PC Answers, 212

I will be contributing a four-page project on removing malware infections from your PC. Deadline end of March.

Active Magazine

I’ve been commissioned to write a feature on the sterling work played by National Trust volunteers after the devastating floods in Cockermouth. This piece is due to be published in April. Deadline next Wednesday.

Tech Radar

I’ve been commissioned for four tips pieces for Tech Radar, deadlines throughout March. Details of each tips piece will appear when it’s published.

Microsoft Windows, 43

I shall be contributing two projects to issue 43 of Microsoft’s official Windows magazine: a guide to creating a DVD photo slideshow in Windows Live Movie Maker (due Thursday), and a guide to setting up and recording TV in Windows 7 (due next Monday). My regular Support Squad column is due in tomorrow.

BBC Countryfile Magazine

February marked the end of my original year-long commission for “Five Days to the Weekend”, a weekly guide to towns and villages worth visiting in the UK.

1/2: Hambleton, Rutland (click here)
8/2: Brampton, Cumbria (click here)
15/2: Pangbourne, Berkshire (click here)
22/2: Tintern, Monmouthshire (click here)

PC Answers 211

I’ve been commissioned to write the lead feature for issue 211 of PC Answers, a guide to averting disaster. This is due in Mid-March, and accompanies a three-page project on recording your family tree online (due next Monday) and my regular Helpdesk pages (due the following Friday).

Tech Radar/PC Plus

My recent project on encrypting your hard drive for data security in PC Plus has now been put online at Tech Radar. Click here to view it.

Your Family Tree, 87

I’m prominently featured in the free Computing for Family Historians supplement that’s given away with the latest issue of Future’s genealogical magazine. I wrote the lead feature, Windows 7: Explained, specifically for this issue, while other articles from previous issues as well as a collection of questions from old PC Answers Helpdesk columns have also made an appearance in the supplement. The whole package costs £4.99 and is on-sale today. Click here for more information.