network media player

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:23:00 GMT

Paul Allen, It's now possible to legally download both TV programmes and films, and the number of such sites is growing. It may soon catch up with the number of devices that...

Image gallery: Take notes from your favourite website

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:01:00 GMT

Theresa Fowler-Child,

Emergency text service for the deaf extended

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:58:00 GMT

Andrea-Marie Vassou, A free service that enables deaf people to alert emergency services by text message is to be introduced in more UK counties....

More homes to switch to digital in 2009

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:04:00 GMT

Andrea-Marie Vassou, Over five million homes will switch from analogue to digital television next year, the organisation behind the move said. Digital UK, which is leading the switch from analogue to digital...

PC help: Fit to frame

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT

Computeractive staff, Q I read with interest your articles on digital photo frames and so I went out and bought one, with another on the way....

Review: Fujifilm Finepix S8100fd camera

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:28:00 GMT

Gavin Stoker, Fujifilm consistently delivers reliable digital cameras, and the 10-megapixel S8100fd – the suffix denoting the inclusion of 'face detection'– of which more later – doesn't buck the trend....

Smush It! Firefox extension

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:21:00 GMT

Tim Smith, Even with most people using broadband, it is still very important to pay attention to file sizes when creating websites and blog posts....

Government plans new super database

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:54:00 GMT

Dinah Greek, The UK government is considering implementing a database that can monitor and log the internet browsing habits, emails and phone calls of every Briton, according to a report in the...

Councils pilot sat nav system for trucks

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:29:00 GMT

Andrea-Marie Vassou, Somerset County Council and Suffolk County Council are to pilot a 'truck-friendly' satellite navigation (sat nav) system. The sat nav will suggest truck routes and pinpoint the locations of height-...

Council pilots sat nav system for trucks

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:29:00 GMT

Andrea-Marie Vassou, Somerset County Council is to pilot a 'truck-friendly' satellite navigation (sat nav) system. The sat nav will suggest truck routes and pinpoint the locations of height- and weight-restricted bridges to...

PC help: Compound problem

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT

Computeractive staff, Q I am using an Excel spreadsheet to list various Peps and Isas enabling me to revalue my portfolio on a regular basis....

Workshop: Attach extra details to digital photos

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT

Mark Wilson, Is a picture worth a thousand words? Perhaps, but it can also be very useful to know a little more about photos, particularly digital ones....

Workshop: Making folders private

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:06:00 GMT

Theresa Fowler-Child,

Chromepass

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:30:00 GMT

Tim Smith, The ability of browsers to save passwords is very useful but not using them means that they are quickly forgotten....

New e-crime unit funding 'ridiculous'

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:11:00 GMT

Andrea-Marie Vassou, Security firms and business groups have criticised funding levels for the newly formed Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), with one saying the Government is "setting itself up for ridicule"....

Bitdefender Total Security 2009 security software

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:52:00 GMT

Paul Lester, Once installed, Bitdefender 2009 uses a nine-step wizard to configure various aspects of the package. This includes identity control to safeguard information such as credit card details and passwords, parental...

Review: Norton Internet Security 2009 security software

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:43:00 GMT

Cliff Joseph, Norton Internet Security (NIS) is one of the best-known names in anti-virus and security software. However, we’ve often heard complaints from users who have been annoyed by the fact that...

PC help: Computer shutdown made easy

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:15:00 GMT

Tim Smith and Anthony Dhanendran, Q On my previous computer I had a Shutdown icon on the Desktop. I have lost the information explaining how this was done and I can’t remember the name of...