Martin Brinkmann

LibreOffice is a popular open source Office suite that is used by millions of users as an alternative to Microsoft Office. We have followed LibreOffice for almost 15 years here on this blog. The developers of the free tool have […]

While Google is ending support for classic extensions for more users of its Chrome web browser, several browser makers have pledged continued support for Manifest V2 extensions. Mozilla confirmed in 2023 that the organization’s Firefox web browser would support classic

Many PayPal users have seen their fair share of phishing emails ever since they signed up for the service. Being a financial service, PayPal is a high value target for criminal organizations. Recently, a new phishing scam has been making

For some time now, Google has been asking for a mobile phone number and verification when new customers create Gmail accounts. SMS verification is also used as part of the login process, to verify that a returning customer is indeed

Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system reaches end of support in October 2025. This means no updates anymore for the operating system, including security updates. This is a problem for many users, especially for users who run systems with hardware that

Six-hundred-thirty-five in a series. Welcome to this week’s overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 and Windows 11 on the Microsoft Store and elsewhere in the past seven days. Microsoft is working on a new app. Currently in development, Migration

Support calls are something that many consumers dread. From long wait times and irritating menu choices to members of support that can’t or won’t help you, or hang up on you after you have waited for tens of minutes or

Windows 11 includes a rather weak backup tool that uses OneDrive to back up some files and preferences. When you set up a new PC, you may restore these backed up files and settings. The feature is far from a

When Microsoft ended support for Windows 7 officially for most users in 2023, it soon thereafter stopped supporting its browser on the operating system. Other companies, including Google, pulled support as well. Mozilla did not. The organization’s initial plan was

Mozilla plans to release a point update for its Firefox web browser later today to address security issues and fix several non-security issues in the open source web browser. Firefox 135.0.1 comes about two weeks after the release of the