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App developers have really took to Windows 8/RT and thanks to this, a lot of awesome apps and games have surfaced. In this series, we’ll be tracking down the best Windows RT games and we’ll let you know which games we liked the most. Our first part in the Best Windows RT Games Series is all about Puzzle Games. We’ve featured a few Windows 8 puzzle games in the past, here at Wind8Apps, but today, we’re taking a look at some other awesome games that you should know about....

Yes, we are talking about exclusives and it’s time to clear the air and let people know exactly what’s going to happen to Starfield. Although at some point, we all thought it was going to be just a timed Xbox exclusive, coming to PS fans later, that’s not the case anymore. Starfield is only coming on Xbox Series X/S and PC Even though the Xbox boss, Phil Spencer, clearly explained that the Bethesda purchase is about delivering great exclusive games, there are still a lot of gamers that hope their titles will be released for other formats as well....

ALPHV is a new ransomware operation, generically dubbed BlackCat, that was first introduced last month and could be the most dangerous ransomware 2021 has seen. We say that because it comes with a highly-customizable feature set allowing for attacks on a wide range of corporate environments. ALPHV has been supposedly tested on Windows devices This BlackCat ransomware executable is written in Rust. And although this is not typical for malware developers, it’s slowly increasing in popularity due to its high performance and memory safety....

Diablo II was released back in 2000 and its expansion pack, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, was released in 2001. Both games achieved tremendous success when they were released, serving as the inspiration for many modern action role-playing games such as Path of Exile. Diablo 2 gets Windows 10 support Although Diablo III was released in 2012, Blizzard kept working on patches and updates for Diablo II. The last patch for Diablo II was the Lord of Destruction v1....

Windows Defender already has an option to block potentially unwanted programs on Windows 10, but this feature has been available exclusively to Enterprise users. However, if you don’t own an Enterprise version and you want to block potentially unwanted programs, follow the instructions from this article. How to Block Bundleware Using Windows Defender in Windows 10 Potentially unwanted programs also known as bundleware are those programs that install themselves with other software, and in most cases you won’t even know that these programs are installed....

Still, that hasn’t stopped Microsoft from teasing its users once again in anticipation of the BUILD 2016 event taking place in San Francisco, California tomorrow March 30, 2016, and ending Friday, April the 1st. Microsoft said that it will reveal something awesome on the first day of the event, so tomorrow, all the mystery will vanish. Even if no details have been provided by Microsoft, there are rumors which say that any new features will most likely be aimed at Windows 10 users....

However, many users are not satisfied with how Microsoft delivers Windows 10 updates. It all started when Windows 10 was released as a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. People were furious at Microsoft because the company basically forced them to upgrade to Windows 10. A year has passed and while Microsoft isn’t offering Windows 10 for free anymore, the problem of updates remain, with users unhappy mainly because they’re not in charge of installing them: Windows 10 forces them to install every new update — including major updates — even if they don’t want to....

In other words, while the Chrome OS will receive new Chrome apps, Windows users will no longer see apps in the Chrome Web Store. The same is valid for Mac and Linux. Every beginning has an end and it shouldn’t come as surprise Google’s decision to suspend its Chrome apps on Windows since they no longer attract users. On the other hand, it’s important to know that this decision won’t affect extensions and themes, but either way, developers are advised to switch to Electron or NW....

The move seems to be targeted mostly at website developers and advertisers, and Google hopes that they will send cookies via HTTPS because this step would offer increased confidentiality protection against cyber attacks. Mozilla also experienced with this feature, but it never reached Firefox. Sending cookies via plaintext HTTPs is a major privacy and security risk The cookies might be intercepted and even modified by an attacker. The ban over sending cookies via HTTP is not a viable option for the moment, and Chrome engineers are hoping that by limiting cookies’ lifespan, they would also prevent massive troves of user data from collecting inside cookies....

The advancement of technology, brought a complete metamorphosis to the entire music scenario. Cassettes transformed into digitalized versions and that gave rise to the digital audio files. Soon the audio cassettes were taken over by MP3s, and the latest with USB drives and external hard disks. So, how to protect the priceless audio cassettes? Well, the cassettes can be converted to MP3 format so that the favorite records can be played in future....

