Microsoft blocks official CCleaner domain on its Answers site
A report on the Italian site HTNovo suggests that Microsoft added 11 domains to a blacklist on the company's official Answers support site. While it is not uncommon for forums to block […]
New Microsoft Edge gets Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) protection
The latest version of Microsoft's upcoming Chromium-based Microsoft Edge web browser includes options to enable protection against Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs). The feature blocks downloads of software programs that Microsoft Defender SmartScreen […]
Web Browser Vivaldi 2.8 has been released
Norwegian company Vivaldi Technologies released a new version of the company's Vivaldi web browser on September 20, 2019 to the public. Vivaldi 2.8 is an update for the desktop web browser that […]
How to speed up the Brave browser
The following guide lists tweaks and suggestions on how to speed up the Brave web browser to reduce lag and improve the browser's performance. We have published guide on speeding up the Opera […]
Vivaldi releases Vivaldi mobile browser for Android
Vivaldi Technologies released a first public version of the long awaited mobile version of the Vivaldi browser for Google's Android operating system today. The mobile version of the Vivaldi Browser is released […]
My Experience with the mobile version of Brave on Android
I don't use Google Chrome on Android; while the browser offers good compatibility and performance, its lack of support for extensions and thus content-blocking is what puts me off. I don't mind […]
Disable AMP in Firefox and Chrome with the Redirect AMP to HTML extension
For some, AMP is one of the worst things to happen to the internet. Google launched its cached lazy loading tech for the web about 2 years ago stating that AMP's intention […]
What do you associate with certain web browsers?
You have lots of choice when it comes to selecting one or two web browsers for computer and mobile use. On desktop, you may select the browser that is included with the […]
Vivaldi 2.7 is out: here is what is new
Vivaldi Technologies released Vivaldi 2.7, a new stable version of the company's Vivaldi web browser, on August 21, 2019 to the public. The new release refines features of the web browser and […]
Vivaldi to stop using unique user IDs in upcoming versions of the browser
Vivaldi's Julien Picalausa revealed in a new post on the official Vivaldi Blog that the company will stop using unique user IDs in upcoming versions of the web browser. The company uses […]
Bittorrent Client qBittorrent 4.1.7 is out
The developers of the open source Bittorrent client qBittorrent have released version 4.1.7 to the public on August 4, 2019. The new release is mostly a bugfix release but it introduces new […]
CryptPad is a privacy friendly alternative for Google Docs and Office Online
One of the most useful features in Microsoft Office and Google Docs is editing documents online and collaborating with other authors in real-time. But what about the privacy of the services? Local […]
How to load SWF files on the desktop
Adobe will retire Flash in late 2020 and all major browser makers announced that they would end support for Flash in 2020 in the browsers as well. Mozilla will set Flash to […]
Dropbox Transfer: new WeTransfer-like large file sharing service
Dropbox unveiled a new product called Dropbox Transfer the other day. The new service is currently available to select customers only but will become available to all Dropbox users in the near […]
Pale Moon's Archive Server hacked and used to spread malware
The Pale Moon team announced on July 10, 2019 that its archive server was hacked and used to spread malware. The team detected the breach on July 9, 2019 and shut down […]
Mozilla starts test of subscription-based ad-free Internet experience
Mozilla launched a new subscription-based service today in partnership with Scroll.com that gives subscribers an ad-free reading experience on participating news sites. Some might say that they get an ad-free experience already […]
Pale Moon 28.6.0 major update released
The Pale Moon development team released Pale Moon 28.6.0 to the public on July 2, 2019. The new version of the web browser is a major development update that focuses on "under-the-hood […]
Brave Browser had a great tab preview feature, but it is gone now
All modern web browsers make use of tabs so that multiple sites and services may be loaded in a single browser window. Tabs display the page title usually and in some browsers […]