What's New

Microsoft introduced the Runtime Broker process (RuntimeBroker.exe) in Windows 8, and kept on using it in Windows 10 as well.

Runtime Broker is a legitimate Windows process, but one with quite a bad reputation for increasing CPU load and memory usage on systems sporadically.

Are you identifiable is a new web service that answers whether Internet sites may identify you based on your extensions, logins, and web browser.

Online privacy is a hot topic, and making sure that you you are not tracked or traced online may soon require a master's degree in privacy.

Netflix enabled the downloading of -- some -- TV show episodes and movies in the company's application for Windows 10 recently.

It allows you to download these shows and movies to the local device, and watch them at a later point in time. Ideal for adding some to your laptop before you spend the next ten hours or so flying to Japan, or spending the vacation with your kids in a place with bad or no Internet reception at all.

F.Lux 4, a new beta version of the blue light filtering application for Windows, introduces presets, and options to whitelist programs.

If you work late at night on a computer, or early in the morning, you may have experienced the effect that artificial light can have on your health.

F.Lux has been designed to filter out blue light to make colors warmer to make them more eye pleasing, and improve sleep.

The official release date of the Windows 10 Creators Update is April 11th, 2017. Windows 10 users who want the update early may download it on April 5th, 2017 via the Update Assistant.

Thunderbird 52.0 is out. The new version of the desktop email client for Windows, Mac and Linux devices was released on April 4, 2017 to the public.

The new version of the email client is a major new releases, as indicated by the version. It replaces the previous version Thunderbird 45.8.0.

Thunderbird installations and portable copies will pick up the new update eventually. You can check for updates with a click on Help > About Thunderbird. The new version may not be available yet via the automatic update system of the email client.

Avira Prime is a new subscription-based service by security company Avira that can best be described as a cross-platform all-in-one service.

First, the basics: Avira Prime is available for 9.95 € per month for up to five devices, or 12.95 € per month for up to 25 devices, or yearly payments of  99.95 € / 129.95€ respectively.

Website Downloader is a relatively new service that enables you to download individual pages or entire archives of websites on the Wayback Machine site.

The Wayback Machine, part of the Internet Archive, is a very useful service. It enables you to browse website snapshots recorded by the site's crawler.

Cinnamon is another desktop environment that began as a fork of a previous environment, this time a fork of the GNOME Shell.

The developers of Linux Mint from how I understand it, didn’t like the tablet inspired GUI that GNOME went with, but they enjoyed the back end features and implementations, so they forked the code and created Cinnamon in order to keep a more traditional look and feel to the desktop environment, while still keeping up with the times and latest technologies.

However as of Cinnamon 2.0, Cinnamon has become it’s own desktop environment.

The following guide walks you through the steps of disabling share suggestions displayed in the Windows 10 Creators Update share menu.

The Windows 10 Creators Update, out officially on April 11th, 2017, features a new share menu that changes how share functionality is displayed on the screen.

A share sidebar was displayed in previous versions of Windows 10, but that changes with the release of the Windows 10 Creators Update.