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an you imagin an intrnt

without wbsits? lt might
souno barmy, ano woulo
crtainly mak our Pst Nw
Vbsits sction rathr rounoant,
but th unstoppabl ris o mobil
apps maks it a possibility.
Put oon't oitch your browsr
|ust yt, bcaus things ar about
to gt a lot astr ano smartr. ln
this issu's covr atur (pag
36), w look at th upcoming
tchnology that will rvolutionis
our onlin xprinc orvr.
V also proict what's on th way
out, wb-wis. Vill w still b
using Flash ano Java in iv yars'
tim? l lippin' hop not!
/s wll as looking orwaro to
th innovations o tomorrow, on
pag 43 w look back at 2
months o tch nws with our
supr-tricky Ouiz o th Yar.
/no inally, all that rmains
or m to oo is wish
you all a Happy
Christmas. S
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lSSUE 334 2C DECEMPER 2C3 ON THE COVER
WE LlKE...
Asdas digitaI
Christmas jumper
Light a stiv ir in your
blly with /soa's Digital
Duoz |umpr, which has a hol or
your phon ano a ti-in vioo app.
GoogIe Nexus S
on the way
LG is rportoly working on a nw
tablt or Googl. Th ovic,
blivo to b anothr Nxus, has
bn spotto in Plutooth tsting.
WE DONT LlKE...
PIan to scrap roaming
charges 'deIayed
Th EU's oath sntnc
or mobil roaming chargs coulo
b olayo by thr yars, claim
mobil oprators. V still think it
will happn in 2C4, says EU
vic-prsiont Nli Kros.
Torch app 'spy cIaim
Popular /noroio app
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storo ano sharo usrs' oata
without consnt, accoroing to th
US trao rgulator. Th app's makr
has promiso to olt all th oata.

How to xtract th auoio rom

vioo ils ano sav it in oirnt
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How to oit your Facbook

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How to play a ral-li gam o

Pac-Man using th camra on
your phon paQe 46

How to gnrat oiicult-to-

guss passworos or your onlin
accounts paQe 54

How to turn an olo tablt into a

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Top news stories and how they affect you

What happened7
latst laks rom whistlblowr
Eowaro Snowon suggsto that th
US National Scurity /gncy (NS/)
gathrs iv billion oata points ach
oay rom mobil phons.
That oata is uso, accoroing to a
rport in th Washington Post (bit.ly/
wash334), to track th locations o
mobil ovics ano to uncovr th
rlationships btwn usrs.
Turning o phons isn't
nough to stop tracking,
xprts aooo. l
vryon attnoing a
snsitiv mting turns
o thir cll phons irst,
th NS/ can look or that, ano othr
suspicious pattrns, noto Chris
Soghoian, Principal Tchnologist o th
/mrican Civil Librtis Union (/CLU).
US govrnmnt authoritis strsso
that any mobil oata collction oio not
ocus on /mrican phons - a rspons
that's haroly likly to calm angr about
survillanc in th rst o th worlo.
ln rspons to th continuing
survillanc rvlations, svn laoing
tch irms ormo an allianc callo
Rorm Govrnmnt Survillanc
(rormgovrnmntsurvillanc.com)
to ask Prsiont Obama to aoorss
th practics ano laws rgulating
govrnmnt survillanc o inoiviouals
ano accss to thir inormation. Th
irms incluo /ppl, Facbook, Googl,
Microsot ano Yahoo.
Th balanc in many countris has
tippo too ar in avour o th stat ano
away rom th rights o th inoivioual -
rights that ar nshrino in our
Constitution, a lttr on th RGS
wbsit nots. lt calls or inopnont
ovrsight o survillanc ano an no to
bulk oata collction, as wll as
transparncy ovr th natur o th
inormation gathro by th NS/ ano
othr agncis.
Th lttr ollows on Priton taking
th issu into his own hanos - ano
to th courts. Journalist Kvin
Cahill has suo Microsot,
Facbook ano Googl or
allgoly hanoing his oata ovr to
US authoritis. /sio rom asking
or ,CCC in oamags, h's
rusto that th court orc th
wb companis to rval otails o
any oata rusts.
l chang oosn't com via inoustry
prssur or inoivioual lawsuits, thr's
on rason th NS/ may wish to altr
its bhaviour: low moral among its
mploys. Sourcs spaking to th
Post saio NS/ sta l nglcto,
spcially as Obama hasn't visito th
opartmnt to show his support.
How it wiII affect you7
NS/ stars may b ling low about
thir |obs, but this constant stram o
oata-snooping rvlations is oprssing
th rst o us, too. lt's simply impossibl
to say i any inoivioual's mobil phon
or onlin inormation is caught up in
th NS/ oata oragnt; it's a sa bt to
assum that it has bn.
So what can b oon? Thos angry
at tch irms or allgoly passing ovr
oata coulo ollow Cahill's lao ano hir
a lawyr, ano US citizns can crtainly
writ to thir govrnmnt
rprsntativs to aoo prssur to
mak a chang. Put givn th staoy
low o laks, it's asy to l th
situation will gt wors bor
it gts bttr - although
it's haro to imagin what
will top grabbing iv
billion bits o oata rom
millions o mobil phons ach oay.
What do we think7
lt's no surpris that govrnmnts spy on
ach othr, ano on citizns, in thir own
country ano abroao. Put th scal o
this survillanc is trriying. lt's a clich
to trot out Gorg Orwll's I984 ovr
such Pig Prothr rvlations, but it
sms that th author's
proictions wrn't so
ar-tcho. /s wll as
th latst rvlations
about mobil-phon
tracking, nw rports
show spis wr
monitoring usrs in
onlin gams such as
Vorlo o Vorlocrat ano,
vn mor alarmingly, hao iguro out
how to turn on laptop wbcams without
triggring th warning light.
l such tchnius wr uso
sparingly, against spciic criminal
targts unor warrant, w o us woulo
complain, but it's not clar that's th
cas. Tch irms ar right to spak out
against such action, as it rmovs trust
in thir prooucts, but it oosn't sm
likly that an angry lttr rom Googl
or Facbook will act th NS/'s work.
l th rvlations so ar havn't bn
nough to oriv Obama to action, a
missiv rom Silicon Vally isn't likly
to oo so.
Web gians demand acion
oer new NSA sping cIaims

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Wha happened7
Vbsits owno by th
Royal Pank o Scotlano
wr hit by a onial-o-
srvic (DDoS) attack |ust
oays atr an lT-systm
outag prvnto
NatVst, RPS ano Ulstr
customrs rom accssing
thir own mony. Th
banking group's systms
wnt oown on Cybr
Monoay (2 Dcmbr),
maning customrs
coulon't withoraw cash
rom /TMs ano obit caros
wr oclino. Th bank
was hit by similar outags
arlir in th yar, ano last
yar lT troubls stoppo
paymnts bing procsso
proprly, laving many
customrs tmporarily o
pockt. RPS CEO Ross
McEwan pinno th blam
on out-o-oat lT, saying
th bank hao ailo to
proprly invst or
ocaos. Th apology
oion't convinc som, ano
oays latr a DDoS attack
on th bank took its
wbsits olin. RPS saio
th hours-long outag was
oown to a olibrat
surg o traic, but saio
thr was no risk to
customrs' accounts.
Ho iII his affec
yo7
l you'r a Natwst, RPS or
BS websites sffer
Christmas crashes
Ulstr customr, you may
hav notico th outag i
you trio to us your caro
ouring th oowntim - it
crtainly highlights th
bnit o kping som
spar cash in your wallt!
Vhil such outags ar
rustrating, thy ar
thankully rar, ano now
that RPS has aomitto th
problm ano promiso to
spno whatvr it taks to
bring systms up to spo,
it probably won't happn
again anytim soon. l you
wr lt out o pockt by
ithr inciont, contact
your bank or a runo.
Wha do e hink7
V think a bank with
out-o-oat lT oosn't
osrv customrs. Panks
sav oools o mony
whn w manag our own
transactions onlin rathr
than going into th branch,
so th last thy coulo oo
is nsur our cash is sa
ano accssibl. This outag
is a massiv
oisappointmnt, not last
bcaus it's not th irst
tim it's happno to th
banking group.
Wha happened7
Facbook crato a
'sympathis' button, as part
o a hackathon on its annual
Compassion Rsarch Day.
Th social ntwork hasn't
saio i it plans to prmanntly
introouc a button labllo
'sympathis', but th ioa is it
that it woulo b oro as an
altrnativ to th thumbs-up
'Lik' icon on status upoats
that ar ngativ, such as
thos concrning illnss, |ob
loss, rlationship wos or a
particularly unplasant lunch.
Currntly th Lik button
oosn't xprss th right
ton or crtain upoats.
Ho iII his affec
yo7
l th 'sympathis' button
oos appar on th sit, it'll
or you anothr way to
ract to rinos' upoats,
Facebook considers
'sympathise' btton
rathr than
'liking'
posts
about
brak-ups
ano othr bao nws. ln th
mantim, you can always
simply typ l sympathis
with you in th commnt
box.
Wha do e hink7
This silly ioa highlights th
inhrnt problm with th
simpliio intractions on
social ntworks: clicking
'Lik' on a rino's travl
photos is prctly suitabl,
but mor important li
vnts ruir a mor
nuanco touch. l you
woulon't ract in prson to a
rino's nws by giving thm
a thumbs up, you shoulon't
rspono that way onlin,
ithr.
Wha happened7
Rports suggsto that
Googl is working on a
Nxus-branoo st-top
box to stram
intrnt TV to
your tlvision
st. Th box
woulo b
low-cost ano
abl to run contnt
rom onlin srvics such
as YouTub ano Ntlix, but
not broaocast TV, ano may
atur a built-in vioo
camra ano motion snsor
or gaming.
Ho iII his affec
yo7
lntrnt TV is incrasingly
asy to gt on your
tlvision, vn i you oon't
hav a smart TV. Th
Nxus st-top box is
currntly |ust a rumour, but
GooQIe Nexs TV
'to Ianch in 14'
or |ust $35 (about 2)
you can alraoy buy
Googl's Chromcast, a
USP-sizo ovic that
plugs into th
HDMl port on a
TV ano lts you
mirror contnt
rom your
smartphon,
PC or tablt.
Wha do e hink7
TV is th nxt big markt
or tch, ano vryon
rom Microsot to /ppl
has its y on th priz.
Last yar, Googl unvilo
its Nxus O straming-
moia orb, but uickly
pullo th $299 (82)
ovic. lt woulo b no
surpris i Googl trio
again, but hopully it'll b
mor succssul - ano
chapr - this tim arouno.

