April 2016

The following guide provides you with information on how to speed up the time it takes to display the right-click menu on machines running the Windows operating system.

I noticed recently on a machine running Windows 10 that some right-clicks on files, folders or the taskbar, would take several seconds to load on the first right-click.

Windows would display a spinning loading or processing icon when that happened, and it was kinda puzzling that this happened on the machine as its was powered by a fast SSD, 16 Gigabyte of RAM and an Intel Core i7 processor.

Dropbox announced today on the official Help Center website that it plans to end support for Microsoft's Windows XP operating system in the coming months.

Extended support for the Windows XP ended more than two years ago on April 8, 2014 which means that feature, fix or security updates are no longer released for devices running the system (There is a way to still get updates for XP, but it requires Registry changes).

Google announced back in 2015 that the company's Google Chrome web browser would support Microsoft's Windows XP operating throughout 2015 but would drop support shortly thereafter.

It revealed in November 2015 that it made the decision to add Windows Vista, Mac OS X 10.8 and earlier, all 32-bit versions of Linux, Ubuntu 12.04 and Debian 7 to the list of unsupported operating systems.

While most Netflix users are probably fine accessing content the service makes available to the country they are living in, some at least have used various means to access content only made available to other countries.

The main reason for doing so is that Netflix content varies a lot from country to country, with content in the US being two, three or even four times larger than content in other countries Netflix is available in.

Storage Analyzer & Disk Usage is a free application for Android that reveals the files and directories that take up most of the space on the device.

If your Android device runs out of storage space regularly, you may have an idea why that is happening.

Maybe you like to shoot a lot of photos and videos using the device, like to download files to the device, have copied your mp3 collection to it, or like to play games.

Sometimes however, it may not be as easy to tell why your device's disk is filled to the brim with data.

Cortana, a digital assistant, is without doubt one of the big features of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system.

It is designed to provide users with information and to automate certain tasks on the system. You can ask Cortana about the weather, to provide you with information about your schedule, to show directions, or to tell you a joke to name just a few things.

While talking to a computer may not be to the liking of all computer users, Cortana and other digital assistants seem fairly popular and unlikely to go anywhere.

Fort File Encryption is an open source security program for Windows that allows anyone to protect individual files on Windows PCs.

You have three main options when it comes to encrypting data on your computer. You can encrypt the hard drive, create an encrypted container that you can put files into, or encrypt individual files.

Microsoft announced a moment ago that it has added support for the media formats VP9, WebM and Opus in preview versions of Microsoft Edge on Windows Insider systems.

The company wants to launch official support for the new media formats with the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update that is expected to be released this Summer

Web browsers like Firefox ship with sets of cipher suites that the browser uses to protect data that is transferred between the web browser and secure websites.

When a browser connects to a secure website negotiations take place in which the client  provides the server with a list of supported cipher suites, and information about the preferred cipher suite and SSL/TLS protocol version.

The server may then accept the client's preferences if supported, or ignore them to deliver a cipher suite of its own which it prioritizes.

Amazon Prime started out as a membership service for Amazon customers to save on shipping costs as Amazon would not charge Prime members for shipping.

The company expanded the service in recent years by adding new features to it. Amazon Prime grants you access to Amazon's movie and TV show offerings, music streaming, ebooks, and even provides customers with early access to lightning deals on top of that.