As you may be aware, Microsoft has released a number of patches for all supported operating systems to protect them from Meltdown and Spectre attacks. These include Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Unfortunately for AMD CPU users, these patches cause a blue screen of death (BSOD) for those who have an AMD Athlon chip. The OS gives a 0x000000C4 bug check error.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Vivaldi 1.14: Rearrangeable Search Engines
A new developer snapshot of the most innovative web browser Vivaldi is out today. The snapshot 1.14.1064.3 represents the upcoming app version 1.14 and comes with a new feature - rearrangeable search engines. Let's see what else has changed.
Opera 51: Ad blocker and Bookmark Improvements
Today, the team behind the Opera browser released a new developer version of their product. Opera 51.0.2830.0 is now available for download. It features a number of changes made to the built-in ad blocker feature and the bookmarks manager.
Add or Remove Words in Spell Checking Dictionary in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a spell checking feature. It is targeted mostly for tablet users, as it supports auto correct or highlighting of misspelled words only in Modern apps and Internet Explorer/Edge. Using the simple instructions from this article, you will be able to extend the dictionary of the built-in spell checker of Windows 10 with custom words. You can also quickly remove words from the dictionary. Two methods are explained.
Disable Meltdown Fix on AMD CPUs After Installing KB4056892
It is no secret any more that all modern CPUs released are affected to some extent by a serious issue because of their fundamental design of doing aggressive speculative execution. Specially malformed code can be used to steal the private data of other processes, including sensitive data like passwords, security keys and so on. In this article, we will see how to disable the Meltdown Fix on AMD CPUs After Installing KB4056892.
Fix Broken Sound in Skype For Linux 8.x
Recently, I upgraded the Skype app on my Linux Mint 17 operating system to version 8, which is the newer Linux Skype client. After that, Skype became unusable. The audio call quality sounded robotic, and it was breaking every other second, like when audio latency is too high for smooth glitch-free playback, so I couldn't recognize a single word. Here's how to fix it.
Disable Timeline in Windows 10 with Group Policy
Recent builds of Windows 10 feature a new Timeline feature, that allows users to review their activity history and quickly return to their previous tasks. If you find no use for this feature, let's see how to disable it with a Registry tweak or with a special Group Policy option.
Download Disable Timeline in Windows 10
Disable Timeline in Windows 10.
Use these Registry files to enable or disable the Timeline feature in Windows 10. The undo tweak is included.
XFCE4 4.14 Will Allow Disabling Brackets for Minimized Apps
XFCE4 is my favorite desktop environment. I find it the most stable and useful amongst all other desktop environments available for Linux. It is solid, fast and most importantly, it follows the traditional desktop UI paradigm with a taskbar (panel), system tray, desktop icons and a launcher/menu. There are a number of improvements that were announced by developers for the upcoming XFCE4 4.14.
Outlook.com Will Get a Redesigned Calendar
Microsoft is releasing an updated version of Outlook.com Beta, their mail and calendar service which requires a Microsoft account. This special beta version will allow enthusiasts to join the testing of the upcoming features of the service. The company today announced the new Outlook.com calendar experience with a similar redesign.
