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Cobbler: simple local password manager

Cobbler is a local password manager for the Windows operating system that stores passwords and other data in encrypted databases. When it comes to password managers, users have plenty of options. Most […]

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Firefox 53: exclusive content process for local files

Mozilla enabled a new security feature in Firefox 53 recently that moves local file access to a new content process in the browser. Firefox's new multi-process architecture Electrolysis is making big leaps. […]

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Snipaste efficient screenshot tool with extras

Snipaste is a free portable screenshot taking tool for Microsoft Windows devices -- Linux and Mac versions coming -- that is easy to use and ships with extra functionality that you may […]

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Quick Look at Google Trips

Google Trips is a new vacation and trip planning and management application for Google Android and iOS devices. At first, I thought this was just another app that grabbed information from Gmail […]

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Mozilla publishes Firefox Nightly localized versions download page

Firefox Nightly is the cutting edge version of the Firefox web browser that sometimes gets updated several times a day. It is not meant for production environments, but is the first version […]

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Refresh multiple browsers with a hotkey

Browser Refresh is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices that allows you to quickly refresh multiple web browsers with a single keystroke. Please note that refresh refers to loading open web […]

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Feedbro: local feed reader for Google Chrome

Feedbro is a browser extension for Google Chrome that adds local feed reading capabilities to the web browser. Local means that no remote service is used to synchronize feeds. While some users […]

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ScriptSafe for Chrome update brings Fingerprint Protecting

ScriptSafe is a popular Google Chrome extension that works in many regards similar to the popular NoScript extension for the Firefox web browser. The extension is as feature-rich as it gets, listing […]

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AChoir forensic script for Windows

AChoir is a free program for the Windows operating system that collects forensic information from a live system using popular tools created by Nirsoft, Sysinternals and others. If you want to retrieve […]

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Block Opera VPN from leaking your IP address

Opera Software added a virtual private network (VPN) to Opera Developer a couple of days ago to improve user privacy and security while using the web browser. This VPN client is free […]

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TrueCrypt alternative CipherShed is not dead

CipherShed was one of a handful of TrueCrypt encryption software alternatives that emerged shortly after the developers of TrueCrypt dropped the software and development like a hot stone. We reviewed the initial […]

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Opera ships with free VPN client

Norwegian company Opera Software released a new version of the Developer Edition of its web browser today that ships with a free built-in VPN option. Opera browser is the first major browser […]

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Install userscripts on Firefox for Android

Unified Script Injector (usi) is a new Firefox add-on that has been designed to provide users of Firefox for Android with means to run userscripts. While Firefox desktop users have some choice […]

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Switch a Microsoft Account to a Local Account

Find out how to convert a Microsoft Account to a Local Account on a computer system running Microsoft's new operating system Windows 10. Microsoft Accounts are the default account type on machines […]

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How to use multiple Chrome profiles

Google Chrome, just like Mozilla Firefox, supports different Chrome profiles that you can make use of to work with different sets of bookmarks, open sites, extensions and more. You could use different […]

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NoScript Beginner's Guide

Update: We have published a new NoScript guide for Firefox 57 and newer. This NoScript Beginner's Guide has been designed to provide new Firefox or NoScript users with information on how the […]

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Windows 10 Build 14291 ships with Edge Extensions support, sort of

Microsoft shipped build 14291 of Windows 10 to the Fast Ring insider channel a few hours ago, and with it an update for the system's default browser Microsoft Edge that introduces initial […]

BlackBelt Privacy: install Tor, WASTE and MicroSip on Windows

BlackBelt Privacy is a free program for Windows that installs the anonymity focused applications Tor, WASTE and VOIP on the device you run the installer on. While you can install all three […]

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An analysis of local caches that Firefox uses

Back in the early days of the Internet, there was just a single cache for HTML files and static elements such as images but with the rise of HTML5 and modern web […]

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NoScript Script Surrogates explained

This guide looks at NoScript's Script Surrogates functionality, explains how you can add or remove surrogates from the popular Firefox add-on, and explains what the feature is being used for. Most Internet […]

