Make Offline Copy of a Site with Wget on Windows and Linux

Make Offline Mirror Copy of a Site with Wget on Windows and Linux

Sometimes you need to get a browsable copy of a web site, so you can access it offline, put on an USB stick or even upload to your smartphone and read it when flying or traveling. While it is easy in modern browsers and operating systems to save a web page to PDF, it can be annoying to process every single page. Here comes wget. Continue reading "Make Offline Copy of a Site with Wget on Windows and Linux"

Microsoft To Remove Adobe Flash from IE11 and Edge by December 2020

As you may remember, in 2017 Microsoft had announced that they will discontinue the Adobe Flash plugin and remove it from their browsers, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. As of now, Microsoft has deprecated both the classic Edge app and Internet Explorer, and is actively working on the Chromium-based Edge version. The company has shared a few more details on what will happen in December 2020.

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Microsoft Updates Whiteboard App for Windows 10 with These Features

Microsoft releases a new version of the Whiteboard app. The update features a new people picker for faster sharing your ideas with other people. Also, you can enable object snapping to move the contents easily. Continue reading "Microsoft Updates Whiteboard App for Windows 10 with These Features"

Microsoft discontinues Internet Games in XP/Vista/Windows 7, turns off servers

Microsoft has revealed that the company discontinues their classic Internet games which were first introduced in Windows Millennium Edition. The servers behind the set of games will become unavailable very soon. Continue reading "Microsoft discontinues Internet Games in XP/Vista/Windows 7, turns off servers"

Microsoft Launches a New Page for all Insider Programs

Microsoft's Insider Program became popular with its launch for Windows 10. It allows any user to become a tester of pre-release Windows 10 versions for free at any moment of time, or opt out of the program when needed. Microsoft finds the program effective, so the same test access options are available for number of other products of the company. Continue reading "Microsoft Launches a New Page for all Insider Programs"

Microsoft Is Releasing New Outlook.com To Everyone

Microsoft is releasing an updated version of Outlook.com, their mail and calendar service which requires a Microsoft account. This new update adds tabs and other message organization tools, search improvements, and more. Continue reading "Microsoft Is Releasing New Outlook.com To Everyone"

Windows Calculator has been ported to Android, iOS and the Web

As you may remember, Microsoft recently open-sourced the modern Windows Calculator app. Since then, Windows Calculator source code is on GitHub under the MIT license. A few days ago, it was ported to C# and now can be launched on iOS and Android, and also on the Web with the help of WebAssembly. Continue reading "Windows Calculator has been ported to Android, iOS and the Web"

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