Microsoft announced that it will shut down Games for Windows Live on July 1, 2014. The service will run as is until then, but when that day comes, it may have consequences […]
A single image on a website can make the difference between a fast loading site and a slow loading one. The same is true for documents in regards to the storage they […]
Bluebox Security some time ago discovered a vulnerability in nearly every Android device released in the last four years that allowed attackers to modify code of legitimate applications without breaking their cryptographic […]
On today's patch day, Microsoft has released seven security bulletins fixing a total of 32 different vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, the Internet Explorer browser, the Microsoft .Net Framework, Silverlight, GDI+ and Windows […]
If you are using the Mega file hosting service to host files and to download them, then you may have come upon a strange error message when you download large files from […]
Chartix provides you with access to various music charts that you can browse to listen to songs that you are interested in. Before I go into details, I'd like to get the […]
Twitter, just like many other "free to use" services on the Internet earns most of its revenue from advertisement that is displayed to users of the service. The company announced today that […]
The final release of Opera 15 may come as a surprise to many Opera users as only a month has passed since Opera Software released the first preview build of it to […]
Yahoo just announced on the official company blog over at Tumblr that it will shut down twelve of its services over the course of the following days, weeks and months. It may […]
The goal of the Daala project is to create a new video compression technology that is free to "implement, use and distribute". The two major video codecs that will change the web […]
Firefox users who use the Windows 7 or Windows 8 operating system benefit from support for H.264, Mp3 and AAC formats that Mozilla implemented in version 21 of the web browser. Support […]
If you are new to WhatsApp you may need some time to adjust to some of the quirks of the application. I had two issues with the app after I started to […]
Opera 15 is the first version of the Opera web browser that is based on Blink and not the engine used in previous versions of the browser. That is a big change […]
Mozilla stopped the deployment of Firefox's third-party cookie patch from progressing to Firefox Beta because of two issues the organization identified in the new privacy feature of the web browser. The new […]
The RSS news reader Feedly has been regarded by many as one of the most promising Google Reader alternatives. If users had something to criticize, it was that Feedly did not make […]
Google Reader is scheduled for a July 1 execution date which is fast approaching. With that in mind, many services are beefing up their offerings and others are launching out of the […]
YouTube videos play just fine and without lag most of the time when I open them on the website. Sometimes though, and I have not yet figured out what is causing it, […]
Life was so easy back in the days when every computer had a CD-Rom drive and operating systems were delivered on CDs. While that option is still available, albeit in the form […]
I'm paying close attention to the upcoming consoles of Microsoft and Sony, not only because I enjoy playing a game or two every now and then, but also because console launches are […]
Several major operating system platforms exist that are not really compatible with each other. You can't run Windows programs and games on Apple's iPad, or iPhone apps on Google's Android operating system. […]
The German IT-Security institute AV-Test published the results of a test study earlier this month that analyzed search engine malware delivery. The company used a sample size of more than 40 million […]
Internet users have a couple of options when it comes to making payments on today's Internet. They can pay by credit card, use a payment processing system like PayPal or Google Checkout, […]
Google Alerts back in the day was a great service and while it is still available today, I have the feeling that it does not work that well anymore. So what does […]
In June of 2012 Microsoft added the "Snapshot" feature to its Bing search engine, which enables answers at a glance in the center column of the search results page. Richard Qian, of the […]
Yes it is this day of the month ago. Microsoft has just released this month collection of updates and patches for its products. A total of seven security bulletins have been released […]
Google is currently working on an Opera Turbo like feature for Google Chrome for Android to speed up web browsing by redirecting data through a proxy that is compressing it before it […]
It is quite common that Mozilla is releasing a second update shortly after a Firefox update has been released. We have seen this happening in the past several times, usually to resolve […]
Microsoft just a few seconds ago released Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7. The web browser that got initially released for Windows 8 last year, and then later on as a preview […]
Unlike desktop computer systems, mobile phones usually do not receive that many updates in regards to new functionality, security and privacy. Many manufacturers are more interested in creating and releasing a new […]
While Nintendo managed to get a head start by releasing the Wii U gaming system in 2012, both Sony and Microsoft are expected to release their next generation consoles this year. Rumors […]
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 final is currently only available for the company's latest operating system Windows 8. It is available as a preview version for Windows 7 as well, the only other […]
Coupons, just like books, movies or music are slowly but steadily moving to the digital realm. While the majority of coupons are still delivered in newspapers, magazines and on paper in stores, […]
As a kid, I spend many coins on arcade games like Decathlon, Galaga, Centipede and Xevious 2. These games may look simplistic today when you compare them to games produced in the […]
This is not a new problem, but it is an ever-growing one. Whenever something is popular the underbelly of the web tries to corrupt it for personal gain, and yesterday's Chrome update […]
If you have installed a trial or full version of Microsoft Office 2013, the company's latest installment of the suite, on your PC and want to uninstall it again, for instance because […]
I'm using televisions for two purposes: to watch TV or media like DVD or Blu-Ray movies, and to play games on gaming systems like the Playstation 3 or the Xbox 360. I'm […]
Before you switch to Microsoft Outlook 2013, the company's latest version of its popular messaging client that can do a lot more than just sending and retrieving emails, you may be interested […]
I really like what I see on the crowd sourcing platform Indiegogo at the moment. The offers there are quiet different from what you find on the rivaling platform Kickstarter. The latest […]
Some time ago I bought a device that I could plug in between a power source and a device running on power to find out how much power that device needed on […]
Why is is that many computer users do not take better care of their systems security-wise? I think the main reason for that is that security does not matter for as long […]
