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The arrival of summer is often accompanied by cameras ready to capture every special moment of our vacations. However, too often we discover upon returning home that those memories have various types of errors. From videos that won’t play to corrupt files that prevent us from reliving our experiences, it’s…
August 24 Tech news roundup: Windows will remove Control Panel soon, Chrome gets a critical security update, Access Apple Podcasts on any browser
News Aug 24, 2024
Windows 11 Control Panel will be removed soon Microsoft has confirmed it will remove Control Panel from Windows 11. This has been coming for a long time, since 2015 to be precise. A recent update to a document on Microsoft’s website reveals that the legacy app is being deprecated, in…
July 6 Tech news roundup: Netflix is discontinuing its Basic Ad-free plan, Authy suffers another security breach, Google Translate supports 110 new languages
News Jul 6, 2024
Microsoft’s Weather app is displaying more ads Microsoft has made a server-side update to its Weather app. The desktop app, which is pre-installed in Windows 11, now displays multiple advertisements. This is not the first time that the Redmond company has made such a change, it did something similar last…
Windows 10, Microsoftâs flagship OS is now active on more than 200,000,000 devices monthly. This is big news for the Redmond based company that only launched the new version of Windows back in August. According to the official Windows Experience blog, Windows 10 is now on the fastest ever... Read more
Start 2016 With Better Productivity Thanks To SHAREit
MacProductivitySoftware ReviewsWindows January 5, 2016
It’s the same thing every year: “I’m going to get organized.” “I’m going to finish that project I’ve been working on for years.” “I’m going to finally go after the career I’ve always wanted.” Possibly second only to New Year’s resolutions to lose weight and get healthy, getting organized... Read more
2015 has been the year that the phrase âCyber Crimeâ went mainstream, became cool, and also the year that saw next to exponential growth with everything and anything to do with cybersecurity. That is at least according to Kaspersky in their overall summary for the last 12 months. Â The... Read more
My top 5 Free Software titles of 2015
Best SoftwareNewsWindows December 31, 2015
Itâs been a good year for Free Software, and I knows that I do like me some good free software. This year, like every year at FileHippo weâve done our best to bring you, the people of internet the best free software available. Iâll be honest with you, I... Read more
Microsoft have begun putting pressure on people to make the upgrade to Windows 10, and not everyone is happy about it. If youâre one of those people still running Windows 7 or Windows 8 then by now you might have noticed Microsoft have begun pushing Windows 10 on you... Read more
Udemy, one of the largest sites for online learning, and that also raised $65m in investment back in June, has come under fire for selling courses that contain pirated content from other courses. The site allows people to upload training materials and then charge Udemy users, of which there... Read more
Microsoft has come clean about the action it recently took to pull the eagerly anticipated first major Windows 10 Update According to Microsoft, the Windows 10 Update for November in its original form might have reset four important privacy settings back their original default settings, but without informing the... Read more
Microsoft’s updated operating system Windows 10 was launched in 2015 to great acclaim. The latest Windows offering is designed with compatibility in mind, so the system links with a variety of devices. This cross-device functionality was first announced for Microsoft’s latest console, the Xbox One. Shortly after, news broke... Read more
Create, resize, copy, format and split partitions with ease Itâs a fact of life that hard drives just keep getting bigger. But while all that extra space allows you to install more programs and store more information than ever before, it also makes it a whole lot harder to... Read more
Future of Tool That Brings Android Apps to Windows In Doubt Project Astoria, Microsoftâs code name for its Android app porting tool, looks like it might have been kicked into the long grass, with Microsoft shifting its focus to iOS instead. It was only back in April of this... Read more
Windows 10 Preview members got their hands on the new build of Windows 10 for testing. Rumors had been doing the rounds on the Internet this last week or so, that Microsoft is finally going to release the first ârealâ update for Windows 10 in the next few days.... Read more
Fans of an older Windows operating system have reason to feel the pang of nostalgia today: Microsoft has quietly announced the end date for Windows 7. This end date will affect the sale of computers with the operating system pre-installed, but the announcement also lists two further dates when support... Read more
In the world of updates and upgrades, it’s really important that you take the time to scan your screen for any unwanted checked boxes. How important is it? Windows-10-against-your-wishes important. According to multiple sources, Microsoft snuck in a fun little feature in their recent important updates package: Windows 7... Read more
Windows 10 For Mobile For Windows Phones Will Rollout December
MobileNewsSocial MediaWindows October 9, 2015
Windows 10 is to begin rolling out for Windows phones this December. Microsoftâs Lumia division announced the release date, late Tuesday evening on the Lumia Facebook page…of all places. For those who canât wait, Windows 10 for mobile will be available on Microsoftâs newest Lumia flagship 950 and Lumia... Read more
While some Windows insiders expected to have Windows 10 build 10551 drop at the end of last week, it sadly didn’t come to pass. At the time of writing it also looks somewhat unlikely the next build is going to come this week either. Microsoft have been busy though.... Read more
Popular iOS Ad-blocker, Crystal, is to allow companies to show you ads and has come in for some serious criticism for doing so. Crystal developer, Dean Murphy, has made an agreement with a company called Eyeo GmbH that will allow some ads to be allowed past Crystal’s ad filter. Murphy... Read more
Microsoft have released a blog post that responds directly to Windows 10 privacy concerns. In the blog post, released Monday, 28th September, Microsoft insists that usersâ privacy is very important to them, stating that âtrust,â is the veritable core pillar of their vision for modern, personal computing. Indeed, the... Read more
Opera and FileHippo.com have teamed up together to give you an exclusive chance to win 1 of 3 Microsoft Surface Pro 3’s. No gimmicks, no catches, just Opera, and Surface Pro. This is the best prize we’ve ever given away! I mean, who wouldn’t want a chance to use... Read more