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Microsoft released the updates  KB4057142, KB4057144 and KB4073290 on January 17th, 2017 for the company's Windows 10 operating system.

One of the updates, KB4073290, addresses the unbootable state issue for select AMD devices after installing the January 3 update KB4056892.  The company released updates for affected Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Server systems yesterday already.

Tusk is a relatively new web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox -- and also compatible web browsers -- that adds support for KeePass password manager databases in supported browsers.

Proton Technologies, best known for the secure email service ProtonMail launched ProtonVPN for Android today.

The company launched ProtonVPN to the public last year but had to shut down registration soon after the launch as servers were hitting capacity limits due to a rush of sign-ups for the service.

Microsoft released updates for AMD devices running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 designed to fix the unbootable state issue that some AMD devices ran into after installing the out-of-band security updates that Microsoft released in early January 2018 to address the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities.

Microsoft plans to move Fonts management from the Control Panel to the Settings application in future versions of the Windows 10 operating system.

Paul Thurott managed to get a sneak peak of the functionality already using the latest Windows 10 Insider Build.

According to his information, Fonts becomes an entry under Personalization in the Settings application.

The Firefox Hardware Report is a weekly updated report of the hardware used by a representative sample of Firefox's release channel user base.

US-based security firm ICEBRG revealed yesterday that it detected four malicious Google Chrome extensions at the official Chrome Web Store.

The following guide offers tips and instructions for staying safe when you download extensions for the Mozilla Firefox web browser.

The past year has been eventful for users of the Firefox web browser. Mozilla introduced features such as multi-process support or Firefox Quantum that moved the browser closer to the all-powerful Google Chrome browser.

InSpectre is another free program for Windows that checks for Spectre and Meltdown patches on the system and potential performance impacts.

The Pale Moon team plans to remove support for Mozilla AMO (Add-ons Mozilla Org) from the web browser on May 8th, 2018.

Pale Moon is largely based on Firefox code, but compatibility took a hit recently when Mozilla switched the add-on system of Firefox to support WebExtensions exclusively while Pale Moon stayed with the what Mozilla calls legacy add-on system.

The Pale Moon team plans to remove support for Mozilla AMO (Add-ons Mozilla Org) from the web browser on May 8th, 2018.

Pale Moon is largely based on Firefox code, but compatibility took a hit recently when Mozilla switched the add-on system of Firefox to support WebExtensions exclusively while Pale Moon stayed with the what Mozilla calls legacy add-on system.

Pale Moon 27.7.0 is a new version of the web browser that was released on January 15, 2018. The latest version introduces new features as well as stability, security, and privacy improvements.

TrendMicro Ransom Buster is a standalone program for Microsoft Windows devices to protect data on the device against all forms of ransomware.

TrendMicro states that Ransom Buster is free for a limited period only. While we don’t know precisely for how long and what follows after, the most likely explanation is that the company plans to sell it for a price eventually.

TrendMicro security customers don’t need the product as the company’s security programs support the same feature set already.

Ashampoo Spectre Meltdown CPU Checker is a free program for Microsoft Windows that reveals to you whether the processor of the Windows PC is vulnerable to Spectre or Meltdown vulnerabilities.

Super Netflix is a free browser extension for Google Chrome designed to give Netflix users more control of the service.  The extension comes with some much-requested features, among them options to block spoilers on Netflix, to skip intros automatically, and to set the desired playback quality.

Netflix is a popular TV and movie streaming service. It is available almost anywhere, and you can watch it using a TV, computer, mobile device, and pretty much any device with a display, Internet connectivity and application support.