ProgCop is a straightforward application firewall for Windows
ProgCop is a free open source program for Microsoft Windows devices to block certain programs from accessing the Internet.
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Tiny Windows Calculator and on-top functionality coming
Windows Calculator is a popular application that is included as a native tool in all versions of the Windows operating system.
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Buttercup is an open source password manager for Windows, macOS, Linux, Firefox and Chrome
There is no shortage in supply when it comes to password managers, but not all of them are open source.
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How to download and install Windows updates manually
Most home devices that run a version of Microsoft's Windows operating system are updated using Windows Update.
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ClearURLs: remove tracking parameters from links in Firefox
ClearURLs is a free, open source browser extension that removes tracking parameters from links before you open them.
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Windows 10 PC Reset Soon with Cloud Download option?
Windows 10 administrators may soon have a new cloud download option when it comes to resetting a PC running Windows 10.
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Only Microsoft Edge Enterprise will support Internet Explorer Mode
Work on the Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge continues.
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How to setup SFTP server in Windows using OpenSSH?
Setting up an SFTP server in Windows using OpenSSH involves installing the OpenSSH server feature, configuring its services, opening the firewall port, and mana
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ShanaEncoder: Download versatile video and audio converter
ShanaEncoder is a free open-source audio/video encoding program for Windows based on FFmpeg, designed for both beginners and professionals.
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Nirsoft's SearchMyFiles 3.00 adds new find text in files option
SearchMyFiles 3.
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Microsoft releases KB4505903 for Windows 10 version 1903
Microsoft released the second cumulative update for Windows 10 version 1903, KB4505903, on Friday evening to the public.
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How to customize the settings in mpv
The free media player mpv is an incredible program despite its simple interface.
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Restores Twitter's old interface with GoodTwitter, an extension for Firefox and Chrome
You may remember my previous article about how to disable Twitter's new design.
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Malwarebytes releases AdwCleaner 7.4 featuring preinstalled software cleaning
Malwarebytes, maker of the security solution of the same name, released a new version of the company's AdwCleaner program this week.
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Emsisoft Emergency Kit is a free portable antivirus that you can use as a secondary scanner or to disinfect PCs
Emsisoft Emergency Kit has been around for a long time and ranks high in my troubleshooting arsenal.
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Mozilla recommends a Firefox extensions that appears to be a copycat
Mozilla maintains a list of recommended extensions for the Firefox web browser that it highlights on the official Mozilla AMO add-ons website and also in Firefo
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How to make sure that AIMP remembers the last playback position
The media player AIMP is my favorite application for music and audio playback on Windows.
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Avast Free Antivirus - An overview of its pros and cons
I installed Avast Free Antivirus on my laptop a few weeks ago, and here is an overview of its features.
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Microsoft renames Office Online to Office
Microsoft announced yesterday that it decided to rename Office Online, a suite of Office applications on the Web, to just Office.
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Facebook told by FTC that it can't do these privacy invasive things anymore
Facebook was fined $5 Billion USD today, July 24, 2019, by the FTC.
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Google launches Gallery Go by Google Photos for Android
Gallery Go by Google Photos is a new Android application by Google designed as an alternative to Google Photos.
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Confusion about a recently disclosed vulnerability in VLC Media Player
Reports started to emerge on the Internet about a critical security vulnerability in the popular multimedia player VLC Media Player.
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QuickHash GUI is an open source hashing tool for Windows, Linux and macOS
QuickHash GUI is an open source hashing tool which is available for Windows, Linux and macOS.
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Microsoft explains in-place upgrades from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2019
The end of support for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 in January 2020 marks the end of support for Windows Server 2008 R2 as well; like customers who run Windows 7 on
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How to preview Prints in Firefox
Firefox does not display a print preview when you print a webpage in the browser and use the Ctrl-P shortcut to start the process.
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Update KB4505658 for Windows 10 version 1809 is out
Microsoft released the long-awaited KB4505658 update for Windows 10 version 1809 on July 22, 2019.
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Best File Manager for Android
File Manager is a replacement application for the default Android Files app that offers a better experience and more features than the default file manager on A
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DirLister is an open source program which can print a list of files and folders
Creating a list of a folder's contents in Windows is very easy.
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How to search all Chrome extensions for the dangerous unsafe-eval
In this guide, I will show you how you can search all installed Chrome extensions for the dangerous unsafe-eval content security policy.
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Microsoft says Windows as a Service has major advantages
Microsoft changed the traditional development, testing, and delivery of Windows operating system versions and updates with the release of Windows 10.
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FasterChrome: Speed up Google Chrome extension
FasterChrome (now often referred to as FasterWeb or based on instant.
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How to configure Recommended Troubleshooting on Windows 10
Recommended Troubleshooting is a new feature of Windows 10 version 1903 designed to fix certain issues on the device automatically when they are detected.
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Game Saturday: Double Dragon Reloaded
Double Dragon Reloaded is a fan-remake of the classic street fighting game Double Dragon that rocked various home consoles and the arcades in the last century.
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Say Goodbye to Windows Defender (getting renamed)
I apologize for the rather "clickbaity" title; come Windows 10 20H1, Windows Defender will no longer be a thing in the Windows 10 operating system as Microsoft
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ScreenToGif is an open source screen recorder for creating animated GIFs
While mostly used for memes and instant messaging these days, Animated GIFs can be useful in various ways.
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Extensions are still collecting and selling your browsing data
Browser extensions may be very powerful; they may add features to web browsers, make browsing more productive, and do all sorts of things.
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How to disable the email signature in Avast Free Antivirus
People often ask me which antivirus I recommend, and while I suggest Windows Defender (and uBlock Origin) for most people on Windows 10, I have wondered how oth
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Firefox 68.0.1 will be released today
Mozilla plans to release a minor update for the stable version of the organization's Firefox web browser that brings the version to 68.
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ScrollAnywhere adds more scrolling options to Firefox
ScrollAnywhere is a browser add-on for the Firefox web browser that adds several new scrolling options such as grab and drag scrolling or scrolling without usin
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Firefox to mark all HTTP sites as Not Secure
Firefox will soon mark any site that still uses HTTP and not HTTPS for the connection as not secure in the browser's address bar.
