Windows, Security & Privacy, Open Source and more
Lately, we have been having some problems with our local Internet provider. Internet goes down unannounced at times or it is barely usable. That is a big issue if you need the Internet to make a living. For some time now, I have been using Android’s mobile hotspot feature to regain access to the Internet….
Most computer users should know by now that unique and stronger passwords are better. But what exactly means stronger? Most say that adding a mix of characters, including upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and special characters will do the trick. Combine that with a decent length, say 16 or more characters, and your password should…
If you are a Windows user, you may have encountered situations where the system appears to be stuck. Programs do not open at all anymore or very slowly, or you see a dreaded loading animation on the screen that does not go away, no matter how long you wait. The good old “have you tried…
Amazon’s Prime Day is a major shopping event. Even if you are not an Amazon customer, you may notice that another Prime Day is about to happen when all of your favorite sites suddenly start to list deals. While it may be tempting to shop at Amazon during Prime Day, it is usually better to…
With the release of Firefox 128 came the integration of a new experimental feature that Mozilla calls Privacy-Preserving Attribution. The feature is turned on by default, which means that users of the browser need to become active, if they want to disable it. Mozilla published a support webpage that explains that Privacy-Preserving Attribution is. Here…
The team behind the open source email client has released the long-awaited Thunderbird 128 to the public. The version is not yet available as an update, only as a direct download from the official website. You can upgrade from current stable versions of Thunderbird to the new release, but need to run the installer to…
If you use an app like SmartTube or NewPipe, you may have received error 403 messages when trying to play videos on YouTube recently. This happened to me on two occasions in the past days. SmartTube was the app that I used on Amazon’s Fire TV Stick. I could browse YouTube and run searches, but…
O&O Software’s free AppBuster app for Windows was one of the first programs that I reviewed on this site. The latest update introduces several important changes and features that deserve to be mentioned here o this site. If you have used AppBuster in the past you know what the program is about. It lets you…
A report suggests that Google has sneaked code into Chromium-based browsers that is favoring Google-owned properties. Browsers like Chrome, Brave, and Microsoft Edge appear affected. If true, it would give critics of Google’s dominance in web browsing a mighty powerful argument. Here are the details: Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers give *.google.com sites full…
Using a local account in Windows 10 or 11 is good for privacy. It keeps the account local and reveals less information and data to Microsoft. One of the drawbacks is that you cannot easily reset the account password in case you forget it. In fact, apart from brute forcing or hacking your way back…