Windows, Security & Privacy, Open Source and more
The team behind the open source email client Thunderbird has revealed information about Thunderbird Pro and Thundermail. Thunderbird Pro is an upcoming subscription-based service that adds features to Thunderbird. It won’t take anything away from current Thunderbird, but adds new features, namely Appointment management, Send and Assist. Also, Thundermail is a web-based email service that…
Many sites support comments. You can leave a comment under videos, articles, or in forums to add your take on something, add something that you think is missing, or, most likely, to correct the original author. Using public comments or posts is not a new invention. In fact, it goes all the way back to…
Google released a new security update for its Chrome web browser that fixes three security issues, including one that is exploited in the wild. The security issue affects the desktop versions of Google Chrome and the Android version. Desktop users may select Menu > Help > About Google Chrome to install the security update immediately….
After announcing that YouTube Premium Lite will soon get worse with the addition of advertisement in YouTube Shorts, Google has launched another new YouTube plan. Called YouTube Premium Duo, it is a plan for two users. Unlike the Lite plan, which includes some ads and limitations, Premium Duo offers the same functionality as the single…
YouTube users who have enough of the seemingly ever-increasing bombardment with ads on the site have two official options to deal with it. Subscribe to YouTube Premium, which costs more than a Netflix subscription per month, or pick YouTube Premium Lite, if available. YouTube Premium Lite is less expensive, at about $8 per month. For…
Even if you did not grow up during the Nintendo SNES and Sega Genesis / Mega Drive era, you have likely heard about classic games like Street Fighter that revolutionized video games at the time. Some game series get new releases regularly still, others have remained classics. Many of them are playable as virtual games…
The rise of TikTok has saw established sites and apps like YouTube or Instagram scrambling. On YouTube, one response was the introduction and promotion of Shorts, a short video format that resembles TikTok’s own. YouTube Shorts seem to split the user base. Some like it, others dislike it with a passion. If you fall into…
Firefox users have a few options to add new search engines to the browser. The entire process is not as straightforward as it could be though, especially when you compare it to how search engines are added to Chromium-based browsers such as Google Chrome. The two main options are to add the new search engine…
It is easy to sort files in Windows’ File Explorer. Just activate one of the displayed column headers, e.g., type or size, and Windows will sort all files using the selected value. Select size and files will be displayed from largest to smallest. Click again, and the sort order is reversed. Did you know that…
When the Browser Company announced its Arc Browser, it got favorable reviews on a lot of sites. Yes, there were critics as well, but if you read the likes of Lifehacker or The Verge, you’d believe that it would soon overtake every other browser out there. I have to admit that I did not like…