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Network Profile Manager NetSetMan 4 update brings major features

Depending on how and where you use your computer, you may need to change network settings regularly.

This can be the case if you use a laptop at home and in office for example. Windows doesn't save different network profiles which means that you have to switch manually or write your own batch files or scripts to automate the process.

DelFix deletes portable disinfection tools from your system automatically

What sounds like a virus on first read is a useful system tool created by the author of Adwcleaner.

Like Adwcleaner, it is designed to remove leftovers on a system polluted by adware programs and files.

Unlike it, it is designed to remove the tools used to remove the adware from the system and not the adware itself.

Hide promoted tweets, accounts and trends on Twitter

If you are a Twitter regular using the main website of the service as your entry point and not an app or program, you may have noticed promoted content on the site in various places.

Companies and individuals can promote contents on Twitter, for instance to display ads directly to users, to promote hash tags, or an account to increase the followers of the account and interaction with that account.

AVG’s Invisibility Glasses promise to protect your privacy in public

AVG unveiled Invisibility Glasses, a new product from its Innovation Labs, yesterday in Barcelona.

I have to admit that I imagined a different kind of product when I read its name, thinking of a product that would make the wearer invisible or one that would automatically remove objects or people in your sight when you use the glasses.

Invisibility Glasses serve a different purpose though. They have been designed by AVG to protect your privacy when you are in public.

How to mark all links on a page as read in Chrome

If you visit websites like Reddit, Hacker News, Product Hunt or other news type of sites regularly, you may have noticed that it is difficult on some to keep up with the flow of news.

While that is not really a problem on your first visit, you may find it difficult to continue where you stopped the last time as many sites do not mark that or provide you with options to do that by yourself.

There are ways around this. You could open the newest linked article or item each time before you leave the site to mark it as read, or bookmark it instead if you prefer that option.

Mozilla integrates Heartbeat user rating system in Firefox Beta

All Firefox versions ship with reporting and telemetry functionality. If enabled, these feature submit reports to Mozilla which help the organization get a better understanding of the Firefox browser.

There are three core features built-in Firefox currently that collect data and submit reports when enabled: health report, telemetry and crash reporter.

Mozilla releases 64-bit Firefox Developer Edition for Windows

Windows users who wanted to run a 64-bit version of Firefox in the past were limited to the Nightly Channel up until now as it was the only channel that offered 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Firefox on Windows.

All other channels, Stable, Beta and Developer Edition, were not offered as a 64-bit version for the Windows operating system.

The situation is different for Mac and Linux versions of Firefox as 64-bit versions for both systems have been made available for some time now by Mozilla.

VLC 2.2.0 update improves extension handling

VLC Media Player is one of the two media players that I install on every Windows PC that I work on (the other is SMPlayer).

It is a great media player that supports most formats out of the box so that you can say goodbye to codec hunting.

A new version of the media player, VLC 2.2.0 has just been released. It is a multi-release so to speak as new versions for nearly every other supported platform have been released as well.

PayPal ends business relationship with Mega

Is history repeating itself? Mega just announced that the payment processing platform PayPal has ended its business relationship with the cloud storage provider.

PayPal, which had a business relationship with Megaupload as well in the past up until its closure by US authorities, banned several large file hosting services in the wake of the takedown and changed its acceptance requirements for these type of sites as well.

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