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FotoFox: compress photos and videos on mobile devices

Photo and videos that you capture on your mobile devices can take up a sizable chunk of storage space. If you are an avid photographer for instance, you may have run into storage issues previously on your device.

This is usually resolved temporarily by moving photos to local or remote servers before deleting them on the device you took them on.

Remove Antivirus Programs with ESET AV Remover

ESET AV Remover is a free portable program for Windows that has been designed to uninstall antivirus programs on operating systems you run it on.

Most antivirus companies offer removal programs for their products which are mainly designed for situations in which the default removal process is stuck or won't work at all.

This can happen when the installer does not finish installing the program correctly on the system, after a virus attack that manipulated the system or through data corruption.

BitTorrent launches private secure messenger Bleep to the public

We looked at BitTorrent Bleep in mid-2014 for the first time when it launched as a private beta. The messaging application, available for the mobile platforms Android and iOS, and the desktop operating systems Windows and Mac OS X, promised end-to-end encrypted messaging in a decentralized environment.

BitTorrent launched Bleep to the public yesterday and with it come new features and improvements. Time to take another look at the application to see what changed and how it works now.

How to disable the Diagnostics Tracking Service in Windows

Windows 7 and 8.1, Server 2008 R2 and Server 2012 R2 users and admins who have already installed the patches Microsoft released today for those operating system may have noticed that the updates included a patch that added a Diagnostics Tracking Service service to the operating system.

Windows 10 users may know the service already as it has been part of the operating system for some time.

Microsoft Security Bulletins For May 2015

This page offers an overview of Microsoft's May 2015 patch day. The guide provides you with information about each security bulletin that was released today as part of the the update day.

It lists all security bulletins released by the company today and all non-security updates released by Microsoft since the last Patch Tuesday which happened on April 14, 2015.

It starts with an executive summary highlighting the most important information about this month's update.

Firefox 38: find out what is new

Firefox 38 Stable has just been released by Mozilla. The new version of the web browser is already available via the browser's automatic update feature but can also be downloaded from the official Mozilla website instead.

As is the case in every release cycle, Firefox Beta, Developer and Nightly versions were also updated to version 39, 40 and 41 respectively.

In addition, Firefox 38 is the new base for Firefox's Extended Support Release channel.

FilePizza: share files without the middleman in your browser

Most file sharing methods are not efficient, secure or private in nature. For instance, most Internet services are eliminated right away when it comes to privacy. If you don't want your files to be stored on servers you don't have full control over, then you cannot use the likes of Dropbox, OneDrive or Google Drive for that.

While encryption may be a suitable option, it adds another step to the process which increases its complexity.

ShadowCrypt: post encrypted messages on any site in Chrome

ShadowCrypt is a Chrome extension that brings encrypted messaging to Internet sites such as Reddit, Facebook or Twitter. The core idea behind ShadowCrypt is to provide Internet users with the means to post encrypted messages on the Internet so that only select recipients can read it.

ShadowCrypt runs as a browser extension in Chrome that replaces page input elements with secure  inputs and encrypted text.

McAfee Stinger installs McAfee Validation Trust Protection Service

McAfee Stinger is a second-opinion scanner that you can run alongside your resident security solution to check the system for malicious programs.

The main purpose of the program is to detect and remove infections on computer systems running a supported version of Windows.

McAfee did add a real-time behavior component Raptor to the application in recent time to improve the program's capabilities.