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QR codes are useful but a small portion of them link to malicious web sites or aim to mess up a mobile device. Kaspersky now has a QR scanning app which checks the web sites before providing access to the information stored in the QR code. ... Read more

Privacy is a tricky thing to accomplish when using the Mozilla Firefox web browser. Many of the best features are hidden within the about:config settings. To get around this issue, the Tinfoil add on can help configure these settings from a nice GUI. ... Read more

Much to the dismay of some, Google plans to disable Google Talk (Gtalk) for good on February 16. The decision is because Google have moved over to their newer chat application Google Hangouts which is integrated into Gmail & other Google properties. ... Read more

National Clean Out Your Computer Day is a good reminder to computer owners to improve the performance of their PC. Here is our guide to cleaning up your PC to improve its performance via software and hardware changes that will get it running well. ... Read more

Here is a list with the best file transfer apps for iOS. ... Read more

We're celebrating Clean Out Your Computer Day with a nice Giveaway from iolo. Here are, up for grabs, 5 licenses for the Standard version of System Mechanic, each one worth $40 USD, valid for 1 year. ... Read more

Here are two ways to open the Command Prompt at boot in Windows 10. ... Read more

We first mentioned The Last Door game in our list of The Best Adventure Gamebooks for Mobile. This awesome indie game deserves more spotlight though so here we are again, this time with an interview with one of the developers. ... Read more

Facebook had an excellent fourth quarter and ended the year with 1.39 billion active users which is more impressive than their trading figures. To put this in perspective, this is an active user base of about 20 percent of the global population. ... Read more

Samsung are working on releasing the Galaxy S6 model with fewer pre-installed apps. The TouchWiz skin is also being overhauled for speed. One of the biggest complaints with Samsung phones is the slow speed so hopefully these changes will help. ... Read more

OnePlus have developed their own Oxygen OS for when they release their OnePlus One model into the Indian market. Cyanogen have an exclusive deal with Micromax and cannot offer their OS to OnePlus. Oxygen OS features a nicely streamlined interface. ... Read more

Smart marketers at Microsoft decided that a new Lumia 1520 smartphone might the ideal answer to solve actress Chloë Grace Moretz's problem when her iPhone broke. They sent over a care package including a kindly note, a Nokia 1520 and some band aids. ... Read more

Steady progress is being made on both sides of the pond to deliver much faster internet access to those who want it. Quite soon regular folk will able to enjoy gigabit internet speeds to go with that gigabit network capacity included in new laptops. ... Read more

The long awaited Apple Watch which was first announced at the big Apple event on September 9 but was delayed many months before their first real wearable device is actually released. Now last mover disadvantage goes to Apple with an April release. ... Read more

In a novel twist on the surveillance angle, the European Union is unhappy with the Edward Snowden revelations about mass surveillance yet now wished to learn more about every person who enters Europe and keep the data for five years. ... Read more