Malwarebytes announced today that they have acquired AdwCleaner, the popular utility used to clean up adware, toolbars, and other potentially unwanted programs. Version 6 of the program was released this year. It receives more than 200,000 downloads a day and has been installed over 200 million times. AdwCleaner started in 2011 as the product of three French students. Two of … [Read more...]
Revised JDK 9 schedule proposed
Following the proposed 4-month delay of Java 9's release date going unopposed, the new schedule has been proposed on the Java newsgroup. The schedule information is also available on the JDK 9 project page. Here are the proposed dates for the interim milestones: 2016/05/26 Feature Complete 2016/12/22 Feature Extension Complete 2017/01/05 Rampdown Start 2017/02/09 All … [Read more...]
Quicken 2017 now available, first release independent of Intuit
Disclosure: 404techsupport.com is not an authorized reseller and is not affiliated with Quicken Inc. Quicken was spun off from Intuit in March and bought by H.I.G. Capital. They have just released their first titles since being independent and have pumped resources into product development and customer support teams. Quicken 2017 is an updated software tool to manage your … [Read more...]
Windows Server 2016 and System Center Configuration Manager 2016 now available in VLSC, MSDN, and Azure
Microsoft's Windows Server 2016 is now available for download from the Volume Licensing Service Center. This includes Windows Server 2016 Essentials, Standard Core, Datacenter Core, and Multipoint Server Premium. It is also available on MSDN and Azure so you should be able to get your hands on the RTM bits with today's release date (10/12/2016) no matter how you get your … [Read more...]
Include your garage in your smart home with the Chamberlain MyQ
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Chamberlain. All opinions are 100% mine. My first attempt to make my home a 'smart home' was the Nest smoke alarm and thermostat. With a "proprietary" HVAC system, I was only able to install the smoke detectors. They connect to my WiFi and provide status updates to my phone of any problems with smoke, fire, or carbon … [Read more...]