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TeamViewer 15 rolls out quietly, improves audio transmission quality but little else November 20, 2019 https://betanews.com/2019/11/20/teamviewer-15/ TeamViewer GmbH has released TeamViewer 15.0, its remote access tool for Windows, Linux and Mac computers, plus iOS and Android mobiles. The new release adds very little to the user experience on the major desktop platforms — better audio transmission quality on…Click to expand… TeamViewer 15 rolls out quietly, improves audio transmission quality but little else

Hello, We are excited to let you know that we just opened up the subscription to the early access program for Opera GX, a new and special version of our browser made with those of you who play games in mind. While we can’t reveal more about this new desktop browser just yet, we would like to invite you to be among the first ones to get to know Opera GX once it becomes available. Head over to www.opera.com/gx to subscribe now. We won’t keep…Click to expand… Opera GX, Opera’s first gaming browser

This article clearly addresses the issues that big social media platforms are currently facing. It also delves into a protocol named ‘ActivityPub’ and why it has caught the attention and investment (again) of some of the big names -and new players- who want to use it. There are pros and cons … https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23689570/activitypub-protocol-standard-social-network

Keeping your Internets safe and pristine. Here’s a review of UBlock Origin (UBO) Lite content blocker extension for Firefox and Chromium-based browsers, designed to be compliant with the new Manifext V3 API that could potentially limit adblocking once enforced, covering installation, filtering modes, filter lists, performance, responsiveness, effectiveness, everyday usage, and more. Have fun. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ublock-origin-lite.html Cheers, Mrk

WinFindr 1.7 has been released. Its main improvements over the previous version are: Greatly improved the support for searching for text inside PDF files. It’s now possible to search for files based on the file attributes. The results list now shows more information about the found items – but you can also choose to see only a minimal amount of information, it’s up to you. The full Changelog is available here: https://winfindr.com/changelog/… WinFindr

Firefox 28 released March 18, 2014. What’s New. System Requirements. Download Firefox in your language. Security Advisories for Firefox.

A couple of days ago, Google began sending an email to users to let them know about changes to Gemini on Android. The mail caused some users to worry, here’s why. The screenshot you see here is from the mail that I received. Let’s talk about it, the email said, “Gemini will soon be able to help you use Phone, Messages, WhatsApp and Utilities on your phone, whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off.”Click to expand… … Gemini’s new terms might alarm you, but Google says there’s no reason to worry

Google published an update on the deprecation timeline of so-called Manifest V2 extensions in the Chrome web browser. Starting this June, Chrome will inform users with classic extensions about the deprecation. Manifests are rulesets for extensions. They define the capabilities of extensions. When Google published the initial Manifest V3 draft, it was criticized heavily for it.Click to expand… … Google will disable classic extensions in Chrome in the coming months

Fort [1] is a simple firewall for Windows 7+. Features: – Filter by network addresses, application groups – Application group speed limits – Stores hourly, daily, monthly and yearly statistics – Graphical display of bandwidth – No alert popups – Based on Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) – Open Source (GPLv3) [1] https://github.com/tnodir/fort

Today, I have for ye a detailed review of the new Plasma 6.4 desktop environment, covering look and feel, new dark theme, numerous ergonomic regressions, significant problems with basic font rendering and raw performance in a Wayland session on a system with integrated AMD graphics, superior X11 session behavior, problems with Discover and software management, various issues and bugs in the underlying KDE neon platform – installer inconsistency, disappearing icons, default browser… Plasma 6.4 review – A worrying trend

What is your list of security programs that you are using right now?

Osprey is a browser extension that protects you from malicious websites: https://github.com/Foulest/Osprey currently installable in Chrome/Edge but will soon be available in the Mozilla Store. The developer Foulest is very helpful in solving any problems.

