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The Williston Force Portable AC has changed its appearance somewhat and is now called Nexfan Evo. The high-speed advertising madness apparently knows no bounds. We have already published everything that can be said about the absurd campaign HERE. We are keeping up with the times and are also renaming our better quality and yet significantly … Read more

In June 2022, creative copywriters will ensure the extensive online presence of a small miracle device that is supposed to reduce your electricity bill by several percent. The device is called Ecotex. Not long ago it was called Voltbox. But because Voltbox doesn’t do what it promises, it has a bad image – and that’s … Read more

Due to the EU Directive 2019/2161, online retailers who publish fake reviews face severe penalties. The new regulations have been in force since the end of May 2022. Unfortunately, they have not had any measurable impact so far. The most significant distributor of fake reviews on the internet is Google. The US corporation does not … Read more

It’s getting warm again in Europe, and already an absurd flood of advertising for an overpriced refrigerator is upon us, offered this year as the “Williston Force Portable AC”. Last year it was still called “Blast” and “Blaux” Portable AC. However, so many negative reports have been published about these two names that it seemed … Read more

As of 10 May 2022, around six percent of all Windows 10 users will no longer receive security updates. This is because Microsoft has discontinued support for version 20H2 on this date. All older versions will also no longer receive the urgently needed security updates. To find out which version of Windows 10 is running … Read more

ThePhotoStick is widely advertised online. It is a USB data stick with 8 to 128 GB capacity, depending on the version, that backs up the pictures on your computer or laptop. The low-capacity versions quickly reach their limits, but with 32 to 128 GB, the user can certainly do something. ThePhotoStick does what the product … Read more

Xtra PC is the advertising name of a self-booting Linux data pen with which you can start and use your computer or laptop at lightning speed even if your operating system is shot or Microsoft Windows seems to have frozen. Such an emergency data pen is obviously useful and, purely as a precaution, is one … Read more

Some Windows computers are always up-to-date, others are not. Microsoft has now investigated what the reason for this is. Many users have already guessed the result: computers that are constantly online continuously receive all the latest updates, while little time online leads to a traffic jam. If the device is not connected to the internet … Read more

The Windows update KB5008212 from December 2021 has crippled the search function in Outlook. Before Microsoft solves the problem in a later update, you can improvise to use the search anyway: Start Outlook. Then start the Windows Task Manager via the “bracket handle” by clicking [Strg] + [Shift] + [Esc] at the same time. Then … Read more

Normally, things work the other way round: Youtube blocks videos that supposedly or actually violate some vague Google rules. Or Youtube deletes entire channels because the content is unacceptable. Now, however, the Russians are turning the tables and threatening Youtube with a block in Russia. This is reported by RT Deutsch with reference to the … Read more