Windows System Control Center is a free program for personal use on Windows that you may use to explore, download, and use hundreds of the best free apps for the operating system. The app brings together programs by popular developers such as Nirsoft, SysInternals, MiTeC, and others. It is available as a portable application, but…
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Microsoft reportedly showing ads in Microsoft 365 app for Android
Is it an experiment, rolling out to everyone, or a bug? Reports are coming in that users are starting to see ads in the Microsoft 365 application for Android when they open PDF documents in the app. The ad shows up at the top of the screen underneath the title of the document. It features…
Firefox downloads and installs faster on Linux thanks to a recent change
Linux users who download Firefox from Mozilla to install the browser on their device will experience quicker downloads and installs going forward. Mozilla explained on its Nightly website that it switched the packaging to .tar.xz from the previously used .tar.bz2 format. The change has the following benefits: A 25 percent reduction in file size reduces…
Thunderbird financials: doing really well
The team behind the open source email client Thunderbird has released the annual report for the 2023-2024 period. The report covers major developments as well as an overview of financials. And it could not look better. Financial contributions reached 8.6 million US Dollar in 2023, which is an increase of nearly 35 percent when compared…
ZetaOffice: LibreOffice as a web service
LibreOffice is probably the most popular open source document editing software out there at the moment. It is a local solution, which means that you need to install it on your devices to use it. Related content ZetaOffice is a relatively new online service that brings the Office suite to the web. Desktop versions for…
Android may soon warn you when you download a low quality app
Is the app any good? This is probably one of the first questions that come to mind when you stumble upon a new app. User reviews and ratings, as well as other information, such as the developer’s history of application releases, only help that much. Google appears to be working on a new Google Play…
Microsoft relaunches controversial AI-feature Recall: a bug highlights why it is still problematic
Microsoft released a new build to the Canary insider channel that gives testers on Copilot+ PCs the option to test the AI feature Recall again. You may remember that Microsoft announced it with some fanfare earlier this year only to be overwhelmed by the negative response that it received. It got pulled quickly by Microsoft…
Windows 11 24H2 no longer offered if certain Ubisoft games are installed
Windows 11 PCs with certain Ubisoft games installed won’t receive the upgrade offer to Windows 11, version 24H2 anymore at the time of writing. Related content: Microsoft confirmed the new issue and has put a compatibility hold in place that prevent Windows Update from offering the upgrade on affected machines. Here is the list of…
How to block (most) ads on Android
While it is relatively easy to install ad-blockers on desktop devices, the same cannot be said for mobile devices. On desktop, all you have to do is install an extension in your preferred browser and you are all set; at least when it comes to ads on websites. You could also pick a browser with…
WhatsApp finally has an answer for annoying voice messages
I have to admit that I do use WhatsApp for communication with certain relatives and friends. Some of them have the habit of sending voice messages instead of text messages. If you are like me, you dislike this a lot. I have to play the messages to listen to them, and may have to replay…