Google Chrome, just like all other modern web browsers, offers to save account information, usually a set of data consisting of an url, a username and password, locally in a database. Chrome […]
A former Winamp employee revealed on the official Winamp forum that a new version of the popular music player will be released in early 2016. It looked like Winamp would be a […]
Microsoft announced some time ago that it made the decision to limit OneDrive storage for many paying and all free customers of the service. Basically, it made the decision to limit paying […]
A recent The Intercept article reveals that Microsoft is storing device encryption keys in the cloud under certain circumstances automatically. Device Encryption is a built-in encryption feature that became first available with […]
Expire history by days is a free add-on for the Firefox web browser that adds a new option to the browser that enables you to have it clear the browser history automatically […]
Microsoft is doing what it can to reach the goal of 1 billion Windows 10 devices two to three years after the release of the operating system. Latest figures, which are not […]
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool is a free on-demand virus scanner for the Windows operating system designed to remove virus threats from machines running Windows. Since it is an on-demand scanner, it does […]
Stock images are used a lot on the Internet, especially on news sites. Most news sites that I visit frequently don't use their own images at all anymore or only occasionally, and […]
Microsoft Marketing Chief Chris Capossela joined the Windows Weekly team this week for a questions and answers session covering HoloLens, Windows 10, Surface 4 and other Microsoft related questions. One question touched […]
Whenever you connect with a program to an Internet resource, a web browser to a website for instance, information are revealed to the server hosting the resource. That's automatic, and often not […]
QuickJump is a free portable file launcher for the Windows operating system that is easy to use and runs only when it is required. The program has no dependencies and requires no […]
Free Download Manager 5.1 Beta is the latest version of the popular software program for the Windows operating system. The new version changes things around quite a bit as it ships with […]
NVIDIA Streamer Service, NVIDIA Streamer Network Service and NVIDIA Streamer User Agent are three of the many processes running on Windows machines that are powered by recent NVIDIA video cards. NVIDIA is […]
WhySoSlow is a program for the Windows operating system that brings together a system monitor with a component that analyzes core PC metrics to inform you about potential issues that may slow […]
Monitoring network activity can be a complicated, tedious process, but it is also essential in finding out which programs connect to the Internet, and how much data they upload or download in […]
Andy McKay, Engineering Manager at Mozilla, announced yesterday on the official add-ons blog that Mozilla would implement temporary add-on loading in its Firefox web browser. Now why would the organization do such […]
Context is a browser extension for the Google Chrome web browser that enables you to create extension groups that you can switch between easily. If you run a certain number of extensions […]
Microsoft announced plans last week to increase storage for OneDrive for Business customers to unlimited from the previous 1TB limitation. If that sounds to you, it is because the company announced the […]
The annual Steam Winter Sale is in full swing since yesterday. The event, which has been one of the most anticipated sales on Steam this year, offers big discounts on almost 10,000 […]
A lot is going on at Mozilla, makers of the popular Firefox web browser. In the next 12 months, the organization plans to make fundamental changes to the Firefox web browser which […]
GWX Stopper is a free program for the Windows operating system that's been designed to block the upgrade to Windows 10 prompt on machines running previous versions of Windows. Microsoft makes it […]
Microsoft announced yesterday that it made the decision to improve the browsing experience of users on its Windows platforms by changing its adware policies in regards to those techniques. Adware is without […]
Mozilla, maker of the popular Firefox web browser, aims to integrate the first stable release of WebExtensions in Firefox 48. The organization announced back in August 2015 that it would make fundamental […]
I'm following the UK's fight against porn on the Internet with fascination as it highlights how ideologists use something that everyone can agree on (protect children) to censor the Internet. If you […]
The Firefox web browser displays a "search with" or "visit" entry as the first suggestion whenever you type something in Firefox's address bar. Recent versions of Firefox may even display multiple search […]
Facebook announced on December 18, 2015 that it made the decision to switch from a Flash-based video player on Facebook to a HTML5-based media player. The company will use its HTML5 video […]
Electrolysis, or multi-process Firefox, is without doubt one of the biggest projects ever for the Firefox development team. The main idea behind the project is to separate browser code from website content […]
Microsoft's new operating system, released on July 29, 2015, has been available for nearly five months at the time of writing. It is offered as a free upgrade on systems running Windows […]
Proxmate, the web unblocking service that enables you to access geo-restricted content on the Internet, revealed the service's subscription costs on the newly launched website. The service, which was provided for free […]
Microsoft EMET 5.5 Beta, the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit created by Microsoft, is now available for download for all supported operating systems. The program, designed to mitigate exploits that slipped by system […]
The never ending Winamp story continues. AOL, the then-owner of Winamp announced back in 2013 that it would shut down the platform and software but changed those plans in early 2014 by […]
Microsoft SmartScreen Filter is a protective feature integrated into the Windows operating system as well as Microsoft's web browsers Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge that protects computer users from certain kinds of […]
G Data Clean Up is a free tool by German security company G Data which has been designed to scan, identify and remove potentially unwanted programs such as adware, toolbars or plugins […]
Automatic updates are not necessarily a bad thing as they assist users in keeping their systems and programs up to date, but recent trends diminished the usefulness as companies like Microsoft started […]
So called family features, or parental controls, are designed to provide parent or legal guardians with options to control the computer use of minors. They are usually controlled by one or multiple […]
Panopticlick 2.0 is a new version of the tracking and fingerprinting tool that ships with new tests and capabilities. Whenever you connect to an Internet site, you reveal information to that site. […]
The most recent version of Chrome Dev, and probably other versions of the official Google browser as well, have received updates recently that introduce options to switch the interface to Material Design. […]
Collabora Online Development Edition -- short CODE -- is a virtual machine that brings LibreOffice Online and ownCloud server together. The edition is an online version of the popular free and open […]
Vivaldi Beta 2 has been released a moment ago moving the browser one step closer to a final release. Downloads are available on Vivaldi.com, and via the browser's updater. The new beta […]
Firefox user profiles are a mighty tool that most users of the browser probably never come into contact with. While it is fine to use a single profile in many cases, using […]
