FaceBook is so Meta

FaceBook is so Meta. Except it isn’t. FaceBook is still FaceBook: a toxic sludge of junk advertising masquerading as a social network.

How-to: Stop Windows 10 Dialling Home Part Two

Windows 10 privacy settings now span several pages and if you have any wish to stop Windows sending massive amounts of your data back to Microsoft, you need to understand all of them. Here’s how to stop Windows 10 dialling home, part two.

Is Windows Defender the Best Antivirus for Windows 10

Windows 10 carries over the built-in Microsoft antivirus program, Windows Defender. It’s robust and constantly updated, but as a free, bundled application, is it actually up to the very important job of PC security? Is Windows Defender the best antivirus for Windows 10?

How-to: Networking Primer Part III – Firewall

A firewall restricts unauthorised access to your system by intruders, blocking certain types of network traffic. Firewalls can be implemented in software  or in hardware. The hardware version is generally more secure than a software firewall installed alongside the operating system.

How-to: Understand ‘The Cloud’

“It’s in the Cloud…” The Cloud has become a go-to word in computing across all levels of users, even my septuagenarian neighbour, who doesn’t even own a computer.  Although she does have a smart phone and a smart TV. Trouble is ‘the Cloud’ is actually several types of cloud.

How-to: Change Default Search Engine in Edge

Microsoft’s Edge browser uses Bing as its default search engine, but Edge can use any search engine that supports OpenSearch as its default. The option easily accessible — it’s not buried as it used to be in Internet Explorer and doesn’t require browser plugins to ‘install’ a search engine.