Google announced today that it has implemented a new updating method called file-by-file patching that reduces the size of app updates on Android by 65% on average. The company started to use […]
VideoLAN, makers of the popular VLC Media Player program for various desktop and mobile operating systems have released VLC 2.2 for UWP today. VLC 2.2 for UWP, what is that you may […]
MaterialChess is a free application for Google Android devices that lets you play and train chess in a variety of ways. One of the most refreshing features of the application is that […]
Themes in Windows have not changed all that much since the release of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. All versions of Windows ship with a selection of themes that you can switch […]
Trusted Contacts is a new personal safety application for Android devices that allows others to find out your last known location. The main idea behind the app is to give one or […]
Opera Software integrated what it calls an address bar speculative prerenderer in Opera 43 to speed up the loading of resources from the address bar. We talked about this back when the […]
Google is about to roll out an updated version of the company's captcha protection that tries to determine whether a connection was made by a user or Mr. Roboto. Captchas are designed […]
Mozilla releases updates to Firefox Stable regularly. The organization did so on a six week schedule in the past, but has loosened that up a bit in recent time. This schedule bumps […]
VrBackupper is a free backup program for Microsoft Windows that lets you back up virtual reality data for safe keeping or migration. Virtual Reality is not mainstream yet, but it seems to […]
Lucas Chess is a free chess training and playing program for Microsoft Windows devices that ships with an impressive set of features. While I do know how to play chess, I was […]
Microsoft announced a change in Windows 10's most recent Insider Build recently that improves the handling of symlinks -- symbolic links -- on Windows 10. Symbolic links have been part of Windows […]
DRM Info is a free application for Google Android devices that displays to you the installed Digital rights Management (DRM) modules. DRM is used by the majority of subscription-based services that stream […]
Game DVR is a new feature of the Xbox application on Windows 10 that enables you to record video games you play on the system. The feature is enabled by default on […]
If you are in need of a bit of music for this Holiday -- read Christmas -- season, then Microsoft has you covered. The company has just launched the Holiday Album Giveaway […]
TeamViewer 12.0 was released just a couple of days ago, and now it is AnyDesk's turn to release a brand new version of the company's remote control software. We reviewed AnyDesk back […]
If a computer running uses multiple network adapters, say an Ethernet connection and a Wi-Fi connection, it uses priorities to decide which adapter to use. Note: The following guide is for Windows […]
Mozilla announced a major change in November 2014 in regards to the company's main revenue stream. The organization had a contract with Google in 2014 and before that had Google pay Mozilla […]
Netflix enabled a download option in the official Netflix application for Android and iOS mobile operating systems a couple of days ago. I thought that this was a really cool option, considering […]
The latest usage share reports are in and they don't give Microsoft many reasons to rejoice when it comes to the company's core products Windows 10, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. Windows […]
Network Drive Control is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices to configure network-specific drive mappings. One of the issues that you may experience when it comes to mapped network drives on […]
Windows 10 Updater Disabler is a new program for Microsoft's operating system that turns updates on or off reliably. Windows 10 offers less UI control over the updating behavior of the operating […]
A new malware campaign, dubbed Gooligan by Check Point, has successfully breached more than 1 million Google accounts up to this point according to the company. About 13,000 new devices are breached […]
MailStore Home 10 is the newest version of the popular email backup software solution for Windows that supports local and remote email accounts. You can use the free MailStore Home client to […]
A security researcher discovered a new issue in Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system that allows attackers to gain access to BitLocker encrypted data. A post on the Win-Fu blog highlights the method. […]
SideSlide is a free program for Windows devices that provides you with containers on your desktop that you may use for a variety of purposes. If that sounds similar to Fences, it […]
Microsoft announced yesterday that it has declared the newest feature version of its Windows 10 operating system, the Anniversary Update edition or Windows 10 version 1607, the Current Branch for Business. To […]
TeamViewer 12 is the latest version of the popular remote control software that is still available as a free and several commercial packages. The list of changes is long and published on […]
It is relatively easy to merge a video and an audio stream on Windows provided that the source files are not too obscure. I made the decision recently to try a couple […]
CyberChef is a free service that you may use locally or online to convert, parse or carry out well over 100 different operations. What is special about CyberChef is that it is […]
Steam Cleaner is a program for Windows that clears temporary data of the gaming platforms Steam, Origin, uPlay and Gog. The program is not to be confused with Tiki Steam Cleaner which […]
LeptonGUI is a free program for Windows devices to convert images to and from Dropbox's Lepton image format without having to use the command line to do so. Dropbox released Lepton, an […]
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are used for a variety of purposes. Common reasons include protecting one's privacy on the Internet, improving the security of the Internet connection, bypassing censorships and blocks, and […]
Mozilla implemented changes in Firefox 53 Nightly recently that improve the reliability of the web browser's bookmark syncing functionality. Firefox Sync is integrated in the web browser. It enables Firefox users to […]
Microsoft plans to ship a new Share UI (user interface) with next year's Windows 10 Creator Update that will likely come out in March 2017. While I hardly ever use sharing functionality […]
Mozilla enabled a new security feature in Firefox 53 recently that moves local file access to a new content process in the browser. Firefox's new multi-process architecture Electrolysis is making big leaps. […]
A Microsoft account was mandatory up until now if you wanted to install apps or games from the build in Store app on Windows 8 or 10. The only other option to […]
The latest Vivaldi web browser preview build ships with an interesting new feature that enables you to quickly select all tabs of the same domain. While this may not be of much […]
AZ Screen Recorder is a free application for Google Android devices that lets you record the screen of your Android device easily. A couple of things are intersting about the app. First, […]
Mozilla announced a couple of days ago that it plans to make Firefox support only WebExtensions add-ons by the end of 2017. While that seems far far away right now, it is […]
VLC 360 is a preview version of VLC Media Player, a popular cross-platform media player for Windows, Linux, Mac and mobile devices. The preview version is labeled as VLC 360 to indicate […]
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