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  • 25 January 2011

  • How-Tos: How to stream media from your PC

    ZumoCast turns your PC into a media server, able to stream music, video and other files to another PC, iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. We show you how.

  • How-Tos: How to stream web content to your TV

    Push content from your PC to your TV with QWaves Quicklinks TV. We show you how.

  • How-Tos: How to use Internet Explorer 9 Beta

    With other browsers breathing down its neck, Internet Explorer 9 is an important release for Microsoft. We look at how the new web browser - currently in beta - stacks up against the competition.

  • How-Tos: How to play classic games on your PC

    We explain how to use a software emulator to maximise gameplay, turning your current Windows 7 computer into a classic arcade machine. You can enjoy Frogger, Yie Ar Kung-Fu and other great games of old.

  • News: Microsoft faces legal action from Italian group

    An Italian consumer organisation has started legal action against Microsoft, claiming it's too difficult to obtain a refund if a user decides to delete Windows from a new PC or laptop.

  • News: Google jumps into 'Do Not Track' debate with Chrome add-on

    Google has followes in Mozilla's footsteps and announced a Chrome add-on that lets users opt out of tracking cookies that monitor their movement and behavior online.

  • News: Apple's App Store hits 10 billion downloads

    After two and a half years (or so) of existence Apple's iOS App Store has hit the 10 billion downloads mark.

  • News: Windows 8 FAQs

    Only Microsoft knows how the next version of its Windows operating system will look and what it will be called, but big changes could be ahead for the OS observers refer to as "Windows 8."

  • 24 January 2011

  • News: Cisco, Verizon enlist in 24-hour IPv6 trial

    Two leading network vendors -- Cisco and Verizon Business -- have enlisted in an upcoming trial-by-fire of IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol called IPv4.

  • News: Digital black market offers cheap botnets for hire

    Botnets for hire to launch your own spam campaign and stolen credit card information sold at the rock bottom price of $2 are just two of the commodities easily found on the cyber-crime black market today, according to a report released this month by Panda Security. The report, which was conducted by PandaLabs researchers who posed as cyber criminals, details a vast criminal network selling stolen bank account information in forums and dedicated online stores.

  • News: DNLA software push for home networks

    The Digital Living Network Alliance's software certification is the spur to new growth in home media networks.

  • News: Microsoft uses karaoke feature on China's Bing Dictionary

    Microsoft has added a karaoke-like feature to its Bing Dictionary in China, which provides English language learners a new way of practicing their pronunciation online.

  • News: Mozilla to add 'do not track' feature to Firefox

    Mozilla is to add a feature to it Firefox web browser that will allow users to surf the web without being tracked. For the tool to work, however, tracking companies would need to agree to participate and, well, not track the users.

  • News: Academic: Twitter and Facebook make us less human

    A US academic says that social-networking sites such as Twitter merely give people the illusion that they are able to communicate better.

  • News: Google copied Java in Android, expert says

    An intellectual property expert has uncovered 43 instances where it appears that Google copied Java code without permission in the most recent versions of the Android operating system.

  • 22 January 2011

  • News: 5 open source virtualisation technologies to watch in 2011

    With virtualisation now a mainstream technology for most large businesses, the big players like EMC (VMWare), IBM and Microsoft are investing heavily in proprietary options for running multiple guest operating systems on a single machine.

  • News: Google Android OS upgrades: Who gets them fastest?

    For most smartphone users, Google's Android upgrades are both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, each upgrade opens the door to exciting new features and functions for a phone. On the other hand, the updates don't arrive instantly - and the wait to receive them can often be long and filled with uncertainty or disappointment.

  • News: Pictures: 15 mysteries in Google Street View & Google Earth

    Since Google began mapping the world with Google Earth and Google Street View, an entire pastime - Google mystery hunting and debunking - has cropped up. From unidentified flying objects to people with horse heads, there's no shortage of weird things that have appeared on Google Earth and Street View.

  • 21 January 2011

  • News: The Games Of 2011: Volume 2

    PC Advisor chooses the very best games from the coming year.

  • News: HTML versioning to be eliminated

    HTML5 will be the last numbered version of the standard, a W3C working group member decrees

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