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In his article, Austin points out that the Download.com installer, wraps a bunch of crapware in it when trying to install certain programs. But it doesn’t end with just that. CNET allows individual installers with bundled crapware through too. My Crapware Experience on CNET Note: In this article I’m throwing around terms like adware, crapware, spyware, junkware…etc. While each term has an “official” definition, let’s not argue semantics. In the end, it’s all the same, extra junk on your computer that you don’t want, and is detrimental to your system and your privacy....

Say Hello to watchOS 7 As Apple Watch matures, there seem to be fewer new features arriving year over year. The recently announced watchOS 7 feels even less extraordinary than previous watchOS updates. Perhaps, this means the upcoming “Apple Watch Series 6” will have more built-in features than usual. More likely, Apple developers have simply concentrated even more than usual on this year’s iOS and macOS updates, which both offer a pantry full of new features....

Apps for COVID-19 testing tend to fall into one of two broad categories, although there are many overlaps. The first provides coronavirus information and includes self-diagnostic tools. These types of apps ask up to 10 questions relating to your current health conditions. The app offers suggestions based on the responses. Contact tracing apps, by contrast, identify persons who may have come into contact with an infected person. By tracing the connections of infected individuals, then testing them for infection, public health officials hope to reduce further infections in the population....

How to Create a Batch File to Delete IE7 Browser History and Temp Files 1. Right Click on your Desktop and Click New, Text Document You should now have a new Document on your Desktop that looks like this: 3. Double Click the Document to open it. Type or Paste the following text into the empty document RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255 It should now look like this: 3a. Click File, Save then Close the Document Ok, now it’s time to convert the document into a Batch file....

And another thing you can do that you might not know about is creating your own custom screensavers. You can do this using the Roku app and the collection of photos on your phone. Here is a look at how it is done. Create a Custom Roku Screensaver First, make sure to install the Roku app on your Android or iOS device and connect it to your Roku device. Then launch the app and tap the Media button followed by Screensaver....

How I Became a Reluctant Expert On Identity Theft I’m changing the facts around slightly in these stories to protect the innocent. Around 15 years ago, my father passed away, and it caused a financial crisis in my family of origin. Money was tight, and I helped out when I could. However, that was not enough. At one point, a family member threatened me and started acting on it. I realized that he knew everything about me to apply for credit in my name....

What Is It? The Cut the Rope franchise is almost as popular (and addictive) as Angry Birds. You aim to “cut the rope” in as few steps as possible and get stars. In this version, Om Nom (the main character) can change into all sorts of animals. That’s the magic part of the game. Who Is It Good For? Pretty much anyone, young or old, will enjoy these types of quick puzzle games....

The idea, which is funded through the UK Government’s National Cyber Security Programme, has been brought to our attention by Sue, one of our groovyPost Premium members. If you didn’t already know, being a member comes with a seat at the editors’ round table, among other great benefits, which you can check out here. Cyber Street The website, which you can access here, provides a plethora of useful resources, meant to keep you safe online....

In addition, subscribers to the service will enjoy access to 4K UHD, 5.1 channel sound, and support for Dolby Atmos-compatible audio equipment. And don’t forget, it’s all commercial-free. Viewers can watch on up to four devices at a time, set up new profiles (including a Kids profile), and can download shows to their device for offline viewing – on up to 10 devices. As you’d expect, this launch includes everything Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, and National Geographic....

The only negative aspect of the application is the small Advertisements which are displayed from time to time (during updates for instance.) So perhaps that’s why they say Nothing is Free ;) So where is it? I’ve found it can be a little tricky to find at times so, here’s a quick How-To on grabbing a copy. http://www.free-av.com/ Once at the site scroll down and click the big red Download Your Free AntiVir image button...

The Mac Dropover App With the native drag-and-drop tool on macOS, you can select one or more files then drag them anywhere else on the computer. What you can’t do with the tool is select files from different folders and move them simultaneously. It’s also impossible to move a group of files and move them to different locations in one drag-and-drag movement. Dropover takes a different approach to move files to different locations....

SMS in a Different Way Evolve SMS, which you can get for free from the Google Play Store, here, offers many more features that Hangouts does. It also has the same Android KitKat design we’ve all grown to know and love. As you start the app for the first time, you’ll be asked to archive old messages. You can always get them back, should you want to, and it makes the app faster....

Find Battery Draining Apps on Windows 10 To get started, make sure your laptop is unplugged and head to Settings > System > Battery Saver to see the overview of current battery life and other options. Under the Overview section, click the “See which apps are affecting your battery life” link. On the next screen, you can scroll down the list and see which apps use the most battery power. You can select to show the battery use history of the past six or 24 hours or the past week....

1. CutePDF CutePDF is hands down the most popular free document creator, and for good reason. To use it, all you have to do is print a document to the CutePDF Writer, just like you would to an actual printer. What you get is a clean, simple document. No bloatware, no registration, no nag screens. I like it. Austin does, too. He wrote up a nice tutorial on how to Convert Any Document, Image, Or Website into a PDF, which shows step by steps for installing and using using it....

Netflix Of the major video streaming services, Netflix is the first to get its app on Windows 8. Vimeo At the time of this writing there isn’t an official YouTube app, but Vimeo is the next best thing. This app lets you upload and watch videos, browse channels, and stream videos to Xbox 360 with the Windows 8 PlayTo integration. TBS for Windows If you’re a fan of Conan Obrien, Seinfeld and other regularly syndicated shows on TBS, you’ll want to check this out....

This is a year that users need to think hard about what you buy, read or even empathize about. Earlier in the year, I started seeing the early signs of fake news in my news feed from users, including family and close friends. I never thought too much of it, but as the 2016 U.S. election approached, the floodgates opened. Even after the election, the war on facts continues because, apparently, people are making serious money off fake news....

Four Signs Your Computer’s Time is Almost Up Because our computers are so important, we need to keep them in good shape. But even the most cautious user will have problems. The hardware simply wears out. We’ll look at ways to help you identify what’s going wrong with your computer so you can either fix or replace it. Consider your Computer’s Age The number one thing to understand about computers of any kind is that they do have a finite lifespan....

First, install the app from the Google Play Store, here. The link is for the free version, which is ad-supported. A paid version, without ads, is available for $0.99. After you’ve installed the app, go to Settings and decide after how long an interval it will consider an app “useless”, which I’ve set to 45 days. You can also set the time of the day when you want notifications to pop up when it’s cleaning time....

The search giant just bought Meebo not too long ago, with the team now working on Google Plus, the company’s social network. Now, Google continues to splash cash, this time buying Sparrow, a pretty fancy mail client for Mac and iPhone. The news was announced recently on Sparrow’s website. Sparrow is an interesting email client, with features such as the use of Facebook Connect to put pictures next to the contacts emailing you, and the ability to attach files via Dropbox....

We’ve shown you ways to customize the New Tab page before, and here’s another quality extension to add that allows you to add a to-do list, notes, custom backgrounds, and more. Awesome New Tab page in Google Chrome To get started, install the Leoh New Tab extension to Chrome. This allows you to replace your current New Tab page with a customizable homepage with features like a clock, weather, bookmarks, notes, to-do lists, and a lot more....