May 2015

AOMEI Backupper made our top drive backup programs list and the most recent update of the application to version 2.8 confirms that we have made the right choice in this regard.

The free standard version of the application supports a wide variety of features and the integration of a file synchronization feature adds another interesting option to the list.

Mozilla has added Pocket, a third-party "save for later" service, to Firefox Beta (and other development channels of the browser).

I love Firefox. It is my web browser of choice because it gives you more customization options and control than any other browser out there.

I do value Mozilla's work on the browser and think they have made a great job at catching up to Chrome when it comes to performance or memory usage.

Sometimes however, I question decisions made by Mozilla and the integration of Pocket in Firefox is one of them.

Google announced today that it made the decision to expand its non-Store extension installation policy to all Windows versions of the Chrome browser.

TunnelBear Beta is a new extension for the Google Chrome web browser that enables TunnelBear's VPN service in the browser.

The main difference between browser-based VPN extensions and VPN services that you set up or install on a computer is the environment limitation.

Since you install the extension only in one browser, it is only working in that browser and not in other programs running on the system.

While that is a limitation, one benefit of this approach is simpler setup and installation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.