March 2017

The British government calls it unacceptable that intelligence services cannot intercept encrypted chat conversations. The authorities want to ensure that instant messaging apps 'do not become a safe haven for terrorists'.Britain's Home…

Movie studios will soon be reportedly making it possible to rent a movie faster after it hits theaters. The film studios and cinemas in the United States only have to figure out how long after the release a film should be available for…

Version 12.05 of RJ TextEd has been released. This free Swedish-made text editor has several features, which are especially interesting for software and web developers, such as syntax highlighting, autocompletion, extensive selection…

Version 6.4.0 of PeaZip has been released. This archiving program is made available under an open source license, and downloads are available for Windows and Linux. The program aims to distinguish itself from the competition by…

Tesla's roof tiles with integrated solar panels will be available to order from Tesla subsidiary SolarCity in the United States from April. Elon Musk makes this known in a comment on Twitter.Almost nothing is known about availability…

Google is in the process of publishing a Play Store update that should make it easier to distinguish between different categories of apps, such as "installed" and "beta". In addition, there is now the option to rank the apps based on…

Uber is temporarily suspending the test drives of its self-driving cars after one is involved in an accident. According to the local police, the fault lies with the other driver and not with the Uber car or its passengers. Uber is still…

Leaked footage may indicate a Call of Duty game returning to World War II. The images consist of various designs for the game's box and some promotional material.The images are from the YouTube channel TheFamilyVideogamers. This user has…

Version 10.0 of MKVToolNix has been released. This collection of open source programs allows viewing, editing and conversion of Matroska files. For example, sound tracks and subtitles can be added, removed or set as default.…

PunjNud Lughaat is a collection of regional languages dictionaries of  Pakistan. Farhang e Asfia is also included in this application.  Farhang e Asifa was written by Syed Ahmad Dehlvi in late 19th century. It has been typed and proof read…