Microsoft's new 2024 Surface Laptop 7
Microsoft has recently unveiled its latest generation Surface Laptop, built from the ground up with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X chips and shipping as one of the first Copilot+ PCs on the market. It's the first Surface Laptop to feature an updated design, with thinner display bezels, a haptic touchpad, and other quality-of-life improvements.
The new Copilot+ PCs initiative is the next stage of the "AI PC" that Microsoft has been pushing for a number of months. Copilot+ PCs are capable of several next-gen AI experiences that are exclusive to these PCs, including a new Windows Recall feature that can remember everything you see and do on your PC, real-time language translations, and advanced Windows Studio Effects.
2024 - Apple's MacBook Air - Duo
This year’s Apple MacBook Air 15-inch and MacBook Air 13-inch, both come with the powerful M2 hardware, that made the smaller model such a hit. As for the design, both models arrived sporting a redesign that dropped rather dated wedge shape of previous MacBook Airs for a more modern angular shape with thinner bezels.
While the larger screen has necessitated a larger body, Apple has done a good job of keeping both models thin and reasonably light. Apple has included six speakers in the MacBook Air 15-inch, and these, combined with the larger screen that’s impressively bright and vibrant, making it excellent for watching movies and TV shows, thanks to the powerful M2 chip within.
The 2023 Google Pixel Watch
The Google Pixel Watch from Fitbit is the brand's first major collaboration with its parent company, Google. Built exclusively for Android users, the Pixel Watch is a premium smartwatch that blends Fitbit's activity tracking capability with Google's Wear OS operating system.
As a smartwatch, the Pixel Watch is outstanding. Using the Android-based (and Google-made) operating system, WearOS, it does almost everything you want in a smart wearable. There's a variety of available apps, the interface is simple to navigate, and you can send texts and emails and even make and take phone calls. Check it out here.
ASK LEO
Leo Notenboom is perhaps the most widely known and respected writer, advisor and video presenter on all computer related problems during the last twenty years. Following his retirement from an 18-year career as a Microsoft software engineer, Leo channelled his passion for technology into online publishing, plus his technical support and educational site 'ASK LEO'.
Since 2003, Leo Notenboom has published thousands of articles, hundreds of weekly newsletters and YouTube videos, and several books answering questions from average consumers to help them stay safe, resolve issues, and gain greater confidence with technology.
Check out Leo's site here.
Check your Browser
This website tells you what browser and version you have, the type of device and which operating system you're using, plus your settings for important things like JavaScript and Cookies.
If you are having a problem, it's very useful to know all the technical details about your system, so you can narrow down where the problem might be and help ensure that you have all the required software. The site saves you all the complicated steps to figuring out what versions of software you have, what features you have enabled & whether your web browser is up to date and let you focus on solving your problem.
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What is 4K Video Downloader?
Discover the free 4K Video Downloader and enjoy your videos anywhere, any time, and of course even when you are offline. Downloading is simple and straightforward: just copy the address bar link from your browser and click 'Paste Link' in the application.
The 4K Video Downloader is multi-platform software for downloading video and audio from popular websites like YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion or Facebook. It supports the following output formats: MP4, MKV, OGG Theora, MP3, M4A.
4K is the new resolution standard designed for digital cinema and computer graphics. It has following advantages: higher image definition quality, more detailed picture, better fast-action and larger projection surface visibility.
YouTube enabled 4K video support in the middle of 2010. Today, it's the highest resolution format available for consumers and it has great potential! Check out the tutorials and download 4K Video Downloader here.
New Privacy Controls for Maps, Assistant, Youtube
The first change is to Google Maps, which is now getting an "Incognito mode." This works similar to the Incognito mode found in the Google Chrome browser.
Once activated, Incognito mode means details of where users search for will no longer be saved to their account and won't affect personalized experience. However, while in Incognito mode, users won't see any personalized information such as automatic updates on their commute.
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Vivaldi makes web browsing more efficient
Vivaldi launched in 2015 to make up for the loss of features in other browsers. From the very beginning we’ve focused on building our own, highly customizable UI.
We often get asked about the relationship between Vivaldi and Google Chrome. The truth is, while we rely on the Chromium engine (maintained by the Chromium project set up by Google), this is where similarities end. Let’s take a look. Below the UI of a browser – the part most people see and interact with – there’s a rendering engine responsible for displaying the requested content in the browser window, as well as a browser engine responsible for bringing together the rendering engine and the application’s UI.
Different browsers use different engines and when it came to picking ours, we found that the Chromium engine code was secure and the most widely used – things that were important to us. Other pieces of code were either unavailable or undergoing significant re-writes. Developing a new engine from scratch would not have allowed us to focus on what mattered to us the most – it would have taken far too long to do and required significant resources. There is a reason why no one has built a new engine from scratch in 20 years.
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