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Instapaper Premium now free

Instapaper Premium, the commercial version of the read-it-later service, is now available for free for all existing and new users. The company announced today that it has enabled features formerly reserved to […]

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SoftPerfect File Access Monitor turned into freeware

SoftPerfect File Access Monitor, previously a commercial program, has been released as a freeware version by its parent company. The program has been designed to monitor file operations such as read or […]

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Opera Max gets a nagging feature

The most recent version of Opera Max, a free VPN app for Android, adds time limitations to the service which require users to become active to continue benefiting from Opera Max. Opera […]

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Chrome performance optimizations on Windows

Google announced today that the company's Chrome 53 web browser is up to 15% faster on Windows thanks to a technique called Profile Guided Optimizations. The improvement comes from making use of […]

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Three methods to clear the Windows Clipboard

The following guide provides you with three methods to clear the Windows Clipboard from content that it holds at the time. Microsoft has not improved the clipboard functionality of its Windows operating […]

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Duplicate File Finder AllDup 4.0 released

AllDup 4.0 has been released; the popular duplicate file finder for the Microsoft Windows operating system ships with search, interface, and customization improvements. You may download the new version of the program  […]

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FastStone Image Viewer 6.0 released

FastStone Image Viewer 6.0 is the latest version of the popular image browser, converter and editor for the Microsoft Windows operating system. The new version of the application introduces a -- very […]

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Mozilla cuts website access to Battery API in Firefox 52

Mozilla has made the decision to cut website access to the Battery Status API in Firefox 52 to improve user privacy while using the browser. Battery Status API was introduced back in […]

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Firefox: uBlock Origin WebExtension released

Gorhill, creator of the popular uBlock Origin content blocker has released the first WebExtension version of uBlock Origin for Firefox. WebExtension add-ons are already supported by Firefox to a degree. It is […]

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Export your Vine videos to Giphy

Twitter announced last week that it plans to shut down its "six seconds or less" video service Vine in the coming months. The company is going through financial turmoil currently, and as […]

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Be part of "Big Brother" in Orwell

Orwell is a game about the surveillance state. What makes it interesting are a couple of things: first that you are part of the system, and second that its first episode is […]

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Firefox 50 delayed a week: ships with noticeable startup improvements

Mozilla Firefox 50, the next release version of the web browser, won't come out on November 8, 2016 but a week later on November 15, 2016 instead. Firefox ESR will be released a […]

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AtomBombing: Zero-Day Windows exploit

Ensilo security researchers have discovered a new zero-day exploit in Windows that attackers can make use of to inject and execute malicious code. The researches call the exploit AtomBombing because of its […]

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Google Drive end of support for Windows XP and Vista

Google announced yesterday that its Google Drive software won't support Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 anymore starting January 1, 2017. Google Drive is the company's official desktop program that […]

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Stop Resetting My Apps blocks default apps resets on Windows 10

Stop Resetting My Apps is a free program for Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system to block the system from resetting default programs for certain tasks. One of Windows 10's biggest usability issues […]

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Windows 10 updates KB3197954, KB3199986 and KB3190507

Microsoft released a number of updates for Windows 10 version 1607 yesterday: KB3197954, KB3199986, KB3190507 and the security update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows KB3201860. If you are running the latest […]

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Can Mozilla's Quantum project make Firefox king again?

The browser world has changed considerably since the release of the first version of the Google browser Google Chrome. Google Chrome managed to snag a sizeable share of the browser market not […]

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Microsoft Paint vs Paint 3D Comparison

Microsoft plans to launch a new Paint app called Paint 3D with the Windows 10 Creative Update in early 2017. It is unclear yet if Microsoft plans to replace the win32 version […]

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Pale Moon 27 changes announced

The Pale Moon team is working on Pale Moon 27 currently, the next version of the popular web browser that shares code with Firefox. As you may know, the Pale Moon team […]

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IOBit Advanced SystemCare 10 Free review

IOBit Advanced SystemCare 10 Free is the latest iteration of the all-in-on cleanup and optimization suite for Windows devices. While the new version does not ship with many new features, there is […]

