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shellNewSettings: remove Explorer new menu items
ShellNewSettings is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices that allows you to remove items from the new menu of Explorer.
The new menu of Windows Explorer may grow considerably over time. Microsoft ships the menu with a couple of entries already, for instance to create a new folder or plain text file. Third-party programs may add their own new handlers to the menu.
While you may find some of those useful, others may sit idly in the menu for years without being used once in that time.
Twitch Desktop App: first look
Popular game streaming service Twitch revealed its new beta desktop client on March 16 for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
First thing you will notice is that the client is quite large. The download has a size of about 80 Megabytes thanks to -- you guessed that one right -- Electron.
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Pwn2Own 2017: Windows, Ubuntu, Edge, Safari, Firefox exploited
The tenth anniversary of the Pwn2Own gathering of hackers, Pwn2Own 2017, saw eleven teams attempt to exploit products across four categories.
The products that teams were allowed to target this year included operating systems and web browsers, but also the new product categories Enterprise applications and server-side.
Programs like Adobe Reader, and Apache Web Server, were added as targets by the Pwn2Own committee.
The first two days of the conference have passed already, and they saw successful, unsuccessful, and withdrawn exploit attempts.
Microsoft blocks updates for new cpus on Windows 7 and 8.1
Microsoft announced some time ago that new silicon as the company called it back then would not be officially supported on Windows 7 or 8.1.
This meant basically that only Windows 10 would support Intel's, AMD's and Qualcomm's new processors, while Windows 7 or 8.1 would not.
PC Building Simulator for Windows and Linux
PC Building Simulator is a game for Windows and Linux devices in which you simulate the building of desktop computer systems.
Building PCs, as opposed to buying them out of the box, can be a very rewarding experience. Apart from gaining knowledge on how the PC works, it allows you to pick the components and layout that you want.
The process can also be intimidating, especially if you have never built a PC before. Things can, and probably will, go wrong, and the worst that can happen is that components get damaged.
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MoveQueue: move files efficiently on Windows
MoveQueue is a free, handy program for Windows that helps you move files more efficiently, especially if you run move operations regularly.
You can copy, move or cut files on Windows by default if you use Windows Explorer. If you happen to move files regularly to new destinations, you may have noticed that the operation can become quite time consuming.
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Linkmaker for Windows: create shortcuts and symbolic links
Linkmaker is a free program for Microsoft's Windows operating system to create shortcut, symbolic links and NTFS hard links / junction points.
While most Windows users know what shortcuts are, as they are exposed to shortcuts regularly on the desktop, on the taskbar or the Start Menu, symbolic links, hardlinks and junctions are not as commonly known.
Chrome 57: throttling of background tabs begins
Google Chrome 57 is the first stable version of the web browser for the desktop that ships with the background tab throttling power optimization feature.
Google announced back in January 2017 that its Chrome web browser would start to throttle expensive background pages in the near future.
Intro to Customizing Vivaldi’s interface with CSS
One of the strengths of the Vivaldi web browser is that anyone can customize the user interface using CSS. Customizing in this context means more than what the browser preferences provides you with. Basically, what it allows you to do is make fundamental changes to the web browser's UI.
This intro to customizing Vivaldi's interface with CSS guide walks you through the first steps. It explains how to prepare the web browser for that, where you find the CSS files to edit, and how to find out what you need to edit.
So lets get started right away.
Microsoft Security Updates March 2017 release
Our Microsoft Security Updates March 2017 overview informs you about Windows and other Microsoft product updates the company released this month.
Microsoft postponed all February 2017 security releases. You can read more about it here. The only security update Microsoft released in February 2017 was for the built-in Adobe Flash Player version.
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TekBits News
- shellNewSettings: remove Explorer new menu items
- Twitch Desktop App: first look
- Pwn2Own 2017: Windows, Ubuntu, Edge, Safari, Firefox exploited
- Microsoft blocks updates for new cpus on Windows 7 and 8.1
- PC Building Simulator for Windows and Linux
- MoveQueue: move files efficiently on Windows
- Linkmaker for Windows: create shortcuts and symbolic links
- Chrome 57: throttling of background tabs begins
- Intro to Customizing Vivaldi’s interface with CSS
- Microsoft Security Updates March 2017 release
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