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June 2015

How to check the security of proxy servers

A recent study of 443 free proxy servers by Austrian security researcher Christian Haschek ended with the conclusion that free is not necessarily a good thing, at least when it comes to the majority of proxy servers analyzed in the study.

Web proxies come in different flavors but the two groups that you will encounter the most are proxies that you use on web pages and proxies that you add to your browser directly.

How to set up a VPN on devices running Android 5

I'll be on a week-long vacation in the beginning of July which I'm looking forward to. One of the things that I do in advance is prepare the electronic devices that I plan to take with me on the trip to add that extra bit of security and privacy that I require.

I have already encrypted my laptop running Linux Mint and my smartphone running Android 5, and the thing left to do right now is to add a VPN configuration to each device to improve privacy while using the hotel's open WiFi.

How to disable web search in Windows 10’s start menu

The search in Windows 10 returns local files, programs and settings but also web results by default. While that may be useful to some users of the operating system, it is irritating or useless for others.

Since most web results are generic search suggestions, it is just a faster way of running searches instead of getting results directly displayed in the interface.

If you search for gpedit.msc for instance using the search in Windows 10, you will notice that the right result is displayed at the top.

How to undo the sending of emails on Gmail

Emails are sent automatically if you hit the send button after composing them normally. Once it is out, there is no way to undo the sending which may be problematic at times.

For instance, if you notice that you have added wrong recipients, composed an email in anger that you should not have sent, because you used the wrong account, or because of spelling mistakes in the email.

Pro and Con of Mozilla’s Pocket integration in Firefox

The native integration of the third-party service Pocket in the Firefox web browser by Mozilla was certainly one of the most controversial topics in recent time when it comes to the browser.

Overshadowed only by the launch of the new Australis interface, the integration was discussed heavily on many Internet sites including ours.

How to use dynamic bookmarks in Firefox

Bookmarks are quite useful as they allow you to save links to websites, applications and services in the web browser you are using so that you can re-open theme easier the next time without having to remember the address or page they were linked on.

While bookmarks may not be used as much anymore as they have ten years ago, thanks to the rise of tabbed browsing and the sharing of sites on social networking sites, they are still essential parts of web browsers.

Pale Moon to switch from Gecko to Goanna rendering engine

The Pale Moon team announced yesterday on the official project forum that the next major version of the browser, Pale Moon 26, will use the new layout and rendering engine Goanna instead of Mozilla's Gecko.

The Pale Moon web browser used Mozilla's Gecko engine up until now thanks to its close ties to the Firefox project.