The main new features are new VideoStudio MyDVD and NewBlue TitlerEX. VideoStudio MyDVD allows you to easily burn your newly created films to DVD, AVCHD and Blu-ray discs. And the NewBlue TitlerEX lets you add dynamic 2D and 3D titles, captions and rolling credits to your films. It also should be mentioned that Nvidia graphics card and Intel HD3000 are are both required for NewBlue TitlerEX. The app is very well-developed, giving videos and photos professional look....

As of this writing, Microsoft has yet to push out a fix to the issue. It is also not clear why the icon is missing, at least in the Surface Pro 4. Still, one user questioned the importance of the battery life icon over at the Microsoft Community page. The argument is that Microsoft removed it because the amount of time displayed is misleading. The user explained: Are you using the Surface Pro 4?...

Microsoft starts rolling out Dark Mode on mobile and Outlook.com After releasing Dark Mode in Edge Canary and for OneNote Insiders, Microsoft is finally rolling out Dark Mode on mobile and Outlook.com.  Dark Mode was a very popular request, and now it comes to help mobile users view emails, calendars, and other files in dimly lit environments. It will also help them save battery life. Outlook for Android already auto-switches to Dark Mode when Battery Saver is enabled, and other apps will get the same ability....

But, what if you choose something more relaxing instead? Maybe you are the type of user who prefers a game that is not that violent, a game that can reveal new perspectives through which you can forget about a stressful day. Maybe you aren’t looking for high-res gameplay in order to test the performance of your Windows 10-powered device. If that’s the case, Dimensional Intersection might be the perfect choice for you....

The Surface updates are delivered in stages to Surface customers. This means that not every Surface will receive the update at the same time. If you have not received the update, you can manually check Windows Update and, of course, install it manually. Let’s take the updates one by one. Surface Pro: Surface Pro 2: For Surface Pro 3: If the updates have not been installed automatically, you can download the updates pack from here....

The team from MEGA made sure to note the fact that any MEGA URL will be captured by the application and remain just local. In other words, there will be no JavaScript loaded from their servers. MEGA is a cloud storage and file hosting service that was created by Mega Limited. The website is based in New Zealand, and it was launched back on January 19, 2013. MEGA features The extension will let you install MEGA into Microsoft Edge browser....

Microsoft has conducted a new series of battery tests in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, build 14393.105, and the results were in Edge’s favor. The tests were performed on three Surface Books that were connected to a wireless network and the team measured the power consumption of the processor, graphics processing unit and Wi-Fi antenna, using onboard Maxim chips and the extracted information was analyzed using the Performance Monitor (Perfmon)....

Since the beginning of the year, Google Chrome has suffered zero-day vulnerabilities. Recently, Google had to release an emergency update to fix the zero-day vulnerability that has been actively exploited by attackers. The security risk affects the Chrome browser on Windows, Linux and Mac. Details to be disclosed There have been two zero-days vulnerabilities and while fixes have been released, it is still concerning. The first version CVE-2021-37976 of the zero-day vulnerability was described as an information leak in core and the second one CVE-2021-37975, was a high severity user after free bug....

The concept was first introduced at Build 2019. Later at Ignite 2019, the Public Preview was introduced for end-users and developers. Ever since then, they’ve tweaked all the bugs and issues and have taken into account the customer feedback. This eventually lead to Microsoft revealing that the Fluid Framework Public Preview will be available to all Office 365 enterprise users. Why is Fluid Framework so important? According to Microsoft, Fluid Framework is capable of the following: The overall plan, in the long run, is to make his technology broadly available to developers....

I’ve always been a huge fan of small companies and the values they believe in, so talking about the Eve V was a no-brainer. Touted as the first-ever crowd-developed computer by Eve-Tech, this 2-in-1 detachable convertible, is, at least in my opinion, the best alternative to the Microsoft Surface. Hell, considering at what’s inside, you could even say it’s better! Unwrapping Right from the beginning, I was surprised to see how well-protected the device was, which shows how much Eve-Tech values our feedback....