Windows 10 – What You Need to Know before You Upgrade
For me, the most interesting part of this article is the list at the end that describes features of previous versions of Windows that won’t be supported by Windows 10. Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating...
View ArticleGoogle Improves Chrome’s Power Efficiency by Pausing (Some) Flash Content
This is a step in the right direction, but enabling “click to play” is often a better solution. Websites go overboard sometimes with Flash contents which you may notice as it may stop web browsers dead...
View ArticleHow to Check the Security of Proxy Servers
There are very few things in life that are truly free, and when it comes to free proxy services, it’s a good idea to know just what that “free” services actually costs you. A recent study of 443 free...
View ArticleMy Last Search Reveals What You Searched for on the Internet
If I want to see what I’ve been searching for lately, all I have to do is turn off AdBlock and then go to a news site and see what sort of ads they’re feeding me. My Last Search is a free portable...
View ArticleWindows 10 – Accessing Program-Specific Volume Controls
This seems like a long overdue feature; some programs are louder than others, and it’s always kind of a shock when you open a program that’s louder than you expect it to be (especially if you’re at...
View ArticleOptimize Tabs in Firefox with Classic Theme Restorer
This sounds especially useful for grouchy, stubborn, middle-aged men like me, who hate it when program interfaces are changed, just for the sake of change. Classic Theme Restorer is a popular extension...
View ArticlePale Moon 25.6 Ships with Anti-Fingerprinting Option
Fingerprinting isn’t exactly a security threat, but it is an intrusion on one’s privacy … and those targeted ads can be pretty annoying sometimes. We talked about a fingerprinting technique using...
View ArticleFinally! Audio Indicators and Muting Arrives in Firefox Nightly
It sounds like there are still some bugs that need to be worked out, but it’s nice to see that Firefox has finally adopted this feature. Mozilla just enabled audio indicators and muting in the most...
View ArticleComparison of Windows 10 Privacy Tools
If you don’t feel like taking the time and trouble to disable Windows 10’s “phone home” features manually, these privacy tools can provide users with a simplified interface for setting up privacy...
View ArticleWord Safety Checks Words for Unwanted Meaning in Foreign Languages
I don’t work with translations very much these days, but this still sounds like it would be kind of a fun program to mess around with, just to see which English language trade names look silly in other...
View ArticleMicrosoft Releases Snip Editor, a Screen Capture Tool
Although somewhat limited in functionality, this looks like a useful tool for capturing and sharing screen images. Snip is a new Microsoft Garage project that has just been released to the public. It...
View ArticlePoper Blocker is Probably the Best Chrome Popup Blocker Right Now
The option to allow specific, legitimate pop-ups sounds useful; some site won’t work if pop-ups are completely disabled. Google Chrome, just like Mozilla Firefox and other web browsers, ships with a...
View ArticleTrack Network Conditions and Website Performance with Dotcom-Monitor
In an internet based economy, the efficiency, speed and reliability of a company’s website and network can often spell the difference between success and failure. A slow or unreliable website or...
View ArticleMute All Tabs in Google Chrome with a Simple Shortcut
This seems almost mandatory for those of us who are in the habit of keeping multiple tabs open in Chrome. Audio indicators and muting is without doubt one of the better usability improvements that have...
View ArticleFirefox 42 – Find Out what’s New
Here’s a brief summary of the new features and changes that will be included in Firefox 42 … Firefox 42 will be unveiled officially on November 3, 2015 by Mozilla. This guide walks you through the core...
View ArticleGoogle Inbox will soon Predict your Replies by Analyzing your Emails
This seems like a solution in search of a problem. If you don’t have time to respond to email, then why open an email account in the first place? Google announced a new feature today that it is...
View ArticleFind Out More about Words using Nifty for Chrome
Just in case you don’t have a thesaurus or a dictionary handy … Nifty is a brand new extension for the Google Chrome browser — and compatible browsers — that provides you with options to look up words...
View ArticleVivaldi Browser gets Silent Tabs and Netflix Support in Latest Build
To be honest, I’ve never actually tried Vivaldi myself because, well because one only needs so many browsers. But that said, the newly added support for Netflix does make me curious. The latest build...
View ArticleCheck Whether Your Antivirus is Vulnerable to Exploitable RWX Addresses
Although this program won’t actually solve RWX vulnerability problems, it will tell you if you have RWX vulnerability problems. AV Vulnerability Checker is a free program for Windows that determines...
View ArticleMicrosoft SmartScreen Filter gets Drive-By Attack Protection
This feature is only available on Windows Edge and Internet Explorer 11, but since Microsoft is in the process of ending support for all IE versions prior to IE 11, then maybe that’s not really an...
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