August 2015

A lot has been found out about the data collection that is going on in Microsoft's new operating system Windows 10.

We have covered these issues in our Windows 10 privacy guide, but it became clear quickly that Windows was still phoning home at times even when you disable or block all options provided under settings and elsewhere.

Microsoft changed the way how OneDrive works when it released Windows 10 fundamentally. Instead of displaying placeholder icons for files by default, OneDrive suddenly would sync all files to the local computer.

One reason for the removal was user confusion, as they expected all files to be available on their system even when the system had no working Internet connection.

All web browsers support the downloading of images from websites. All you need to do is right-click on an image and select the save option.

While that works fine for individual images, it is far from ideal when it comes to downloading lots of images in your browser of choice as you have to repeat this over and over again.

While you could utilize the browser cache for that, as images are automatically placed in it when loaded, it is not overly comfortable as well.

I'm a Gentleman for Chrome improves the browser's image saving capabilities in three distinct ways.

LastPass, makers of the password management solution of the same name, announced that LastPass Free is now also available on mobile devices.

The previous service allowed unlimited syncs between desktop devices, but required users to sign up for a LastPass Premium account to extend the synchronization to mobile devices as well.

When Mozilla relaunched the Aurora channel as the Developer channel in 2014, it included a dark theme with it to distinguish that version from others.

The dark theme was designed specifically for the Developer edition of the browser but users could enable it in other versions of Firefox as well.

The year has not been good for Lenovo so far. After news broke in February that the company shipped some of its computer systems with adware and a problematic root certificate, it seemed unlikely that a major incident like this would happen again.

When it comes to the removal of software programs on a machine running Windows, it is often better to use dedicated uninstall tools than the default uninstaller that ships with the software.

Most third-party solutions scan for leftovers on the system after the default removal tool has run its course to make sure no traces of a software remain on it.

They usually do offer other benefits, such as the removal of software that cannot be uninstalled using the default removal tool.

This is the Microsoft patch overview for August, 2015.  It reviews all security and non-security patches that the company has made available for its Windows operating system and other company products.

The overview provides you with details and links to all patch notes and knowledge base articles that provide additional information about each update.

It begins with an executive summary listing the most important information about this month's patch day.

SnoozeTabs is the first extension for the Firefox browser to come out of Mozilla's new Idea Town project.

The opt-in project's main aim is to get feedback of release channel users faster by making available new features as add-ons prior to making the decision to implement it natively in the web browser.

The main idea behind the initial version of SnoozeTabs is to reduce tab clutter by putting select tabs to sleep for a certain period of time.

Microsoft pushed out the Windows 10 update KB3081424 last week. It is a cumulative update for Windows 10 that contains fixes released previously and new fixes.

The Microsoft Knowledge Base article does not reveal the features that got patched, only the files that change when the update is installed on Windows 10 machines.

While the update did install fine on most machines, a small number of users ran into reboot issue during installation.