National Vulnerability Database released the list of most vulnerable operating systems and applications (including browsers) in 2014. The number is significantly higher than in 2013 and continues the ascending trend over the past few years. Over 80% of the reported vulnerabilities are in third-party applications. Operating systems are only responsible for 13% of vulnerabilities and hardware devices for 4%.
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Most Vulnerable Operating Systems and Applications

Yosemite Transformation/UX Pack is the easiest way to get the Mac OS X Yosemite experience on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP. The pack has been brought to you by Windows X, the man behind the popular Windows 8 transformation packs. He also released OS X Yosemite UX Pack 4.0 today for those who want to get Mac OS X UI without modifying any system file.
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Yosemite Transformation and UX Pack 4.0 Released

Last week Microsoft offered 100 GB of free OneDrive storage for 2 years to Bing Rewards members, but Bing Rewards is only available for U.S. residents. You can now avail this offer without Bing Rewards, which means if you are not a resident of the U.S. then also you can get 100 GB of free OneDrive storage.
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Non-US residents also get 100 GB of free OneDrive storage

OneNote is a note taking application from the Office suite which stores notes on OneDrive for easy access across all the devices and works whether you're online or offline. Microsoft released OneNote 2013 for free last year, but some of the features were still restricted to the paid version. Now all the feature restrictions have been removed.
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Microsoft OneNote Now Completely FREE

You can now reply to messages on WhatsApp, Telegram, Hangouts, Facebook Messenger, and Line right from the Pushbullet notification on your computer. For those who don't know, Pushbullet allows you to see all of your Android notifications right on your computer. You can see who's calling and reply to text messages even if your phone is in another room.
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Reply to WhatsApp messages from PC without launching WhatsApp Web

Finally an easy way to customize Steam. Winmatrix member fediaFedia has released a very simple to use web-app which allows you to make skins for Steam. You just pick colors, logo and texture, after that installing the skin is just a matter of placing some files in your Steam folder.
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Steam UI Customizer

You can now test Office 2016 Technical Preview desktop apps. All you have to do is go to Microsoft's Connect site, sign-up with your email address and sign a non-disclosure agreement. You will be taken to a page where you can download the January technical preview of Office 2016.
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Test Microsoft Office 2016 desktop apps

OneDrive users in the US can now get 100 GB of OneDrive storage for free for 2 years via Bing Rewards without spending any Bing credits. The only catch is that you have to agree to receive promotional emails from the company. But after getting your free 100 GB, you can unsubscribe the promotional emails.
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Get 100 GB of OneDrive storage for Free for 2 years

Windows 10 Build 10009 has been leaked on the web. In its screenshots, you can see the new flat icons for various Folders, Recycle Bin, Drives and Control Panel. It's still not confirmed if Microsoft is going to use these icons in the final build of Windows 10 or not.
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Windows 10 leaked screenshots revealed new flat icons

Microsoft has released Office universal apps (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) for the Windows 10 Technical Preview. You can download the apps from the Windows Store Beta. The new universal apps are designed to work on every touch enabled device running Windows 10, from a Windows Phone to desktop PC and even on 84-inch Surface Hub.
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Microsoft released Office apps for Windows 10

Microsoft launched a new Outlook app for Android and iOS. It brings together all the core features -- your email, calendar, contacts and files. The app auto-sorts your mail into two main categories: Focused and Other, which is quite similar to Google's Priority Inbox. If you move your e-mail in or out of your Focused inbox, Outlook will start to learn which type of messages are important to you.
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Microsoft released new Outlook app for Android and iOS

Windows 10 devices with screens smaller than 8 inches won't have the desktop mode. These devices will be limited to Metro-style apps. Traditional Windows applications will only work on the devices with 8-inch screens or larger. Whereas the Start screen is dead in the large screen devices. In Windows 10 build 9926, Microsoft has removed the option for launching the Start screen when Windows boots.
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Small Windows 10 devices won't get the desktop mode

Windows 10 build 9926 has been released officially with the new Start menu, Cortana on the desktop, new Settings app, new Xbox app, new Photos and Maps apps, and Windows Store Beta. If you are already using Windows 10 then go to Windows Update, select 'Windows Update Settings' and in the left panel click on 'Preview Builds' then click on 'Check now' to download the new build.
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Windows 10 Build 9926 Released

Great news! Windows 10 will be available as a "free upgrade" for Windows 7 and 8.1 users. Users have to upgrade in the first year after the launch to take advantage of this offer. Microsoft's Terry Myerson said today that "once a Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, we will continue to keep it current for the supported lifetime of the device."
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Windows 10 will be Free for Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 users

Windows 10's new default browser Spartan can use Chrome extensions. The way extensions have been implemented in the browser is very identical to that of Chrome which will make it a simple process for developers to make their extensions work on Spartan.
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Spartan to support Google Chrome extensions?

