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Microsoft's Edge Browser is Crashing if Google is Your Search Engine

Microsoft’s Edge Browser is Crashing if Google is Default Search Engine

OnJuly 31, 2020
UpdatedApril 30, 2021

The crash into Microsft's Edge browser appear to have affected Edge users who had selected Google as the default search engine.

Opera 70 Released With Easier Access to Closed Tabs, Simpler Searches

OnJuly 31, 2020
UpdatedApril 26, 2023

The new Opera 70 released with tab searching improvements, optimized panel displays, and more workspace customizations.

Mycroft AI Is The World’s First Open Source Voice Assistant

OnJuly 27, 2020

Mycroft is a free and open source software project aimed at providing voice assistant technology. It can run on a desktop computer, inside an automobile, it even runs on a Raspberry Pi.

Jeremy From System76 Working on Porting Coreboot to AMD CPUs

OnJuly 27, 2020

System76 principal engineer Jeremy Soller has initiated the effort on porting Coreboot to AMD Matisse and Renoir platforms.

Sweet Home 3D an Interior Design Application

Sweet Home 3D Interior Design Application Released Version 6.4

OnJuly 26, 2020

Sweet Home 3D is a Java-based application and it is a great entry-level program for people who want to design their own home.

XEN Project Hypervisor Version 4.14 Brings Added Security And Performance

XEN Project Hypervisor 4.14 Brings Support for Azure and Raspberry Pi 4

OnJuly 24, 2020

Now is possible to manage Xen VMs in Azure with the tools you use to manage Xen VMs elsewhere. Raspberry Pi 4 and AMD EPYC support added.

With Proton, Many Windows Games Now Work on Linux

OnJuly 21, 2020

Proton is a compatibility layer that allows games designed for Windows to run in Linux.

Thunderbird 78 is here with Built-in End-to-End Encryption and Dark Mode

Thunderbird 78 is Here with Major Changes and Dark Mode

OnJuly 21, 2020

Mozilla Thunderbird is a free and open-source, cross-platform email client, news client, RSS, and chat client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The new version 78 released with major improvements, bug fixes, and dark mode support.