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Microsoft keep quiet but leaked memo all but confirms date.
An internal memo obtained by WinFuture.de from Microsoft’s internal intranet last week confirmed what many in the industry long suspected: Microsoft Office 2016 will be released in September, on the 3rd Tuesday of the month.
While Microsoft have yet to officially comment on the validity of the date in question, employees are apparently now using the final version of Office internally, signalling that the Windows version is now ready for release.
The leaked image allegedly taken from WinFuture.de that names the date for Office 2016
The initial release on September 22 for Windows is expected to be for Professional and Home users only.
Preview builds have shown that Office 2016 is an evolution rather than a revolution, with what seems like mostly incremental and graphical improvements: The colorful bars from the mobile versions of Office are now also part of the desktop version. Yay! The most notable change to Office 2016 is the more universal feel it brings across all the major existing systems. Office 2016 has been intentionally crafted with touchscreen users, and cloud storage accessible files across multiple devices. Office 2016 has been available to anyone with an existing Office 365 subscription plan for several weeks now so there are unlikely to be any new surprises in the final version when it becomes official.
One of the leaked images of Office 2016, from WinFuture.de
With Windows 10 mobile also launching soon, a plethora of innovative Windows phones, and a new Surface Pro to boot as well, it will come as no surprise to see Office 2016 launch before the new devices enter the market.
There has been precious little if anything from Microsoft related to pricing announcements in the run up to Office 2016, but industry insiders expect there to be no difference in price for 365 subscribers, and can also expect a similar price point as the Office versions already available in the Microsoft Store.
Microsoft is currently riding high after the phenomenal success of the Windows 10 launch at the end of July. In little over a month, Windows 10 was installed 75 million times across the globe, and has been received very positively.
Hopes are now high in Microsoft that some of that positive attention will rub off when Office 2016 gets its official release later this month.
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Privacy is a hot topic right now, with the numbers of large-scale hacking events and major data breaches on the rise. One of the chief concerns for tech users of any kind is the tracking of their internet activity, especially with breaches that have recently involved membership accounts on hacked websites.
One secure browsing option, Tor, that makes its privacy capabilities even better. Known as one of the safest options for untracked browsing, Tor works by basically bouncing your internet activity around the world to keep anyone who’s tracking you from being able to see what sites you’re visiting. Users who live in geographic locations that are problematic for accessing certain websites can also use Tor to get around blocked websites, which makes Tor an equalizer in terms of freedom from internet restriction.
Another great option that also launched an update is Ghostery, a Google Chrome extension that alerts you to all of the tracking features that are running in the background on the websites you visit. It gives you not only the information on the adware or other tracking tools, it also gives you the capability to block those tools so you can remain more secure. Be warned: some websites have so much going on in terms of running these behind-the-scenes tools that trying to access the website while running Ghostery can slow things down a lot, sometimes even to the point of making the website unusable. You may have to try blocking each tool one at a time and see which ones you’re comfortable leaving in place in order to use the website. That’s hardly Ghostery’s fault, and should actually make you question the behaviors of websites you like to use.
To take a look at the Tor update and the Ghostery update–as well as all the other software titles that launched new versions–check out FileHippo by clicking HERE.
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The internet is collectively poised to exhale loudly in relief as news has begun to surface that Google Chrome will silence tabs that automatically play whenever a new tab is opened.
In what might start to put an end to one of the biggest bug-bears of recent times for users of the web, a feature blocking them from starting has appeared in the Developer Channel for Chromium.
Judging by the buzz being created around this prospective new addition, it seems that this particular feature will definitely be making an appearance on a Chrome release sometime soon.
At present, Chrome has markers that indicate which tab audio and video are playing in and users can silence the background noise in the affected tabs by clicking on them. The media still plays on, but at least users don’t have to listen to adverts for detergents they have no intention of buying. Firefox also has that ability, but it’s still to make it into an official stable release.
However, it’s still a time consuming and irritating affair, (especially on a small screen laptop, at 2 am, in bed, working, when suddenly some shrill American actress/”laundry expert,” starts selling her wares, and your other half wakes up and you spend the rest of the night in the cold box room at the end of the hall on a bed too small for your 6”1 frame.)
Chrome will now stop media from playing in background tabs until the tab is brought to the front of the screen. Once the media starts, if the tab is then sent back again, it will continue to play. Videos and audio may still buffer, but background ads will now have wait before they start annoying you. This at least will give users one less annoyance to deal with when surfing.
However, this will also mean that on sites such as YouTube and their counterparts, tab will have to be “activated” in the foreground before it starts to play.
I suspect though that most Chrome users will be happy to live with that minor grumble.
I know I can.
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