Pale Moon 28.4.0 released: security and stability update
A new version of the desktop web browser Pale Moon was released today for all supported operating systems. Pale Moon 28.4.0 is a major development, stability, and security release according to the […]
Integrate Nano Defender with uBlock Origin to block Anti-Adblocker
A fairly common reaction to counter the rising use of adblockers is to implement anti-adblocking scripts to get Internet users to disable the content blocker on websites that rely on advertising revenue. […]
Third Party Web: an analysis of third-party script costs
Third Party Web is an initiative to analyze the cost of third-party scripts on websites to provide Internet users and developers with actionable information. The project has four simple goals: Quantify the […]
Vivaldi 2.3 released: auto tab-stacking, usability improvements
Vivaldi Technologies AS released a new version of the Vivaldi web browser on February 6, 2019. Vivaldi 2.3 introduces new features such as the automatic stacking of tabs and usability improvements. The […]
Waterfox 56.2.7 released
The developer of the Waterfox web browser, Alex Kontos, released Waterfox 56.2.7 (and 56.2.7.1) to the public recently. Waterfox 56.2.7 is the first release of the browser in 2019. Existing users of […]
Microsoft Browser Patent to deal with irrelevant content
Many websites on today's Internet display content that is of no or little interest to visiting users; the content is downloaded, however, and device power and bandwidth is expended to retrieve the […]
Users fall for these Email Phishing subjects the most
Is phishing still a thing? KnowBe4, a security training company, released details on the top clicked phishing email subjects of the fourth quarter of 2018; in other words: the subject lines that […]
Basilisk browser drops WebExtension support
Basilisk browser, a web browser that is maintained largely by the Pale Moon team, won't support WebExtension-based extensions going forward. The browser is based on the Unified XUL Platform, a forked version […]
Pale Moon 28.3.0 released
Pale Moon 28.3.0, a new version of the desktop web browser, was released on January 15, 2019. The new Pale Moon version is a major release; it includes security fixes and protective […]
AskWoody.com (Tech Sites We Love)
AskWoody.com offers news, tips, and support for Microsoft Windows, Office, PCs and other tech. It is run by Woody Leonhard and one of the prime news sources for Windows administrators and users […]
DuckDuckGo Search switches mapping to Apple Maps
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo announced yesterday that the search engine's map and address related searches and functions are now powered by Apple's MapKit JS framework. The new functionality is live already for […]
Otter web browser Final released
Remember Otter browser? The project's aim was to recreate the functionality of the classic Opera web browser using modern architecture. The first beta version of Otter browser was released in 2014 and […]
A look at AdGuard DNS
AdGuard unveiled the final version of the company's DNS provider service in December 2018 promising privacy, security, and high performance. DNS is one of the cornerstones of the Internet. DNS, broken down […]
A look at community-powered VPN Penguin Proxy
Penguin Proxy is a community-powered VPN solution for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, as well as several web browsers, that is free currently. The service is in beta at the time […]
Logify: log out of Internet services at once
Logify is a free online service that you may use to sign out of multiple supported Internet services at once; the service is free to use and does not require any special […]
Most Internet users still prefer weak passwords over secure ones
If you are a reader of this blog you know that it is essential to use unique and strong passwords for any online or offline service that you use. Most use a […]
Brave: faster loading speed, Chrome extension support
Brave, the ambitious web browser that aims to change website financing and Internet advertising, was switched to Chromium this month. Brave did use Chromium's rendering engine from the very beginning but it […]
Vivaldi 2.2 released: navigation and customization improvements
Vivaldi Technologies released Vivaldi 2.2 to the Stable channel on December 13, 2018. The new version of the web browser improves navigation, improves customization options further, and includes other new or improved […]