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If you like indie games, have you tried the Itch desktop app?
If you visit Itch.io to check out indie and casual games, the website's so good you might never even realize that there's a desktop app (with downloads for Windows, macOS and Linux) to manage and run...
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A new map app for Mac OS 9
OS9Map is a new OpenStreetMap browser for Mac OS 9, which was last updated 24 years ago: three years before the volunteer-maintained mapping service was even founded. The app requires a PowerPC...
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There is a real Swiss political party devoted to abolishing PowerPoint
The Anti-PowerPoint Party is a real Swiss political party "dedicated to decreasing professional use of Microsoft PowerPoint and other forms of presentation software." According to Wikipedia, the party...
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Pizza Voter: the easy way to settle group topping debates
Deciding on pizza toppings for a group can spiral into a 20-minute negotiation. Pizza Voter is a free tool built to end the debate. Pizza Voter is the result of a team of software engineers at work who...
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50 years ago, a 20-year-old Bill Gates called hobbyists "thieves" for sharing...
This week marks the 50th anniversary of Bill Gates' infamous "Open Letter to Hobbyists," in which the 20-year-old accused early computer enthusiasts of theft for copying his BASIC interpreter. "Most of...
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Amiga Pointer Archive has all of them
It was elementary to create a custom mouse pointer on the Commodore Amiga, and the introductory tinkering for countless pixel artists. The Amiga Pointer Archive has an astonishingly large collection to...
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Apple Creator Studio means I'll no longer need to defile my Mac with Adobe...
One of the worst things about being a Mac person who does a lot of media work is the unavoidable need to install Adobe software. The individual applications, such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere...
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Microsoft warns that Windows 11's AI could install malware
Windows 11 comes with an "agentic AI" feature, which is to say a built-in chatbot that can make changes. Microsoft warns that it might install malware on your PC: "Only enable this feature if you...
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Bring Launchpad to MacOS Tahoe with this great app
I can't claim I was in a fugue state or drunk, but against my better judgment, I upgraded my MacBook Pro to macOS Tahoe anyway. Apple's latest operating system has plenty to like — and just as much to...
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Firefox moves to GitHub
Firefox, the onetime prince of web browsers, has moved its codebase to GitHub along with 2,500 other Mozilla projects. It didn't all happen at once, but is part of a version management overhaul...
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Site has all the classic MacOS themes you could ever want
The Mac Themes Garden showcases more than 3,000 themes for the classic MacOS. Remember when it was easy? There's an index of authors, a search so you can find whatever dimly-remembered one you had on...
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How to turn off Apple Passwords on your Mac
I've been using 1Password for at least a decade. I do not want to use Apple Passwords. I do not like Apple Passwords. Killing this unrequested service on my iPad and iPhone was easy: just delete the...
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Microsoft finally putting Skype out of our misery
Dear Skype, please sit down. We found something in a routine scan of your source code, and we have to tell you, it doesn't look good. Take a look for yourself: "Starting in May, Skype will no longer be...
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Intuit CEO had more important things to do than utter remarks they then...
Intuit sells TurboTax, an app that does your taxes for you, and lobbies to keep it complicated and difficult to give the government money without its help. After it deceptively marketed its tax-filing...
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U.S. sues Adobe over shady subscription plans and hidden fees
Adobe, makers of Photoshop and its Creative Suite of design-related applications, is being sued by the U.S. government over hidden fees in its subscription plans and the contractual obligations it...
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Re:AMP implements classic music player WinAMP on modern Macs
Re:AMP is a modern implementation of the fast, simple, handsome y2k-era music player Winamp, by Alexander Vasilchenko. To whip this llama's ass you'll be needing a Mac. For Windows, check out WACUP. On...
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Bazzite is a Linux distro for gaming
Bazzite is a cut of Linux customized to be ready for playing games, including Steam integration and compatibility with popular handhelds. Bazzite comes ready to rock with Steam and Lutris...
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Avast fined $16.5m for selling private user data
Avast, the company built long ago by offering Windows users the privacy and security Microsoft didn't care for, was fined $16.5m for storing and selling customer information without consent. Cory...
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Judge orders Intuit to stop lying about TurboTax being "free"
Among America's obscenities is the existence of its "tax-filing industry," wherein normal everyday folks pay through the nose to file their taxes. The corporate circus of rent-seeking and regulatory...
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Windows 11 now has pop ups straight-up telling users to get rid of Google
Described by The Verge's Tom Warren as "malware-like popups," Windows 11 now instructs users to switch to Bing. The browser wars–and the monopoly-exploiting shenanigans that got Microsoft in legal...
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