Yesterday, the Vivaldi team rolled out a new weekly build of their revolutionary web browser. Unlike the previous release, this one does not come with lots of changes. However, a few changes and bug fixes are very interesting. Let's explore them.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
The full list of Skype emoticons
Skype has a set of emoticons which the user pick using the appropriate button near the input text box in the conversation window. But many Skype users might not be aware of the huge set of hiddden smilies available in Skype. Here is the full list of Skype emoticons.
Fix failed to load library ‘dxva2.dll’ in Skype
If you use Skype on the good, old Windows XP OS and if you recently updated the Skype app, then you might have received a strange message failed to load library 'dxva2.dll'. After that, Skype does not start and you cannot sign in. Here is how to fix it and why it happens.
How to remove the user profile button (You) in Google Chrome 44 and above
Previously, we covered how to disable or enable the Google Chrome profile button in the window title. It could be done with a special flag in chrome://flags/. Unfortunately, the appropriate flag described in the mentioned article was removed in Chrome 44, which is in beta now. Here is an alternative way to remove the user profile button (You) in Google Chrome 44 and above.
Windows 10 build 10135 features an updated Snipping tool
The Snipping tool is a little known app bundled with Windows ever since Windows Vista for capturing screenshots. But it never got any updates ever since, not in Windows 7 nor in Windows 8 either. So it is a surprise for me to see that in Windows 10 build 10135, there is an updated and slightly improved version of Snipping tool.
Windows 10 build 10135 comes with desktop Skype preinstalled
Windows 10 build 10135 features several notable changes from previous builds of Windows 10. Unlike any other build, this one comes with the desktop version of Skype preinstalled. The user does not need to download Skype any more.
Windows 10 build 10135 screenshots gallery
A bunch of Windows 10 build 10135 screenshots have leaked to the Internet, again via wzor. This build should arrive to all Windows Insiders who stay on the Fast Ring. Before that, you might be interested in knowing how it looks and what is new in this build. Here you go.
Release notes for Windows 10 build 10135 have leaked to the Internet
Windows 10 build 10135 is a new build which is supposed to be released for the Fast Ring in the near future. Today, Wzor leaked its release notes, known issues and everything else that is usually related to new builds. Read on if you are interested.
Cinnamon 2.6 is out
Cinnamon is the default desktop environment of Linux Mint besides MATE. Unlike MATE, which is based on Gnome 2, Cinnamon is built on top of GTK3 and Gnome 3 technologies. Cinnamon provides the classic experience with a Desktop, taskbar and apps menu in all supported Linux distros. Yesterday developers of Linux Mint released Cinnamon version 2.6. Here what's new in Cinnamon 2.6
Windows 10 clean install will be possible after free upgrade or reservation
One of the questions Windows users had after Microsoft announced that Windows 10 would be free, was whether they could clean install the OS again after the 1-year period of free upgrades ends. You often need to reinstall Windows for various reasons and after obtaining the license with the free upgrade program, people were concerned that Microsoft might require them to pay for a reinstallation. Well this has been clarified by Microsoft.
