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Microsoft is working on a Screen Recorder for Windows 11's Snipping Tool

Users of Windows' screen capturing tool Snipping Tool may soon be able to record video using the built-in application. Right now, users may use the Snipping Tool to create screenshots on their […]

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Windows 11: How to remove Edit With Clipchamp from File Explorer's context menu

Clipchamp is a new default application of Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system. Microsoft purchased the web-based video editor in 2021 and integrated it into development builds of Windows 11 in early 2022. […]

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Text Grab: fast OCR tool for Windows with text manipulation and more

Text Grab is an open source optical character recognition (OCR) tool for Windows 10 and up that includes several extras that sets it apart from other applications of its kind. The program […]

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Vivaldi 5.5 ships with Task Panel and account improvements

Vivaldi released a new version of its stable Vivaldi browser a moment ago. Vivaldi 5.5 introduces a Task Panel in the sidebar, makes setting up accounts in Mail and Calendar more comfortable, […]

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Opinion: it is time to drop your Amazon Prime subscription

Amazon just announced that it is going to increase the price of Amazon Prime in several European countries in September 2022. The price for an Amazon Prime membership in Europe's five biggest […]

Microsoft announces a new design for OneNote on Android

Microsoft announces a new design for OneNote on Android, and adds local backup option for OneNote for Mac

Microsoft has announced that it is updating the user interface of its OneNote app for Android. The Mac version has also been updated with a much-needed feature, local backup. What's new in […]

Microsoft releases a redesigned Camera app for Windows 11

Microsoft releases a redesigned Camera app for Insiders, and adds CD Ripping to Media Player

Microsoft has released a new version of the Windows Camera app with more options for users in the Developer Channel of the Windows Insider Program. The new Media Player app has gained […]

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Huge update for third-party Android YouTube client NewPipe released

The developers of the third-party Android YouTube client NewPipe released an update this week for the application. NewPipe 0.23.1 introduces support for new technologies that YouTube uses, which improve the performance of […]

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7-Zip 22.00 final is now available

7-Zip is a popular open source file archiver for Windows, Mac and Linux systems. A new version, 7-Zip 22.00 is now available; it is the first stable release in 2022. The last […]

Ghacks Deals: Offcloud Lifetime Subscription

Offcloud is a cloud-based download management service that acts as a middleman for downloads. Basically, what it allows you to do is use it to download files from any location and device, […]

Apple's new rule allows app subscriptions to be auto-renewed at higher prices without informing the user

Apple's new rule allows app subscriptions to be auto-renewed at higher prices without informing the user

Apple's new App Store rule may not be welcome amongst users. The company has decided to allow app subscriptions to be auto-renewed without requesting the user's permission. There are many apps that […]

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How to use local accounts on Windows 11 version 22H2 devices

Microsoft announced that it would extend the Windows 11 Home requirement of a Microsoft Account and Internet connection during setup to Windows 11 Pro in early 2022. The upcoming Windows 11 version […]

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Chrome 101 ships with controversial advertising system trials

Google plans to release a new stable version of the company's Chrome web browser later today. Chrome 101 is released four weeks after the last version of Chrome was released, which was […]

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Workaround for security issue in 7-Zip until it is fixed

Recent versions of the open source archiver 7-Zip have a vulnerability that has not been fixed yet. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability allows privilege escalation and the execution of commands; it appears […]

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Windows 10 and 11 Wipe Feature leaves data behind in 21H2

Windows administrators have a number of options when it comes to resetting a system locally or remotely. The option to keep data or have it removed is provided, but a new report […]

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Ventoy 1.0.66 introduces support for local disk image booting

The latest version of Ventoy, an open source tool to create multi-boot USB devices using disk images, introduced support for booting from local disk images. Ventoy is a useful tool in itself. […]

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NewPipe: the better YouTube client for Android

NewPipe is an open source YouTube application for Android that has all the features that the official YouTube application does not support, or only offers when you pay for it. The official […]

Tip: All Simple Mobile Tools Android apps are free on Google Play currently

Simple Mobile Tools is a developer of high quality open source Android applications, which are available as free and paid versions on Google Play. The tools are excellent replacements for native Android […]

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Users with a pirated version of Office are getting a discount offer for a Microsoft 365 subscription

Microsoft Office is probably one of the most pirated software, besides Windows, of course. If you have a pirated version of Office, but want to buy a legit license, you maybe interested […]

How to redirect Windows 11 Start Menu web searches to your default browser

This simple script will make Windows 11 Start Menu web searches open in your default browser

Over the weekend, there was an uproar among Windows 11 users who discovered that the popular program, EdgeDeflector was no longer working as intended. For those unaware, when you look up something […]

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Intel confirms two local security issues that affect many Intel processor generations

Intel published two security advisories for many of the company's processor generations this week. The vulnerabilities have received a severity rating of high, the second-highest after critical. Good news is that the […]

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IPVanish vs. NordVPN Comparison: which VPN provider is better?

