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How to create a running copy of Windows on USB Flash Drives

December 10, 2018

FlashBoot is a free and commercial software program for Microsoft Windows devices that, among many other things, can be used to create a self-contained running

Use Email to scan files on Virustotal

December 10, 2018

Virustotal, an online virus scanning service operated by Google, is a handy resource to verify that files are clean before you execute them on your devices.

Microsoft Edge will support Chromium extensions

December 10, 2018

Microsoft revealed plans to switch the core of the company's Microsoft Edge web browser from its own EdgeHTML base to Chromium used by Google Chrome, Opera, Viv

TV and Movie streaming is heading in the wrong direction

December 10, 2018

Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Now, YouTube TV, and many others; soon, Disney's entry into the market with its own service while other companies conside

Tresorit Send: Send Big Files up to 5GB with Encryption

December 9, 2018

Tresorit Send is a secure, end-to-end encrypted file-sharing service designed to send large files (up to 5 GB) without insecure email attachments.

Google is flagging legitimate software as malicious

December 8, 2018

On November 29, 2018, some software developers started to notice that Google Safe Browsing was flagging their programs and sites as malicious.

eBay customer? Check the Advertising Preferences!

December 8, 2018

If you are an eBay customer, either as a seller or buyer, you may want to check the advertising preferences on the site if you have not done so in the past.

Thunderbird 60.3.3 fixes password deletion issue

December 7, 2018

Thunderbird users who use a Master Password in the application to protect passwords may have been exposed to a password deletion issue in recent versions of the

Improve Session Restore responsiveness in Google Chrome

December 7, 2018

Google's Chrome web browser loads all tabs on start if session restore is enabled.

Epic Game Store opens, promises free games throughout 2019

December 7, 2018

Epic Games launched the company's game store today; interested gamers can head over to the official Store front on the Epic Games website to browse what it has

Microsoft confirms that Edge will switch to Chromium

December 6, 2018

Microsoft confirmed today that the company's Microsoft Edge web browser will "move to a Chromium-compatible web platform" on the desktop.

Study: Google puts logged out users in a filter bubble, too

December 6, 2018

Search engine DuckDuckGo published the findings of an experiment that it conducted earlier this year on the company's Spread Privacy website.

Microsoft publishes KB4469342 for Windows 10 version 1809

December 6, 2018

Fifth time is a charm.

Google Allo Shut Down

December 6, 2018

Google officially shut down its Allo messaging app on March 14, 2019, following an announcement in December 2018.

Paint.net 4.1.5 released with performance improvements

December 5, 2018

The developer of the image editor Paint.

Google Chrome 71 is out with 43 security fixes

December 5, 2018

Google released Google Chrome 71 to the stable channel yesterday.

DeepL Translation Service adds Russian and Portuguese to language list

December 5, 2018

We reviewed the translation service DeepL in 2017 when it came out and found it to produce -- on average -- better translations than established services such a

Epic Games Store: direct Steam competition

December 5, 2018

Epic Games, maker of Unreal Engine and games such as Unreal Tournament, Fortnite or Gears of War, announced that it will soon launch an online games store.

Microsoft releases fourth preview of Windows 10 version 1809 patch KB4469342

December 4, 2018

Microsoft released the fourth version of the cumulative update patch KB4469342 for the company's Windows 10 version 1809 operating system to the release preview

Windows 10 1903: Dates in conversational format in Explorer

December 4, 2018

The snail-paced rollout of Windows 10 version 1809 is still ongoing as development of Windows 10 version 1903 continues to push new features that might be suppo

Up to 100 million Quora accounts affected by data breach

December 4, 2018

The question and answer community Quora confirmed today that up to 100 million accounts of users were compromised in a data breach.

Rumor: Microsoft dropping Edge browser in favor of Chromium

December 4, 2018

The rumors keep on coming.

Microsoft not giving up: Windows Lite rumors surface

December 3, 2018

While Microsoft's Windows operating system is still going strong, the company is facing tough competition in the classroom and Universities.

Nirsoft's NirExt adds options to Windows Explorer

December 3, 2018

NirExt is an old application by NirSoft that adds three new context menu options to Windows' default file manager Explorer (Windows Explorer or File Explorer).

uBlock Origin performance improvements thanks to WASM (Firefox only, for now)

December 3, 2018

The most recent version of the content blocking extension uBlock Origin uses WebAssembly (WASM) code to improve the performance of the extension.

How to update Firefox extensions manually

December 3, 2018

Extensions play an important part in the Firefox ecosystem; they add functionality to the browser, may improve privacy of users, or add features to sites that u

Resolve "This Build of Windows will expire soon" notification on Windows 10

December 3, 2018

I run an Insider Build version of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system on a separate PC to keep up with development.

Amazon Partfinder checks PC component compatibility

December 2, 2018

One of the things that PC users have to make sure when they shop for new hardware for their devices is that the new hardware components are compatible with the

Windows 10: switch between Light and Dark mode automatically

December 2, 2018

Windows 10 Auto-Night-Mode is a free open source program for Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system to switch between light and dark mode automatically.