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Integrate your website as a search provider in Microsoft Edge

Make your website appear as a suggested search engine in Microsoft Edge using a OpenSearch auto-discovery.

The Windows Settings app with a Run Prompt open in front and a PowerShell window open behind.

How to open the Settings app from the Command Prompt in Windows 10

Learn how to open the Windows Settings app from the Run dialog, Command Prompt (cmd), and PowerShell.

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A global date format for the Web

Always use ISO 8601: the definitive date format for use in web publications.

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Sync your iTunes Library with OneDrive

How to set up music library syncing from iTunes to Microsoft OneDrive and Groove Music.

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List of special-purpose folders in OneDrive and how to recreate them

Recreate any missing special-purpose folders in Microsoft OneDrive by following these single-click folder-recreation links.

The Outlook Mail (Windows 10 Mail) app icon against a blue background.

A quick look at IMAP capabilities in Mail for Windows 10

Windows Mail app doesn’t support everyday IMAP features like LIST SPECIAL-USE and prefers old-school TLS over STARTTLS.

The iTunes app logo in front of a large collection of music CDs.

Redownload all iTunes purchases in one go

How to download all your iTunes music purchases in one go without having to manually download one album at a time.

The circle EA Origin logo with an XML-formatted chat message poking out of the middle.

Origin game platform sends login and messages in plain-text

EA’s Origin game client puts customer’s security and privacy at risk. Fails to encrypt login data and direct messages exchanged between users.

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Wi-Fi Sense in Windows 10 to reduce users’ network security

Windows 10 introduces a new feature that freely shares all your Wi-Fi passwords with your Outlook, Skype, and Facebook contacts.

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Two months with the Moto 360 and Android Wear on my wrist

I’ve used Android Wear for the last two months. It’s not all “OK Google”.

Set up a wildcard domain to catch misstyped adresses

Humans mistype ww. or wwww. all the time. Set up a wild card domain to catch and redirect all these simple mistakes to not lose out on traffic.

The firewall settings section of the macOS’ System Settings app showing the system firewall is turned off.

It’s high time Apple enabled the OS X firewall by default

Microsoft got trashed by the security community for failing to deploy a firewall by default in Windows. Why are Apple products not given the same scrutiny?

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