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The state of HTTP/2 in Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer

February 19, 2015

HTTP/2, an update of the original Hypertext Transfer Protocol last updated in 1999, is finally approved.

How to disable personalized predication data on Stackoverflow

February 18, 2015

Stackoverflow is one of the most popular sites on the Internet.

A first look at OpenStreetMap's new directions feature

February 17, 2015

Whenever I need to go somewhere where I have never been before I look up the location on various map services available on the Internet.

Ping Viewer is a portable domain and network monitor for Windows

February 12, 2015

If you want to make sure that network resources or domains on the Internet are accessible, you have plenty of options to do so.

This is Pale Moon's new start page

February 11, 2015

If you have started or installed the Pale Moon browser recently you may have noticed that it ships with a new default start page.

Rapidshare Alternatives: File Hoster shuts down March 31, 2015

February 10, 2015

The file hosting company Rapidshare AG just announced that it will shut down its services on March 31, 2015.

DuckDuckGo displays YouTube video privacy warnings now

February 10, 2015

If you have opened on a video result on the search engine DuckDuckGo recently that linked to the video hosting site YouTube, you may have received a privacy war

F-Secure sells Younited Personal Cloud to Synchronoss

February 9, 2015

F-Secure is probably best known for its security products that it makes available for desktop and mobile operating systems.

uBlock's all and third-party deny modes block requests by default

February 8, 2015

Most content blockers use lists to determine what should be blocked and what should be loaded when a user makes a request.

Reddit Metrics highlights popular and trending groups on Reddit

February 6, 2015

Reddit Metrics refers to data points tracking user engagement and community growth, recently updated (Sept 2025) to emphasize active participation over raw, dor

How to clear Web Storage in your browser of choice

February 5, 2015

Web Storage, also known as HTML5 Storage, Local Storage or DOM Storage, offers a way for web applications and pages to store data locally in web browsers.

How to deal with cookie notices on websites automatically

February 1, 2015

Cookie use notifications on websites is a very annoying thing on the Internet for a number of reasons.

Why search engines are as bad as download sites when it comes to freeware

January 31, 2015

There are many free programs out there on the Internet that are great: Firefox, Thunderbird, VLC Media Player, CCleaner, Revo Uninstaller, QuietRSS, WinSCP or K

Blur lets you search privately on Google

January 28, 2015

Google Search is without doubt the most popular search engine globally.

Opera co-founder launches Vivaldi web browser

January 27, 2015

The technical preview of Vivaldi, a Chromium/Blink based web browser by Opera co-founder and former CEO John von Tetzchner is now available.

Mega launches long awaited in-browser chat

January 22, 2015

The encrypted file hosting service Mega seems to do quite well judging from the site's Alexa traffic rank.

Everything you need to know about WhatsApp Web

January 22, 2015

WhatsApp is a popular messaging client for mobile devices including Google Android, iOS and Windows Phone.

Convert a ton of file types online with Cloud Convert

January 20, 2015

Cloud Convert is a free online service that you can use to convert more than 200 different file types.

Outlook.com gets Save to OneDrive feature

January 14, 2015

Microsoft is rolling out a new feature for its Outlook.

A look at BitTorrent Sync's Pro features: Sync All and On-the-fly permissions

January 13, 2015

BitTorrent Sync is a file synchronization service that uses BitTorrent technology as its foundation.

Pale Moon Tweaks

January 12, 2015

Pale Moon and Firefox are two popular web browsers that share many features.

Boot computers from a network with PXE Boot for Windows

January 10, 2015

It may sometimes be useful to boot one or multiple computer systems from a network computer instead of locally.

Bypass adware-installers on sites like Sourceforge or Afterdawn automatically

January 7, 2015

Sites like Cnet's Download.

How to create email filters on Gmail

January 6, 2015

Filters are a great tool to process emails automatically on Gmail.

Mozilla needs to improve support for add-ons

January 5, 2015

I'm currently rewriting and updating articles here on this site that were published years ago.

WiZiWiG alternative for TV streaming

January 1, 2015

Top WiZiWiG alternatives for live TV and sports streaming include comprehensive, legal services like FuboTV (major sports focus), YouTube TV (broad channel line

Advanced Network Configurator review

December 31, 2014

Advanced Network Configurator addresses the decade old problem of configuring Windows PCs to connect to computer networks using a single network adapter.

How to remove Twitter favorites quickly

December 28, 2014

If you have favorited a lot of Twitter messages, either by accident or on purpose, you may at one point in time like to remove favorites again.

Check out the image quality of Mozilla's Daala codec right now

December 27, 2014

Daala is the codename for a video compression technology project that Mozilla is working on in collaboration with Xiph.

How to highlight and copy text on sites that block it

December 24, 2014

Every now and then I come across sites on the Internet that prevent you from copying some or all of the text displayed to the clipboard, or even selecting it in

Why you should delete cookies before signing in to Google or Facebook

December 23, 2014

Whenever you use Google or Facebook without being logged in to an account, a cookie is saved to the local system.

How to tell if a shortened link is secure in 2018

December 21, 2014

If you hang out a lot on social media sites such as Twitter or Facebook, you have encountered countless links that were shortened.

Surprise: shut down of Pirate Bay had different outcome than expected

December 19, 2014

If you have been following the news lately you know that the torrent indexing website The Pirate Bay has been shut down after the data center servers of the sit