What's New

The official release data of Firefox 44 is January 26, 2016. This overview provides you with detailed information about the new release including new features and changes in the desktop version of Firefox and the Firefox version for Android.

Mozilla updates all channels of the browser that it makes available at the same time. This means that Beta, Developer Edition, Nightly and Firefox Extended Support Release channels will be updated as well.

This means the following version changes: Firefox Beta 45, Firefox Developer Edition 46, Firefox Nightly 47 and Firefox ESR 38.6.

Edge Blocker is a free program for the Windows operating system that users or system administrators can make use of to block Microsoft's new web browser Edge on the system.

Microsoft made the decision to make Edge the default browser on Windows 10, and it shows as it is integrated deeply into the system. Not only is Edge the default browser of Windows 10, it can also be quite difficult to do away with it for good in case you don't want it to be available or used on a machine running Windows 10.

FileWing Shredder is a free program for the Windows operating system that you can use to delete files or folders (containing files) securely on PCs running Windows to prevent recovery.

This can be useful if the PC is shared, if you need to bring it in for repairs or replacement, or if you plan on giving it or the storage device the data is on away.

There are other ways to handle this in some situations, for instance by placing important data only in encrypted spaces.

PixelHealer is a free portable program for the Windows operating system that provides you with tools to detect and sometimes repair dead or defective pixels on the display connect to the machine you are using.

LCD screens may have defective pixels which you sometimes may notice right away depending on their location on the screen and spread across the device.

Undercovers is a free application for the Android operating system that provides you and your partner with an indirect way to share sexual fantasies.

The main idea behind the app is to find matching fantasies. While you could certainly talk about those, some may prefer an indirect approach instead, and that is what Undercover offers.

Puzzle Bars is a free add-on for the Firefox web browser that adds several icon control options to the browser improving how you access browser-specific and add-on icons in Firefox.

Firefox users don't have that many options anymore by default to customize where browser icons and add-on icons are shown in the interface since Mozilla removed options like the status bar from the browser.

While it is possible to regain access to these using add-ons, most Firefox users are left with placing icons either in the main toolbar or the main Firefox menu.

Sync 2.3 has been released and with it come new features designed specifically for power users according to BitTorrent Inc.

Sync has been a hot topic here on ComTek's TekBits Technologt News ever since it was released as an alpha version.

Registry Finder is a third-party Registry Editor for machines running a flavor of Windows that offers features such as quick jumping that the default editor of the operating system does not support.

If you ever had to edit Registry keys or add new ones using the default Registry Editor of Windows, you know that it is not best suited for these tasks.

While you get things done using it eventually, navigation, search, and missing features delay the editing significantly at times.

Downloads is a free browser extension for the Google Chrome web browser that removes the -- rather clunky -- download toolbar from the browser that pops up whenever files are downloaded using it.

The extension adds an icon to Chrome instead that you can use to manage downloads.

Google Chrome is in many ways a restrictive browser. There is no option to add toolbars or sidebars to the browser, and the interface can only be customized slightly all in all.

If you like Windows freeware, chance is that you stumbled upon Samer Kurdi's website Freeware Genius before.

He is been in hiatus for the most part in the past two or so years, and I wanted to know what he is up to these days, and why Freeware Genius is not being updated anymore.

If you have any questions for Samer feel free to ask them in the comment section below. I'm sure he is monitoring the article closely and will respond to questions that come up.

Without further ado, lets get started right away.

Who Stalks My Cam is a free program for the Windows operating system that detects webcam use and informs you about it.

All modern laptops and smartphones ship with microphones and cameras for communication and other purposes.

While those are usually initiated by the user, there is at least a chance that someone else might hack into the system and turn the web camera or microphone on to listen in or watch.

Microsoft's NET Framework has been an integrated component of all recent versions of the Windows operating system. While the actual version of the Framework installed by default differs with every release of Windows, all recent Windows versions have in common that they support Microsoft .Net to a degree.

The versions that were to new for an operating system could be installed to add support for these versions.

Omea Reader is a feed reader application for Windows that, while no longer maintained, supports a wide range of features that may make it interesting for some users of the operating system.

The program is a local reader that does not offer any integration with the cloud or services, but it may be possible to use cloud services to sync the feed listing and status regardless of that.

You can import an existing feed list using opml files but also bookmarks from Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox into the application.

Hosts Block is a free program for the Windows operating system that has been designed to protect the hosts file and update it regularly with lists of blocked malicious, adware or spyware domains.

The program has been designed with ease of use in mind. Simply install it on your Windows PC and it will run quietly in the background for the most part.

The application adds an icon to the Windows system tray which you can use to open its interface and control some of the features it makes available.

NoVirusThanks Stream Detector is a free program for the Windows operating system that allows you to scan entire NTFS hard drives or folders on them for alternate data streams.

Every file on a storage device formatted with the NTFS file system has at least one data stream assigned to it. It is called the unnamed data stream and executed when you double-click on files or when you run files from the command prompt.