Windows, Security & Privacy, Open Source and more
The writing was on the wall. Some time ago, Amazon pulled a fast one on Prime subscribers by introducing ads for everyone. Subscribers who did not want the new experience could pay Amazon a few bucks extra to get rid of the advertisement again. To hammer that home even more, Amazon recently started to show…
Mozilla has locked down Firefox for Android significantly. When it first launched the revamped version, it blocked access to what some Firefox users would call essential features: namely extensions support and access to the advanced configuration about:config. It changes its stance on extensions support just recently, which is a step in the right direction and…
If you have installed Google Chrome on one of your devices, then you may want to start the browser’s update engine immediately to update it to the latest version. Google released a new version of Chrome for desktop and Android to fix a 0-day vulnerability in the browser. This one is exploited in the wild,…
Windscribe is a popular VPN solution thanks to its free version, privacy features, and interesting build a plan feature. Windscribe users may install the official extension to integrate the VPN better into Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers, and get several privacy features on top. The extension adds features such as ad blocking, webRTC blocking,…
Google Photos and iCloud Photos are two cloud-based tools to view, organize, and share photos and videos on the web. They are the default applications for this type of service on Android and iOS, which gives them a dominating grip on the market. While convenient to use, not all Internet users may want to allow…
Hot of the heels of the Firefox 140.0 Stable update, released earlier this week, is the first point update for the web browser. It addresses two non-security issues in the browser, one of them a crash at browser start. The main issue fixed in the update is a startup crash that Mozilla says affected some…
Microsoft published several performance claims that it says demonstrate how much better its Windows 11 operating system is in this regard when compared to its predecessor Windows 10. Here are the claims that Microsoft is making: Impressive stats. If you dig deeper, you may notice that Microsoft skewed the results significantly by using Windows 10…
Split View is quite the handy option. Supported by many browsers, such as Vivaldi or Brave, for some time, it allows you to display two websites next to each other in a single tab in the browser. Quite handy for comparison, playing a game or watching a YouTube video, while doing something else. It took…
The future looks quite grim for Mozilla and its Firefox web browser. The average monthly user count continues to drop while the browser of its ex-CEO is reporting new heights regularly. Then there is the looming death of Google and its impact on Mozilla’s finances to consider. Mozilla’s reaction came as a surprise. It started…
PicPick is an excellent screen capture program for Windows. It is free for personal use and you can support the developers by subscribing or buying a lifetime license. The personal version has a few limitations, mainly that you can’t use it commercially, that it does not support automatic updates, and that it may display ads…