WHAT'S NWONIIN
1 riIIint thinQs to do on the we this fortniQht
G
oog annual Santa Trackr is
bttr than vr. Until Christmas
Ev, you can ollow Santa's
glob-trotting on Googl Earth, ano
play gams ano watch vioos via a
bautiully osigno onlin aovnt
calnoar, which you opn by clicking
th top-right mnu icon with thr
horizontal lins. Click th churo
nag to play th sligh racr gam (s
www..o.uk/
ipIer
/ll iv o th PPC's nw high-oinition channls - PPC Thr
HD, PPC Four HD, PPC Nws HD, CPbis HD ano CPPC HD
- ar availabl on th PPC iPlayr. You can also watch thm
on Frviw HD, Frsat HD, YouViw, Sky HD ano Virgin
Moia.
skmovies.sk.om
For th irst tim you
can now watch ilms
onlin through th
Sky Stor vn i
you'r not a Sky
customr. Nw ilms
cost 3.49, whil
classics rang rom 99p to .99. Th
Sky Stor will also b availabl on Roku ano YouViw
boxs, though not yt on phons ano tablts. Onc you
prss play, you hav 48 hours to watch th ilm.
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You n now downIod our GmiI nd GooQIe CaIendar
data, which means ou can back it up or easiI transfer
the data to another service. UsefuII, ou can choose
individuaI IabeIs (within GmaiI) and specific caIendars to
downIoad. To start, cIick the Iine above then cIick the red
Create rchive button.
Just in time for
Christmas comes this
ndroid (bit.I/
android334) and iOS
(bit.I/ios334) Qame
based on The $nowman
and The $nowdog, the Ramond BriQQs fiIm screened b
ChanneI 4 Iast ear. PIaers have to Quide the wintr paIs
to the North PoIe. !t's free, but ou'II need to pa for
shortcuts and to customise the Qame.
top lt). Googl's 'rinoly lvs' hav
also rlaso a Santa Trackr aoo-on or
Chrom (bit.ly/santa334), ano thr's an
/noroio app on its way bor
Christmas, too. /lso, oon't orgt
NOR/D's long-running rival to Googl's
Santa Trackr (www.noraosanta.org),
which Kat Russll will b using on
Christmas Ev (s pag 5).
www.QooQIe.co.uk/santatracker
oo Goo's Sata rackr
Watch newHDchanneIe
on iPIayer
Watch fiIme on Sky Store
without eubecribing
DonIoad our GmaiI and
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7in /noroio tablt nrst
racho th
onc, its pric was momntarily
mis-haro as 9. lt gos to show how
ar th buogt tablt markt has com
that a pric unor a tnnr almost
smo blivabl.
Th actual pric is 79.99, which
still shavs a ull thiro (4C) o
Tsco's wiloly popular Huol, which
shito 3CC,CCC units in two months
ano has alraoy spawno th
imminnt Huol 2. ln act it's chapr
than most smartphons. On onlin
thrao commnto that tablts will
soon b alling out o cral packts.
So it's chap as chips, but it's not
chap ano nasty. Lik th Huol, it runs
/noroio 4.2.2 Jlly Pan with GP o
R/M, has ront ano rar camras ano
incluos ull Googl Play Stor accss.
Th Litab also coms with a
Microsot Oic-compatibl sotwar
suit ano Kasprsky Tablt Scurity
(3C-oay r trial). lts .6GHz Ouao
Cor procssor packs a similar punch
to th Huol's .5GHz /9 chip.
Som spcs all short. Th Litab's
C24 x 6CC pixl oisplay isn't uit
HD, it oosn't support 3G browsing, it
has only 8GP o intrnal storag ano
th C.3MP ront camra is about as
low-rs as oigital camras gt.
Put or unor 8C, oos it rally
mattr? l you want 3G browsing, HD
vioo, loaos o storag ano blazing
ast gams, sav up or a Nxus 7. l
you want a hanoy littl ovic that
you can shar with your partnr or
amily or browsing, Skyping ano
mailing via Vi-Fi, plus a 2MP rar
camra ano spac or thousanos o
songs ano photos, xpanoabl by SD
caro, th Litab is a suprb buy.
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bit.Iy/voice334
Chrome's new Voice Search Hotword
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your PC by speakinQ a question.
Once you've Qiven GooQIe permission
to access your microphone, |ust say
'Ok GooQIe', foIIowed by a question
or search command. !t's stiII in beta,
so expect a few fIaws. You can watch
bit.Iy/parks334
Mount Rushmore is probabIy the
most famous spot in this new
Street View coIIection of US and
Canadian nationaI parks and
historicaI sites. You can aIso Qet
cIose up to YeIIowstone's OId
FaithfuI Qeyser and the LincoIn
MemoriaI in WashinQton DC.
sherIockoIogy
OfficiaI account for the BBC series,
which starts aQain on 1 January
nhschoices
HeaIth advice from the NHS, with
its #winterfriends campaiQn to
keep an eye on eIderIy neiQhbours
johncIeese
News on the Monty Python reunion
from the minister for siIIy tweets
ticketmasteruk
Ticket avaiIabiIity for QiQs, festivaIs
and comedy shows
howstuffworks
Answers to questions you've
aIways wondered about, pIus
intriQuinQ Top 1D Iists
bit.Iy/dark334
/ an o Jim
Hnson's wonorul
982 ilm has
stitcho togthr
rough cuts ano rar ootag to proouc
a nw vrsion, which you can watch on
YouTub. lt's a suprb labour o lov
that closly rsmbls Hnson's original
vision or th ilm, bor it was tono
oown or public rlas.
www.roku.com/uk
Channl 4's catch-up TV srvic is now
availabl on th Roku 3 straming
playr, |oining PPC iPlayr, NOV TV ano
Dmano 5. Rao our
rviw o th Roku 3
in lssu 33 (bit.ly/
wbusr33).
instaQram.com/starwars
Darth Vader's 'seIfie' was the first
photo upIoaded to the officiaI Star
Wars account on !nstaQram. We
hope to see Iots of
behind-the-scenes
photos before $a
Wa: Epide Vll is
reIeased in
December 2D15.
Sh GoogI ueing ou oi
Tour US parks
in Street View
TO FOLLOW
ON TWlTTER
Wth ito'e ut
of 1bc Dork Cryetol
Wth oDon Roku
FoIIow
on lnstagram
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Following Ryanair EO Michal O'Lary's rcnt charm
onsiv to attract nw passngrs ano win back oisgruntlo
ons, th company has givn its wbsit a ma|or makovr.
Th unncssary cluttr, snaky hioon options, annoying
/PTH/s ano garish colour schm ar gon. ln thir plac
is a clan osign with a spoy ano transparnt booking
procss. Som sctions rtain th olo look ano th mobil
vrsion isn't optimiso or small scrns, but Ryanair now
clarly oisplays th actual pric o ach availabl light ano
maks th xtras ar mor obvious. You'r lss likly to b
oolo into buying travl insuranc ano thr's a running total
o costs, incluoing croit caro s. Th Manag ooking orop-
oown mnu maks printing boaroing caros, changing nams
ano onlin chck-in much asir, too. Ryanair has soaro in our
stimation; lt's hop that its srvic livs up to th wbsit.
The NaionaI TaiI
www.nationaltrail.co.uk
This sit covrs th 5 National Trails that
span Englano ano Vals, ano provios a
grat starting point or oiscovring thir
stunning lanoscaps. /n intractiv map
oisplays th various trails ano thir
nams, ano you can click on to s
mor inormation, contact th Trail
managr, viw itinraris ano gt th
latst nws. Points o intrst ano
accommooation ar oisplayo ano can
b layro on top o th Oronanc
Survy map. Saoly, th map is small ano
iooly, ano thr's no asy way to print,
but w lik that visitors ar ncourago
to aoo photos ano attractions.
WIKS
IoneIy PIane
www.lonlyplant.com
Th global travl guio has givn its wbsit a minimalist rosign, with striking
backgrouno imags that bring to mino th ing hompag. To xplor, |ust typ th
irst lttr o a ostination into th sarch box ano choos on o th suggstions, or
brows th contnt by continnt, ostination or thm, such as /ovntur, achs
or Viloli. Th sit is packo with stunning photos ano in-opth articls by travl
xprts, ano thr ar links to th Lonly Plant shop ano magazin, ano booking
tools or lights, hotls ano tours. /nnoyingly, th hotl prics ar in oollars, ano th
orum layout is conusing, but thr's no ooubt th rvampo sit is going placs.
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inamous OGOF oals, ano it has st
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latst nws, tlls you how to complain i
you l you hav bn mislo ano lists
th bst ano worst suprmarkts as
rato by usrs, but thr is littl
ls to kp you coming back. Still, it's a
worthy caus in vrybooy's intrst.
ttu
www.strthub.com
StrtHub is a shopping sit that wants
you to spno on th high stt. lt inos
oozns o boutiu homwar ano
ashion shops nar you (currntly
Lonoon only), thn uss liv invntory
oata to tll you what's in stock. You
rsrv itms onlin ano visit th shops
to buy ano collct - olivry is not an
option. This is |ust as wll bcaus,
although th imags ar larg, proouct
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usul, so you may no to s things in
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CC has bn launcho by ormr Microsot mploy Karn X hng, who larno
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your progrss ano shar it on th sit. /nnoyingly, you must rgistr through
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musical instrumnts to making silly sounos with my booy. CC's rinoly community
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www.travant.com
This spoy travl sarch ngin inos
you th bst oals on hotls ano lights
by comparing prics rom all th laoing
travl agnts. Vhras othr, similar
tools opn sarch rsults in multipl
winoows, Travant usully oisplays all
th oata you no on on pag, with th
chapst prics irst. lt also lts you
sav hotls or latr ano s which
hotls ar 'trnoing'. V lik Travant's
inormativ ano wll-prsnto travl
guios ano its intrsting blog (although
it rally shoulo b upoato mor otn).
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i you coulo compar packags as wll
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Th US-baso sit Moorn Loss oals
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'bst' or publication. lt also aturs
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sit is asy to brows, but som o th
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usul nuggts, such as rcommnoing
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o th salo unit, so i th
battry loss prormanc
you can't switch it or a rsh
on. ln our looping vioo tst,
th battry charg lasto nin
hours ano 2 minuts.
Th 8GP mool is a littl
light on storag spac. Thr's
only 5.CGP lt ovr whn
you irst boot th sotwar, so
it's not ioal i you want to
hav your vioo ano music
availabl on th go. Still, it's
aouat or such an
bing
prctly
pocktabl.
lt coms in
black, but has
a varity o
brightly colouro
snap-on covrs (3 ach, or
25 or a magntic covr).
Th phon is splash proo ano
has a Gorilla Glass 3 scrn,
so is toughr than you'o
xpct or th pric.
Vhil its /noroio 4.3 (Jlly
Pan) OS isn't th latst
vrsion, Googl is xpcting
to upoat th Moto G to 4.4
(KitKat) in January. /s you'o
xpct rom a Googl ovic,
th OS has bn largly lt
alon, though thr ar a
coupl o aooitional tools with

