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Latest Windows Updates and Service Packs overview

This guide provides you with information on the latest Windows updates and Service Packs, including where to download them and how to install them.

Microsoft released service packs traditionally for its operating systems, but switched to the new feature upgrade system with the release of Windows 8.

Service Packs are only available for Windows 7 and earlier operating systems on the client side, while Feature upgrades for Windows 8 and newer versions of Windows including Windows 10.

Firefox: new default theme, theme API makes an appearance

2017 will be quite the interesting year for the Firefox web browser. Mozilla plans to make the switch to WebExtensions in that year, launch a new themes API that is based on that, and will introduce a new default Firefox theme on top of all that.

The first changes have been pushed to the Nightly version of the Firefox web browser already. The most visible change is the addition of two new themes that Firefox will ship with from that version on.

Page not found? Load archived copies with Wayback Machine for Chrome

Wayback Machine is a new browser extension for Google Chrome that detects page error codes to suggest to access archived copies of the page.

There is a saying that the Internet won't forget a thing, and that it is difficult to impossible to remove content from the Internet completely.

While that is the case, it is no rare occurrence that Internet users encounter deleted, redirected or temporarily unavailable pages or entire sites.

Image Resizer for Windows

Image Resizer for Windows is a free, open source program for Microsoft Windows devices to resize images straight from Explorer.

Windows users have quite the diverse selection of tools at their disposal when it comes to image manipulation.

Microsoft Paint, or the Windows Photos app, may be all that is needed in some cases to resize an image or modify it in other ways.

WhatsApp Security: make this change right now!

Security researchers found a backdoor in the popular messaging application WhatsApp recently that could allow WhatsApp to intercept and read user messages.

Facebook, the owner of WhatsApp, claims that it is impossible to intercept messages on WhatsApp thanks to the services end-to-end encryption. The company states that no one, not even itself, can read what is sent when both sender and recipient use the latest version of the application.

Analyze Amazon reviews for authenticity

Shopping websites like Amazon support review systems that allow customers to leave reviews for products on the site.

Designed to add unique content and information to shopping sites, ratings are often also used when it comes to an item's visibility on a site.

Customers who buy online may rely on reviews more than they rely on product descriptions to make buying decisions.

This in turn makes it very profitable to push reviews for products. This is called fake reviews, and it usually involves someone paying reviewers to leave reviews on a shopping site.

TranslucentTB make Windows Taskbar transparent

TranslucentTB is a free open source program for devices running Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system that makes the Windows Taskbar transparent when run.

The Windows Taskbar is one of the central locations to start and manage programs on Windows ever since Microsoft improved its functionality with the release of Windows 7.

While functionality changed -- you can pin programs to the taskbar, and use new features like jumplists as well -- appearance options have not changed all that much.