Author Archive: Vygantas

Vygantas is a former web designer whose projects are used by companies such as AMD, NVIDIA and departed Westood Studios. Being passionate about software, Vygantas began his journalism career back in 2007 when he founded FavBrowser.com. Having said that, he is also an adrenaline junkie who enjoys good books, fitness activities and Forex trading.

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Windows 10: What’s New In Internet Explorer

By | October 1, 2014 | 0 Comments

Windows 10: What’s New In Internet ExplorerNo Internet Explorer 12 in sight.

With today’s release of Windows 10 Technical Preview, Microsoft has also detailed a list of new Internet Explorer 11 features that made it to the build.

So what should you be excited about?

– A support for HTTP/2 networking protocol, which means better performance
– Chakra JavaScript engine performance improvements
– Interoperable Top Level Domain Parsing
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Chromebooks Receive A $199 Windows Competitor

By | September 30, 2014 | 0 Comments

Chromebooks Receive A $199 Windows CompetitorIt looks like Google won’t be eating the very low end market share lunch all by itself as Microsoft & HP have announced two new Windows models that aim to compete with the Chrome OS.

First is the HP’s Stream laptop, which comes with an 11.6 inch screen, HD display, a fanless design, Office 365 and the 32GB of storage, all for $199 while the HP Stream 13 (an 13.3 inch version) will cost you $229. There is also another, 14 inch version, which is coming later.
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Chrome OS Receives A Streaming Version Of Photoshop

By | September 29, 2014 | 0 Comments

Chrome OS Receives A Streaming Version Of PhotoshopGet access right now, sort of.

Good news for all your Photoshop users out there that are considering buying a Chromebook. Why? Well, it looks like the search giant and Adobe have partnered to bring you the streaming version of Photoshop to your Chromebook and they even integrated Google Drive into it!

What’s the catch? Well, as of now it’s for U.S. based Adobe education customers only that have a paid Creative Cloud membership.
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Opera 26 Brings Bookmark Sharing

By | September 28, 2014 | 0 Comments

Opera 26 Brings Bookmark SharingWith the recent Opera Developer Preview update, Norwegian browser maker has included a neat new feature, which allows you to share your bookmarks with your family or friends. However, unlike regular bookmark sharing, this feature gives you an option to share the whole folder, which you might find useful in certain situations.

However, before updating, keep in mind that there are a couple of known bugs including scrolling performances issues inside internal pages.
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Microsoft Reveals Its Chromecast Competitor

By | September 25, 2014 | 0 Comments

Costs $60.

Chromecast, a digital media player that can mirror content from Google Chrome, has been a pretty popular device among techies, especially since it costs only $35.
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Download UC Browser 4.0 For Windows Phone

By | September 24, 2014 | 1 Comment

Today, guys at UCweb.Inc have released a new version of UC Browser for Windows Phone, which is a pretty significant upgrade and is worth checking out.
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Samsung Discontinues Chromebooks In Europe

By | September 23, 2014 | 0 Comments

Samsung Discontinues Chromebooks In EuropeLaptops too.

Well, it looks like the PC market is not exactly been bringing profit, at least for some of the OEMs. Following Sony, which discontinued Vaio laptopts, Samsung has announced that they too will be leaving the European market when it comes to Chromebooks and Windows computers.

“We quickly adapt to market needs and demands. In Europe, we will be discontinuing sales of laptops including Chromebooks for now. This is specific to the region – and is not necessarily reflective of conditions in other markets,” said a Samsung spokesperson.
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Microsoft Updates Its IE Roadmap Page

By | September 22, 2014 | 1 Comment

Microsoft Updates It's IE Roadmap PageShows more features in development.

With the recent goal to be more transparent when it comes to the Internet Explorer development, the software giant has announced a new set of updates and here’s what they are currently working on:
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Chromebooks Now Run Some Of The Android Apps

By | September 18, 2014 | 0 Comments

Chromebook Now Runs Some Android AppsNow here’s something pretty awesome if you own one of the Chromebooks.

As revealed by the recent announcement, the search giant, as a part of its App Runtime for Chrome, has brought first few Android apps to the Chromebook near you, and they are:

Duolingo – a fun and free way to learn a new language before your next trip
Evernote – write, collect and find what matters to you, with a full-size keyboard and touchscreen
Sight Words – a delightful way for you to help improve your child’s reading skills
Vine – create short, beautiful, looping videos in a simple and fun way
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Download Opera 25 Beta

By | September 17, 2014 | 0 Comments

Download Opera 25 BetaWith bookmarks and more.

Opera Beta, formerly known as Opera Next, has been updated to the version 25 and it finally brings one of the most requested features: bookmarks, and they will be displayed in a speed dial like fashion (thumbnails instead of text).

In addition to that, there’s a new start page, integrated PDF viewer, web notifications, support for H.264 and MP3 and lastly, a Linux build too!

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