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Bookmarks Organizer 3.0 for Firefox includes whitelist functionality
Sören Hentzschel released a new version of the bookmarks management extension Bookmarks Organizer for the Firefox web browser. Bookmarks Organizer 3.0 includes a new whitelisting functionality and other improvements.
Sören released the first version of the extension in 2017; Bookmarks Organizer is a WebExtension which means that it is compatible with all recent versions of the Firefox web browser. The extension filled the gap that the removal of Firefox's classic system for add-ons created as classic bookmark management extensions stopped working as a consequence.
Remove Backgrounds from Photos automatically
Remove.bg is a new free online service that you may use to remove the background of photos automatically that you upload to the service.
Sometimes, you may want to remove background noise from an image, for instance to copy an object without the background as part of a collage.
The manual approach to remove background from a photo is certainly the most accurate option but it requires a certain set of skills, proficiency with an image editor capable of doing so, that many computer users don't have.
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BlackViperScript: make bulk changes to the Windows 10 Service configuration
BlackViperScript is a PowerShell script to make bulk changes to the Service configuration of Windows 10 PCs based on Black Viper's Services suggestions.
Manage Firefox tabs, bookmarks and containers in the sidebar
Sidebery is a new extension for the Firefox web browser to manage browser tabs, bookmarks, and containers in the sidebar.
The default sidebar of the Firefox web browser may display bookmarks or the browsing history already; Sidebery extends the functionality by adding open tabs and containers.
How to bookmark multiple tabs in Firefox 64+
Firefox 64 was released this week; the release brought along with it a number of changes including support for multi-tab operations.
Firefox users can Shift-click or Ctrl-click on tabs in the browser's tabbar to select multiple; operations like pinning, closing, or moving can then be executed on the tab stack.
Ctrl-click selects or deselects individual tabs; Shift-key on the other hand selects all tabs between the active tab and the selected tab. Both operations work similarly to how files can be selected in Windows Explorer and other file managers.
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Windows 10 1903: Set a default Task Manager tab
Windows 10 users may set a default Task Manager tab in the next feature update for the operating system.
YouTube removed 7.8 million videos and 224 million comments in Q3 2018
Google owned YouTube published the YouTube Community Guidelines Enforcement report for the third quarter of 2018 yesterday.
The report highlights that YouTube removed 7.8 million videos, 224 million comments, and 1.6 million channels in the quarter alone based on policy violations.
Winter Games Sale on gog.com has started
The gog.com Winter Sale has started today. PC gamers can head over to the gog website to grab a free game and buy more than 2000 discounted games over the course of the next three weeks.
The free game is Full Throttle Remastered, a remake of Lucasart's adventure game Full Throttle. Any gog.com customer may add the game to the account to play it for free. You may create an account for free to sign up for the site to claim the free game.
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Brave: faster loading speed, Chrome extension support
Brave, the ambitious web browser that aims to change website financing and Internet advertising, was switched to Chromium this month.
Brave did use Chromium's rendering engine from the very beginning but it did not use Chromium for its user interface. Company engineers created Muon, a custom "more secure" fork of Electron and used it to power the user interface of the browser.
Surprise! Microsoft plans to make Microsoft 365 available to consumers
Job postings on Microsoft's Career website suggest that the company is planning to release a consumer version of Microsoft 365 in the future.
TekBits News
- Bookmarks Organizer 3.0 for Firefox includes whitelist functionality
- Remove Backgrounds from Photos automatically
- BlackViperScript: make bulk changes to the Windows 10 Service configuration
- Manage Firefox tabs, bookmarks and containers in the sidebar
- How to bookmark multiple tabs in Firefox 64+
- Windows 10 1903: Set a default Task Manager tab
- YouTube removed 7.8 million videos and 224 million comments in Q3 2018
- Winter Games Sale on gog.com has started
- Brave: faster loading speed, Chrome extension support
- Surprise! Microsoft plans to make Microsoft 365 available to consumers
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