It is undoubtedly one of the best-known VPNs but until May 2020 it was one to avoid because, unlike virtually all its rivals it logged information such as your IP address. And being based in the UK – one of the worst jurisdictions for privacy – meant there was every reason to choose one of HMA’s competitors. But the service now runs a no-logs policy which has been audited by VerSprite....

But it turns out – unsurprisingly – that £99 is not enough to make a cheap phone great. Honor has a great track record of affordable smartphones that perform much better than their price suggests. Honor says this is a phone for ‘new smartphone users’ but unless your demands for a smartphone are very low, the 7S is a price-cut too far. Honor 7S price and availability At £99 the Honor 7S is among the cheapest Honor phones you can buy....

While it was once a challenge to view your Steam purchase history, a new tool released by Valve makes it easy to see just how much you’ve spent on Steam. Be warned though; it can be shocking! Keep on reading to find out how to access your Steam purchase history. How to check how much you’ve spent on Steam If you’re sure you want to scare yourself and find out exactly how much you’ve spent on games and DLC on Steam over the years, then head to the new Steam External Funds Used tool....

Step 1: As Windows does not come prepackaged with this capability, you’ll need to download a third-party application. The best way to achieve the effect of allowing us to store files, programs and windows to an additional location of the desktop is by using an OS X style ‘dock’ program. RocketDock is simple, effective and free, so that’s what we’ll be using. You can download RocketDock here. Step 2: RocketDock should take no more than a few minutes to download....

So, should you buy digital copies of movies, or are there other ways to build a collection you can watch on your devices? We take a look at this surprisingly complex issue. Digital movies are not necessarily yours That was the impression given to Canadian Anders G da Silva when he found that he could not access three previously purchased movies from his iTunes library. After contacting the company to find out what had happened, he was told by an Apple representative that, ‘…the content provider has removed these movies from the Canadian Store....

Gmail Head to myaccount.google.comUnder Sign-in & security choose ‘Signing into Google’Under Password & sign-in method click on PasswordLog into your Google accountEnter a new password (at least eight characters), then re-enter it and click Change password Hotmail & Outlook Log into your Hotmail account at outlook.comClick on your name at the top right of the screenChoose View ProfileClick Change password next to your email addressMicrosoft will verify it is you requesting to change your password: enter your email address and click Send codeCheck your inbox for a code, then enter it in the browser and click SubmitNow enter your current password and new password (at least eight characters and case-sensitive), then re-enter the passwordClick Save...

We show you the simple steps to make your Mail app a bit quicker with its deliveries. How to changing the Mail frequency settings Rather than a universal setting for all your email accounts, the Mail app sets each individually. So, if you have multiple accounts, you’ll need to repeat most of the steps for each one. To make Windows 10’s Mail app get email faster you need to change the default setting from ‘based on my usage‘ – which is a vague and somewhat unhelpful term – to ‘as items arrive‘ which means emails will appear with almost no delay at all....

If you have a video that won’t play on your phone, tablet or TV, here’s how to convert it and which software to use. How to convert a video to MP4 and other formats Changing a video’s format is easy with the right software. Fortunately, there are plenty of free apps which will do this for you. Some are easier to use than others, and some have more features such as cutting out sections, dealing with multiple audio tracks (for different languages, say) and subtitles....

See also: Quick fixes for common Windows 10 problems How to personalise Windows 10: Changing the background wallpaper All of the appearance settings in Windows 10 are helpfully grouped together in one place, which makes life easy. To find them go to the Start Menu, then click on Settings > Personalisation and you’ll be presented with a list of options on the left side of the window that appears....

Delete browsing history on iPad, using Safari Open up Safari by clicking the Safari icon in the bottom lefthand corner of your iPad screen. Now click the bookmarks icon, found in the top of your browser window, just to the right of the address bar. It looks like, well, a book. Select the ‘History’ option. You’ll now see a list of all the pages you have visited, together with the day and date on which you went to that site....

