Best free software

It’s tempting to think that deleting a file means it’s gone forever – but that’s not really the case. Data can often be recovered from your hard drive for a long time after it’s supposedly been erased

My ageing Windows 10 laptop has something modern machines rarely offer: a built-in DVD drive. I have loads of films and home movies on DVD and I don’t want to lose the ability to play these or rip the

The keyboard shortcut Windows key+Ctrl+L turns on live captions in Windows 11, showing subtitles on screen for any spoken audio playing on your PC, whether that’s a video (saved or online) or a call.

TV-streaming services have now overtaken traditional television in popularity in the US, Canada and Germany – and the UK isn’t far behind. Recent research by Ofcom found that only 56 per cent of us st

Q Can you please recommend a program that will help me keep track of my books. I’d like a device I can scan the book with and then load it on to a database. Can it work with graphic novels too? Peter

What are they? Animations and videos you can set as desktop wallpapers, giving you something more interesting to look at than a static image. They might be making a comeback in Windows. When were they