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Mozilla Firefox 50, the next release version of the web browser, won't come out on November 8, 2016 but a week later on November 15, 2016 instead.

Firefox ESR will be released a week later as well to come out at the same day as Firefox 50.

The reason for the change is quite positive for users of the web browser: Mozilla wants to include improvements made to the browser's startup in Firefox 50.

Ensilo security researchers have discovered a new zero-day exploit in Windows that attackers can make use of to inject and execute malicious code.

The researches call the exploit AtomBombing because of its use of a Windows function called Atom Tables.

What's particularly interesting about the exploit is that it does not rely on security vulnerabilities in Windows components but native Windows functions.

This means, according to the researchers, that Microsoft won't be able to patch the issue.

Google announced yesterday that its Google Drive software won't support Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 anymore starting January 1, 2017.

Google Drive is the company's official desktop program that enables Google users to manage and sync files between their devices and the Google cloud.

Stop Resetting My Apps is a free program for Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system to block the system from resetting default programs for certain tasks.

One of Windows 10's biggest usability issues is that the operating system may reset some or even all default apps or file associations after operating system updates.

Microsoft released a number of updates for Windows 10 version 1607 yesterday: KB3197954, KB3199986, KB3190507 and the security update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows KB3201860.

If you are running the latest version of Windows 10, the Anniversary Update version, then those updates may already be installed on the machine.

This depends largely on the update settings of the PC. If you have not disabled automatic updates, it is likely that the updates are already installed.

The browser world has changed considerably since the release of the first version of the Google browser Google Chrome.

Google Chrome managed to snag a sizeable share of the browser market not only on the desktop but also on mobile.

Google pushed Chrome hard on its properties and via third-party agreements (Flash pushes Chrome up to this day), but that was just one part of why Chrome is used by the majority of Internet users on today's Internet -- at least on the desktop.

Microsoft plans to launch a new Paint app called Paint 3D with the Windows 10 Creative Update in early 2017.

It is unclear yet if Microsoft plans to replace the win32 version of Paint that was part of all recent and not so recent versions of Windows with the application version Paint 3D, or if both will remain available at least for some time.

As a user of Windows 10, and Paint in particular, you are probably wondering how Paint 3D compares to the classic Paint desktop application.

The Pale Moon team is working on Pale Moon 27 currently, the next version of the popular web browser that shares code with Firefox.

As you may know, the Pale Moon team uses a different versioning scheme than Mozilla as it ups the integer part (characteristic) of the version only when major versions are released, and otherwise only the fractional-part (mantissa).

IOBit Advanced SystemCare 10 Free is the latest iteration of the all-in-on cleanup and optimization suite for Windows devices.

While the new version does not ship with many new features, there is only FaceID and it has limited uses, most of the tools that the suite ships with have been improved.

As far as FaceID is concerned, it is added to Advanced SystemCare's ever growing list of protection tools. FaceID requires a web cam that is connected to the PC. Once set up, it will monitor the PC for unauthorized use using facial recognition technology.

Microsoft did showcase several new pieces of hardware on yesterday's event including the company's first desktop PC Surface Studio and an accompanying Surface Dial.

Surface Dial, which looks like a Hockey puck, is a standalone device that is included in Surface Studio preorders for a limited time, and also available for purchase on the Microsoft Store website for $99.