This obscure Microsoft Excel tool imports PDF data without mangling it
I don’t use Microsoft Excel all that often, so it remains a bit of a mystery to me. I can enter text and create graphs and that’s basically it. That’s why I’ve set myself a…
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Security expert details how a simple Microsoft tool led to the discovery of a serious macOS flaw
According to a report by Help Net Security, a security researcher found a vulnerability in macOS Sequoia while using a utility created by Microsoft. When exposed, the vulnerability could allow an attack to bypass macOS’s…
I don’t need Windows 11 anymore. One final tool freed me from Microsoft
I’ve been using Windows for as long as I can remember. It was on the very first PC I recall using, literally on my father’s knee. But I don’t need it anymore. That’s a weird…
Keep using Office 2016/2019 for 3 years after end of support with this tool
In October 2025, Microsoft is officially ending support for a wide range of products, most notably Windows 10, Office 2016, and Office 2019. The software giant is obviously keen on users switching over to Microsoft…
This free tool installs Windows 11 on any PC without any bloatware
If you’re one of the many users who want to upgrade to Windows 11 but aren’t eligible due to outdated hardware, then you might be familiar with a free tool called Flyby11. That nifty little…
Got old CDs? Use this free Windows tool to rip and upload to Spotify
CDs aren’t exactly cutting-edge in 2025. Since the peak years around the turn of the millennium, sales have plummeted because streaming services like Spotify have taken over. But there are still times when people want…
Flaw in Gemini CLI coding tool could allow hackers to run nasty commands
“At no stage is any subsequent element of the command string after the first ‘grep’ compared to a whitelist,” Cox said. “It just gets free rein to execute off the back of the grep command.”…
This free tool puts you on Windows 10 with support until 2032
Are you one of the many users who upgraded to Windows 11 but aren’t happy and wish you could go back? Or maybe you’re a Windows 10 holdout who wants to try Windows 11 with…
Microsoft explains how the new Windows PC-to-PC migration tool works
Microsoft is officially working on a new “PC-to-PC” migration tool for Windows 11, reports Windows Latest. A few months ago, the Insider Dev version of Windows 11 gained a new (but undocumented) feature in Windows…
You can put Windows 11 on older Windows 10 PCs with this free tool
Even though Microsoft has pushed back the end of Windows 10 support by another year, at some point there will be no more security updates for the popular Windows operating system. When that time comes,…