IPVanish and NordVPN are two virtual private network (VPN) service providers, which we have reviewed here on this site recently. This comparison of the two providers may assist Internet users in selecting […]

IPVanish VPN Review: good performance, but not the cheapest

IPVanish is a commercial VPN service based in the USA that has been established since 2012. There are desktop programs available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, as well as apps for iOS […]

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JavaScript Restrictor: improve privacy by limiting web browser APIs

JavaScript Restrictor is an open s0urce cross-browser extension designed to improved user privacy by limiting access to APIs of web browsers that websites may use when running JavaScript. The extension is developed […]

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Don't track me Google for Firefox blocks links manipulations by Google when clicking or copying

When you visit Google Search in the Firefox web browser and run a search, search results look similar to how they are displayed in Google's own browser Chrome. When you right-click on […]

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Firefox Tip: turn off accessibility services to improve performance

Firefox users who are experiencing performance issues while using the Firefox web browser on desktop systems and on Android, may improve performance by disabling the browser's accessibility services. A bug opened on […]

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Simple Gallery Pro for Android is a local Google Photos alternative

Simply Gallery Pro is a free photo management application for Google Android devices that works well as a replacement for Google Photos, provided that sync functionality is not required. I'm in the […]

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O&O Lanytix: get a quick overview of local area network devices on Windows

O&O Lanytix is a new free program by O&O Software GMBH to display all devices connected to a local area network. The program is compatible with Windows 8 and newer versions of […]

FlipFlip displays images as randomized slideshows with cool effects

FlipFlip displays images as randomized slideshows with cool effects

Slideshows are a nice way to browse image folders, especially ones which contain your favorite moments.  It's not difficult to create a photo movie, a lot of image viewers come with one […]

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Stardock Multiplicity KVM revisited: control multiple PCs with one keyboard, mouse and monitor

Back in 2012, Stardock released the initial version of its Multiplicity software for Windows. Designed to give users control of multiple PCs with a single mouse and keyboard, it was an excellent […]

7-zip 21.01

7-Zip 21.0 alpha introduces native Linux support

Each year, the free archiver 7-Zip gets updated to a new version. The developer of the application has released two alpha previews of this year's 7-Zip 21 version. Reason enough to take […]

LocalFolders is a Thunderbird extension that helps you create local mail storage directories

LocalFolders is a Thunderbird extension that helps you create local mail storage directories

Mail boxes can fill up quickly depending on how often you communicate, newsletters, notification emails land in your inbox. This results in a cluttered mess. One way to deal with this is […]

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Brave update introduces IPFS support, but what does that mean?

Brave released an update for the company's Brave web browser on January 19, 2021. The major feature of Brave 1.19 is support for IPFS, the Interplanetary File System protocol. Many users don't […]

Ghacks Black Week Deals: The Essential NordVPN & Password Manager 2-Year Subscription Bundle

A VPN is useful for a number of things: it may improve privacy and security, or provide access to regionally locked services and apps. Privacy is improved because the VPN's IP address […]

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You can now disable JScript execution in Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer is not a huge priority anymore at Microsoft but the latest version of the web browser is still maintained by Microsoft and security patches do get released regularly.  Each month, […]

SnapCrab is a freeware screenshot tool from the developer of Sleipnir

SnapCrab is a freeware screenshot tool from the developer of Sleipnir

Looking for a screenshot tool? ShareX is second to none, in my opinion. But if you're looking for a simpler program, there are other options to choose from including the built-in screenshot […]

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Windows 10 Setup Script has a new name and is now easier to use

Remember Windows 10 Setup Script? I reviewed the PowerShell script in August 2020; it was designed to be run right after the installation of Windows 10 on a device to adjust more […]

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Samsung ends Gallery Sync, Drive, and Premium storage subscriptions, offers OneDrive migration

Samsung announced today that it plans to terminate some of its Samsung Cloud services. The services Gallery Sync, Drive, and Premium storage subscriptions will be deprecated over the course of the coming […]

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Firefox users beware: CCleaner wipes Firefox extension settings by default

Firefox users who run the temporary file cleaner CCleaner on their systems may have noticed that extension settings are removed after running the program. The issue affects all recent versions of CCleaner […]

Save URLs copied to the clipboard with Portable Bookmarks for Windows

Save URLs copied to the clipboard with Portable Bookmarks for Windows

Many users save their favorite sites as bookmarks to preserve them and access them quickly. Though I prefer visual bookmarks (speed-dials), I maintain my bookmarks by organizing them into folders. An advantage […]