April 2016

FileHippo App Manager is a free program for the Windows operating system by software site FileHippo which informs you about outdated software running on the computer.

Version 2.0 has been released as a beta version back in September 2015 and while there is still no sight of the final version of the program, it is fairly stable already.

GReader is a free and commercial feed reader for Android devices that supports Feedly, the Old Reader, and local feeds.

I read a lot of feeds throughout the day, and most of them on my desktop PC. One of the first programs that I fire up in the morning is QuiteRSS, my Windows feed reader of choice, and it is hundreds of articles on feeds that I have a subscription for that I read after checking emails and moderating comments here on this site.

One of the shortcomings of the program is that it is only available for Windows, Linux and Mac systems, and not for mobile devices.

WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is a commercial software for Windows to rip DVD discs to video formats that are playable by desktop, mobile and standalone devices.

DVD ripping may not have the same status today as it had years ago when streaming video was in its infancy, but it is still useful if you want to watch bought DVD movies on other devices such as your smartphone or desktop PC that you own.

A DVD Ripper converts the data on the DVD into another format so that it can be played on devices that don't have DVD drives.

There has been lots of talk about the end of the classic NPAPI interface which is currently supported by all versions of Firefox to make third-party technologies available in the browser.

The most popular plugins currently supported are Adobe Flash and Java, but there are more plugins that Firefox may pick up to make their functionality available.

Microsoft has published a Windows 10 roadmap for Business and Enterprise customers that reveals upcoming features of the operating system as well as a planned release month for the operating system's Anniversary Update.

According to it, Microsoft plans to release the Anniversary Update in July 2016.

Cortana is also the best digital assistant at reminders, letting you set them in more ways including by pen, and [coming in July 2016] pulling reminder-relevant info from emails so you have the details at hand.

If you are running a stable version of Windows 10 currently, you may have noticed that you cannot control the volume of apps running on the system individually.

While you can use the volume mixer to manage the volume of desktop programs, there is no such option to do the same for apps you installed from the operating system's store.

You are left with using the global volume control instead to change the volume, but that affects all programs and apps running on the system, and not only the one app that you want to change the volume for.

File Punter is a free portable program for all supported versions of Windows that provides you with options to move or copy files using a rules-based system.

I like my files organized. What I mean by that is that I prefer them sorted into appropriate folders whenever possible.

So, instead of having one big folder full of mp3 files, I prefer them to sorted into folders named after artists and albums instead.

The browser editions overview lists companies that produce web browsers, the different versions of these browsers, supported operating systems, and download links for each.

Most companies that work on web browsers, be it Mozilla with Firefox or Google with Chrome, offer multiple editions of said browser to the community.

Most of the time, a stable version is offered and then one or multiple beta or development versions.

Panel Tabs is a browser extension for Google Chrome that allows you to pin any open tab in the browser to the desktop.

The core idea behind the feature is to make content available in panels on the desktop without affecting the actual browser window.

While this may not be necessary depending on your setup, if you use multiple computer displays or a high resolution monitor for instance, it may be beneficial in other scenarios.

Unified Script Injector (usi) is a new Firefox add-on that has been designed to provide users of Firefox for Android with means to run userscripts.