Microsoft has ended Windows 7 SP1 mainstream support. The OS has entered into extended support, means that Windows 7 will no longer be updated features wise. No new improvements will be made and there will be no more service packs. The free telephone support and online customer support has also been ended.
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Windows 7 SP1 Mainstream Support Ends Today

Mozilla has released Firefox 35 Final for Windows, Mac and Linux. Firefox Hello, a Skype like real-time video and audio chat tool which was introduced in Firefox 34 now has room functionality. It allows users to organize their conversations and contacts into different groups. Firefox 35 also contains some fixes including reduced resource usage for scaled images.
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Firefox 35 Final Released

Three ex-Google engineers has created an "ultra tablet" with a magnetically attached keyboard and a kickstand that definitely borrowed the idea from Microsoft's Surface tablet. They also created "Remix OS", a modified Android 4.4.2 OS with a taskbar to switch apps, windowed apps, and a look and feel of Windows 8.1 apps.
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Android powered Microsoft Surface clone

The number of people as are using Windows XP increased in December 2014, as per the data provided by Net Applications, a web analytics firm. In November 2014, Windows XP had a 13.57 percent market share, but in December 2014, the share rose to 18.26 percent.
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Shocker: Windows XP user base increased in December 2014

Start Menu 8 v2.0 is a free Windows 7 style start menu designed for Windows 8. Version 2 includes options to display recently opened applications, ability to manually pin shortcuts and executables to the start menu with a right-click, customisable transparency, syncing of user and account pictures and high DPI support.
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IObit Start Menu 8 v2.0 for Windows 8 Released

Microsoft is building a new browser codnamed Spartan, which is not Internet Explorer 12, and it will look and feel more like Chrome and Firefox. Windows 10 will ship with both Spartan and Internet Explorer 11 but the IE will be there just for backward-compatibility's sake.
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Microsoft ditched Internet Explorer

Windows 10 Transformation Pack is the easiest way to get the Windows 10 experience on Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP. The pack has been brought to you by Windows X, the man behind the popular Windows transformation packs. He also released Windows 10 UX Pack 2.0 today for those who want to get Windows 10 UI without modifying any system file.
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Windows 10 Transformation and UX Pack 2.0 Released

Microsoft's new digital assistant named Cortana has been demonstrated in a video running on an unreleased Windows 10 build. Cortana in Windows 10 can do everything the Windows Phone version can including reminders, call people with skype, check location, play music, launch apps etc.
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Cortana for Windows 10 gets demoed in video

AirDroid released a new desktop client which mirrors the screen of your Android phone on your Windows or Mac's desktop. The feature is called AirMirror and is mostly being used to quickly reply WhatsApp messages via Windows or Mac's desktop.
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AirDroid mirrors Android screen on Windows desktop

Mozilla has partnered with Yahoo, which will be its default search engine in the US for the next 5 years. Mozilla is adopting a more local and flexible approach with its Firefox search engine partnerships, as the browser will now have 61 search providers pre-installed in Firefox across 88 different language versions.
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Yahoo is the new default search engine in Firefox

Microsoft's Office suite for iPad, iPhone, and Android is now free. From now on, you don't need an Office 365 subscription to edit your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents via the mobile apps. The subscription is now required only for unlocking advanced editing tools better-suited to business users.
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Office apps for Android, iPad and iPhone are now FREE!

Microsoft has added Action Center to Windows 10, which will handle your notifications and alerts from both Modern and traditional Windows applications from the system tray. There are almost 7,000 changes in the new build according to Microsoft. You can wait for the update to arrive for your PC or you can start the download right now by going to "PC Settings", "Update and Recovery" and then clicking on "Preview Builds."
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Microsoft adds with Notification Center to Windows 10 Technical Preview

Mozilla has released Firefox 33 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android with OpenH264 support as well as the ability to send video content from webpages to a second screen (Chromecast and Roku ). There are some new features and changes which you can see from the release notes after the break.
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Firefox 33 Final Released

UXTheme Multi-Patcher officially use Rafael's specialized memory-patching that works on almost every Windows since XP till latest Windows 10 Technical Preview. For those who don't know, using non-certified visual style is not allowed by Microsoft's certificate protection so you need to bypass it in uxtheme.dll by patching it. In simple words, you need this patch for using visual styles.
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UXTheme Multi-Patcher 13.0 with Windows 10 support

The new Hangouts Chrome App is a simpler, faster way to use Hangouts on your computer alongside whatever else you're doing. It works outside of your browser, and looks like a native Windows app so your chats are always available, not tucked away inside a window.
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Google released Hangouts Chrome App for Windows