Articles about Software

Remote.It has launched ScreenView for Raspberry Pi, providing remote access and control across a wide range of applications. Currently available in beta (with the full version expected in 2-3 weeks), ScreenView allows users to view and control Raspberry Pi screens from any browser interface, making it a versatile solution for developers, students, IoT vendors, and others.

ScreenView for Raspberry Pi supports real-time connectivity and remote management, allowing users to perform tasks such as screen sharing, troubleshooting, and collaboration directly through their web browser.

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Google has unceremoniously evicted Kaspersky’s apps from the Play Store. While the Russian security firm insists that the removal is temporary, it comes after the company’s software was banded from being sold in the US.

The move not only means that it is no longer possible to download Kaspersky apps from Google store, but also that existing users are unable to obtain updates. Google did announce the removals ahead of time.

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Adobe’s consumer photo and video range gets its annual refresh with the twin release of Adobe Photoshop Elements 2025 and Adobe Premiere Elements 2025 for Windows and macOS.

Alongside the usual slew of new features, tools and improvements comes one nasty sting in the tail: a non-renewable 3-year license after which the programs’ editing facilities will stop working. The program’s trial length has also been reduced to just seven days from the previous 30-day period.

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A new survey from software delivery platform Harness finds that 66 percent of UK consumers think software companies releasing 'bad' code that causes mass outages is on par with, or worse than, supermarkets selling contaminated products that break laws on food safety.

The study of 2,000 UK consumers, conducted by Opinium Research, finds that 44 percent have been affected by an IT outage. 26 percent were impacted by the recent incident caused by a software update from CrowdStrike in July 2024.

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According to Gartner, 60 percent of organizations work with over 1,000 third parties, and a new report shows many of these supply misconfigured or vulnerable hardware and software, putting customers at risk.

The study from CyCognito finds web server environments, including platforms like Apache, NGINX, Microsoft IIS, and Google Web Server, were the host of 34 percent of all severe issues across surveyed assets. They accounted for more severe issues than 54 other environments combined (out of 60 environments surveyed),

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Berlin software developer O&O Software has released O&O Defrag 29 Professional, a major new release of its extremely configurable defrag and disk optimization tool for Windows.

The new release is the first to offer a Windows build for ARM-based PCs, plus adds two major new features of interest: O&O StartupManager and O&O VisualDisk.

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IObit has unveiled a major update to its driver updating tool for Windows with the release of IObit Driver Booster 12.0.

Highlights of the new release include an expanded database now spanning over 15 million drivers, support for newer hardware, faster and more stable performance, and the obligatory UI refresh.

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TeamViewer and AnyViewer are both popular remote desktop software solutions, but they cater to slightly different needs and user bases. TeamViewer is a well-established player in the remote desktop space, offering a wide range of features such as cross-platform compatibility, remote printing, file sharing, and even support for IoT devices. It’s widely used by businesses for IT support and remote collaboration, as well as by individual users who need to access their devices from anywhere.

TeamViewer provides strong security with end-to-end encryption and supports remote sessions with minimal latency. Although there’s a version that’s free for private use, the software's pricing can be a drawback for business users, as it operates on a subscription model which can prove to be rather expensive over time.

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Alludo has announced the release of Parallels Desktop 20.0 for Mac. Available in Standard, Pro, Business and -- new to version 20 -- Enterprise editions, the virtualization software makes it easy for Mac users to run Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines on their desktop.

Version 20’s headline new feature is the Parallels AI Package add-on for Business, Enterprise and -- until the end of the year -- Pro users running Macs with Silicon hardware. This provides access to AI-ready virtual machines to aid in development.

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Are you frustrated trying to use TeamViewer in a non-professional capacity? As its personal-use restrictions lock more and more people out, it’s easy to think that the Holy Grail of a single platform covering all your personal remote desktop and remote support needs is slipping from your grasp.

Thankfully, there’s an alternative riding into town. It’s still undergoing rapid development, but the good news is that RustDesk 1.3.0 is already living up to its self-titled billing as "the open-source alternative to TeamViewer".

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Six-hundred-nine in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 and 11 on the Microsoft Store and elsewhere in the past seven days.

While Windows 10 is slowly reaching its end of servicing, it continues to be the most used version of Windows. Brian listed ten Windows 10 features that Windows 11 lacks.

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The Files Community has released Files 3.6, a major new release of its open-source File Explorer replacement for Windows users.

Version 3.6 contains several eye-catching new features, from support for aligning the dual-pane window vertically rather than horizontally to allowing users to add background images to the Files explorer pane on a per-folder basis.

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Primate Labs, the Canadian developer behind PC benchmarking tool Geekbench 6, has unveiled a new addition to its benchmarking family: Geekbench AI 1.0.

Available across the big five desktop and mobile platforms, Geekbench AI allows you to benchmark your devices using a series of frameworks to determine their AI capabilities. But why the need to test your own devices? The era of Artificial Intelligence is upon us, as tech companies fall over themselves in their attempts to convince us that computers can genuinely think for themselves. While the truth of AI -- more a case of machine learning than true intelligence -- doesn’t live up to the hype, that doesn’t mean the AI label is completely useless.

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When it comes to keeping your PC clean, there’s one tool that stands out: Piriform’s CCleaner. But while its free version offers a range of basic cleaning tools, CCleaner also offers a range of premium tiers that come with extra features, boost privacy and security, and offer priority support should you need it.

Whether you simply want to unlock CCleaner’s full set of features on a single PC (or Mac), or install CCleaner and a range of complementary utilities across all your home’s devices, we’ve got a deal for you that could save you up to 63 percent.

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It’s not just you. The world’s software is feeling a little unstable lately. If it wasn’t the Crowdstrike outage that tipped you off, it was probably the many other outages this year, stopping burgers from being served, stranding passengers at Heathrow Airport, and delaying fresh food at the UK borders.

Did all those outages happen for the exact same reason? No, that wouldn’t be a fair assessment, but if there’s anything these outages tell us, it’s that something’s amiss in how our industry maintains software. You’d be forgiven if the headlines have you believing not enough maintenance goes into software. It’s actually the opposite. In an average developer work week of 41.1 hours, 42 percent of that time is dumped on maintenance, and over a third goes to dealing with technical debt.

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