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Price: 135 (8GB),
16D (16GB)
(from www.amazon
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4.5in ,28C x 72C pixls,

329 ppi scrn
.3-mgapixls ront
camra, 5-mgapixls rar
camra, 72Cp 3Cps
(MPEG4, H.264) vioo
camra
8C2. b/g/n Vi-Fi
Plutooth 4.C
Micro USP 2.C port
3.5 mm auoio |ack
/noroio 4.3 (Jlly Pan)
2C7C m/h battry
43g
3C x 66 x .6mm

Suprb valu or mony

Grat scrn - rivals th
iPhon 5S or pixl onsity
Runs /noroio smoothly

No to wait or latst
vrsion o /noroio
Cut-back camra
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a s avaab
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oogl's rang o
Nxus phons ano
tablts hav all bn
th rsult o collaborations
with othr companis. ln
/ugust, Googl bought
Motorola's mobil oivision,
which maks th Moto G
th irst phon that's bn
osigno ano manuacturo
by Googl alon.
Th Moto G isn't intnoo
to tak on th iPhon 5S or
th HTC On, ano it oosn't
outprorm th latst
top-o-th-rang hanosts.
Howvr, it's a capabl
phon that runs /noroio 4.3
lik a oram ano, most
importantly, it's availabl or
th rmarkably low pric o
35 (8GP, sim-r, www
.amazon.co.uk). This
mans you can ithr
pay-as-you-go, or
pick up a r phon
on taris or as littl
as pr month (a
24-month Vooaon
contract, or
xampl, availabl
through www
.phons4u.co.uk).
Th Moto G isn't going to
win any osign awaros but it
has a sturoy, sa construction.
lt's not particularly slim or
light, but this oosn't stop it
At 11.66mm it's not the
slimmest phone, but it's
strong and pocketable

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Th Moto G's Iooks
prforma a faturs
wo't pos a thrat to th
st phos o th markt
ut its uQt pri Iis
its quaIity. !t may ot
top of th raQ ut it's at
Iast uppr-miI whih
maks th pho supr
vaIu for moy.
!f you'r IookiQ for a
w pho ut o't wat
to pay hurs of pous
for th Iatst hast or
swith up-frot ost for
priy mothIy otrats
this is a Qoo soIi
prformr so IoQ as
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you want mor storag,
thr's a 6G option or
6C, which is also grat
valu, ano lavs you
3G o spac. Googl is
also oring 5CG o
xtra Googl Driv
storag with this phon,
on top o th 5G that
anyon can gt or r,
which amounts to 65G
o clouo storag.
Th 4.5in oisplay has a
rsolution o ,28C x 72C
pixls, which is a pixl
onsity o 329 ppi (pixls
pr inch). This is th
sam onsity as /ppl's
iPhon 5S, which has a
4in oisplay containing
,36 x 64C pixls. /tr
slowo th ram rat to
9.6ps. 3DMark's lc Storm
Extrm tst (bit.ly/
icstorm334) looks |rky
but is still playabl.
Th Moto G's biggst
compromis on uality is its
camra. Th rar camra has
turning up th brightnss
rom th automatic stting,
w got grat rsults
showing op blacks,
gooo contrast, ano colours
that wr both accurat
ano vibrant. Vhit scrns
looko slightly blu-tingo
but, or th pric, it's an
outstanoing scrn.
lnsio th phon is a
Oualcomm Snaporagon
4CC, with our cors
running at .2GHz. lt's not
a top-o-th-rang
procssor, ano rsults in
our prormanc tsts ll
wll bhino th astst
availabl smartphons, but
or th pric, that's to b
xpcto. lt was slow
running wb apps, scoring
,4Cms in th SunSpior
tst (bit.ly/sunspi334), ano
th most omanoing
gams bnchmarks
Th
a 5-mgapixl snsor ano th
ront camra is .3 mgapixls,
both limito to 72Cp vioo.
Ouality rom th main camra
is accptabl but thr's a
oistinct lack o otail, ano w
ouno a lot o nois in photos
takn in low-light.
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Suring rom Vi-Fi blackspots? ndy Shaw rviws a nw kit
osigno to wip-out Vi-Fi wos
plug th othr HomPlugs
whrvr your Vi-Fi nos a
boost, making a not o th
Vi-Fi passworo that's printo
on th back. Onc th irst
on is st up, you can prss
th Vi-Fi buttons on
aooitional units to us th
sam passworo.
V tsto th HomPlugs
using a ntwork-spo-
tsting tool callo Ntstrss
Ntworking nchmarking
Tool rom Nuts /bout Nts
(nutsaboutnts.com). V ran
th sotwar on two Ps, on
attacho to th routr ano th
othr moving arouno th
hous, to compar th
H
omPlugs us th
lctrical cabls in
your walls to transr
oata, which maks thm a
tioy ano ctiv way to
ntwork your hous. /no
unlik Vi-Fi, thy arn't
acto by solio walls ano
ooors. ut i you still no
Vi-Fi, you'll no mor than
traoitional HomPlugs with
thrnt connctions.
Prvious kits that briog
this gap btwn HomPlug
ano Vi-Fi usually provio on
Vi-Fi aoaptr ano a bunch o
rgular HomPlugs. Th
volo oL/N 5CC ViFi
Ntwork Kit taks a oirnt
approach, comprising |ust on
normal HomPlug ano two
Vi-Fi aoaptrs (also solo
sparatly), so you can gt a
grat Vi-Fi signal throughout
your hous.
Th stanoaro HomPlug in
th kit is a uo aoaptr, which
has two thrnt ports. y
conncting this to your routr
ano plugging it into a wall
sockt, you crat th bas
connction that all th othr
HomPlugs will us to accss
your broaobano. You thn
prormanc whn conncto
to th xisting Vi-Fi ntwork
with th ntwork spo using
th HomPlug Vi-Fi aoaptrs.
/t clos rang, on th sam
story ano with a singl
intrnal wall btwn th Ps,
th HomPlugs oion't or
any improvmnt ovr our
stanoaro Vi-Fi connction:
th Vi-Fi manago 24Mbps
ano th HomPlugs only
racho 2Mbps.
Howvr, as w movo
urthr away rom th routr,
th bnits bcam mor
apparnt. /t a oistanc o two
rooms, th Vi-Fi oroppo to
8Mbps, whil th HomPlugs
almost maintaino thir ull
spo at 2CMbps. /t th
urthst oistanc, our Vi-Fi
oroppo to 7Mbps, whil th
HomPlugs got thir bst
connction yt: 22Mbps. V
suspct this is bcaus th
sockt w uso in th oistant
room wasn't tucko away in a
cornr or hioon bhino a
soa, so th P hao clar lin
o accss to th HomPlug's
signal.

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BI-ras.
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of space, bt that hardI
matters becase this is an
eceIIent and reIiabIe tooI.
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eternaI deices is a er
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our raors shoulo b warno
about a trick uso by
broaobano supplirs. l hao a
2-month broaobano contract with my
provior, but whn l trio to clos th
account, l was inormo it was an
8-month contract ano l woulo hav to
pay a pnalty or arly cancllation.
/tr iv months o ngotiation, l
rcivo a phon call rom th
supplir's lgal opartmnt that
conirmo that my broaobano account
was inoo or 2 months, but that th
tlphon contract was or 8 months.
l was tolo that th supplir's customr-
srvic opartmnt was corrct in
rusing to cancl my broaobano. Hao
thy oon so, l woulo hav bn
without broaobano until th tlphon
contract xpiro, bcaus th phon
supplir woulo not allow any othr
broaobano provior to us its srvics.
y linking contracts o oirnt
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Why after-saIes support
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Vhn you rviw
a proouct, oo
you vr tak
into account th
company's
atr-sals
srvic Having
|ust rao your
rviws o
vioo-oiting
sotwar, l
cannot
unorstano why
you prais /oob
Prmir lmnts 2 so highly.
l hav bn a aithul buyr o Sri
sotwar or many yars. onvinco by
rviws ano my no to hav sotwar
that my son can us or school, l
switcho to /oob Prmir lmnts 8.
Vhn my computr suro a ma|or
crash, l noo to rinstall th sotwar,
but l coulon't gt it to work. l phono
/oob or hlp ano was tolo that my 9C
oays o r support was ovr. /tr a
long ano hato oiscussion, th support
prson tolo m what to oo. asically, l
coulo not rinstall th program unlss l
uso a workarouno. Th program was
not nt or purpos, bcaus it hao a
glaring rror.
So it's back to Sri PhotoPlus ano
MoviPlus or m, bcaus l gt all th
support that l no, whn l no it. an
you plas tak support into account
whn you rviw prooucts in utur
b Bellini, via email
Shocked by the cost of
Steam trains
l must agr CC pr cnt with Martin
Fltchr's lttr about Stam in lssu 33
(bit.ly/wbusr33). l starto to play Train
Simulator 2C4 rom Stam, ano atr
totting up th xpnoitur, l raliso that
my wi woulo kill m i sh ouno out
how much l'o orko out or this
xpnsiv gam. lt is on thing to pay
som 25 or a rail rout but anothr to
hav to ork out approximatly 2 or a
locomotiv to run on it.
l hav now cut my losss by rmoving
th whol thing rom my P ano rvrto
to th vr aithul (ano inxpnsiv)
Microsot Train Simulator.
Alan Dick, via email
Adverts don't have to be
annoying
l woulo lik to rspono to avio Thorp's
lttr in lssu 332 (bit.ly/wbusr332),
'Vhy it's wrong to block aos on
YouTub'. Many popl, incluoing mysl,
hav no problm with aovrtising as a
mans o unoing a wbsit, vioo
channl or othr onlin vntur. Vhat w
ob|ct to is th otn obnoxious
prsntation o aos: thos that start
playing automatically as soon as you
loao a wb pag or nll your whol scrn
so you can't s anything ls. / growing
numbr o ths aovrts also us louo
music or voics, which can mak you
|ump out o your skin i th volum is
lngths on th sam oocumnt, th
supplir can rus to cancl your
broaobano unlss you also cancl th
phon contract, ano can pnalis you or
arly cancllation.
Th supplir happily rrro m to
Ocom (www.ocom.org.uk) ano lS/S
(www.cisas.org.uk). Ocom rplio that
our currnt rgulations oo not covr
broaobano srvics. i w notic a ris
in similar complaints to yours, w can
consior introoucing th
appropriat rgulations.
lS/S tolo m it woulo only
invstigat my complaint i l coulo
prov l hao bn ngotiating with th
supplir or btwn ight wks ano
nin months, or i l coulo orwaro a
oaolock lttr ano numbr.
Sinc l oo not rcoro phon
convrsations, ano th supplir oion't
rply to my lttrs, thr is no
vionc that l hav bn trying to
clos this account ano l cannot
proouc th oaolock lttr or numbr
that lS/S ruirs.
So raors shoulo not that Ocom
ano lS/S will oo nothing but
consior ths mattrs. No ooubt
th supplirs ar awar o this ano
count on it. So th only mans o
obtaining |ustic rmains publicity in
th moia.
Barry Woodward, via email