Read next: How to find your lost Windows or Microsoft Office product key In summary: Select cell rangeClick on Data tab and select Remove DuplicatesCheck all boxes and click OK How to delete duplicates in Excel Let’s set the scene: You’ve got a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, and you’d like to remove duplicated cells. You can either manually go through each cell checking for duplicated data, which may take a while depending on the size and complexity of your spreadsheet, or you could follow the steps outlined below and have Excel do all the hard work for you while you sip on a Piña Colada (or whatever else you do instead of working on spreadsheets)....

Directly replying to a notification couldn’t be simpler, although it doesn’t work with all apps. For example, if you hit Reply on a Gmail message notification Android N will open Gmail for you to draft your message. Below we’ve used Hangouts, though other messaging apps should also be supported. Learn how to get Android N today. Plus, learn how to split screen in Android N. How to Direct Reply in Android N • Wait for a notification of a new message to come in • Drag down from the top of the screen to view the notification • Rather than tapping on the notification to open the associated app, tap Reply directly below the notification...

That doesn’t mean the console is flawless; like all technology, the Nintendo Switch is susceptible to the occasional crash, leaving it completely unresponsive. What are you to do in this situation? It’s called a force restart (or hard restart) and while it doesn’t come without risk, sometimes it’s the only thing left to do. We explain all you need to know about force restarting the Nintendo Switch, including the process, the risks and other fixes to try first....

There’s also Firefly, with which you point your camera at physical world posters, notes and even TV shows in order to save new contacts, make phone calls, send emails and visit websites without having to type in any details. It can even perform OCR in magazines, or on posters to identify text. It’s probably best thought of as a ‘universal Shazam’, recognising movies and TV episodes and even live TV, then using information from IMDb to show information on actors and related details so you can add titles to your watchlist....

See also: How to add emoji stickers to snapchat and How to type emoji on Android How to get emoji on Android: Is your handset compatible? It might come as a surprise that some phones can’t actually decipher emojis at all. The old technique of typing 😉 required no translation, as those characters were already present in the dictionaries the phones used. Emoji are different, as they are essentially images rather than text....

How to make the administrator account invisible in Windows 7 The easiest way to clean up the login screen is to require users to enter both their username and password; this means that you’ll only ever see one prompt rather than the multiple icon boxes. To do this you’ll need to be logged in to your Administrator account. First off, press the Windows key, then type regedit into the search box....

Although only a few lucky ones can enjoy this firmware officially. But still there are chances for the best ones to experience all those amazing features. The only way is to flash custom ROM developed by the third party android developers. Like always we have come up with a new ROM named ProBAM based on the latest Android 4.4 KitKat, especially for Galaxy Grand duos (I9082/I9082L) users. This ROM comes with a tremendous amount of inbuilt features....

Well, help is at hand, because with a little bit of sewing you can quickly transform those boring old ear warmers into the fluffiest headphones known to man. So grab your needle and thread, set aside twenty minutes, and let the Musicmuffs be born! How to make audio earmuffs: What you will need As you may have surmised from the introduction this project does involve a bit of sewing, so if that isn’t your strongpoint then it might be worth buttering up any needlepoint fans in your family....

If you use a desktop PC or a laptop, the chances are you would like Windows to boot to the Desktop, rather than the Windows Start Screen. Here’s how to make your Windows 8 PC or laptop boot to the Desktop. QUESTION I’ve read that the latest update to Windows 8.1 is supposed to detect whether or not you’re using a touch interface screen and boot to either the Start screen or the traditional Windows desktop accordingly....

What are SecuROM and SafeDisc DRM? SecuROM and SafeDisc are both forms of Digital Rights Management (DRM) designed to prevent the piracy of software. They were used on a number of games, some quite high profile, mainly during the 2003-2008 period. SafeDisc was involved in something of a scandal in 2007 when it was discovered that the DRM could actually be used as an attack vector for hackers. This enabled them to remotely take control of a user’s PC, with full access to the victim’s data....