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Microsoft's Surface Dial

Microsoft did showcase several new pieces of hardware on yesterday's event including the company's first desktop PC Surface Studio and an accompanying Surface Dial. Surface Dial, which looks like a Hockey puck, […]

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My take on the Windows 10 Creators Update

Microsoft revealed the name of the upcoming Windows 10 update today; the Windows 10 Creators Update will be out in 2017 (likely March). The company revealed several upcoming features of Windows 10 […]

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English Pills ESL learning tool for Android

English Pills is a free application for Google Android devices designed for non native English speakers to increase their command of the English language in a fun way. Most language learners and […]

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Turn off the Windows Customer Experience program

Microsoft introduced the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program in Windows Vista, and has made it a part of any version of Windows since. Designed to collect information about hardware and how software […]

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Avira Free Security Suite 2017: First look

Avira, best known for its Free Antivirus program for Windows, released a new product called Avira Free Security Suite 2017 with the traditional 2017 refresh of its product lineup. As a user, […]

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Do this to fix Flash game lag issues in Firefox 49.0.2

Reports are coming in that the most recent version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser is not playing nicely with Flash game sites and games across the Internet. Users are reporting all […]

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DNS66 Host-based Blocker for Android

DNS66 is a host-based blocker for Android devices that is easy to setup and does not require root or special permissions. Setting up proper blocking on Android devices is not as easy […]

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Opera 41 Stable is out

Opera Software has just released Opera 41, a new stable version of the popular cross-platform browser for all supported desktop operating systems. Probably the biggest new feature of Opera 41 is the […]

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Reshade Image Enlarger with batch processing

Reshade is a free professional grade program for Microsoft Windows devices that provides you with options to enlarge images using sophisticated algorithms. While there are many programs out there that help you […]

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Behavioral Keyboard Privacy add-on for Firefox

Behavioral Keyboard Privacy is an experimental add-on for Mozilla Firefox that prevents you from being profiled based on how you type. Did you know that there are companies out there that track […]

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Screamer Radio 1.0 Internet Radio player

Screamer Radio 1.0 has been released a couple of days ago as a portable version and installer for all supported versions of Microsoft Windows. We have reviewed Screamer Radio back in 2007 […]

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Don't install Nvidia driver 375.57 on Windows 10

Nvidia released a new driver for its video card on Friday, and it turned out quickly that the driver caused all kinds of issues on Windows 10 machines. When it comes to […]

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Megaupload 2.0 secures financing

Megaupload, once the world's largest file sharing site before it was taken down by the FBI, may make a comeback soon as the financing for Megaupload 2.0 has been secured recently. The […]

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Find out which version of Android your apps support

AppChecker - List APIs of Apps is a free application for Android that displays which version of Android each installed application supports. Android is quite the fragmented operating system which can be […]

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The purpose of the Web Compat system add-on for Firefox

If you monitor your Firefox installation (or portable copy) closely, you may have noticed a new system add-on called Web Compat since version 49.x. System add-ons are similar to add-ons that you […]

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Open relative Command Prompt or Explorer windows quickly

When it comes to opening command prompt windows or Windows Explorer / File Explorer windows, there is often a way to accomplish this faster. How would you for instance open a command […]

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Google intensifies tracking: check your private settings

Google made a significant change to the company's privacy policy recently which changes in a significant way how the company is tracking users on the Internet. Previously, the company kept its DoubleClick […]

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FireTitle: Label Firefox window titles and profiles for easy recognition

FireTitle is a free add-on for the Firefox web browser that enables you to label Firefox browser windows with custom titles. Since it is installed on a per-profile basis, you may also […]

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Chrome for Android: Restore Bookmarks and Recent Tabs links

I have talked about this back in August when the feature landed in development versions of Chrome for Android. Basically, what it does is add article recommendations to the New Tab Page. […]

MBRFilter protects the Master Boot Record against manipulation

MBRFilter is a new open source software for Windows devices designed to protect the Master Boot Record against manipulation. The Master Boot Record holds information about how partitions and file systems are […]