Why I won't be using digital assistants such as Cortana anytime soon
Apple users have Siri, Android users Google Now and Microsoft customers get Cortana with the release of Windows 10.
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Check for hidden Android device administrators
Device Administration on Android is a powerful API that was first introduced in Android 2.
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How to measure actual hard drive usage on Windows
If you are using a computer with a Solid State Drive you may have wondered how long it will last.
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Improvements coming to Firefox's real-time chat feature Hello
Mozilla announced Firefox Hello back in October 2014 and launched the feature in Firefox 34 Stable just a couple of days ago.
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Jovial Notepad is a Windows text editor with encryption support
The default Windows text editor Notepad is not a bad program but it is severely limited in many regards including file size.
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A second look at VeraCrypt, an unofficial TrueCrypt successor
When the TrueCrypt developers announced that they would quit developing the encryption software because of it not being secure, many users of the software did n
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Search on Amazon, eBay and other shops simultaneously with PricePirates
It makes sense to compare prices before you buy anything.
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Save to Cloud Drive extension released by Amazon for Chrome
Amazon has been pushing its Prime subscription service quite a bit in recent time.
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Ghostery releases Privacy Browser for Android
Android users have quite the selection of mobile browsers at their disposal.
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Dropbox Forum have been offline for almost a month
I use Dropbox occasionally to transfer screenshots taken on my Moto G Android device to my Windows PC.
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Google's reCAPTCHA improves the CAPTCHA verification process
I hate CAPTCHAs, I really do.
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Opera 26 Stable for Linux now available
Phew, that took a long time.
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All you need to know about Steam's Broadcast mode
Steam is growing and Valve seems to add new features to the gaming client in regular intervals.
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TeamViewer 10 final is now available
TeamViewer is a highly popular application for desktop computer systems and mobile devices that enables you to remote control computers over the Internet or use
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Fix Udemy videos not loading
As you may know, I started taking courses on the Udemy website recently.
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Firefox 34 feels rushed
Mozilla released Firefox 34 yesterday after delaying the release for a week.
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Firefox 34 Find out what is new
Mozilla is rolling out updates for specific versions of the web browser.
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Location Guard Firefox extension: Change your browser location
The Location Guard Firefox extension is a privacy-focused tool that prevents websites from accessing your precise physical location via the HTML5 Geolocation AP
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Display which programs accept or have established Internet connections on Windows
How do you know which programs on Windows have established connections to the Internet or are accepting them? Some programs may reveal the information to you di
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First bit of Firefox's Sandbox lands in Nightly for Windows
One of the reasons why Mozilla is working on a multi-process architecture for Firefox is that it paves the way for a browser sandbox.
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7Gif is an animated Gif player for Windows
Animated gifs have made a comeback in recent time.
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One for Android: read Hacker News, Product Hunt, Reddit and more
If you want to keep up with news, especially those in the technology and startup world, then it is usually necessary to read news on multiple websites to stay i
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Anvisoft PC Plus is a Microsoft Fix-It alternative to fix PC issues
One-click solutions such as Microsoft Fix-It tools offer simple fixes for issues that you may experience while using a PC.
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How to use NoScript efficiently
Whenever I speak to someone who used NoScript for a day or two I'm told that the add-on is complicated and a nuisance.
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Yandex releases alpha version of new minimalistic browser
Minimalism seems to be the trend of the hour, or more precisely, of the past two or three years in the browser world.
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Popular Firefox add-ons and their current multi-process compatibility state
Mozilla is working on Firefox's multi-process architecture that it calls e10s and interested users can enable it in some versions of Firefox already.
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How to disable interest-based advertisement on Facebook
Advertising companies have various methods at their disposal to display advertisement to web users.
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3 Services to search the catalog of TV show and movie streaming providers
If you want to watch a movie or TV show at home, either on your computer, another device or your television, then you have quite a few options to do just that.
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How to convert WebP images to other image formats
Depending on your web browser of choice, you may have encountered webp images before or not at all.
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Use the Startpage Proxy to browse websites anonymously
Proxy server offer a fast and easy way of accessing websites without revealing your IP address.
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Fix Firefox searching for local hostnames immediately
Mozilla changed the way the Firefox browser handles single word queries that are typed in the browser's address bar recently.
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Opera Mini for Android Beta released
Opera Mini is a highly popular web browser that is available for various operating systems including Android.
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What private browsing reveals about you
This is the third part of a mini series about privacy on the Internet.
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Windows 10 to support Flac and MKV natively
One of the first things that I do after installing Windows on a PC that I plan to use or configure for someone that I like is to install VLC Media Player [&hell
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CCleaner 5.0 now available
Piriform, the company behind the popular CCleaner program for Windows and Android, released a preview version of CCleaner 5.
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Comodo promises faster Dragon browser updates
Several browsers based on Chromium came out shortly after Google released its Chrome web browser.
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Select a random file in Windows Explorer
Selecting a random file in Windows Explorer / File Explorer can be useful.
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7-Zip 9.34 Final is now available
Update:Â It appears that the release is still an alpha for now.
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How to re-enable plugins in Chrome that are blocked by Google starting 2015
Web browser plugins are being used by many Internet users even though their use is in decline.
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Lock and unlock your PC with a USB device and USB Raptor
One of the things that I do all the time when I leave a computer I'm working on in an environment where others may access it is lock it or boot it […]
