Included in today’s Windows 8 Consumer Preview release was an updated version of Microsoft’s upcoming web browser Internet Explorer 10. IE10 Platform Preview 5 is available both in the operating system’s Metro interface, and on the desktop version of Windows 8. Both versions share the same core engine that is optimized for HTML5 contents. The [...]
Microsoft Beta Day, Windows 8, .Net 4.5, Visual Studio 11
Microsoft has released several beta versions of upcoming products. You are probably already downloading the Windows 8 Consumer Preview that was released about an hour ago. The release marks the beginning of the beta phase of the operating system. Windows Server 8 Beta, Visual Studio 11 Beta and Microsoft .Net Framework 4.5 Beta have been [...]
Create A Custom Firefox Installer with Add-ons, Bookmarks And Preferences
Deploying a customized version of the Firefox web browser can be quite the daunting task. It does not really matter if you are a home user who wants to copy Firefox to another PC, or a system administrator who has to deploy Firefox on hundreds of PCs. Home users can use Firefox backup programs like [...]
Avast Releases Fix Update Utility For Corrupted Installations
The release of Avast 7 has caused anger and confusion in part of the security software’s user base. Especially the fact that Google Chrome was installed in a sneaky way during updates or new installations fueled criticism of the new version. Some users on the other hand reported that the application did not install or [...]
Windows 8 Consumer Preview to be Released [Updated]
The waiting and uncertainty are finally over and at long last all our questions will be answered as Microsoft are set to release the Windows 8 Consumer Preview (beta) later today during an event in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress event. The launch, which takes place at 3pm local time (2pm GMT, 9am EST, [...]
Ebay.de To Switch To New Payment Processing System
A press release by eBay Germany indicates that the company plans to switch the site’s current payment processing system to a new one this summer. Ebay customers who purchase goods on the site will then make their payments directly to eBay, and not the seller of the product anymore. The system works similar to Amazon’s [...]
Thunderbird Indicators Tell You If A Message Is For You, A Group, Or A Mailing List
You probably know about Gmail’s Indicator setting which adds group and single message indicators to all mail folders. You can enable the feature with a click on the Settings button, the selection of Settings from the context menu and scrolling down on the page until you see the Personal level indicators preference. The very same [...]
HTTPS Everywhere Now Warns About Encryption Weaknesses
Two weeks ago a team of mathematicians and cryptographers have released a paper in which they describe a weakness in the encryption used by routers, firewalls, web services or virtual private network. The flaw, affecting only a small number of cases where the random prime number generation fails to work correctly. A new HTTPS Everywhere [...]
Samsung SUR40 Microsoft Surface Table – Hands On
I’ve today had a chance to have a play with the new Samsung SUR40 table running the latest version of Microsoft’s Surface operating system. The table, which starts at $8,400 is now available to buy in 23 countries after being released at the end of last year, but is it any good and would your [...]