Acer Readying their next-gen Chromebook
Acer, along with Samsung, was the first hardware maker to produce a Chromebook, which is a laptop based on Google's Chrome operating system.
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Backstit.ch: iGoogle like personal startpage
The personal startpage Backstit.
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Wikipedia Book Creator now supporting epub format
You probably know that Wikipedia is making available a book creator tool on their site that enables you to create custom ebooks using Wikipedia art
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Windows 8 Tablet pricing becomes clearer
I find it interesting that news about mobile devices running Windows 8 seem to concentrate almost exclusively on tablet PCs.
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Windows 8 Group Policy Reference
The Group Policy is only included in Windows 8 Professional and not Windows 8 RT or Windows 8 (yes, that is the name of the basic version of the operating syste
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Display or clear Chrome Sync data on the Internet
Chrome Sync is a feature of the Google Chrome browser that enables you to synchronize data with other Chrome installations.
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New Internet Explorer 0-day Vulnerability (Sept. 2012)
Microsoft has published a security advisory today that is informing system administrators and end users about a new 0-day vulnerability affecting Internet Explo
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LastPass Sentry: automatic leak checks for leaks
The online password management service LastPass has a new security feature that aims to reduce the time it takes to inform users if some of their account inform
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Windows Store has its issues
I have been playing around with the RTM release of Windows 8 for some time now and have spend some of that time browsing Windows Store.
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Where to go when you need Google Chrome help
Where do you go when you run into issues in Google Chrome that you can't fix on your own? Say you get Shockwave Flash has crashed messages all the time, or can'
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Lower your game ping with Leatrix Latency Fix
There are two basic requirements for playing games on the PC: your computer needs to have enough processing power to provide you with a satisfactory gaming expe
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New: Chrome notifications when extension updates require additional privileges
Google about two weeks ago added a new feature to the Chrome web browser that improves the extension updating process of the browser.
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Thunderbird's future may look like this
Mozilla's announcement that the Thunderbird desktop email client would be moved to the bottom of the organzation's priority list came as a shock to the communit
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Save Google Maps locations in Firefox
You need to be signed in to a Google account to save Google Maps location in your web browser of choice.
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Fix the Chrome Shockwave Flash Plugin Problem
Many people use Google's Chrome web browser for surfing the Internet because it's fast, stable and generally reliable.
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Windows 8: display resource use of apps
Apps that you run and install on the Windows 8 operating system use system resources just like any other program that is running on it.
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Time to malware-scan new PCs before first use
You have probably heard about PCs being infected in China with malware in factories as part of the manufacturing process.
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Firefox 18: Mozilla plans WebRTC support
If you are spending most of the time on your computer using a web browser like Firefox, you may in the future spend even more time using the browser, and nothin
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Windows 8 Store Tops 1,500 Apps
When Microsoft rolled out the Windows Store with the release of the Consumer Preview version of the operating system there were only a few apps available, and m
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Classic shoot em up game Hydorah [Game Saturday]
The majority of computer games has become a lot easier in recent years.
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Google Apps: Internet Explorer 8 support ends soon
The Google Apps team just announced that support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 web browser will end on November 15, 2012.
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How to restore individual files from System Restore points
Today I noticed that all of the files that I had saved on the desktop in Windows 7 were gone.
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How to create Windows System Restore points at startup
The system restore feature of the Windows operating system offers an option to revert the system back to a previous point in time.
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Skype Beta: now with Facebook Login and Microsoft Account access
Skype made available a new beta version of the communication software for the Windows operating system today which introduces several new features in the Window
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Google Chrome to get Do Not Track soon
An option to enable Do Not Track headers landed in today's Chromium release which web users can make use of to notify servers, websites and scripts that they do
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Windows 8 Built-in File Backup
There is perhaps no more important thing for users to do than backup their files.
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Apple Ping closes its door. Facebook takes its place
Remember the Ping network that Apple integrated into its iTunes software? No? Then you are not the only one.
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Mozilla experimenting with vertical tabs
Firefox users can move browser tabs to a sidebar so that the tabs are displayed vertically with the help of extensions such as Tab Kit.
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Windows 8: Metro apps are now called Windows Store apps
Back in August it became known that Microsoft decided to replace the term Metro which up to that point had been used by the company to describe the new user int
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Pearls Extension: permanent on-page find for Chrome
Most users make use of the browser's on-page find search tool to find words or phrases on a page.
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Encrypt and erase to delete data reliable on SSDs
The security of data on Solid State Drives (SSDs) is not only important for government agencies and enterprises, but also for end users.
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One-Click access to all of Google Chrome's privacy settings
There are numerous reasons to make sure that your web browser does not leak information to the Internet or the browser maker if that is not required for functio
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Opus free audio codec now standardized
You may have heard previously about the free audio codec Opus, for instance when Mozilla some time ago announced that support for it has been integrated into th
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Babylon Toolbar backup option appears broken
Every other free software program seems to include a third party toolbar offer in its installer nowadays.
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Blizzard watermarking WoW screenshots
Anyone still playing Blizzards highly successful MMORPG World of Warcraft? Then you are probably used to Blizzard's Warden client running all the time in the ba
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Firefox 18: JavaScript JIT IonMonkey speeds up performance
When it comes to JavaScript performance, Google Chrome is the uncrowned king of the browser world.
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Change App Notifications in Windows 8
With Windows 8, Microsoft has almost completely changed the face of their flagship product, doing away with the Start button that has been so integral since the
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Microsoft Security Bulletins For September 2012 Released
Yes it is that day of the month again.
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Find out what's behind a link with SwiftPreview for Chrome
If you hang out on a site where image links get posted all the time, say on Reddit or 4chan or any of the other sites where that is happening, you are […
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Microsoft's minimum certificate key length update may cause technical issues
Microsoft will release an automatic update for Windows on October 9, 2012 that is making a minimum certificate key length of 1024 bits mandatory for digital cer
