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Microsoft to discontinue EMET in July 2018
Microsoft announced yesterday that it has extended the support end data of the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit from January 2017 to July 2018.
Microsoft introduced EMET in 2009 as a standalone security program for Windows designed to block certain exploits from being executed successfully.
EMET was designed as a last line of defense against attacks carried out against Windows devices.
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Windows 10 updates are about to get a lot smaller
Microsoft revealed yesterday that it plans to ship an improved updating system called Unified Update Platform (UUP) with Windows 10's Creators Update.
Play thousands of classic Amiga games in a browser
The Amiga computer was a powerful machine back in its heyday that beat IBM PC's back then when it came to gaming, and quite a few other things such as cre
Will Extensions remain a browser selection factor?
How did you end up with the web browser that you are using right now to read this article?
Firefox 51: SocialAPI deprecation
Mozilla introduced the SocialAPI in Firefox 17 as a way to make interactions with social network services like Facebook easier and faster.
The API offered access to various browser components, a chat window, sidebar, or share buttons, and allowed social providers to create add-on like extensions that users could install in Firefox.
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Speed up Edge by disabling Flash
One of the annoyances of Microsoft Edge that I experience whenever I use the web browser is that it lags at times. This is noticeable for instance when websites are loaded from external sources but also at other occasions.
When a website loads for instance, it lags until all content is loaded. The loading itself seems to take longer than when other browsers are used but I could never put my finger down on the cause for this as it only happens on some sites and not all of them.
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Find out if Windows 10 is limiting your Internet speed
If you noticed an Internet speed drop after upgrading to the latest version of Windows 10, the following troubleshooting guide may help resolve it.
Manage Windows Defender Notifications
Windows Defender is the default antivirus solution that ships with Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system.
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Web Storage Viewer for Firefox privacy add-on
Web Storage Viewer is a brand new browser add-on for the Firefox web browser that displays data stored by websites on the local system.
While many Internet users are aware of cookies and the danger to privacy they represent by now, the majority is probably unaware of other tracking means.
Web Storage, also known as DOM storage, HTML5 storage, session storage or local storage is such an option.
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ShutUp10 update with Lockscreen tweaks
O&O ShutUp10 is one of many privacy tools created specifically for Windows 10's operating system. All of these programs are designed to block Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system from collecting and transferring data to Microsoft.
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TekBits News
- Microsoft to discontinue EMET in July 2018
- Windows 10 updates are about to get a lot smaller
- Play thousands of classic Amiga games in a browser
- Will Extensions remain a browser selection factor?
- Firefox 51: SocialAPI deprecation
- Speed up Edge by disabling Flash
- Find out if Windows 10 is limiting your Internet speed
- Manage Windows Defender Notifications
- Web Storage Viewer for Firefox privacy add-on
- ShutUp10 update with Lockscreen tweaks
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