What's New

Optimal Access is a new add-on for the Firefox web browser that reenvisions how Tab Groups work in the browser.

Mozilla announced some time ago that it would remove the built-in tab grouping functionality of Firefox, citing lack of use and development focus on more important parts of the browser as reasons for the decision.

The following guide explains how to hide extension icons in the Google Chrome web browser partially, as there is no option to hide them fully anymore.

Google changed recently how and where extension icons are displayed in the Google Chrome browser. If you have been using Google Chrome and extensions for some time, you may know that extensions installed in the browser could either display in the address bar of the browser, or the main toolbar.

Event Monitor Service is a free (for personal use) program for Windows that monitors important system events such as file deletions or Registry changes.

As the name suggests, a service is installed when you hit the supplied install.bat batch file which starts to operate as soon as it has been created.

There is also an uninstall.bat file which you can make use of to remove the service again from operating systems it was installed on previously.

Mozilla banned the popular Firefox add-on YouTube Unblocker yesterday after it was confirmed that it tampers with Firefox security preferences, and downloads and installs an unrelated add-on from an unofficial website.

The add-on, used to unblock YouTube videos that are blocked in certain countries by redirecting access through proxy servers in countries where the video is available, has hundreds of thousands of users.

Mozilla revealed yesterday four Internet of Things (IoT) projects that it plans to concentrate on after stopping any further development of Firefox OS for smartphones.

Firefox OS for smartphone was an ambitious project for Mozilla, considering that it had to compete in an area where heavyweights such as Google, Apple and Microsoft dominate the field.

Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system ships not only with a selection of applications created by Microsoft but also third-party apps or application links that are placed prominently in the operating system's start menu.

Whenever you create a new user account on Windows 10, or start the system for the first time after the "getting things ready" screens, you will notice a handful of third-party apps and links in the start menu.

Microsoft pushed out two new updates for stable versions of the company's Windows 10 operating system today.

The updates KB3140743 and KB3139907 are available via the operating system's update service or as direct downloads from Microsoft's Download Center.

KB3140743 is a cumulative update for Windows 10 Version 1511 that introduces a bunch of improvements and fixes, but no new features, to Windows 10.

Chrome and Firefox provide users with options to manage registered Service Workers in the browser, including options to remove Service Workers from the browser.

Service Workers are an up and coming feature supported by most modern browsers that enable sites and services to interact with the browser without having to be open in it.

Google Chrome's chrome://flags page may not be as powerful as Mozilla Firefox's about:config page, but it provides users of the web browser with access to experimental features and options that they can control from that page.

Chrome users can enable these features on the page to test new functionality before it lands in the browser, or is pulled from it again by Google.

The popular Wi-Fi survey and discovery application NetSpot has been ported from Mac OS X to Windows. It is available as a free, limited version only currently.

If you are using wireless Internet at home, you probably know that reception can differ a lot depending on the room you are in and other factors, such as other wireless access points in the vicinity.

Kiddle is a new search engine that has been designed as a safe search engine for children.

It is usually not a good idea to leave children, especially young ones, alone with a device that is connected to the Internet as there is a lot of weird and outright disturbing stuff on the Internet that can shock even adults that are Internet veterans.

Clean Uninstall is a brand new browser add-on for the Firefox web browser that provides you with options to remove add-on preferences from extensions that you uninstall in the browser.

One of the shortcomings of Firefox's current add-on system is that preferences that extensions create during installation are not removed when you uninstall those add-ons in the browser.

This is similar to how things are on Windows systems, where the native uninstall routines of software often leaves traces behind in form of files, folders and Registry keys.

Some web pages annoy the hell out of me with page elements they display to me when I'm opening them in a web browser.

Maybe it is this silly "we use cookies" notification that every site under the sun seems to use these days, an on-top prompt to sign up for the newsletter, an ad that overlays content because of bad programming, or something else that is distracting or keeping me from accessing the content.

Textreme is a text replacement program for Microsoft Windows systems that takes standard automated text editing features to the next level.

The majority of text editors for Windows ship with basic text editing and replacement options. Use search and replace, and a handful of other features to edit text semi-automatically.

Textreme has been created by its author to take it to the next level, as it supports all these basic functions but also advanced options which go as far as deleting sections of text or switching bits around.

NetX is a new network discovery application for Android that displays information about all devices connected to a network among other things.

One of the many appeals of the application is that it is extremely easy to use yet powerful enough to satisfy the needs of users who demand more than just a list of devices found in a computer network.