Software

Microsoft’s Spartan and Internet Explorer to feature Edge, Trident respectively

Microsoft has long been lauding its upcoming Project Spartan browser that will take over Internet Explorer’s crown as Windows’ flagship, but Internet Explorer, as…

Patch Tuesday March 2015: Stuxnet and FREAK patched, two updates causing issues [update]

Update (18 March): Microsoft has re-released the KB3002657, but only for Windows Server 2003. The company advises that even if the patch didn’t cause…

Bye-bye passwords: Windows 10 now supports FIDO biometric authentication

Passwords will be a thing of the past very soon, at least if Windows 10 has anything to say about them. Microsoft announced that…

Mozilla’s Project Shumway looks to kill Adobe Flash Player for good

If there’s one thing more annoying than advertisements in a web browsing experience, its Adobe’s awful Flash Player. The runtime is about as buggy…

February Patch Tuesday: update causes boot loop, JASBUG addressed [update]

Update: Microsoft has reissued KB3001652 and for the most part, it seems to be working. The initial release of the patch caused a continuous…

Microsoft Office for Android is now live, Outlook available for ‘preview’

Well, that didn’t take long at all. After Microsoft unveiled an Office preview for Android just a few weeks ago, Microsoft has officially released…

What’s in a traffic cone? An abridged biography of VLC Media Player

We often get carried away with our gadgets here at Gearburn, but we also believe that the software running on these brilliant little things…

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