Firefox users: name your essential extensions
The add-on system of the Firefox web browser is without doubt one of the browser's strongest features.
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Google adds easier blocking option to Gmail
Gmail is without doubt one of the better platforms when it comes to automatic spam detection and prevention.
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Microsoft improves Environment Variables editor in latest Windows 10 build
The Windows operating system uses two sets of Environment Variables: system variables and user variables.
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Mozilla to improve Firefox's search interface in Firefox 43
Mozilla began testing a redesigned search interface for its Firefox web browser back in 2014.
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Microsoft restores Personalization menu in Windows 10's Control Panel
Microsoft up until now made no secret of wanting to merge the classic Windows Control Panel with the Windows 10 Settings menu to improve usability in regards to
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Firefox 41: Find out what is new
Mozilla plans to release Firefox 41 Stable to the public on September 22, 2015.
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MicEnum enumerates the integrity level of Windows files and folders
Microsoft introduced the new security concept Mandatory Integrity Control (MIC) in Windows Vista when the operating system first came out which added trustworth
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Everything you need to know about ads on Facebook
Advertisement is one of Facebook's primary revenue sources.
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Tails is a privacy focused Live operating system
I have not covered Live operating systems in a long while.
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Firefox 43: Tracking Protection with blocklist selection
Firefox 42 Stable, which will be released on November 3, 2015 if the schedule holds, will ship with Tracking Protection, a new feature enabled in Firefox's priv
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Latest Windows 10 Insider Build fixes Start Menu, Search and other issues
Microsoft continues its work on Windows 10 and has just released a new build to the Fast Ring channel.
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These are the things Microsoft needs to improve in Windows 10
I have used Windows 10 in one form or another ever since Microsoft released the first public preview build of the operating system.
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Remove Libraries, Network, Homegroup and other links from File Explorer
When you open File Explorer in Windows 10, the system's default file browsing and management tool, you will notice immediately that it displays two panes in the
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G Data Secure Chat for Android protects your private messages
It is rather difficult to keep an overview of all the secure texting and messaging solution available for Android simply because there are so many different one
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AquaSnap lets you customize Windows 10's snap functionality
You may have read my article on things that I find annoying in Microsoft's new operating system Windows 10 (if you have not, I suggest you do that).
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Sudo and Kill commands for Windows
If you ever worked on a Linux or Unix machine, you may have come to like certain commands that you could run on them.
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Make sure your Windows 10 Start Menu does not exceed 512 items
Windows 10 feels in some regards like an incomplete system as there are things that don't work properly yet or are yet delivered the way Microsoft wants them to
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Official Khan Academy app launches for Android
The Khan Academy is a great resource for educational videos that has evolved over time by adding new topics such as computer science to a site that was heavily
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Ghostery sneaks in new promotional messaging system
Ghostery is a rather controversial privacy add-on for various web browsers including Firefox and Google Chrome.
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Android's 5.x Lock Screen may be bypassed by attackers
Android devices may be protected by a lock screen which requires some form of authentication before access to most phone features, its settings and the data sto
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Google Chrome sometimes freezes on Windows 10
So I have been experiencing a strange issue when using the Google Chrome web browser on Windows 10.
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Researchers to reveal critical LastPass issues in November 2015
Password managers are great as they store a virtually unlimited number of important information, accounts, passwords, credit card numbers and other sensitive da
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Mozilla plans to reduce power consumption of Firefox
Power consumption has risen to importance in the browser world ever since mobile became the new battle ground.
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Cyscon Security Shield warns you about phished, hacked or malicious sites in Firefox
If you don't know that "affair site" Ashley Madison was hacked recently, you'd probably continue to use it as if nothing happened if you are a user of the site.
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Why you cannot launch multiple instances of Windows apps the usual way
I'm working on a 24" screen and like to display two program windows side by side most of the time.
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MovieDay for Android keeps track of upcoming movies for you
If you like to watch movies, you are probably keeping an eye on upcoming movies that you are interested in.
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Make your Windows 10 taskbar 100% transparent
Classic Shell is a long standing program to replace various Windows interface elements, the Start Menu and Windows Explorer for instance, with classic versions.
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BitTorrent Sync: free plan folder limit lifted, new personal Pro pay-once plan
We have covered BitTorrent Sync several times before here on Ghacks as we have followed the file synchronization solution closely ever since the first alpha ver
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Remove or restore Windows 10 default apps with 10AppsManager
Microsoft's new operating system Windows 10 ships with a truckload of default applications of which some replace functionality of programs previous versions of
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If you compare Apples and Oranges, at least be thorough
Comparisons can be useful in decision making processes.
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Enpass Password Manager review
The main purpose of password managers is to remember all those unique username and password combinations that you create for all your online and offline account
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Mozilla postpones Firefox add-on signing enforcement
Mozilla announced back in February 2015 that the decision was made to introduce add-on signing to Firefox's extension system.
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Microsoft needs to fix Windows Store and the universal app platform
If you try to open Windows Store right now on a system running Windows 10 (I have not tested it on a Windows 8 machine) you will notice that the Store window [&
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Windows 10 may already be on your PC even if you don't want it
Microsoft is betting big on Windows 10 and the operating system's adoption rate in the next few years.
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Android Pay and Google Wallet update rolling out in the US
Android Pay, Google's replacement for Google Wallet and answer to Apple Pay is being rolled out in the United States as we speak.
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Pop up Blocker is probably the best Chrome popup blocker right now
Google Chrome, just like Mozilla Firefox and other web browsers, ships with a built-in popup blocker that has been designed to prevent the creation of popups on
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Convert and shrink multiple videos to mp4 with Deepnut
Video files can have extreme sizes depending on formats, resolution and quality settings.
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Scan files and apps with Virustotal Uplink for Android
The official Virustotal application for Android has not received updates since 2012 which is one reason why it is recommended to use a third-party application i
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Preview links from YouTube, Reddit, Twitter and more with Hovercard for Chrome
Hovercard is a new extension for the Google Chrome browser that reveals information about links in a small overlay on the screen on hover.
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Ashampoo free AntiSpy program for Windows 10
There is certainly no shortage of privacy related programs for Microsoft's new Windows 10 operating system.
