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Windows Inspection Tool Set

Windows Inspection Tool Set is a free open source program for the Windows operating system that provides users with a set of tools to manage various aspects of the operating system.

After you have installed the 32-bit or 64-bit version of the software on your system and started it up, it displays its core tools and options directly in the interface.

Here you can click on one of the listed system items such as the running processes, network connections or users to display information about it in a new window that gets launched automatically.

Malware can still bypass Google Chrome’s extension installation protection

Malicious browser extensions have been a big issue in the past couple of years. One should not confuse outright malicious extensions with adware or toolbars even though they are related to some extend.

The core difference between those groups of extensions is that malicious extensions go beyond displaying ads, leaking information about a user's browsing behavior or being plain annoying.

Browser makers such as Google or Mozilla have invested time and money in methods to protect users from potentially unwanted extensions.

How to buy items from Yahoo Auctions Japan if you are not Japanese

I recently started to collect retro video games, mostly classic 16-bit stuff. One of the issues here, after you have made up your mind about the console systems you want to collect is to decide whether you want to limit the collection to a certain region.

Do you only want to collect European PAL games, North-American NTSC games or Japanese games? I made the decision to go all in and collect everything.

The main issue here is that it is nearly impossible to buy many Japanese games in Europe. And the ones that are on offer are quite expensive as well.

How to mute sounds in inactive tabs in Chrome automatically

One of the most annoying things on the Web are interactive elements, usually videos but also advertisement, that play sound automatically when a website is opened.

While that is often easily identifiable, especially if you open your websites one by one only, some users may have experienced situations where it was not that easy to determine where the sound comes from.

Google recently introduced sound symbols in Chrome and Chromium-based browsers that visualize that sound is playing in a tab.

Here is how you get an additional 15GB of storage on Microsoft’s OneDrive

Microsoft's OneDrive online hosting and synchronization service (formerly known as SkyDrive), has recently increased storage for all paid accounts to 1 TB.

Free users on the other hand receive 15 Gigabyte of free storage when they sign up for the service. Options to increase the storage limit for free are provided. It is for instance possible to refer other users to OneDrive  to get up to 5 Gigabyte of additional storage (0.5 GB per user) on top of that permanently.

EaseUS Todo PCTrans supports indirect transfers now

Most users who buy, build or get a new PC want to move data from the old one to the new. This includes personal files such as photos, videos or music but also applications, application data and customizations.

While it is possible to transfer plain files easily to the new PC, for instance directly over a network connection or by using storage media such as external hard drives or DVDs to do so, it is not as easy to move applications to a new PC.

Why I pay in cash and why you may want to too

Whenever I'm out to buy something, as opposed to buying online, I pay for all the goods I buy in cash. Instead of handing over a card or inserting it into a card reader of sorts, I hand over the money directly to the cashier.

I try to do this even in situations where this is uncommon, in hotels for instance if they ask for your credit card. It is usually possible to deposit some money instead of handing over your card and that's what I do normally.

In this article I'm going to lay out the reasons for being against card and digital payment systems.

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