There are reported cases making the rounds on PC support forums of some users after successfully upgrading to Windows 11, when they try to run an exe file downloaded from the internet or install an ...

"Some assembly required" isn't an effective model for protecting your data. Alfred Ng Senior Reporter / CNET News Alfred Ng was a senior reporter for CNET News. He was raised in Brooklyn and ...

Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level of privacy—who can see which actions you take—across all of the app’s ...

Adam Benjamin has helped people navigate complex problems for the past decade. The former digital services editor for Reviews.com, Adam now leads CNET's services and software team and contributes to ...

Windows doesn’t always “just work" — but with a little touch of tinkering, you can fix most of its unfortunate choices. A modern Windows PC works without much tweaking — mostly. But some settings out ...

It was declared the winner of the search-engine wars way back in 1998. Fortune magazine said the company was poised for much bigger things. That company was, actually, Yahoo. As it turned out, that ...

Likely fed up with the new Windows 11 default apps interface, Mozilla has bypassed Microsoft's policies to make it easier for users to switch their default browser. In the past, when a Windows ...

Internet Browser, not to be confused with Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer in Windows, is an ‘app’ listed against the file type “.URL” (Uniform Resource Locator) which can be seen in the Default ...

Opera is an internet software suite that handles internet-based tasks, like sending and receiving e-mails, website display, chatting, downloading and reading web feeds, etc. After making any changes ...

Late last year I had, shall we say, compelling reasons to set up LinkedIn for the first time. I didn't find a job. I did, however, find a staggering number of emails in my inbox. LinkedIn, if you ...