oownloaoo ano installo,
l can't say l was massivly
imprsso with som o th
'improvmnts' that wr
applio. For on, th
icons that show you
battry li ano Vi-Fi
strngth hav bn
chango rom blu to
light gry. This mans you
can no longr instantly s
whn you'r running out o
powr or unabl to connct to
th intrnt. Spaking o which,
turno up on your PC. l'm also gtting
vry annoyo with aovrts on my phon,
which th small scrn maks vry
oincult to avoio.
l aovrtisrs want us to stop using ao
blockrs, thn thy shoulo nno lss
irritating ways o oisturbing our browsing
to promot thir prooucts. l sympathis
with Davio Thorp's ar o losing
rvnu i nobooy viws th aovrts on
his vioos, but can h not ao|ust
YouTub's sttings to nsur th
aos ar oisplayo in th last
intrusiv mannr possibl?
Brian Bakewell, via email

at
Vhn my Nxus 7 tolo m
thr was a ma|or systm
upoat to install, l was uit
smug that l'o b gtting
/noroio 4.4 (KitKat) bor my
rinos. Put onc it hao nnally
sinc l installo KitKat l'v ouno that my
Nxus 7 runtly oisconncts rom
Vi-Fi whn not in us. Mayb this is a
nw scurity masur, but l'o prr my
ovic to stay conncto all th tim
(l mostly us it on my hom ntwork).
On th plus sio, l uit lik th
upoato mail app, which maks it asir
to s who mssags ar rom by
oisplaying th nrst lttr o snors'
nams in colouro boxs. Put ovrall, l
oon't rally think KitKat was worth all th
hyp.
Kevin Moody, via email

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playlists (8)
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W
HlCH WEBSlTES HAVE
YOU SPENT MOST TlME
ON lN 20137
YouTub as l hav uploaoo a nw
vioo vry thr oays this yar - until
Googl msso it up by orcing
popl to hav Googl+ accounts.

/mazon ano Pay. l buy music, books,
Plu-rays ano DVDs rom /mazon, ano
all sorts o things rom Pay. /lso,
Fino / Grav (www.inoagrav.com)
bcaus l'm a amily historian.
Lnn $hare
Easy - Facbook. Followo by Cricino
(www.spncricino.com) - it's an
/shs yar.
Chris Hghes
Facbook, bcaus my rinos ar on
it. l hav a pag or my businss on it,
ano blong to uit a w groups.
Claire Jackson-Prior
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lNAMP HAS BEEN SHUT
DOWN. DlD YOU EVER
USE lT7
l uso it in th arly 2CCCs long
bor ilTuns ano Vinoows Moia
Playr wr vn thought o.
Phil Graham
l hav uso Vinamp sinc th oays o
Vinoows ME. lt's a sham to s
Vinamp go.
lan John Nee
l uso it as my main moia playr C
yars ago. lt was grat. l lovo th
way you coulo chang Vinamp with
skins, but iTuns ano Vinoows Moia
Playr ar now th norm.
$imon Mellor
l'm still using it tooay. l always install
th Essntials Pack, ano hav ouno it
on o th asist moia playrs to
us. l'v hao bri lirtations with othr
moia playrs, such as Songbiro
(initially on Ubuntu) but always cam
back to Vinamp.
John Berr
l uso to us it all th tim bor l
got my iPhon in 2CC9. Sinc thn l'v
always uso iTuns. Vinamp was asy
to us ano l lovo th skins you coulo
oownloao. lt'll b saoly misso.
Alan Hn
W
HAT DO YOU THlNK OF
MlCROSOFT SELLlNG
ANTl-GOOGLE MUGS, CAPS
AND T-SHlRTS {bit.IyJms334)7
Thy'r acting lik kios in th
playgrouno. No on in thir right mino
will buy ths mugs. l know l won't b
buying on - l'v got bttr things to
spno my mony on
$han Adams
Prilliant. l you attack your comptitors
it mans thir prooucts ar bst, ano
yours arn't gooo nough.
$ee Ellis
l only thy put th tim coming up
with this nonsns into making
Vinoows 8 bttr instao!
Jason Cooer
l think that popl who liv in glass
houss probably shoulon't list
ston-throwing among thir hobbis.
Daid P Bellairs
O
FCOM HAS lDENTlFlED
SPECTRUM BANDS FOR
5G {bit.IyJ5g334), BUT ARE
YOU EVEN USlNG 4G YET7
Yah my 4G is brilliant ano icint. l
can only oram what 5G will oo.
$ar A Hordern
l'm still waiting to gt 4G in my ara,
ano or th prics to go oown.
James Whiorh
l'll wait until 3G contracts ar auto-
upgraoo to run on 4G. Vhat yar will
that b? 2C2C?
Chris Armsrong
Joking arn't ya?! Thr a lot o placs
still struggling to gt 3G nvr mino
4G or 5!. l liv iv minuts walk rom
St Hlns town cntr ano oon't gt it
using a Samsung Galaxy Not.
Gain $ehen Green
No. l ino 3G is accptabl whn l
can't ino Vi-Fi, but l oon't xpct or
want to b abl to watch TV 24/7 on
my phon.
EhelEhel

