Last week, version 16 of Process Explorer was released and 16.01 was released yesterday. Its newest feature is VirusTotal integration. You use Process Explorer to examine the processes currently running on a Windows computer and now you can right-click on any process to upload it to VirusTotal to have it scanned by 40+ different antivirus scanners. You will then get the … [Read more...]

Windows 8 has quite a learning curve, especially for those finally making the move from Windows XP. Windows 8.1 adds a bit more polish to the operating system but the learning curve is still quite steep. To help with that, Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows 8.1 end-user readiness content. The documents available today include a Windows 8.1 Quick Guide for … [Read more...]

A Google employee filed a bug report for Chromium, the basis behind Chrome, last month. The report pointed out a bug with Chrome that kept old versions of Chrome apps and extensions in the user profile. This means that with a few extensions that update frequently, you could begin to lose a significant amount of storage. The Google employee noticed the problem using the Google+ … [Read more...]

Effective today, LogMeIn is removing their free remote control software offerings so they can focus on their premium remote access products. LogMeIn Free has been available for the past 10 years and I have been using it for almost that entire time. Like most others, I am wondering about the lack of notice before the news started breaking across other channels. A post to the … [Read more...]

Google Chrome came out with a ton of new features with the release of Chrome 32 this week. These new features include an icon in the tab title to indicate which tabs are playing sound, using your webcam, or casting to your TV. This is very helpful if you open a bunch of tabs and want to track down which ones are playing. We have talked about this feature before when it was … [Read more...]