Tech Radar

My latest piece, “14 tips and tricks to buff up your Gmail skills”, is now online. Click here to read it.

BBC Countryfile Magazine

My latest Five Days to the Weekend piece – featuring Lyndhurst in Hampshire – is now online. Click here to view it.

Tech Radar

My latest piece for the Tech Radar web site – 13 really useful YouTube tips, tools and hacks – is now online. Click here to view it.

BBC Who Do You Think You Are?

An edited – as in all of the negative criticisms have been removed – version of my recent review of RootsMagic 4 is online at Genealogy Reviews – click here to read it.

Most of my reviews for the magazine have been placed online here – presumably with the magazine’s permission:

The Official Guide to Family Tree Maker 2009 guide – click here
Who Do You Think You Are? Deluxe Edition – click here

BBC Countryfile

My feature “Top 10 BBC TV locations”, which was published last year in BBC Countryfile Magazine (issue 10), has now been placed online at the magazine’s web site – click here to view it.

Microsoft Windows XP, issue 101

Issue 101 of the official Microsoft Windows XP Magazine is now on-sale. It features three repurposed tutorials of mine, plus the Q&A section: how to keep your hard drive healthy (now online at Support PCs – please click here), a guide to using System Restore, plus tips and tricks for better scanning.

PC Answers, issue 201

The latest issue of PC Answers features my 16-page guide to blogging, plus my usual Helpdesk column, which has now been expanded to 12 pages (please note that although individual questions are credited to different team members, I in fact write and research the entire section). Get more information here.

Support PCs

My tutorial on creating a photo slideshow using Microsoft’s free Photo Story 3 software, which was originally published in issue 93 of the Microsoft Windows XP Magazine, is now online: please click here to view it.

Tech Radar

I’ve been commissioned for two tips features on YouTube and Gmail. Deadline for both is next week.

BBC Countryfile

My latest “Five days to the weekend” piece, featuring Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, is now online. Click here to read it.

Support PCs

I’ve just uploaded a revised six-page feature based on material from various tutorials and features I’ve written in the past for PC Answers and Microsoft Windows XP Magazine. “Get Vista for free” is aimed at Windows XP users who can’t or won’t upgrade to Windows Vista – it basically reveals how to get many of Vista’s features in XP for little or no cost. Click here for the full lowdown.

The Support PCs web site is a joint venture between Joe Cassels and myself, and showcases previously published work in its original form. Commissioning Editors who wish to get an idea of the style and quality of my writing should read the material on this web site.

BBC Countryfile

My latest Five Days to the Weekend article features Cheddar in Somerset – click here to read it.

PC Answers

I’ve been commissioned to write the lead feature for issue 203. More details when it’s submitted next month.

Support PCs

My project on upgrading your router’s firmware to DD-WRT for better performance, security and other features is now online – click here to view it. This was originally published in issue 194 of PC Answers.

Tech Radar recap

Just a quick pointer to some of my most popular articles on the Tech Radar web site: 10 free system tools for XP and Vista (714 diggs), 10 ways to make Chrome as good as Firefox (556 diggs), Secure your identity and privacy on any PC you use (398 diggs), 10 best free Windows clipboard replacements (394 diggs), and 10 essential tips for recovering lost files (123 diggs).

BBC Countryfile

My latest “Five days to the weekend” piece, featuring Thaxted in Essex, is now online. Click here to view it.

Tech Radar

My latest piece - “Secure your data and identity on every PC you use” – is now published and online. Click here to read it.

Update 07 July, 9.28am: this piece, which was published last night, has quickly become the most-read piece on the site, and has received over 300 Diggs from readers recommending it to others.

PC Answers

I’ve been commissioned to write a project on removing the Cornficker virus for issue 203 of the magazine. Deadline at the end of this month.

Support PCs

I’ve just finished uploading my 250 Microsoft Office tips feature from the Australian edition of Microsoft Windows XP Magazine to the new Support PCs web site: click here to view it.

Support PCs

My tutorial, “Bluff your way through the BIOS”, which was originally published in issue 90 of the official Microsoft Windows XP Magazine is now online and can be read here.

The Support PCs web site is a joint venture between Joe Cassels and myself, and showcases previously published work in its original form. Commissioning Editors who wish to get an idea of the style and quality of my writing should read the material on this web site.

Tech Radar

My latest piece for the Tech Radar web site - 12 free power apps for Windows 7 - can be read online by clicking here.