Google reveals timeline for Hangouts termination and migration
Rumors started to circulate in 2018 that Google planned to shut down its Hangouts service in the future to focus on other chat applications.
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KB4476976 for Windows 10 version 1809 and Server 2019 released
Microsoft released -- the missing -- cumulative update KB4476976 for Windows 10 version 1809 and Server 2019 yesterday evening to the public.
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Chrome Extension Manifest V3 could end uBlock Origin for Chrome
Google is working on the Chrome extension manifest version 3 at the moment which defines the capabilities of Chrome's extensions platform.
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Windows 10 can run all your Windows 7 apps, says Microsoft (except a few)
The last twelve months of official unpaid support for Windows 7 have started; Microsoft's, still very popular, operating system will receive the last batch of u
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Malwarebytes update fixes freeze issue on Windows 7 PCs
Malwarebytes released an update for the company's security software for Windows -- named Malwarebytes -- that fixes an issue that caused the system to freeze (h
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Google Chrome for Android to support history gesture navigation
Google has been working on a new feature for Google Chrome for Android for a while that adds options to the mobile browser to go back and forward in history by
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Firefox will block DLL Injections
Mozilla Firefox will soon block the injection of DLLs by antivirus applications and other third-party programs in an effort to improve stability, security, and
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Windows 10 updates KB4480977, KB4480959, KB4480967 and KB4480976 released
Microsoft released the cumulative updates KB4480977, KB4480959, KB4480967 and KB4480976 for various versions of the company's Windows 10 operating system and Wi
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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.
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The future of the digital assistant Cortana
Microsoft introduced the personal assistant Cortana in 2015 when it released the Windows 10 operating system (and even earlier on Windows Phone).
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The end of Windows 10 Mobile: the facts
Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 10 Mobile on December 10, 2019.
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Privacy-Oriented Origin Policy for Firefox
Privacy-Oriented Origin Policy is anew browser extension for the Firefox web browser that blocks Firefox from sending Origin headers under certain circumstances.
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Pale Moon 28.3.0 released
Pale Moon 28.
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Check all KeePass passwords against the Have I Been Pwned database locally
The following tutorial walks you through the steps of integrating password security checks in the KeePass password manager.
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AskWoody.com (Tech Sites We Love)
AskWoody.
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Permission Inspector for Firefox
Permission Inspector is a new extension for the Firefox web browser that provides details on permissions that the installed Firefox extension requested.
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Nuclear is a free Spotify alternative for the desktop
Nuclear is a free Electron-based program for desktop operating systems such as Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X to stream music from popular free sources on the Inte
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Microsoft to split Search and Cortana in Windows 10 version 1903
Microsoft's upcoming operating system Windows 10 version 1903 splits Cortana and Search to separate one from the other.
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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
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Windows 10 1903 may display Let's make Windows even better prompt
Windows 10 version 1903, the next feature update for Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system, may display a prompt to users to link more of their devices and se
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Manage Firefox Add-ons keyboard shortcuts on about:addons
Mozilla plans to integrate a keyboard shortcut manager on the about:addons page of the Firefox web browser.
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Mozilla puts Firefox Test Pilot program to rest
Mozilla announced today that it will sunset the Firefox Test Pilot program on January 22, 2019.
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A first look at SmartAdblock for Firefox and Chrome
SmartAdblock is a new content blocker for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, and compatible browsers.
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Better check your Windows 7 PC for Get Windows 10 (GWX) traces
Depending on from what angle you look at it, Microsoft's Get Windows 10 (GWX) campaign to get Windows 7 and Windows 8.
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Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home devices for privacy
More and more households around the world make use of voice controlled devices for all kinds of purposes.
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Firefox 66: Scroll Anchoring fixes scroll position jumps during loading
Mozilla implemented a feature called Scroll Anchoring in Firefox Nightly recently that fixes a very annoying scrolling related issue.
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Back up Windows 10 Apps Settings with CloneApp UA
CloneApp UA is a free program for Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system that users and administrators may use to back up or restore settings of UWP applicatio
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Google Public DNS supports DNS-over-TLS: but you probably can't use it right now
Google revealed last week that it added support for the privacy feature DNS-over-TLS to the company's public DNS service Google Public DNS.
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Firefox Fenix for Android mockups
Mozilla is working on a new web browser for Android to replace the currently available Firefox for Android mobile browser.
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Simple Mass Downloader: Download All Links and Images in Chrome
Simple Mass Downloader is a free batch download extension for Google Chrome that collects links and images from the current page, from all open tabs, from selec
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Firefox 69: Flash disabled by default
Mozilla plans to disable Adobe Flash in Firefox 69 by default according to an updated bug listing on the organization's bug-tracking website.
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Migrate Windows users with User Profile Wizard
User Profile Wizard is a software for Microsoft Windows devices to migrate user accounts from one machine to another.
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Google launches "your related activity" mobile search feature
Google announced the rollout of a new mobile search feature called "your related activity" that lets users pick up where they stopped previously according to Go
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Microsoft explains the Windows 7 KMS activation issue
Some Microsoft customers started to report activation issues that they experienced on Windows 7 devices on January 8, 2019, after installation of the latest sec
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How to compact the Firefox Add-ons Manager
Mozilla redesigned the add-ons manager of the organization's Firefox web browser in a recent update to the browser.
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Password Manager KeePass 2.41 released
Dominik Reichl, the developer of the password manager KeePass Password Safe, released KeePass 2.
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KB971033 causing activation issues on Windows 7 Enterprise PCs
The year 2019 begins like the year 2018 ended for administrators and users running Windows: troublesome.
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Firefox 64.0.2 fixes Youtube video stuttering
Mozilla released Firefox 64.
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Firefox 66 may move New Tab search input to Address Bar
I think it was Google that started to display a search form for the first time on a browser's New Tab page; correct me if I'm wrong on that.
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Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 updates KB4480970 and KB4480960 causing network issues
Microsoft published the security updates KB4480960 and KB4480970 on yesterday's January 2019 Patch Day for the operating systems Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Serve
