Matthew, the Nerd, and Gareth, the Normal, talk through the world of Technology and work out what it all means.
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With so many companies and emails offering online services, should you pay for them, do you need them and what does it all mean.
Gareth and Matthew also look at the different file formats used by computers and programs.
#cloudservices #fileformats #googledrive #icloud #dropbox #onedrive
23 May 2026
Nerd And Normal | Age Verification Coming To Your Personal Devices.
This week Gareth and Matthew look at the Age Verification coming to your devices and the security and personal issues it might cause.
In the US California has already implemented laws requiring device makers to have age verification services on the new device on start up. They will also be required to put age verification into older devices.
#ageverification #apple #microsoft #android
7 May 2026
Nerd and Normal | Free Programs Every Windows Computer Should Have
This week Gareth and Matthew look at free programs to make your Windows computer work better, and free-er than you might think.
Here is the full list of programs and links to download them.VLC Media Player https://www.videolan.org/iTunes https://www.apple.com/itunes/Audacity https://www.audacityteam.org/Bitdefender Free https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/consumer/free-antivirusMalware Bytes https://www.malwarebytes.com/Firefox https://www.firefox.com/en-US/Ublock Origin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/Wiztree https://diskanalyzer.com/Winaero Tweaker https://winaerotweaker.com/Open Shell https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-MenuCobian Backup https://www.cobiansoft.com/Google Docs https://docs.google.com/Google Sheets https://sheets.google.com/Libre Office https://www.libreoffice.org/Thunderbird https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/EMClient https://www.emclient.com/
A couple of extrasSumatra PDF https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-readerFoxIt Reader https://www.foxit.com/pdf-reader/
Comment below if you want walkthroughs on how to use the programs.
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