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Decentraleyes for Firefox loads CDN resources locally

You can learn a lot about a site when you monitor its network connections when you connect your browser to it. You may see connections to third-party sites, ads, web analytics scripts […]

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Create Network profiles with IP Shifter

IP Shifter is a free program for Windows that enables you to manage multiple network profiles to switch between them easily. The program is probably not necessary for most desktop computer systems, […]

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Take control of WebRTC IP leaks with Statutory for Firefox

In recent years, new technologies have found their way into modern web browsers. Designed to improve or add functionality to the browser to support web applications making use of them, they sometimes […]

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Advanced Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) Tips

The Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, short EMET, is an optional download for all supported client and server versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system that adds exploit mitigation to the system's defenses. […]

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KMPlayer 4.0 ships with minor improvements

Media players, there are so many out there for Windows that it is nearly impossible to compare them all to find out which is best. To name a few popular ones, there […]

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Microsoft releases Snip Editor, a screen capture tool

Snip is a new Microsoft Garage project that has just been released to the public. It is a screen capture tool similar to the Snipping tool included in Windows 7 and newer […]

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Fix DHCP is not enabled for Local Area Connection

If you cannot connect to the Internet or another device on a network when you start Windows or change the system's network state, then it may have DHCP issues. Without going into […]

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Latest 7-Zip Beta ships with RAR5 support

I have used 7-zip in the past to create and unpack archives. It offered everything I needed in a program of its kind: it was lightweight, fast, integrated well with the system […]

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Mozilla plans to change how Firefox ships in 2015

There has been one major change in past years in regards to how the Firefox web browser is developed and shipped to its users. Mozilla changed to a rapid release cycle in […]

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How to block the insecure RC4 cipher in Firefox and Chrome

Whenever you connect to a secure website using Firefox or any other modern browser, negotiations happen in the background that determine what is being used to encrypt the connection. RC4 is a […]

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HWiNFO32 and HWiNFO64 5.0 ship with remote sensor monitoring

The developer of the hardware monitoring and reporting program HWiNFO32 and HWinFO64 has released an update for both applications that brings their version to 5.0. The free programs, available as portable and […]

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You can block WebRTC from leaking your IP now in uBlock Origin

Ublock is without doubt a popular extension for Firefox and Chrome that blocks network requests and popups, and modifies DOM requests on sites you visit to block advertisement, malicious content and other […]

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Will Microsoft ship Windows 10 with a dark theme?

One of the first things that comes to my mind when I think of Windows 10 is how light and bright the default theme of it is. While Microsoft modified some of […]

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Remembr is a basic Windows clipboard manager

Remembr is a free Windows clipboard manager that is currently being developed by the creator of CCEnhancer, JavaRa and System Ninja. I use the clipboard a lot throughout the day. Copy urls […]

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Bookmark Manager AM-Deadlink discontinued and crippled

Whenever I hit d in Firefox's address bar I get a suggestion to open the Download Squad website. The site has not been around for a long time but I never found […]

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Dukto: send data and files locally between mobile and desktop devices

Dukto is an open source project that is available for various mobile devices and desktop operating systems. It enables you to share files, folders and texts between all devices using local connections […]

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Lenovo PCs ship with preinstalled adware and root certificate

We all know that computer manufacturers make much of their revenue from device sales with software and service deals. They integrate trial programs on user systems and may also cooperate with search […]

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Instant WordPress creates a local WordPress installation on Windows in seconds

If you are a WordPress webmaster or administrator you know that there is always something to do on the backend of the site. WordPress updates are released regularly and the same is […]

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Profile Swapper makes working with multiple same-site accounts a breeze

I'm using several Internet services with more than one account. Without going into too many details, I have multiple accounts at one email provider, multiple social media accounts on the same site, […]

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10 Firefox Productivity Tips and Tools

As a long time Firefox user I have come to love the options to customize the browser as well as the functionality that it offers and its add-on developers. While it is […]