Announced at Ignite, WRI is an initiative designed to make all digital environments touched by Microsoft products more secure and resilient. WRI prioritizes preventing, managing and recovering from security and reliability incidents, mitigating issues swiftly and providing seamless recovery across the Windows platform.Click to expand… https://blogs.windows.com/windowsex…ing-resilience-for-a-future-ready-enterprise/ Not too… The Windows Resiliency Initiative: Building resilience for a future-ready enterprise

Hello, Malwarebytes 3.0 Beta (3.0.2.1175) has just been released for public testing. Announcing Beta of Malwarebytes 3.0, a Next-Generation Antivirus Replacement (includes download link) Today we have released the beta of our next-generation product, Malwarebytes 3.0! This product is built to provide comprehensive protection against today’s threat…Click to expand… Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Updates

Secure Boot is a known term for Windows 11 users. It is one of Windows 11’s hardware requirements, and without it, the operating system cannot be installed, at least officially. Secure Boot was introduced in 2012 with the release of Windows 8, and its certificates, first issued in 2011, are set to expire soon. Now, Microsoft has posted a blog post about the importance of this event and why organizations and users must ensure their Secure Boot certificates are up to date.Click to expand… … Certificates for one of Windows 11’s hardware requirements expire soon, here is what to know

Security researchers at Rapid7 have discovered eight vulnerabilities in Brother printers that affect a total of 689 different printer models. Printers from Fujifilm Business, Ricoh, Toshiba, and Konica are also affected.Click to expand… https://www.ghacks.net/2025/06/26/b…dreds-of-printers-to-address-security-issues/

Beta version 0.11.6 of Brave has activated its Brave Payments, which lets you send micropayments to websites as a reward for not hitting you with ads or trackers. https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/01/a…ou-can-support-sites-with-cash-not-ad-clicks/

June 01, 2025 May 2025 updates for Microsoft Office Microsoft released the following security updates for Office in May 2025. These updates are intended to help our customers keep their computers up to date. We recommend that you install all updates that apply to you.Click to expand… To download an update, select the corresponding Knowledge Base article in…Click to expand… Microsoft Updates And Notifications For June 2025

Employers are drowning in AI-generated job applications, with LinkedIn now processing 11,000 submissions per minute—a 45 percent surge from last year, according to new data reported by The New York Times.Click to expand… Due to AI, the traditional hiring process has become overwhelmed with automated noise. It’s the résumé equivalent of AI slop—call it “hiring slop,” perhaps—that currently haunts social media and the web with sensational pictures and misleading information. The flood of…Click to expand… The slow, painful death of the résumé

Windows Firewall Control version 4 is out Because the old thread is very long I propose a new thread dedicated to the new version. What’s new: – New: The main window was redesigned from scratch to be more user friendly and intuitive. Now this view can be resized and has a better support for translated strings. All features were reorganized. – New: Multiple instances of the notification dialog were removed. Instead, when a new… Windows Firewall Control (WFC) by BiniSoft.org

Iron bills itself as a Chrome/Chromium alternative which protects both security and privacy while even giving a performance boost. It comes from the individual behind SRWare, a private software company in Germany. SRWare says that development on the browser is funded by donations and ads on their website. Like Chromium, Iron does not have an installation…Click to expand… SRWare Iron – Chromium-based browser

The qBittorrent project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent. Additionally, qBittorrent runs and provides the same features on all major platforms (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, OS/2, FreeBSD). qBittorrent is based on the Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar library.Click to expand… qBittorrent v4.0 is a major release. New features include support for… qBittorrent Releases & Discussion

darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable and enables you to develop raw images and enhance them. Have a look at our current features and how to install it on…Click to expand… darktable – open-source, cross-platform RAW photography software suite

Microsoft Edge (Stable) Version 108.0.1462.76 Release date: January 5, 2023 Release notes for Microsoft Edge Stable Channel: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/d…ble-channel#version-1080146276-january-5-2023 Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Stable and Extended Stable release.Click to expand… ———– Download and deploy the new Microsoft Edge for business… Microsoft Edge Stable Channel Releases

I haven’t tried this one yet, but I figured I would share. The sofware looks interesting and seems quite affordable. http://adguard.com/en/welcome.html