Tutorials

Article | 18/10/2011 How to create custom notification tones in iOS 5

Apple's latest iOS 5 operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices went live last week and one of its new features is custom notification t...

Article | 22/07/2011 How to convert videos for a phone or tablet, for free

If you've got a library of downloaded videos and want to watch them on your smartphone or tablet, you might find out they're the wrong file type. Some...

Article | 21/07/2011 How to install Mac OS X Lion

For over a decade, installing the latest major version of Mac OS X meant buying a disc and slipping it into your Mac's optical drive. No longer. Mac O...

Article | 21/07/2011 How to install Mac OS X Lion over Leopard

One of the requirements for installing Lion is that you already have Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) version 10.6.6 or later installed. The main practica...

Article | 21/07/2011 Should you do a 'clean install' of Lion?

With some previous major releases of Mac OS X, upgrading over an existing OS X installation -- for example, installing 10.3 over 10.2 -- entailed some...

Article | 19/07/2011 How to clean a TV

A dirty HDTV screen won't give you much pleasure -- or much information. Screens are delicate, however. Clean them the wrong way, and you ruin them fo...

Article | 15/07/2011 iPad power: How to print

Among other things, the iPad is a great way to save paper: It lets you carry around all kinds of digital documents that you might otherwise have had t...

Article | 2/06/2011 Plants vs Zombies tips and tricks

So you’ve found your way into the addictive netherworld of Plants vs Zombies but a few of the undead are playing for keeps and you’re wondering how to...

Article | 26/05/2011 How to insert an image into a Gmail email

Want to send someone a photo, screenshot, or other image? If you're a Gmail user, there's only one option: attach the item(s) to the message. That's a...

Article | 25/05/2011 Installing a SSD in a MacBook Air

The MacBook Air has won over a large number of Apple laptop users. But in order to offer such extreme portability, the MacBook Air comes with a few tr...

Article | 24/05/2011 Edit spreadsheets on an iPad

As the iPad ecosystem expands and matures, it becomes easier to leave your laptop behind and accomplish much of your business work on Apple's tablet c...

Article | 23/05/2011 Top 5 online backup services

At DCA we regularly deal with people who come to us for data recovery. We have a pretty good track record at salvaging important files; however, in ma...

Article | 11/05/2011 What's the difference between an Intel Core i3, i5 and i7?

Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 CPUs have been around for over a year now, but some buyers still get stumped whenever they attempt to build their ...

Article | 11/05/2011 Windows 7 Home Premium vs. Windows 7 Professional

People often ask us which version of Windows they should purchase for their new PC build. Generally speaking Windows 7 Home Premium Edition has everyt...

Article | 27/04/2011 Save money and trees with green printing tools

Companies and organisations come in virtually countless shapes and sizes, but one thing that tends to unite them all is at least some reliance on prin...

Article | 5/04/2011 How to fix speech recognition in Windows 7

QUESTION Speech recognition will no longer load on my Windows 7 PC. Unless I first switch off User Account Control, I get the error message: 'C:\Windo...

Article | 16/03/2011 Internet Explorer 9: A getting started guide

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 officially launched late Monday and is ready for download here.

Article | 9/03/2011 Enable iTunes Home Sharing in iOS 4.3

The next major iOS update is slated to be released this Friday, March 11, alongside the ultra-hyped iPad 2. One of the key features is a little someth...

Article | 9/03/2011 Open source FreeOTFE encrypts disks handily

FreeOTFE may sound like a political bumper sticker, but it stands for "Free On The Fly Encryption." The "Free" part is self-explanatory; "On The Fly E...

Article | 3/03/2011 Digitize your movies

Analog movies can be the easiest--or the hardest--medium to digitize, depending on the format you're working with. While older camcorder and video for...