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your consumer questions

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a coupl o yars. arry CoIIins rvals what to xpct nxt
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viIbIe for your browser.
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hedinQ for the reyIinQ bin, nd wht the future hoIds for
browsers - or, indeed, whether they hve ny future t II,
now tht pps re in the sendny.
WebPTC i alread available in the latet
verion of Chrome, Firefo and Oera
Enter a web addre at $PDYCheck.org
to find out if it uort $PDY
Two emloee from Google and Moilla
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you'll ino th hrtrs 'http//'.
stnos or ypr xt rnsr
rotool, no it's tivly th
systm tht govrns th trnsr o
w pgs rom rmot srvrs to
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y ir im Prnrs- k in th
rly 99Cs (who ltr sio th ooul
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iggst
rgrt), no it hsn't hngo grt
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oown th tim it tks w pg to
loo in your rowsr, whih is why it's
in th pross o ing rplo y
2.
What does it do7
our yrs go, oogl strto
th-support tm (s our 't r
th hlp onlin' tur on pg 44),
wsits will l to giv you
on-lik ss to sls ssistnt or
support thniin.
lt oulo potntilly hng th wy
w intrt with wsits, too. Vith th
option to monitor visitors vi thir
wm - with prmission, o ours
- w pgs oulo utomtilly oost
th ont siz i thy spot you hving to
mov losr to th srn to ro, or
sroll th pg oownloos on thy
ott your y hs rho th ottom
o th srn. l ll this sounos
littl r-tho, rmmr tht
msung's smrtphons lroy om
with similr y-movmnt ottion.
VC uss voi no vioo
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working on vrition o llo
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looing o singl w pg ruirs
your omputr to mk oozns o
oirnt rusts to w srvr. D
lrts tht pross y using
thniu llo multiplxing (whr
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no y prioritising th most importnt
rusts. /oroing to rnt log
post y oogl, it now tks on vrg
45 pr nt lss tim to loo oogl
ws (nws.googl.o.uk) us o
th ovns mo y D. lt hs
lroy n oopto y most o th
m|or rowsrs, inluoing Chrom,
irox no lE on Vinoows 8 no 8..
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spoyhk.org lts you ntr w
oorss to s i th sit supports D.
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thy oo or som vioo thnologis.
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vrsions o Chrom no irox. / omo
t www.wrt.org/omo shows you
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rowsrs to 'tlk' to h othr. h nxt
hllng is to gt VC uilt into
moil rowsrs, so you n mk th
vioo lls on smrtphon or tlt.
m|or sits suh s th PPC, /mzon
no Vikipoi oio not.
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th nw 2 stnoro, whih is
urrntly in ovlopmnt.
nortuntly, rting m|or w
stnoros tks yrs, ut on
2 is rtiio, w'r likly to s
muh grtr support rom wsits,
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sit suh s
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will l to oo
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VC limints th no to ir up
ol srvi suh s kyp (www
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or will thr ny mor o thos
wkwro olys t th strt o multi-
prson vioo-onrning sssions,
whn on o th prtiipnts hs to
oownloo no instll rowsr plug-in
to |oin th ll. Evrything you no to
mk vioo no uoio lls will uilt
into th rowsr.
VC oulo lso pv th wy or
improvo ustomr srvi on wsits.
ln similr vin to th inol yoy
srvi, whr ownrs o /mzon's nw
tlts r l to prss utton to
strt vioo ll with th ompny's
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sotwar such as /oob Flash. Th
tchnology is cross-platorm, which
mans you can us it on any P, tablt,
smartphon or othr ovic with an
HTML5-nablo browsr. HTML5 can
also b uso to crat apps that oon't
ruir you to b conncto to th nt,
such as Gmail Olin (bit.ly/gmail334),
which can can pinpoint whr you ar
using go-location.
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spinning glob, at gonativclint
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programming languags ano ++
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or /oob Photoshop) to b hosto on
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ovics containing th spciic typ
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status rom th
Vorlowio Vb onsortium (V3)
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TVE CET - powerfuI appe that run in your broweer
HTML5 capabilities
using Peacekeeper
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to make reQuIar websites work
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devices. Zite (www.zite.com) and
FIipboard (www.fIipboard.com) are
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favourite web content, and then
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adverts or paQe breaks, so that you
can read their wares without even
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tarQet the specific Iimitations and
abiIities of each individuaI device
much better than a website can
whiIe runninQ inside a browser,"
web-usabiIity expert Jakob NieIsen
wrote Iast year.
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websites wiII eventuaIIy triumph, as
web technoIoQies such as HTML5
and mobiIe devices improve. "!n the
IonQ run, the internet wiII defeat
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We asked eb User readers about
the chanQes they'd Iike to see to
the web in 2D14. Here's what you
toId us.
Lowr-cost broaobano ano th
rmoval o banowioth limits.
lan Maddock
/ nw social ntwork to rival
Facbook ano its mony-grabbing,
aovrtising mool. On that allows
popl to choos thir privacy
sttings, instao o |ust giving thm
th prcption o privacy.
Phil Davis
l'o lik to s YouTub go back to
its olo commnt systm.
lain James Lewis
ttr support or HTML5 vioo on
mbooo vioo contnt.
Chris Armstrong
Lss govrnmnt intrrnc.
James McGinnis
l woulo lik popl who us th wb
to show mor rgaro or popl
arouno thm. on't holo th rst o
us up whil you chck your mails
at th top o an scalator, ano oon't
post abusiv commnts onlin.
Caroline Gilbert
l'o lik to rciv lss spam ano
wr phishing mails containing
mssags about my account whn
l oon't vn hav on with that
particular bank.
Ben Lowry
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ha are n heir wa u. Here, we
exIain wh he fIIwing are IikeI
disaear in he near fuure.
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The first naiIs were
hammered into FIash's
coffin the moment AppIe
decided not to support it
on the iPhone. This was
foIIowed by an infamous pubIic Ietter
from then AppIe CEO Steve Jobs, in
which he expIained in no uncertain
terms why he didn't care for FIash.
Lax security, poor performance and a
detrimentaI effect on battery Iife
were |ust some of the reasons cited
for ditchinQ the muItimedia pIuQ-in,
which - untiI then - had been the
near-universaI format for creatinQ
onIine video, Qames and
advertisements.
Now, three years after Jobs'
scorchinQ memo (which you can read
at bit.Iy/fIash334), FIash is definiteIy
on the wane. Ma|or sites such as
YouTube have IarQeIy ditched FIash
in favour of HTML5 video, which
aIIows users to pIay videos without
instaIIinQ and maintaininQ pIuQ-ins.
Audio sites have done Iikewise, whiIe
powerfuI aIternatives such as
PortabIe Native CIient (see main
feature) are beQinninQ to emerQe for
onIine Qames.
Sh
SiIverIiQht was, in many ways,
Microsoft's aIternative to FIash. !t's
now in decIine for many of the same
reasons as Adobe's software. !t never
stood a cat-in-heII's chance of beinQ
supported by AppIe's products, and
wasn't even siQnificant enouQh to
HEDEDFOR THE TECHDUSTBIN
merit a footnote in Jobs' memo.
However, it was Microsoft itseIf that
stuck the boot into its own software,
by droppinQ support for SiIverIiQht in
the Metro version of !nternet ExpIorer
for Windows 8 - a dramatic vote of
no-confidence in its own product.
EIements of SiIverIiQht are stiII used
to create apps for Windows 8 and
Windows Phone, but its days as a
standaIone pIuQ-in used to create
sophisticated web apps are
numbered.
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!t's fair to say that Java
- the so-caIIed 'write-
once, run anywhere'
proQramminQ
IanQuaQe that has
been traditionaIIy used
to create standaIone
web apps - is not
wideIy Ioved. The constant naQQinQ
to update the Java PC software Ied
many peopIe to simpIy iQnore its
incessant pIeadinQ, IeavinQ a hiQhIy
vuInerabIe piece of software on their
system. For this reason, Java has
become a prime tarQet for maIware
writers and it's been at the centre of
numerous security scares. Now
security companies and even
Qovernments routineIy recommend
that you don't even instaII Java on
your machine unIess it's absoIuteIy
necessary.
DeveIopers are naturaIIy IookinQ
eIsewhere, which wiII probabIy come
as some reIief to Java's owner,
OracIe, which acquired Java as part
of its takeover of Sun Microsystems a
few years aQo, and has treated it as
an unwanted stepchiId ever since.
Good riddance aII round!
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coIours i this pie chart of QIobaI
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match to a paint proouct or colour
schm. You can thn oror paints ano
tstrs through th app or hom
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Plan Crator (bit.ly/loor333) ano
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Nxt tim
you'r in a
shop
wonoring
whthr to
buy an itm,
ir up
Parcoo
Scannr or
/noroio
(bit.ly/
barcoo333)
or OuickScan
or iOS (bit.ly/uickscan333) ano scan
its barcoo with your camra. This will
bring up a host o proouct rviws ano
tll you i th itm is availabl chapr
lswhr.
Similar apps incluo RoLasr (bit.ly/
ro333), which also lts you scan ano
stor loyalty caros ano st up wish lists,
ano OuickMark (bit.ly/mark333), which
ors a Chrom xtnsion or asy
onlin shopping on th go.
On camra-shopping app that
rmains on our wish list is /mazon Pric
Chck (bit.ly/amchck333), which lts
US shopprs chck prics by
photographing prooucts. l ano whn
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paprlss with CamScannr (www
.camscannr.nt), which turns your
phon's camra into a powrul
oocumnt scannr. You can mrg, tag
ano annotat your scanno oocumnts
to mak thm asir to il, ano th txt
is all sarchabl thanks to OCR (optical
charactr
rcognition)
tchnology.
Th app is r
or /noroio, iOS
ano Vinoows
Phon.
Digital
Rcipts (bit.ly/
rcipts333)
turns your
scruncho-up
shop rcipts
into oigital ils
that you can sarch, stitch togthr ano
convrt into xpns rports.Hanoy
Scannr (bit.ly/hanoy333) convrts
your scanno oocumnts or photos into
printabl PDFs which you can shar by
mail or sav automatically to Dropbox.

/oo th powr o picturs to your
mobil nots to giv you a visual as wll
as a writtn
rcoro. Fast
Photo Nots
(bit.ly/nots333)
lts you
annotat imags
in your gallry
ano photos
takn using th
app. lt can also
organis thm
into lists ano
panoramas, ano
xport thm in
various ormats.
Th photo-nots tool in Evrnot (bit.
ly/vr333) is on o its most usul
aturs. Photograph anything that
contains txt, such as an vnt postr,
train timtabl or magazin articl, ano
Evrnot will automatically rcognis
th txt ano mak it sarchabl. Your
camra ano Evrnot ctivly work
togthr to writ nots or you.

Rscu olo
35mm photo
ngativs with
th Hlmut Film
Scannr or
/noroio (bit.ly/
hlmut333). You
oon't no any
pricy harowar,
|ust a uniorm
light sourc
against which to
photograph
th ngativ.
/ bright winoow
oos th |ob, or a blank whit computr
scrn with th brightnss turno up.
Eoit th scanno photo using Hlmut's
built-in tools, or uploao it to your
computr to oit it thr. Kp an y
on Hlmut's Flickr pag or tips ano
inspiration (bit.ly/hlmutlickr333).

Googl
Goggls (bit.ly/
goggls333) is
on o th
sarch giant's
bst-vr ioas.
lts basic
unction is to
lt you sarch
Googl with a
photo, b it a
proouct,
painting, plat
o ooo or
whatvr. lt also oos som o th |obs
that w'v listo abov, such as raoing
barcoos ano convrting scanno txt
with OCR tchnology.
Put Goggls' most imprssiv tools
ar lss obvious. lt can rcognis
amous lanomarks, ano book ano DVD
covrs; aoo popl to your contacts i
you scan thir businss caros; solv
Suooku puzzls; ano vn act as an
intrprtr. Hovr your camra ovr an
imag o som txt ano, i it's not in
your oault languag, Googl will giv
you a translation. Vry usul i you'r
looking at a rstaurant mnu on holioay.

ge aII your cIoud
accounte in one pIace
2
ano click /llow to link
your account to Multlouo. You can now manag your
ropbox olors in Multlouo.
1
Us th buttons at th
top to uploao ils
z
or to crat a nw olor.

/ny changs
you mak hr ar synco automatically with ropbox.
1
Rgistr at www.multclouo.com ano log in to s your
Multlouo workspac.
1
To aoo your ropbox account,
lav or oit th oault isplay Nam ()
z
ano
click /oo ropbox /ccount.

l you no to rgistr with
ropbox, click 'on't hav a ropbox account?'

3
Your linko accounts appar in th lt-hano siobar.
1
lick th arrow nxt to ropbox
z
to opn th olor
tr, ano click a olor

to viw its contnts in th main
winoow.

/ltrnativly, ooubl-click a olor in th main
winoow to opn it, ano ooubl-click a il to viw it.

Right-click a il to choos rom actions incluoing

ownloao,
1
lt
z
ano Rnam.

Slct multipl
ils by clicking thir tick boxs (no no to prss trl).

Right-clicking multipl ils opns a shortr contxt mnu.

Multlouo oosn't lt you oownloao multipl ils.

t's asy to amass r clouo storag spac by opning

accounts with oirnt clouo proviors ano maxing out th
r spac. Th haro part is managing it all.
Multlouo (no 'i') is th latst attmpt to hlp you mrg
ths oisparat accounts into on. lt's th simplst clouo
aggrgator w'v sn ano scors points or bing r ano
wb-baso. Just link your various clouo accounts to Multlouo
ano you'll b abl to accss ano manag all your olors ano
ils in on plac. Th srvic oosn't support orag-ano-orop,
: .muItcIud.cm 20 mins
hrmeJFirefxJlnternet ExIrer
but you can copy ano
mov ils btwn accounts
uickly, asily ano scurly.
ln this Vorkshop, w'll show you how to aoo clouo accounts
to Multlouo, ano mov ils within ano btwn thm.
Multlouo currntly supports ropbox (www.oropbox.com),
Googl riv (oriv.googl.com), Skyriv (skyoriv.liv.com),
/mazon S3 (aws.amazon.com/s3), ox (www.box.com) ano
SugarSync (www.sugarsync.com).

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pro|ts n proIm soIvinQ
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z

WRSP

har a il scurly, right-click it, slct Shar,

1
click
Shar again ano click Copy Link
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to sno th link

to
your clipboaro. /ltrnativly, to sno an mail containing
th link, typ in on or mor mail aoorsss,

aoo an
optional mssag

ano click Sno.
6

MultClouo oosn't support orag ano orop, but you can

mov ils by copying ano pasting. Slct an itm,
right-click it ano slct Cut or Copy.
1
Click Nw Folor
z
to crat a ostination olor ano typ in a nam,

or go to
an xisting olor, right-click it ano slct Past.

To aoo mor clouo srvics, click /oo Clouo Driv

1
ano
choos rom th supporto srvics.
z
For xampl, to
aoo or crat a Googl Driv account, click Googl.

To unlink an account, right-click it in th siobar ano slct
Rmov.

This oosn't clos th account.

Us th siobar to navigat btwn your accounts.

1
To
mov or copy ils btwn accounts, us th sam
copy-ano-past procss as bor.
z
Vhn you mov
ils btwn clouo accounts, a progrss bar pops up.

To
cancl th opration, click th cross.

ln th clouo, scurity mattrs mor than convninc.

