Like Windows XP, Windows Vista can use hibernation to save battery life. Microsoft tells us that its new operating system does not need to shut down as often as Windows XP so it goes into Sleep mode instead. The hard disk and graphic card shut down but the system memory is still active and drawi...
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Whether or not you think it is a useful feature, everyone is talking about multitouch in Windows 7. Multitouch allows you to use more than one finger on a touchscreen to zoom or rotate pictures. Of course, one requirement for this is a new touchscreen monitor. A cheaper and, in our opinion, bett...
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The Flip Mino and Creative Vado cameras both appeared last year, offering decent quality video recordings from a thin and light device that’s easy to carry around. Both have now moved on to new versions, the Mino HD and the Vado HD – no prizes for guessing what both new models have to offe...
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Blackberry is usually a name associated with boring business phones, but having apparently got their phones into every office in the world, the company has recently been looking enviously at home users too. Following the none-too-impressive Blackberry Storm, the company’s latest model is t...
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Having spent hours getting the formatting of a Word document just right, it is annoying when the recipient can’t print it properly – often the margins are set incorrectly or a font is missing. The best way to avoid this is to turn the document into a PDF file. Once created, these files alw...
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As part of our unique series of video guides to Windows 7 in Plain English, we show how to check whether your computer and peripherals are ready for the Windows 7 the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor tool Find links to other Windows 7 videos at http://www.computeractive.co.uk/2251510
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In this video we demonstrate the Ion iED05 USB Digital Drum Kit and discuss the differences between playing a digital drum kit and a normal one. Read the full review at www.computeractive.co.uk/2231648 It has a low price tag for an electronic drum kit, and is ideal if you want to learn how to pl...
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Apple’s iPhone may be the phone that everybody wants, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only stylish phone with a cool interface. The LG Viewty Smart looks like it has the style to match but how does it compare? It’s slightly smaller than an iPhone, which is good, but that means a...
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Activision’s Guitar Hero has been around for a while, and the latest incarnation, World Tour, has added more instruments. The World Tour band pack comes with drums and a vocal microphone. It's a challenge to EA's rival Rock Band. Both games feature the same instruments and - pretty much - the sa...
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At £75, Guitar Hero 3 is easily the most expensive video game we’ve reviewed at Computeractive. On the other hand, you get a lot for your money: inside the enormous box you’ll find a special guitar controller. This is wireless, roughly two-thirds as long as a proper guitar, and ...
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As part of our unique series of video guides to Windows 7 in Plain English, we show how to upgrade a Windows XP computer to run Windows 7. This video is in two parts - you’ll find the second part at http://www.computeractive.co.uk/2251140 This first part explains how to keep that your files and ...
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You can include a table with figures in a Word 2003 document without using Excel even if there are basic sums using the numbers in the table. See www.computeractive.co.uk/2247147 for the full instructions
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