Windows 11 available on October 5

Microsoft has finally confirmed the release date of Windows 11.  For anyone currently running Windows 10, he free upgrade to Windows 11 will begin rolling out to eligible Windows 10 PCs and PCs that come…

Upgrading to Windows 11 will be free; here…

Fresh from the Windows 11 announcement, Microsoft has announced that the upcoming OS will be a free upgrade for all Windows 10 installations. "The free upgrade will begin to roll out to eligible Windows 10…

Microsoft buys Nokia for $7.2 billion

Formerly just one of the major players in the Windows Phone share of the mobile industry, Nokia is now set to be the cornerstone of Microsoft's mobile initiative as Redmon announced it's plans to buy…

Google Reader officially shuts down

The Reader team has officially shut down Google Reader and the popular really simple syndication (RSS) news reader is officially offline. Trying to access the reader redirects to the about page with the following text:…

Opera Browser 11.01 Now available

Opera has released Opera Browser 11.01 final for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD operating system. As it is a new stable release, Opera 11.01 includes lots of security fixes and stability improvements as…

HowTo: Disable/Remove Gmail Web Clips/Ads

Gmail has become the defacto email service for most of us online netizens, but at times, Web Clips, the rotating ads/RSS reader atop your emails can be annoying.  Yes it's just a single line of…