MultClouo uss 256-bit /ES ncryption ano oos not
stor your clouo account login inormation or any o
your ils. For mor inormation, click Mor ano slct Scurity,
1
or go to www.multclouo.com/scurity.

To sarch or ils in a spciic olor, go to th olor ano

typ your kyworos into th sarch box. To sarch all
your clouo accounts, click th Hom icon
1
ano us th
top-right sarch box.
z
You can also sarch a spciic account
by clicking th arrow in th hom sarch box.

PRTTIP
JAE HOSKY says
MultClouo only supports six clouo srvics, but it lts you link as many accounts as you lik. This
mans that you can hav as much spac as you want in your clouo storag ntwork, ano control it all
rom on plac. Simply crat multipl Dropbox (or Googl Driv, or uivalnt) accounts using
oirnt mail aoorsss, thn aoo thm to MultClouo.
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HOP

nsomr orks nstlln tsl on or so

rl t o onlo on't lk n os lnks
n on't opn sspos ml ttmnts. Mk sr
o v gooo anti-virus sotwar installo, ano b sur it's
running ano up to oat
1
to minimis th risk o inction.

Vhn a ransom omano appars, it's too lat - your ils

ar ncrypto. vn rmoving th ransomwar can't sav
your oata, so rgular back-ups ar ssntial. asUS
Tooo ackup Fr (www.tooo-backup.com) hlps crat ths
in aovanc. uring installation, spciy a oault sav location.
1

hoos a US oriv that's not prmanntly attacho to

your P ano inish installing asUS Tooo ackup. You
can chang th sav location latr i you no to. Th
sotwar lts you crat a 'isk/Partition backup'
1
ano a 'Fil
backup'
z
o inoivioual ils. You can also clon orivs.

l th back-up oriv you'r saving to has nough r

spac, crat a oisk/partition back-up, as this will mak
it asy to rstor vrything in th vnt o a oisastr.
Slct th oriv to back up
1
ano a ostination location,
z
thn ntr a nam

ano oscription,

ano click Proco.

/ltrnativly, |ust back up your prsonal ils. Slct th

orivs ano olors to back up
1
ano choos th
ostination.
z
lt's important to schoul oaily back-ups,
so turn that atur on.

Slct lncrmntal, so th program
only backs up nw ano chango itms.

rat an onlin copy o all o your prsonal photos.

Ransomwar can ncrypt ils storo in synco srvics
such as ropbox ano arbonit, so us a photo-sharing
sit lik Flickr instao. lick Uploao ano click 'hoos photos
ano vioos'.
1
You can uploao up to 2CC ils at a tim.
Defend again CypoIocke maIwae

ryptoLockr hit th haolins rcntly. /n xampl o

ransomwar (a particularly unplasant orm o
malwar), it ncrypts th oata on your P ano omanos
mony to rlas it. Hr, w tll you how to
protct your P so you nvr all
victim to this kino o criminal activity.
seS odo kup ree: www.todo-kup.om 20 mins JistJ7J8+
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1
ORKSHOP

/oo PiP t Chr r bity/i4. Typ chrome://

flags in th aoorss bar,
1
prss Ctrl+F ano sarch or
'nabl panls'.
z
Choos Enabl ano click Rlaunch
Now

to rstart Chrom.

Click th PiP bookmarklt

1
to opn your currnt
pag in a loating panl,
z
as wll as in th browsr
winoow.

Drag th panl to snap it to a oirnt
cornr. Th panl stays opn, vn i you clos th pag in
Chrom. To minimis or clos th panl, click th icons.

To rstor a minimiso panl, hovr ovr th PiP

taskbar icon
1
ano click th panl's thumbnail.
z
To
opn anothr panl,

opn th pag in Chrom ano
click th bookmarklt, or typ its URL into th toolbox blow

ano click 'Opn in PiP'.

You can also opn a pag in a panl by typing

#panel at th no o its URL.
1
This closs th pag
in th main winoow. /ltrnativly, right-click a link in
Chrom ano slct 'Opn Link in Panl'.
z
Don't right-click a
panl bcaus this can caus Chrom to crash.

Som wbsits, such as Dropbox, opn in panls as

thir mobil vrsions by oault.
1
YouTub ano othr
Flash-baso sits opn in a vioo playr.
z
Click th
YouTub icon

to opn th pag in Chrom. Click th shar
icon

or a link ano othr sharing options.

To oisabl ths oaults, right-click th bookmarklt

ano slct Options, or click th cog icon in th
toolbox.
1
Untick Enabl Mobil Viw
z
to stop pags
opning as thir mobil vrsions, ano untick Enabl Embo
Viw

to oisabl th vioo playr viw.
See muItipIe web pagee in one window

nstao o having to opn a scono wb pag in a nw

winoow, th Chrom xtnsion Pictur in Pictur Viwr
(PiP) lts you opn it as a panl within th sam winoow.
lt oosn't rspono wll to right-clicks, but
othrwis PiP is xtrmly hanoy or kping an
y on sports scors, os ano inboxs.
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Get a better password
l want to us oirnt passworos that
ar haro to guss, but l kp orgtting
thm. l now us th ranoom passworo
gnrator at KPass Passworo Sa
(kpass.ino) to crat ano rmmbr
my passworos or m. Click Downloaos
to gt th r Vinoows program, thn
click Plugins/Ext or a list o xtra tools
ano browsr aoo-ons.
Vhn you run th passworo gnrator,
you oon't hav to tak its irst suggstion.
You can spciy your passworo sttings
unor Passworo Gnration Options, or
|ust kp clicking Gnrat until you ino
on you lik th look o. l'v r|cto any
suggsto passworos that contain th
charactrs l, i, O or C bcaus thy can
asily b conuso.
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NRA P
Customise Iogin screens
l ouno a grat twak on th wb that
lts you rplac th Vinoows 7 login
scrn with your own imag. lt appars
to b osigno or computr
manuacturrs to customis Vinoows
start-up, but it can b uso by anyon.
Prss Vinoows+R, typ regedit ano
prss Entr to opn th Rgistry Eoitor.
On th lt-hano sio, ino this olor:
HKEY_LOC/L_M/CHlNE\SOFTV/RE\
Microsot\Vinoows\CurrntVrsion\
/uthntication\LogonUl\Packgrouno.
Doubl-click OEMPackgrouno on th
right ano st th valu to , which mans
'ys' or 'tru'. Now aoo an imag. Not too
larg - it nos to b lss than 25CKb.
Opn Explorr ano go to:
C:\Vinoows\Systm32\oob\ino\
backgrounos.
l noo to crat th 'ino' olor thn
opn it ano crat 'backgrounos'. Sav
th imag in this olor as
BackgroundDefault.pg. Log out o
Vinoows or rstart, ano chck out your
nw login scrn. lt's rally gooo!
PhiI O'rien, via emaiI
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Restore an item to System
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l installo Dragglr (www.piriorm.com/
oragglr) on my Vinoows XP PC ano l
orgot to untick th box or Rplac
Vinoows Disk Dragmntr, which was
ticko by oault. Disk Dragmntr
promptly oisapparo rom my Systm
Tools olor.
l knw it haon't bn uninstallo,
bcaus it's part o th oprating systm.
l was abl to run it by typing dfrg.msc
into th Run box (Vinoows+R) or going
to th Control Panl ano clicking
/oministrativ Tools, Computr
Managmnt, Disk Dragmntr. Put l
wanto it back in th Systm Tools mnu.
Evntually l ouno a way to oo it. Prss
Vinoows+R, typ inf ano prss Entr to
TOP TP
Thr sms to b a
constant stram o nws
storis about how our
activitis on th intrnt
ar bing tracko. To
combat this, l us a VPN
(Virtual Privat Ntwork).
You oon't no to install
anything to us on,
bcaus it's built into
Vinoows. l us a
connction srvic rom
Just Fr VPN (|ustrvpn
.com). lt's not ast, but it's
r, ano it works wll on
th w occasions whn l
want to brows anonymously.
To st it up, right-click th ntwork
icon at th right sio o th taskbar
ano click 'Opn Ntwork ano Sharing
Cntr'. Click 'St up a nw connction
Anonymous web browsing
PRA
VPN o
Windos and brose
he eb anonmosl

or ntwork'. Click 'Connct

to a workplac' ano 'Us
my intrnt connction
(VPN)' on th nxt scrn.
Typ us.ustfreevpn
.com as th intrnt
aoorss, click nxt ano
typ ustfreevpn or th
usrnam ano l337
passworo. Ths valus ar
on th Just Fr VPN
hompag, ano thr ar
Pritish ano Canaoian
altrnativs.
You ar now anonymous.
To rturn to normal intrnt
accss, lt click th ntwork icon in
th taskbar ano click th VPN to show
th Disconnct button. Click it again to
rconnct.
AIan Jones, via emaiI
Use XP's 'inf' folder o resore Disk
Defragmener o he $sem Tools folder
Gie Windos 7 a fresh ne look ih
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or driers? l's orh checking firs

iko hs solions osoono o oms.
isi om.s.o.k is inolyno!

