16 genuinely useful changes in Windows 11’s December update

The December update for Windows 11 will be huge. 16 new functions are to be included, including both visual changes and ...

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to ge…

"The truly funny thing about this color scheme is that all the other Windows 3.1 color schemes are surprisingly rational, ...
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IVPN

IVPN offers a separate, instant-access service called IVPN Light. You can pay for three hours, a day, a week, or a month of ...

How to allow apps through Windows 11’s firewall

Choose the “Private” option for home or work or the “Public” option to allow the app in public places such as a café. Click ...

Windows Firewall Control 6.24.0.0Windows Firewall Control 6.24.0.0

Windows Firewall Control is a powerful application which extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall and provides quick ...
CNET

Thousands of Computer Viruses Are Created Every Day. Here’s How to Protect Your Computer From Cyberattacks

Firewalls scan data sent to your computer for malware and attempt to block files or other data they deem suspicious. Like ...

Want faster PC shutdowns? Master these Windows commands and tricks

Sometimes you just want Windows to shut down. But instead of shutting down quickly, the system seems to ponder, blocked by ...
PC Gamer

We used to be a society (with a good Windows Task Manager icon)

Microsoft has delivered some blows to Task Manager in recent times. As noted last week by PC Gamer's Andy Edser, the Windows team recently stamped out a bug that granted Task Manager immortality. The ...
The Economist

Can Germany’s AfD breach the electoral firewall?

HOW SHOULD Europe’s once-dominant conservative parties manage the populist-right insurgency? Should they seek to tame their rivals by bringing them into government, as in the Netherlands or Austria?