Google moves Instant Search to the retirement home
When Google launched Google Instant Search back in 2010, the company called it a fundamental shift in search that would save searchers time when running searche
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Firefox Voice Fill, Notes and Send Experiments
Mozilla plans to launch the three new Test Pilot experiments Voice Fill, Notes and Send for the Firefox web browser soon.
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Windows 10 Insider Preview build 16251: new Cortana commands
Development of the next feature update of Windows 10, the Fall Creators Update, is slowly coming to an end as Microsoft shifted development from adding features
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Disable autoplaying video in Google app on Android
If you use the Google application on Android, you may have noticed that videos may autoplay when they are shown in search results.
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Microsoft's stance on unsupported hardware adds uncertainty to Windows 10
Things were quite easy to understand from a support perspective in the pre-Windows 10 age.
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Chrome 60 Stable is out
Google released the stable version of the Chrome 60 web browser yesterday for the supported desktop operating systems Windows, Mac and Linux.
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Kaspersky Free Antivirus worldwide roll out begins
Kaspersky announced the worldwide rollout of Kaspersky Free, a free limited version of Kaspersky Internet Security, yesterday.
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AES Crypt: Advanced File Encryption on Windows, macOS, and Linux
AES Crypt is free open-source file encryption software that uses the industry-standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-256) to secure files on Windows, macOS,
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Adobe retires Flash in December 2020
Adobe announced today that it plans to retire Adobe Flash in December 2020 when it will stop updating and distributing Flash.
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Firefox blocks all GitHub release downloads as deceptive
If you are using the Mozilla Firefox web browser right now to download releases hosted on the project hosting website Github, you will notice that you cannot do
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Policy Plus brings Group Policy to all Windows editions
Policy Plus is a free open-source portable tool that brings the functionality of the Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.
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Google app takes screenshot of your searches on Android
Google rolls out a feature currently on Android that introduces a "recent" feature in the Google application on Android devices.
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Microsoft Paint will move to the Windows Store
Microsoft plans to remove Microsoft Paint from the Windows 10 operating system and make the app available through Windows Store instead.
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8 things Microsoft needs to fix in Windows 10
Windows 10 was released in 2015 with much fanfare as the next and last version of the Windows operating system.
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Windows 10 Web Search gets a tad more useful
The most recent Insider Build of the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update comes with extended web search functionality that makes it a tad more useful than
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Manage TV Shows with Series Organizer
Series Organizer is a free portable software program for Microsoft Windows devices to manage, look up and keep track of TV shows.
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RadioMaximus: play and record Internet Radio
RadioMaximus is a free portable program for Microsoft Windows devices that you may use to play and record Internet Radio.
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Disable the preloading of Firefox autocomplete URLs
Mozilla plans to launch a new feature in Firefox soon which will preload autocomplete URLs in the Firefox browser when users type in the address bar.
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Firefox's unloaded tab handling got a whole lot better
Starting with Firefox 55, scheduled for an August 8th, 2017 release, unloaded tab handling in the Firefox web browser got a whole lot better.
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Windows 10 Fall Creators Update: Removed Features
Microsoft plans to release the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the next feature update for Windows 10 in a couple of months.
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A look at I-Nex - a CPU-Z like Application for GNU/Linux
When I was running Windows one of the first pieces of software I'd install after I'd grabbed all my necessities, was CPU-Z.
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Firefox 56: automatic 32-bit to 64-bit upgrade
Mozilla started to upgrade Firefox 32-bit installations on Windows to the 64-bit version of the web browser when it released Firefox 56 in late 2017 to the publ
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Nano Text Editor in GNU/Linux
GNU nano is a lightweight, and user-friendly command-line text editor for Unix-like operating systems.
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Firefox's new WebExtensions Permissions update system
The move from legacy add-ons to WebExtensions introduces a permissions system that is similar to the one used by Google Chrome extensions.
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YouTube Video Editor and Photo slideshows being retired
Google plans to remove the two YouTube features Video Editor and Photo slideshows from the popular video hosting and streaming service.
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Nintendo N64 Classic Mini: Nintendo's next console?
Nintendo may be working on the next console of its retro revival series: the Nintendo N64 Classic Mini, or short N64 Classic.
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After a year, Motion Stills lands on Android
Motion Stills, an experimental short video creation application by Google, has been released by the company for the Android platform.
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Firefox Focus 1.1 for Android released
Mozilla has just released Firefox Focus 1.
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Wireshark 2.4 released
Wireshark 2.
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uBlock Origin WebExtension lands on Firefox AMO
The WebExtension version of the popular content blocker uBlock Origin has landed on Mozilla's official Add-ons website for the Firefox web browser.
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Microsoft extends support of Windows 10 version 1607 to 2023
Microsoft confirmed to Zdnet yesterday that it will support PCs with Intel's Clover Trail processor with security updates until 2023.
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OneDrive Version History for all file types
Microsoft announced today that it is expanding support for OneDrive's version history feature to all file types stored by the service.
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Avast acquires Piriform, makers of CCleaner
Avast just announced that the company has acquired the software company Piriform, best known for the software program CCleaner for Windows.
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Windows 10: less downtime during feature upgrades
Microsoft plans to roll out a change in the coming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update that aims to reduce the time the computer is installing the update.
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Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 7.0 released
Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 7.
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How to check Hard Drive Disk Health in GNU/Linux
So, I recently purchased a new (used, but new to me) laptop, that had a 1TB 5400RPM Hard Disk in it, granted the laptop is fairly powerful and capable of modern
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Edge Flags: Microsoft Edge hidden settings
The most recent build of Microsoft Edge on the Windows 10 Insider channel comes with a change that hides some preferences on the browser's about:Flags page.
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How to delete large folders in Windows super fast
The fastest way to delete large folders and files in Windows is to take the command-line approach.
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Luminar Photo Editor for Windows: first look
Luminar is a popular photo editor for Apple Mac OS X devices.
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Windows 10 is no longer supported on this PC
Windows 10 is no longer supported on this PC is an error message that Windows 10 may throw during the update to a newer version of the operating system.
