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We Transfer

WeTransfer.com is a free, quick, easy, registration-free way to transfer big files to up to 20 other people.  Here is how to use the service: Visit wetransfer.com Upload your files by clicking the (+) and selecting them. Enter the recipient(s) email address(es) Enter your email address. Type a quick message Then click ‘Transfer’ Some more [...]

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Social Networking

Some key tips to help keep you safe on social networking sites…

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Poll Review – Free or Subscription based Anti-Virus?

Our recently expired poll, Free or Subscription based Anti-Virus?, unsurprisingly resulted in subscription based anti-virus coming top. However, we were worried to see that 41% of voters have either free anti-virus or no anti-virus whatsoever!  Whilst free virus protection is better than none it doesn’t provide your computer with the full protection that it requires [...]

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Learn about AVG Internet Security 9.0 – Video

A fantastic video to explain how AVG Internet Security works and why you should purchase it!

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Online Photo Editing – Picnik

Picnik is a brilliant free online photo editing tool and ideal for all users (from novices to pros).  The website has a wide variety of features which can help you make ‘average’ photos look ‘amazing’. Free features include rotate, crop, flip, re-size, exposure options (including exposure, contrast, highlight, shadow and brightness adjustments), colour options (including [...]

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Windows Live Writer

Windows Live Writer is a free desktop application for publishing to blogs and will work with almost any blog provider in the world including Windows Live Spaces, Blogger, WordPress, TypePad and more! It’s a very simple piece of software which enables you to link your blogs to one central point for posting, rather than logging [...]

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Where do you access Facebook?

Our poll this month was ‘where do you access Facebook?’ Bosses pleased to see that most people are checking their facebook pages at home rather than at work with a staggering 47% just viewing it from home.  Second up was people viewing their pages from both home and work. (Click on the image to enlarge) [...]

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Microsoft SharedView

Microsoft SharedView is one of those quality pieces of free software which is fantastic but not very well-known.  So here’s a bit about it and what it has to offer… As described on their website…Microsoft SharedView is a fast, easy way to share documents and screen views with small groups of friends or coworkers; anytime, [...]

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Generic steps to removing a virus from an infected PC

Ever been infected with a virus but not known what to do?  Well have no fear…PCToolbox is here…with a tutorial to help you remove the virus! Firstly download the free version of Malwarebytes Now you need to turn off System Restore. Use the following tutorials to aid you: For Windows 7 For Vista For XP [...]

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from PCToolbox! What an eventful year it’s been!…but how much can you remember? Test your memory of 2009 with the Quiz of 2009 from Guardian.co.uk! There are endless events to look forward to over 2010 including the Fifa Football World Cup in South Africa and the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver! And [...]

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