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February 2015

Privdog is Superfish all over again

Privdog is a privacy protection software that is available as a standalone product for the Google Chrome Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox web browser and bundled with select Comodo products including Comodo Dragon and Internet Security.

According to Comodo's website it ships with the company's Internet browser and Internet Security products.

Leawo’s Blu-Ray media player is free now

I don't know anyone who has a computer with a Blu-Ray drive. Most of my friends and the contacts that I asked have a PC with a DVD writer or no optical drive at all but none one with a Blu-Ray drive.

I'm not sure why that is but the most likely explanation is that the format has not really replaced DVD yet on the computer.

You cannot buy games or programs that come on Blu-Ray discs, and while there are plenty of movies and TV shows available on the format, the overwhelming majority seems to play those on a Blu-Ray player connected to the television.

Lazesoft Recovery Suite Free Review

Things can go wrong when you are working on a computer. Programs may crash, you may delete important files accidentally, format an entire drive that contains data that you still need or may not be able to boot into Windows at all because of the last Windows Update that somehow broke everything.

Depending on the issue at hand, you may be able to fix it with built-in tools or a recovery disc, or need third-party tools which often add powerful tools to your arsenal.

The future of technology and entertainment is frightening

Spy agencies and governments that grab, steal, hack, manipulate and collect massive amounts of data, bloatware and adware on PCs, massive invasion of privacy on the Internet, TVs and Internet of Things devices that phone home and transfer what you say or do, free to play apps designed for profit and not for the people who play them, the list goes on and on.

Microsoft, LastPass and others post solutions to handle Superfish

An adware called Superfish is making big waves currently on the Internet after news spread that PC manufacturer Lenovo shipped some -- it is still not clear which devices are affected -- consumer PC models with the software preinstalled.

The core purpose of Superfish is to display advertisement to users based on what they are looking at in web browsers. It injects advertisement on web pages that users visit in browsers.

Tab Data for Firefox highlights memory usage of each open tab

We all know that some websites require more memory than others. If you open a simple static page like our IP checker and compare it to Facebook or any other large site with lots of contents then you will notice that static sites may require less than 1 Megabyte of memory while sites such as Facebook 40 or more Megabyte.

Firefox, unlike Chrome, does not offer a Task Manager that you can use to look up how much memory individual tabs require.

How to write faster on Android devices

While some kids are experts when it comes to typing fast on mobile devices, I always had my issues with it.

It does not really matter if the phone has a hardware keyboard or on-screen keyboard, it always feels slow and awkward when I use such a keyboard.

The issue is not only caused by tiny keys displayed but also by which keys are displayed and the fact that you may need to switch layouts depending on what you want to type.

The state of HTTP/2 in Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer

HTTP/2, an update of the original Hypertext Transfer Protocol last updated in 1999, is finally approved.  The update introduces several improvements such as faster user experience when browsing the Web, bandwidth reductions or easier use of secure connections.

Work began back in 2012 when Google's SPDY protocol was selected as the starting point.  You can check out the official Github page of HTTP/2 to access drafts and specifications.

Lenovo PCs ship with preinstalled adware and root certificate

We all know that computer manufacturers make much of their revenue from device sales with software and service deals.

They integrate trial programs on user systems and may also cooperate with search engines to make a particular search engine the default on a system and with other companies to place shortcuts to their sites on the desktop.

The tech community calls this crapware and it is a fitting name as most users don't need or want these types of offers on their systems.