Windows, Security & Privacy, Open Source and more
In less than two months, Microsoft will manipulate Windows Mail and Calendar on Windows systems so that they stop working. Microsoft announced the change, in less drastic words, in an update to the Outlook for Windows support page. There, Microsoft writes: Support for Windows Mail, Calendar, and People will end on December 31, 2024. We’re…
While streaming seems to gain more popularity by the day, some users prefer to download content at times or always. This offers several benefits, such as: There are plenty of services available on the Internet that let you download videos to the local system. You may also use standalone programs, Internet Download Manager is my…
I dislike recaps. Not as much as precaps, which give you a summary of what you are about to see, but still. Whenever they come up, I immediately activate the skip button to get past them. Amazon is now experimenting with AI to improve recaps for viewers on Amazon Prime Video. The feature, which has…
Windows Update Viewer is an open source application for Windows that serves a number of purposes all around updates in Windows. The application is free to use and available as a portable version and as an installer. It displays all installed updates on the Windows system when you run it. Note that it is a…
The open source email client Mozilla Thunderbird is now also available for Android. This marks a big milestone for the makers and enables users to use the client on desktop systems and on mobile systems powered by Android. With iOS support in the works, Thunderbird will be a true cross-platform email client that you can…
Wallpapers are a great way to customize your Windows PCs or any other device. Most devices come with a default set of wallpapers, but these are usually fairly limited. On Windows, you get a few choices and may also download wallpapers from the Internet or the Microsoft Store. A third option is provided by Microsoft’s…
If you still use Google Chrome, then you may have noticed that the browser displays a Google Lens entry in the address bar. It is still rolling out I guess, but more and more installations get this. With Google Lens integration, Chrome users may run searches for anything that they see on the page. So,…
Mozilla has published a video to celebrate the 20th birthday of its Firefox web browser. The video showcases some of the existing features of the web browser and also upcoming features. As far as new features are concerned, there is none that has not been mentioned before. Still, it is a good opportunity to see…
When the makers of the archive tool Bandizip started to make changes that were disliked by part of the userbase, it was PeaZip among several other apps that users switched to. The open source archiving software is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. The developers have released version 10.0 recently; reason enough to take another…
One of the best things you can do to protect your data and privacy while online is to use a good VPN. Not all VPNs offer equally good protections; some even collect and sell user data. Mullvad VPN is already offering some of the strongest privacy protections in the industry. This begins with options to…