Fix Windows Update errors is a troubleshooting page on Microsoft's Support website that aims to help Windows users resolve update related errors. This guided walk-through provides steps to fix problems when installing […]
Windows 10 Update Switch is a free portable program for Windows 10 devices designed to set any network connection to metered to block the automatic download of Windows updates on the machine. […]
Adobe has just released the first final Adobe Flash Player stable release, Flash Player 24, for GNU/Linux in years. The company announced back in September 2016 that it would bring back Flash […]
Adblock Pro is very popular ad-blocking extension for the Google Chrome browser with over 2.7 million users and 12500 mostly positive ratings on the Google Chrome Web Store. If you install the […]
Amazon runs several localized stores around the world which may have different items on offer and may also price the same item differently. Companies benefit from a global economy, more so than […]
When it comes to classic video game consoles, the SNES is my favorite one. The Sega Mega Drive / Genesis comes a good second running my all-time favorite games Shining Force I […]
The public folder was one of those features that set the file sync and management service Dropbox apart from other services of its kind. The company stopped the creation of public folders […]
AOMEI Backupper 4.0 is the latest version of the popular free backup program for devices running the Microsoft Windows operating system. The new version of the backup program is still offered as […]
Avira Password Manager is a new security product by German company Avira which is probably best known for its antivirus offerings. The password manager niche is crowded, and if you want to […]
If you happen to have a bank account at the German bank Sparkasse Soest, you may be paying for any click you make on the bank's online banking site. What would you […]
Microsoft plans to improve the built-in system reset options of the Windows 10 operating system with the release of the Creators Update. System reset is a feature of Windows 10 that users […]
Vivaldi Technologies has released Vivaldi 1.6, a new stable version of the up and coming web browser to the public earlier today. The new browser ships with a bunch of tabbed browsing […]
Microsoft announced some hours ago that upcoming versions of the company's Windows 10 web browser Edge will block Flash content by default. Flash is on its way out, and the next step […]
Whenever you sign up for a service or site on the Internet, there is a chance that your data will be used by the company operating the service, or sold. Most companies […]
The latest version of the popular Windows 10 privacy program O&O ShutUp10 shipped with a new feature to disable experimentation on Windows 10 devices. You can run the application right after downloading […]
The past week or so was filled with user reports stating that Internet connectivity was dropped on their Windows 10 machines. While I'm usually not affected by those, I experienced the issue […]
Microsoft released an update for the built-in Photos application for Windows 10 yesterday that brings editing, drawing, and interface enhancements. The Photos app for Windows 10 is a basic photo viewer and […]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation released their anti-tracking extension Privacy Badger 2.0 for Firefox, Chrome and Opera yesterday. The extension is designed to prevent online tracking which is fundamentally different from how ad […]
Microsoft released a batch of updates for company products today as part of the company's monthly Patch Tuesday event. The December 2016 overview of Microsoft's Bulletins provides you with detailed information on […]
Microsoft announced yesterday that the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update will support the delivery of game drivers with Store games. Commercial Windows Store games have a tarnished reputation; not only because of […]
Opera 42, the new stable version of the web browser by Opera Software, ships today with a built-in currency converter and other changes. Opera Software appears to be on an innovation spree. […]
The recent Microsoft OneDrive update to version 17.3.6720.1207 ships with a new flyout notification system. If you use OneDrive already on a machine, you know that you can click on the icon […]
Microsoft's updated Windows Trends statistics indicate that the Windows 10 operating system is doing well. Third-party services like Netmarketshare beg to differ. Microsoft updated the Windows and Store trends page that is […]
Mozilla plans to launch a change to the display of tab titles in the Firefox 53 web browser that gives title more room than it is currently the case. I like Firefox's […]
Microsoft revealed a couple of days ago on Technet that it plans to change the Windows Update supersedence on Windows 7 and 8.1, and Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2. […]
Malwarebytes 3.0, released a couple of days ago, marks a big jump from the company's previous policy of releasing individual security tools. Instead of offering Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Anti-Exploit and Anti-Ransomware as individual […]
A port of the popular blocker uBlock Origin is now officially available for the default Windows 10 web browser Microsoft Edge. The terms port and officially available require explanation. Port means that […]
Google revealed yesterday how it plans to make the shift to prioritizing HTML5 over Flash in the company's Chrome browser. The company announced previously that it will deprioritize Flash content on the […]
AnonTab is an add-on for the Firefox and Chrome web browsers that enables you to load unknown or seemingly dangerous sites in a secure environment. While you may trust some sites to […]
Microsoft pushed out the new cumulative KB3201845 update for the Windows 10 release channel yesterday that delivers a range of fixes for the operating system. Note: It seems that the update is […]
Early access and access to beta apps are two options that users have when they use the Google Play store to discover, download and manage Android apps and games. The main difference […]
A recent password use study by the German Hasso-Plattner-Institute of roughly 1 billion user accounts concluded that 20% of users were reusing passwords. Additionally, 27% of users used password that were nearly […]
If you have bought a computer in recent years, chance is you run a 64-bit version of Windows on it. While Microsoft is still producing 32-bit copies of Windows 10, those are […]
Microsoft announced a partnership with Qualcomm today that will bring Windows 10 to devices with ARM processors. One interesting tidbit of the announcement is that Qualcomm ARM processors will be able to […]
Malwarebytes 3.0 is a new product by Malwarebytes, makers of security software that unifies the company's main security products in a single program. Home users had the choice between three different products […]
Microsoft released Windows 10 Build 14986 to the Insider Preview Fast Ring. The new build introduces a massive number of new features, improvements and changes. First, a word of warning. Since this […]
If you needed another reason not to use Flash anymore, a new security report by Recorded Future may convince you to consider this at the very least. The company analyzed 141 exploits […]
Microsoft's director of program management, Windows Enterprise and Security Rob Lefferts, highlighted security related changes and improvements coming to the Windows 10 Creators Update due out in March 2017 recently in a […]
Windows 10 is different in many regards to previous versions of Windows. One core difference is that it marks the move from releasing a new version of Windows every three or so […]
Vivaldi is working on version 1.6 of the web browser currently and pushing out updates to the developer channel regularly that introduce new features. You have probably come across sites in the […]