l hear my Nexs
7 throgh headhones7
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l gratly n|oy my Nxus 7, but a w
wks ago l stoppo bing abl to
har anything through th haophons.
Th auoio is OK without haophons,
ano th haophons work in in othr
ovics. l'v ouno th problm
mntiono onlin, but no solutions. Can
anyon hlp?
Arvos, Web User Forms
A
This is a workarouno rathr than a
solution: gt som wirlss
Plutooth haophons. l ouno som on
/mazon, or 7.99, that hav xcllnt
rviws. Thy'v got a built-in
microphon, so you can us thm to
mak calls as wll as listn to music.
obCIayton, Web User Forms
PC
Why is my Deskto side-
down7
O
l prsso on or mor kys
acciontally ano now my Dsktop is
upsio-oown. Can somon plas tll
m which kys l no to prss to corrct
it? l us Vinoows 7. l'm snoing this rom
anothr computr bcaus l can't typ
upsio-oown!
Livo, Web User Forms
A
l suspct that you prsso
Ctrl+/lt+Down. Prss Ctrl+/lt+Up to
corrct th scrn's orintation.
This shortcut only works on computrs
with crtain graphics orivrs, so i your
computr oosn't support th shortcut, it
will tak you a coupl o xtra clicks to
lip ano rotat your oisplay. Right-click
anywhr on th Dsktop ano click
Prsonaliz, Display, thn 'Chang oisplay
sttings'. ln th Orintation orop-oown
box, choos 'Lanoscap (lippo)' ano
click OK.
Py th way, i your taskbar movo to
th top o th scrn whn your oisplay
was lippo, you can orc it to stay at
th bottom in utur by right-clicking it
ano ticking 'Lock th Taskbar'.
edstor, Web User Forms
BROWSERS
How can l sto Facebook
crashing my PC7
O
Vhnvr l opn Facbook in
lntrnt Explorr or click a link to it,
my laptop bps ano rzs. Th only
way to switch o th laptop is to holo
oown th powr button. Ctrl+/lt+Dl
won't work. l oon't hav this problm
with any othr wbsits.
MadmardIe, Web User Forms
O
Vhn l rstarto my computr
atr a ull Malwarbyts scan, a
oialogu box apparo saying: 'Th
spciio mooul coulo not b ouno',
with a olor path to 'Packgrouno
Containr.oll'. My computr sms in,
but th box kps apparing. Hav
l olto somthing l shoulon't?
Mareen, Web User Forms
A
Error mssags lik this otn
appar atr an anti-virus or
malwar scan, usually bcaus th scan
rmovo a DLL Rgistry il that was
st to run at start-up. Th loss o th
il isn't a problm, but you no to
olt its Rgistry ntry, so that
Vinoows stops sarching or th il
vry tim you start your computr.
You can oo this using Vinoows' built-in
Rgistry Eoitor tool. To opn it, prss
Vinoows+R, typ ano prss
Entr. Click Hlp, 'Hlp topics' or a
guio to using it. You'll no
aoministrator prmissions to mak any
changs.
Microsot aoviss xtrm caution
whn using Rgistry Eoitor (bit.ly/
rg334) ano oosn't publish much
inormation about it. Put it's a vry
usul tool, ano you shoulo b in as
long as you mak a complt back-up
o th Rgistry bor you
oit anything, which you
can oo rom within th
Rgistry Eoitor.
l somthing gos
wrong, you can also
rstor th Rgistry by
running Systm Rstor.
For otailo aovic, s
this thrao on Microsot's
orum: bit.ly/rgoit334.
Kevinf80, Web User
Forms
Why am l getting this error message7
GENERI PC
A
You'r not alon - thr's a orum
thrao about it on Microsot's
wbsit (bit.ly/acrz334). Microsot
ors two solutions. First, try running
a Fixlt (bit.ly/iix334) to oisabl
octiv lntrnt Explorr aoo-ons. l
that oosn't work, rst your lE sttings
Pegisry Edir les y remve rblesme sysem
files, wih help available if y need i
Clear ld add-ns and cies wih
lnerne Explrer's Pese l
$elec 'Landscape (flipped)' rn yr
display pside-dwn
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Vhn l opn l Plyr (www.itv
.com), it wrn m tht l woulnt
l to u it cu th /Plock
(it.ly/lock334) -on h n
tct on my PC. Cn l ix thi
Web User Forums
A
lv n tht mg, too n
thr r lot o commnt out it
onlin. l upct tht it prolm
cu l progrmm hv to
pi or with vrtiing, o thy ont
wnt to lt you cc th it i your
locking thir .
hr i no wy you cn wtch l
Plyr n lock th . owvr, you
cn xclu l Plyr rom your
/Plock tting. o to l Plyr, click
th /Plock ookmrklt n click Dont
run on thi pg.
Difarn, Web User Forums
DWE
Why is my Iaptop bIeeping7
O
My Mion lptop wont top
lping. h only wy to top it i
to pr th Vinow ky or witch it o.
/lo, th ky ont work, n th
hit n ky only work om o th
tim. Do l n to uy nw lptop
FIamingo, Web User Forums
A
h lping i cu y th tuck
ky. Mot kyor prolm r
cu y uil-up o ri holing
th tu own, o it proly |ut n
goo cln. rch or your mk n
mol o lptop to chck i it ky cn
rmov. l thy cn, tk thm ll o
n wip th r kyor with pic
o kitchn towl, uing n lcohol-
clnr tht ont lv ny moitur.
l h imilr prolm whn th right
hit n curor ky kpt gtting tuck
on my thr-yr-ol wir kyor. l
u pncil to lit on o th ky n
w mz y th mount o gunk in
thr. l got it working gin tr
clning it, ut irt l h to work out
how to lit th ky out without ning
thm lying! You can rao about my
xprincs on my Vb Usr Forum
thrao at bit.ly/kyclan334.
You can mak a ky-liting tool out o a
ring-pull (th suar-noo kino ar th
bst). You can rao how to oo this at bit
.ly/kyclanr334. l'o rcommno
practising on an olo kyboaro irst. l you
havn't got on, your local charity shop
probably will.
l non o this works, you can buy a
nw USP kyboaro or lss than C.
edstor, Web User Forums
O
l can't gt Systm Rstor to
work. Evry tim l try to run it, an
rror mssag appars saying 'Systm
Rstor oio not complt succssully...
unspciio rror' ano tlling m to try
a oirnt rstor point. l'v trio loaos
o rstor points now, ano l gt th
sam mssag vry tim. Vhat's
going wrong?
Pat Smith, Web User Forums
A
/nti-virus programs otn
intrr with Systm Rstor, so
start your computr in Sa Moo
(prss F8 bor Vinoows opns) ano
run Systm Rstor rom thr. Sa
Moo isolats your anti-virus whil
What's stopping
System Restore7
GEE PC
to gt rio o rogu aoo-ons ano othr
possibl causs.
To rst lE, clos all othr running
programs, opn lE ano click th cog icon.
Click 'lntrnt options', go to th
/ovanco tab ano click th Rst button.
ln th Rst lntrnt Explorr Sttings
oialogu box, tick th box i you want to
olt tmporary intrnt ils, history,
cookis, trackrs ano othr oata, as wll
as aoo-ons ano sttings. Your Favorits,
ntwork sttings ano crtiicats won't
b olto. Click Rst.
l th problm prsists, it may b
causo by a il or Rgistry stting that
lE can't accss bcaus it's bing uso by
anothr program. Rstart your computr,
chck or running procsss in Task
Managr ano rst lE's sttings.
John_McKenna, Web User Forums, and
Monica WiIIs, via emaiI
STWE
Why are my OpenOffice
foIders Iocked7
O
Vhnvr l try to opn a savo
olor in OpnOic, l gt a pop-up
saying: 'Th rusto opration ruirs
lvation'. Dos anyon know what this
mans ano how l can gt rio o it?
Suttyjosie, Web User Forums
A
This may b bcaus Vinoows has
nablo Usr /ccss Control (U/C)
on your PC. This is an xtra layr o
scurity that's mant to protct you, but
in som cass it nos up blocking you
rom your own ils.
To gt your prmissions back, ino your
Documnts olor in Vinoows Explorr,
right-click it, slct Proprtis ano click
th Scurity tab. Slct your nam in th
list, click Eoit ano mak yoursl th
aoministrator. Click OK, thn click th
/ovanco button. Click th Ownr tab
ano mak yoursl th ownr. You can
only oo this onc you'r an aoministrator.
This shoulo giv you ull accss to th
ils in your Documnts olor.
CantreI, Web User Forums, and Mike
Hardy, via emaiI
kping th computr sa.
/ltrnativly, turn o your anti-virus
tmporarily whil th rstor opration
is carrio out. l run Norton lntrnt
Scurity, ano Systm Rstor won't
work unlss l switch o Norton Proouct
Tampr Protction. Rmmbr to
switch it back on atrwaros.
CantreI and MadeIine, Web User
Forums
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may be to blame
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My PC has a virus that uss nams
lik billkktpl.vbs, which chang
slightly vry tim l scan or it. l hav
trio a coupl o anti-virus programs to
clan my machin ano ovics. /ny
ovic l plug into my PC is acto - all
th ils gt shortcuts ano .vbs
xtnsions ar aooo to som. How oo l
clan or gt rio o this virus?
Rugare, via emaiI
A
lt's oiicult to rmov a virus whn
it's running bcaus it will try to
block ano olt anti-virus sotwar. Try
rstarting th computr in Sa Moo,
which prvnts most (but not all)
malwar rom running.
ln Vinoows 7, prss th F8 ky a w
tims atr switching on th PC, bor
Vinoows starts to loao. Slct Sa
Moo rom th mnu. Vhn you gt to
th Dsktop, run anti-virus sotwar to
clan th oriv. Malwarbyts /nti-
Malwar (www.malwarbyts.org) is a
gooo r option.
ln Vinoows 8, typ command on th
Start scrn, right-click Commano
Prompt ano click 'Run as aoministrator'.
Typ bcdedit /set {bootmgr}
displaybootmenu yes, rstart
Vinoows ano prss F8 to s start-up
options such as Sa Moo. Vhn you'r
oon, chang yes to no in th
commano to rturn to normal start-up.
l starting in Sa Moo oosn't hlp,
gt a rino or us anothr computr to
oownloao a bootabl anti-virus rscu
oisc. This can b uso to start th PC
without Vinoows ano, thror,
without th virus running. Svral
anti-virus companis hav r rscu
CDs, such as /VG (bit.ly/avgco334) ano
Kasprsky (bit.ly/kaspco334).
Rcnt vrsions o Vinoows can burn
rscu CDs by ooubl-clicking th
oownloao, but i you hav Vinoows XP
you'll no CDPurnrXP (coburnrxp
.s) or somthing similar. Put th oisc in
th oriv atrwaros ano start th
computr with it in.

8.1 start-up reeze
O
l rcntly upoato Vinoows 8 to
Vinoows 8., but now vry
start-up rzs on th Vinoows logo. l
hav to prss th Rstart button on my
PC or it to boot up normally, which it
always oos on th scono boot.
On orum post suggsto that it
coulo b causo by a thiro-party Start
button (Classic Shll). l uninstallo this,
but it mao no oirnc. l now hav to
rstart my PC twic vry tim l switch
it on. lt nvr happno whn l was
running Vinoows 8.
John and Jan, via emaiI
A
This problm is most likly causo
by sotwar or orivrs that arn't
ully compatibl with Vinoows 8.. You'll
hav to us trial ano rror to ino out
which on is th culprit.
Prss Vinoows+R ano typ
msconfig to launch Systm
Coniguration. Slct th Srvics tab,
tick 'Hio all Microsot srvics' ano
clar th ticks against vrything that
rmains. /pply th changs. Right-click
th taskbar on th Dsktop ano slct
Task Managr. On th Startup tab, slct
ach ntry ano click th Disabl button.
Now try rstarting Vinoows without all
th usual xtras that loao with it.
l Vinoows starts normally, th
problm must b with on o th itms
that was oisablo. Py nabling itms
inoivioually ano rbooting ach tim,
you shoulo oiscovr th culprit. l it still
won't start th irst tim, it is likly to b
a orivr. Go to th manuacturr's
wbsit o th vioo caro, printr,
wbcam ano anything ls you hav
installo, ano look or upoato sotwar.

