December 2017

Recent versions of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system, for instance build 17063, come with a new process that is just called Registry.

If you have spotted the Registry process already on a machine running Windows 10, you probably asked yourself what it is all about, and whether it is a legitimate process or not.

Open the Windows Task Manager with the shortcut Ctrl-Shift-Esc, and scroll down the list of processes to locate it. It uses a bit of memory but little to no CPU, disk, network or GPU.

The creator of Mandrake Linux runs a campaign for the open, free mobile operating system eelo on the crowd funding site Kickstarter right now.

Designed to break the dominance of Apple's and Google's walled systems, eelo is based on LineageOS but takes it a step further than that.

Mozilla implemented a new feature in Firefox 57 that its lead developer calls tailing. Tailing delays the loading of scripts from a list of known tracking domains to improve the page load performance.

The core concept works similarly to lazy load. Instead of loading all scripts and elements of a web page directly, some content is paused to give more important content more resources to work with.

Microsoft plans to integrate the command line tools tar and curl in the next feature update of Windows 10, out in March 2018.

While we don't know the full name of the next feature update yet, it is clear that it will feature major improvements and additions unlike the rather bleak Fall Creators Update.

With Mozilla changing core features of Firefox and cutting ties with Thunderbird, it was not really clear what direction Thunderbird's development would take.

It was clear however that Mozilla's decision to drop legacy add-ons to embrace WebExtensions impacted Thunderbird.

Microsoft revealed recently that Windows 10 Professional will support Windows Defender Application Guard in the next feature update.

Windows Defender Application Guard is a security feature of Enterprise editions of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system.

The feature uses Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization technology to add a virtual layer around browsing sessions in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.

Nvidia released the graphics driver 388.71 WHQL for Microsoft's Windows operating system today. The graphics driver comes with Game Ready support for the smash hit Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, support for CUDA 9.1, and several driver fixes.

The new driver is already available on Nvidia's official drivers download website, and to users who run the GeForce Experience software on their Windows machines.

Amazon announced recently that the company's Amazon Music Storage subscription plans are being retired.

The service allowed Amazon customers to upload music to the company's cloud infrastructure. Free users could upload up to 250 titles using the Amazon Music application for PC or Macintosh devices.

Paid subscribers could upload up to 250,000 songs to Amazon instead for $24.99 per yaer.

Microsoft plans to remove the HomeGroup functionality from its Windows 10 operating system. The company made the first step towards that goal in the most recent Insider Preview version of Windows 10 as it disabled it in that build.

Microsoft revealed the Timeline feature of Windows 10 earlier this year. While its entire functionality was not made clear at the time, it looked as if it would allow users to keep track of past activity on a machine running Windows 10.

Timeline was launched in the Windows 10 Insider Build 17063 in December 2017 as a way to "get right back to where you left off".