Google's Star Wars Experience
The new Star Wars movie The Force Awakens will be out in less than a month and the hype surrounding it is already in full swing.
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Amazon releases Storywriter, a cloud-based screenwriting app
Amazon Studios released Storywriter today, a free cloud-based screenwriting application that anyone with an Amazon account can use.
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Protect your Amazon account with Two-Step Verification
Two-Step Verification is a popular method to improve the security of accounts by adding another verification step to the authentication process.
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Pushbullet Pro and free version limitations
Pushbullet is a popular service for various operating systems and browsers that bridges the gap that exists between multiple devices that you use.
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Cross-Device Tracking: a privacy invasive tracking method
Marketing companies are always on the lookout for new methods to track user activity on the Internet.
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List of Pale Moon specific about:config preferences
The following article lists known preferences of the Pale Moon web browser that are unique to it which means that they are not found in Firefox.
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Gmail Search to inform you about matches in spam
Google is rolling out a feature currently to Gmail on the web that changes how search works on the service.
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Fix PayPal not logging you in when making payments
For a while know I have experienced a frustrating issue on PayPal that prevented me from logging in to the service to make payments when other services redirect
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With OneDrive limiting storage, what are your alternatives?
Microsoft announced recently that it would change OneDrive plans for all but Business and Enterprise customers.
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Finally: Vivaldi Beta is now available
Vivaldi unveiled the official beta version of the company's web browser a couple of minutes ago marking the next step in the company's plan to win over disgrunt
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Makers of Popcorn Time launch Butter Project
The makers of Popcorn Time have just launched a new project called Butter which the developers plan to make the backbone that is powering Popcorn Time but witho
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Tip: if you download from China, use a download manager
So, I received a new smartphone today which I bought a couple of weeks ago.
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How to delete suggestions in Chrome's and Firefox's address bar
I like to type URLs directly whenever possible, and do so especially on sites like Reddit or Imgur that use a common scheme for all sections of the site.
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ProxMate to discontinue free offer
ProxMate is a popular browser extension for Firefox and Google Chrome that adds VPN-like capabilities to the browser to access content on the Internet that is g
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Verisign launches Public DNS service that respects user privacy
Verisign Public DNS is a free DNS service that promises better connection times, stability, security, and privacy when compared to the majority of public DNS se
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Bro file extension offensive, changed to Br instead
Google announced Brotli, a new compression algorithm for the Internet in September.
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LogMeIn acquires LastPass password manager
LastPass, the company behind the popular cloud-based password manager LastPass, just announced that it has been acquired by LogMeIn, a company known for product
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Reddit launches Upvoted.com featuring curated stories from Reddit
Things have been quite difficult for Reddit on many levels this year.
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Is Torrent-live's dynamic blocklist worth the €30 it costs?
Blocking dangerous, privacy-invasive or unwanted IP addresses is not an entirely new concept.
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Viivo encrypts files automatically before they are synced with the cloud
Cloud storage and security has certainly come a long way since its humble beginnings.
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Process email, spreadsheet or web data automatically with TaskPipes
TaskPipes reminded me a lot of Yahoo Pipes when I started to browse the demos available on the company website.
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Google adds easier blocking option to Gmail
Gmail is without doubt one of the better platforms when it comes to automatic spam detection and prevention.
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Ghostery sneaks in new promotional messaging system
Ghostery is a rather controversial privacy add-on for various web browsers including Firefox and Google Chrome.
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BitTorrent Sync: free plan folder limit lifted, new personal Pro pay-once plan
We have covered BitTorrent Sync several times before here on Ghacks as we have followed the file synchronization solution closely ever since the first alpha ver
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If you compare Apples and Oranges, at least be thorough
Comparisons can be useful in decision making processes.
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Microsoft should recommend Edge like Google recommends Chrome
VentureBeat reported yesterday that Microsoft was displaying recommendations on Bing when users use Microsoft Edge to search for Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefo
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Need 1TB+ of online storage? Chinese storage provider Weiyun has you covered
How much online storage space do you need, and what do you need it for? If the answer to the first question is "as much as possible" and you don't mind hosting
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Otter Browser Beta 7: how far has the project come?
It has been a while since we last checked out the Otter Browser project.
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Why I don't rent, or buy subsidized devices
I recently made the decision to check out IP TV at home.
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Microsoft's proof-of-concept JavaScript Browser is built using HTML, JavaScript and CSS
Surprise, surprise.
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Word Safety checks words for unwanted meaning in foreign languages
One of the most difficult things when it comes to creating new websites or services is to find an appropriate name that sounds great.
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uTorrent to move away from bundled software monetization model
The uTorrent team announced a couple of days ago that it plans to move away from the bundled software monetization model that it is currently making use of to e
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Privacy Badger 1.0 ships with super-cookie and fingerprinting detection
Privacy Badger launched more than a year ago as a browser extension for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome to inform users about online tracking and with options
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How to save all open tabs in Chrome, Firefox, Vivaldi, Internet Explorer?
To save all open tabs in most desktop browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, IE), use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+D (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+D (Mac) to bookm
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Pale Moon blocks Adblock Plus
Users of the Pale Moon web browser who try to install the popular adblocking extension Adblock Plus won't be able to do so anymore as it was added to the blockl
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File Hoster Mega not secure anymore?
In an interview on Slashdot, Kim Dotcom mentioned that he is no longer involved in the file hosting service Mega and that he does not trust Mega anymore.
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Pale Moon 25.6 ships with anti-fingerprinting option
We talked about a fingerprinting technique using Canvas before and explained how companies make use of the feature supported by all modern web browsers to track
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LinkedIn makes it difficult to export contacts
LinkedIn modified the option to export contact information on the social networking site recently.
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Futuremark ends support for Peacekeeper benchmark
I have run my fair share of browser benchmarks ever since I founded Ghacks to compare browser performance.
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Latest Vivaldi browser build ships with UI-less mode
Vivaldi released the fourth technical preview of the browser the other day which introduced an assortment of interface customization options to the browser amon