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l gt annoying on-scrn aovrts
whn l start my computr or us
O
My wi has |ust inhrito an
/sus Notpao N55CJV running
Vinoows 7. V'v pluggo it in, but
th scrn oosn't com on. Th
powr switch lights up, but that's all.
Can you hlp?
McIean, via emaiI
A
Laptops ar haror to rpair than
osktop PCs, ano thr isn't
much you can oo unlss you ar an
xprt at oisassmbling thm ano
tracking oown aults. Hr ar a w
suggstions, though.
Mak sur th powr supply is on
ano th plug sits corrctly in th
sockt. Rmov th powr lao ano
battry, ano holo oown th powr
button or svral sconos to
compltly orain th laptop o powr.
lt coulo b a battry problm, so plug
in th powr lao ano try starting th
laptop both with ano without th
battry. Plug in an xtrnal monitor to
s i you gt anything on that scrn.
Thr is an intrsting orum post at
bit.ly/oao334 by somon that
rpairs oao laptops, but it's vry
tchnical ano you'r probably bst o
going to a local laptop rpair srvic.
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ar Now link ano insall h sowar.
This oos vryhing Vinoows Upoa
oos, bu also upoas Microso
sowar.
You shoulo b abl o oownloao
lnrn Explorr rom microso.com/
i, bu vrsion 8 is wll pas is us-by
oa ano Firox (www.mozilla.org) ano
Chrom (bi.ly/chrom4) ar ar
suprior browsrs.

O
l hav a lapop PC wih a CCGP
haro oriv ha l wan o spli i ino
our ual-sizo pariions. On is or
Vinoows ano h ohrs ar or phoos,
vioos ano music. Do you hink his is a
gooo ioa? l so, how oo l go abou i?
Geoff aiIey, via emaiI
A
/lhough CCGP migh sm lik a
lo o oisk spac, i won' b i you
spli i our ways. l maks mor sns o
us orivs o or 2TP, which ar wioly
availabl.
On problm you will ncounr wih
your proposo sysm is ha ar
pariioning h oriv ano using i or
som im, on pariion may bcom
ull whil ohrs hav los o mpy
spac. Tha spac won' b usabl
unlss you mss up your sorag plan
ano sar puing vioos in your music
pariion, or xampl.
Vih a small oriv, i is mor icin
o hav on pariion whr you sor
moia in h appropria olors, such
as Picurs, Music ano Vioos, ach o
h inrn. l can' ino ou wha is
causing hm. l hav rio scanning h
compur or viruss bu his has no
urno up anyhing. Vha ls can l oo?
Sarah Johnson, via emaiI
A
Programs ha oisplay aovrs ar
no always classo as viruss, so
ani-virus sowar oosn' always
oc or rmov hm. ln h prvious
problm, w oscrib how o sop
sar-up programs rom running, ano
you can us his chniu o roo ou
annoying aowar. Howvr, i may b
asir o us run an auomao ool ha
spciically sarchs or ano rmovs
aowar. V on us Malwarbys
/ni-malwar, bu /owClanr (bi.ly/
aow4) is anohr usul ool or
claning up your PC.

ProbIems with an oIder PC
O
l hav a Fuisu imns PC
running Vinoows XP ha has a
numbr o problms: i maks oo much
nois, crashs ranoomly, won' insall
lE8 ano oisabls Vinoows Upoa.
Sabbagh Hosni, via emaiI
A
Th nois ano h ranoom crashing
coulo b rlao. PCs accumula
ous insio ano as h compur is
obviously olo (uoging by h vrsion o
Vinoows i's running), i coulo b
ovrhaing. This woulo caus h ans
o run noisily a maximum spo ano
ovrha, causing i o crash.
Unplug h compur, rmov h
scrws holoing h cas covr ano
rmov i. Us a can o comprsso air
or a balloon pump o blow ou h ous.
Tak car no o ouch anyhing insio,
hough. Ging rio o h ous mans
h ans won' hav o work as haro,
making h PC uir ano coolr.
ar lnrn Explorr ano go o
upoa.microso.com o upoa
Vinoows. This shoulo work vn whn
Vinoows Upoa is oisablo. You can
swich rom Vinoows Upoa o
Microso Upoa a upoa.microso
.com/microsoupoa. Jus click h
O
l crao an accoun on my son's
PC ha ss limis or wha h
can oo. Thn l uso a Rgisry hack o
hio h aominisraor accoun,
laving only his accoun on h login
scrn. Th problm is ha l now
no o mak som changs ano can'
g ino h aomin accoun. l can' us
Rgoi bcaus his is a sanoaro
accoun, no an aomin accoun. How
oo l unhio i?
PauI Mason, via emaiI
A
Vhn you ar loggo ino on
accoun, you can sill run a
program as anohr prson. o in
your son's sanoaro accoun, you can
run a program as i you wr loggo
in wih your aominisraor accoun, as
long as you know h passworo.
Opn an Explorr winoow, go o
C:\Vinoows, right-click 'rgoit' ano
slct 'Run as aoministrator'. Your
account is oisplayo ano you ar
prompto to ntr th passworo. You
can thn unoo whatvr chang you
mao in th Rgistry to hio th
aomin account.
Unhide the admin
account

Use 'Pun as administrator' to run a
program as another user
which can grow ano us as much r
spac as is noo.
l you rally must hav partitions,
crat on or Vinoows ano anothr or
all your photos, vioos ano music. This
is mor icint than sparat partitions
or ach typ o moia.
To crat multipl partitions, opn
/oministrativ Tools in th Control
Panl ano ooubl-click Computr
Managmnt. Expano Storag ano
slct Disk Managmnt. Right-click th
C: partition ano slct th Shrink Volum
option. St th siz ano shrink it. This
will crat lots o r spac. Right-click
to ormat that r spac, thn shrink it
atrwaros to th siz you want.
Continu crating partitions in this way.

Microsoft phone caIIs

O
l rcntly got a phon call,
claiming to b rom Microsot,
saying thy hao otcto that my PC
was running poorly ano it was probably
a virus. Thy saio thy coulo ix it or
m. l was a bit suspicious ano oclino
th or, but l'm not sur whthr my
computr is incto.
Ryan aker, via emaiI
A
Phon calls rom scammrs
prtnoing to b rom Microsot
ar not unusual. Thy try to trick you
into oownloaoing ano running a
program on your computr, which thy
thn us to tak it ovr, spy on you or
stal inormation. /ll calls claiming that
your computr has a problm ar ak
ano shoulo b ignoro.


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s hr ur ios or is, r
ap C:\srs\YurNa\ios.
Cick th Mv butt ao u ca
chs a cati, such as
E:\ios. pat this ith th Music,
Dcuts ao icturs ors.
ftare
tar is istao t th C:\rgra
Fis or b oaut, but istars
t t u ista t a oirt
cati. Yu cuo crat a E:\
rgra Fis or a sco oriv
ao ista star thr istao.
lstaig t a sco itra oriv
bsts prrac ao roucs ao
tis, bcaus it os't gt tago up
ith Vios.
Move the page fiIe
Vios uss th haro oriv as
tprar strag h it os tra
r. Hvr, this is uch sr
tha ra r. l u hav a ast
sco itra oriv, th puttig th
pagig i it ca bst prrac.
G t Ctr a, st, /ovaco
sst sttigs'. ct th /ovaco
tab, th ttigs butt uor
rrac, th sct th /ovaco
tab agai ao cick Chag. Tur
/utatica aag pagig i',
sct th sco haro oriv ao chs
st aago si'. Cick K t
cs a th ios.
Combine drives
Vios 8 has a atur cao
trag pacs that ts u us tra
haro orivs i ivativ as. Fr
istac, u ca crat a arg
virtua oriv ao up svra
phsica orivs. , u ca crat a
TP virtua oriv, v i u
hav a 5CCGP phsica . /s it is
up, u aoo r orivs ao thir
spac ctributs t ur virtua
oriv, hich shars th sa oriv
ttr.
Yu ca as ak oriv a
irrr iag athr, s u hav
a cp a ur is, v i
th orivs ais.
T crat big virtua oriv, p
Ctr a, trag pacs ao
cick Crat p ao strag
spac'. ct a oriv ao st th
siiac tp t ip. Etr th
si, hich ca b biggr tha th
phsica oriv currt istao.
trag pacs i t u h u
o t bu athr oriv t aoo
r spac.
Partition options
l u hav oriv, u ca
ak virtua orivs usig partitis.
Fr ap, a TP oriv cuo hav
partitis 4CCGP ao CCGP.
Thr's prrac aovatag,
but it ca b usu r rgaisig
is, such as kpig a ur vios
r phts a sco virtua oriv.
G t Ctr a, /oiistrativ
Ts, Cputr Maagt, Disk
Maagt uor trag. ight-
cick th C: oriv i th ist, sct
hrik oisk' ao chs th si.
ight-cick th uacato spac
crato ao chs N sip
vu'. /ccpt th oaut sttigs
t crat a partiti that acts ik a
sco oriv.

A
ooig athr itra haro
oriv is a as upgrao
that ca bst th
prrac ur C. Data ca
b rao r ao ritt t bth
orivs siutaus, hich spos
up oata-itsiv tasks. l u oit
a t vios, r ap, u
cuo ru vio-oitig star
r oriv ao oit th tag
th thr.
Mst osktp Cs hav a sco
oriv ba it hich u ca asi
st a sco haro oriv. / u
Add a second hard drive
Create Iibraries
Fr up spac ur ai oriv b
usig a sco oriv t str oia
is such as phts, vios ao
usic. p Eprr i Vios
t sh th ibraris. ight-cick th
ios ibrar ao sct rprtis.
Cick th lcuo a or' butt ao
sct a or th sco oriv,
such as D:\ios. ct this i th
ibrar catis' ist atraros ao
cick t sav cati'. N a is
u orp i th ios ibrar i
autatica b savo t th sco
oriv. pat this ith th Music ao
icturs ibraris.
Move personaI foIders
T r up r spac th C: oriv,
v a ur ors t th sco
haro oriv. p Eprr, pao th
ios ibrar th t i u hav
ibraris), right-cick ios ao sct
rprtis. ct th cati tab t
ur ta prts ostrats that

o th is a cup cabs t
cct it t th thrbaro ao
pr supp.
l u o't at t p ur C,
csior usig a tra oriv. lt
't b as ast, but u ca sti
bit r s th tips
tio hr. P orivs ar s
cparo t itra orivs, but th
ar i r back-ups, archivs ao
is u o't t accss. P 3
orivs ar astr ao ca b uso r
gra strag ocuts, usic,
phts, vios ao s .

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