The subscription monetization model is coming to Windows 10. It fits Microsoft's plan to eventually license all software as a service! For now Windows will be sold as a subscription only to enterprise customers. For consumers, it remains a "free service". But it is quite possible that some day Windows 10 will require a subscription fee for consumers too.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Change App Permissions In Windows 10
Probably every Windows 10 user is familiar with its Store. The Store app is from where the user can install and update Universal Windows Platform apps. Universal apps compete with iOS and Android apps in the mobile market. Like Android apps, Windows 10 apps also have permissions to access camera, location and so on. Here is how you can manage them.
Opera Developer 40 features refined Battery Saver
Yesterday, a new Opera Developer update was rolled out to the public. Version 40.0.2288.0 of the Norwegian browser contains two main functionality changes. Let's see what those changes are in detail.
Windows 10 build 14388 is out
Microsoft today released Windows 10 build 14388 for Fast Ring Insiders. This build is part of Windows 10 Anniversary Update, version 1607 which is expected to be released on August 2nd, 2016. Before this date, Microsoft is trying to catch all bugs in the software. As excepted, this new build comes mostly with bugfixes.
Firefox 48 comes with new Get Add-ons page
Firefox is getting a new Get Add-ons page. With version 48, the browser comes with a different add-ons page which is more clear at introducing what themes and extensions are. It also has a live preview with videos.
Take a screenshot of a specific web page element in Firefox
I would like to share with you a cool trick for Mozilla Firefox which can increase your productivity and save your time. While surfing the web, you sometimes wish to share something with your friends by taking a screenshot of it. But it takes several steps to take a screenshot of the whole page, save it, crop it etc. In this article, we will see how to directly take a screenshot of a specific element on a web page without using add-ons.
New options of Chkdsk in Windows 10 and Windows 8 you need to know
Chkdsk is the built-in console tool in Windows to check and fix file system errors. It starts automatically when Windows is booting if your hard drive partition was marked dirty due to an improper shutdown, or due to corruption or bad sectors. The user can start it manually if he connects an external drive or wants to check an existing local partition or drive for errors manually. In Windows 10 and Windows 8, Chkdsk has new options compared to Windows 7.
Vivaldi 1.3.534.3 is a privacy focused release
A new snapshot of the development version of the Vivaldi browser is out. This version comes with almost 70 fixes and improvements, including a new privacy option for WebRTC, tab hibernation for Linux and more mouse gesture possibilities.
Fix Windows 10 0x0000003B System_Service_Exception
Some Windows 10 users experience a Blue Screen error (BSOD) on Windows 10, where the operating system stops running and shows a sad smiley screen. The following error code or some other error code can be shown:
0x0000003B System_Service_Exception
Here are a few methods you can use to resolve this issue.
