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A few months ago I bought a new (but dropped) domain name. After spending a few hours installing WordPress and writing some new posts, I thought I’d share my new website with some friends on Facebook. This is what I was greeted with! I was using the AddThis sharing service so thought it may have […]

Today I will be taking you through an easy to follow Kodi setup guide. Kodi (XBMC) has been around for awhile now starting life out as XBMC on the original Xbox in 2003. The name XBMC comes from the acronym of its original name – Xbox Media Center. It comes in several flavors including Mac

You’re out and about with your laptop and in desperate need of an internet connection but there isn’t a Starbucks for miles! You need to send that email your boss wants, so what options do you have in such an emergency? Well luckily for you, your Android powered smartphone comes to the rescue. Most modern

Firefox’s private browsing mode is great for surfing the internet without leaving any history of your travels. This is great if you share a computer and don’t want everyone else knowing your online business. Just a quick word of warning. Private browsing does not make you anonymous online. It only stops Firefox from collecting a

There are several ways to watch TV online these days. Today I’ll be explaining the various ways to do this, as well as the pros and cons of each. Anyway, let’s get started with the easiest… Official Web Players Whether you live in the US, UK, Germany or anywhere in the world for that matter,

So, you’ve just got yourself a fancy new computer and you want to know the easiest way to transfer all your old files and settings from your old PC to the new one. Luckily, Windows 7 has an easy way to help you do this. For this tutorial, I am assuming both of your computers

Today I will show you how to make a bootable USB pen drive with your choice of Linux installation image on it. This will work with both standard install images as well as with the live versions. Making a bootable pen drive has many advantages over a CD or DVD such as increased reliability, vastly

There are several ways you can go about downloading YouTube videos. You can use dedicated software, download websites and browser extensions/plugins. I find that the Firefox extension “Download YouTube Videos as MP4 and FLV” is the easiest. It gives you the most useful options without having to install any suspect software on your computer. Using

Defragging your computer can give it a performance boost by organizing the data on its hard drive in a more efficient way. It can also increases the lifespan of your hard drive by reducing the amount of physical movements the drive has to perform. What Does Defragging Do? When your computer writes data to its

Using a VPN service like NordVPN is a great way to protect your online privacy. With legislation like SOPA and PIPA (sign the e-petition here) all over the news, it’s no surprise that people are looking at ways to protect themselves from prying eyes whilst surfing the internet. So why would you want to use