Get inspired to go for a nice and rewarding morning walk or to take a breath in to absorb nature’s beauty and good energy. Possibly the green countryside, the golden sand and the brightly shining sea views found in these desktop wallpapers can set the mood for a peaceful day. You can find more great themes in my Desktop Fun section and from the Windows Themes at Microsoft. Theme direct download link...

“Focused inbox” is a feature that organizes your inbox in two different streams (or tabs), including “Focused” or “Other.” The idea of this feature is to use machine learning to learn what emails you should pay more attention to, but the problem is that you can miss out on other emails if you don’t proactively switch between tabs. If you don’t use the feature or realize that causing more harm than good, you can disable it from the web version of Outlook or email client....

Mozilla web browser is out, but it isn’t available just now in their website; the official release is tomorrow. If you cannot wait at the end of this article you’ll find the links to download Firefox 9 now. The new version includes: Fixed several stability issues Added Type Inference, significantly improving JavaScript performance Added support for querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript Added support for font-stretch Improved support for text-overflow Improved theme integration for Mac OS X Lion Added two finger swipe navigation for Mac OS X Lion Improved standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS...

And get ready to start emailing your friends with your new @facebook.com email address that Facebook is providing to anyone who wants one. Remember that it is not email, do not expect subject lines, bcc, and cc. You can send messages just by hitting Enter and yes, but you will have the ability to forward messages. – “We wanted to make this more like a conversation.” Facebook is not disclosing the storage limit as you have in Gmail or Hotmail, but they say that you will be fine as long as you don’t abuse the system....

The “Windows 8 for Dummies, Dell Pocket Edition” is a book of about 147 pages and it comes in a PDF file format that anyone can easily download. To get it, head over http://marketing.dell.com/windows-8-ebook and fill out the form (remember that you don’t exactly have to be truthful about your information here), then click Submit to download. What’s in the book? Well, everything a first timer will need to get started....

Dust build-up is one of the worst enemies for computer parts. If you don’t clean your computer regularly, your desktop or laptop will eventually start experiencing heating problems, which can affect performance and one day could even damage components. Usually, you could simply buy canned air, but they lose pressure quickly and over time, you could be spending a lot of money. The XPOWER A-2 Airrow Pro Multi-use Electric Duster Blower is a lightweight, compact, and powerful air blower, which is perfect to dust off your computer tower and components, including fans, filters, graphics cards, radiators, and heatsink....

So if you want to score one a Venue 8 Pro running the full-blown version of Windows 8.1, you better get to the store early. After the 20th tablet sold the price will jump to $199 and it go to the same price while stock last during that day. Despite Microsoft having a 12 days sales starting next Monday, the $99 for the Dell Venue 8 Pro is perhaps the best deal of the all....

While the new mobile operating system will bring a number of new features and improvements, Google says that the company is going back to the basics to improve the quality of the platform. The company also says that it has been observing what device makers have been including to Android and is integrating many of these ideas into the operating system. There is about half a dozen new areas that Google is shifting attention with Android M....

The device can easily connect to many devices around the house, including thermostats, cameras, wireless speakers, smart lightbulbs and appliances, and much more. Physically, it’s a small cylinder shape device without any visible buttons with a microphone array at the top and speakers sitting at the base. Also, you can customize the device with different shells to match the decoration of the room. You can access music from any music service like Spotify by just asking Google, or you can also send music from your Android phone or iPhone using Google Cast....

On partnering with TP-LINK the search giant is launching OnHub (TGR1900), a router crafted for the modern Wi-Fi world. According to Google the device is fast, secure, and easy to use. Perhaps one of the most interesting features of the OnHub is its unique antenna design. The router has not two or four, but thirteen Wi-Fi antennas arranged in a circular pattern. Every antenna is paired with a perpendicular oriented neighbor antenna, which allows the router to select the “polarization delivering the strongest signal for each device in your home”....

Download this theme free for Windows and allow it to bring all those captured moments and unbelievable landscapes to your desktop background. These 18 wallpapers take you for a ride along the less traveled streets, roads, bridges and highways that lead to magnificent sceneries for you to enjoy. Check out all our theme picks, which you can download from the Microsoft Store for free. Hitting The Road theme | Download...

Other services are also getting the enhanced security, SkyDrive, Docs, Photos and Devices pages, now are transferring encrypted data via HTTPS. If security was the reason holding you back on using these services, this new security option can give you a little more confides that your data will be safer. This new feature is not on by default, so to boost the security of your Hotmail inbox, contacts, and calendar, go to https://account....

If the Network Attached Storage (NAS) box breaks or fails to boot, the config file can help to recover the system or quickly get up and running on another device, which is why it’s important to backup this information. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to backup and restore the config file on your FreeNAS server. In addition, we’ll look at the steps to reset the database containing the entire system configuration....

Although apps are visually identical between architecture, there’s a benefit of performance when it comes to 64-bit. A 64-bit application can access more than 4GB of memory making the app more efficient and faster over the 32-bit version. You don’t have to use 64-bit for all apps, but it’s ideal, specially for those that will benefit from accessing more memory, such as Google Chrome, Visual Studio, and many others. If you want to tell if an app is 32-bit or 64-bit, Windows 10 includes a couple quick ways to find out using Task Manager and File Explorer....

Although you won’t see the “October 2018 Update” sticker anywhere across the OS, Microsoft assigns a version number for every feature update of Windows 10. In this case, the second major update for 2018 is known as “version 1809,” which indicates the year and month of the update completion. For instance, the Windows 10 April 2018 Update goes by “version 1803,” and the Fall Creators Update is “version 1709.” In this guide, you’ll learn the step to know if you have the Windows 10 October 2018 Update installed on your computer....

While this might be a convenient feature for many users to speed up the sign-in process and pick up where you left off quickly, it’s not a feature for everyone. If this isn’t a feature you prefer to use, you can use the Settings app to stop this behavior. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to prevent apps from the last session to restart automatically every time you sign in to Windows 10....

These new notifications are designed not to be obstructive and provide quick information about things you can do or new features that you can try in new versions of Windows 10. While these new kind of notifications are meant for all users, you probably already know the new features or things you can do within a new version of Windows 10, as such Microsoft also provides a way to disable the feature....

The new full screen popup is part of the new “EOSNotify” program that installs automatically with update KB4530734. Once the update is installed, using the Task Scheduler, Windows 7 will trigger the “Your Windows 7 PC is out of support” notification with the following message: “As of January 14, 2020, support for Windows 7 has come to an end. Your PC is more vulnerable to viruses and malware due to: no security updates, no software updates, and no tech support....

The new feature appears in Windows 10 build 17040, but it’s not enabled by default. However, if you’re an Insider, you can give it a try editing the Registry. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to enable the new floating search on Windows 10 build 17040. How to enable floating Cortana experience Once you’ve completed the steps, right-click the Taskbar, select Cortana, and click the Show Cortana icon option....

The feature also suggests new complex passwords that are difficult to guess when changing existing credentials. When using this feature, if you decide to use the suggested password, Microsoft Edge will save and sync it automatically across all your devices connected with a Microsoft account. In this guide, you will learn the steps to enable or disable the password generator built into Microsoft Edge. How to enable suggest strong password on Microsoft Edge How to disable suggest strong password on Microsoft Edge...