Metro apps infiltrate the desktop in leaked Windows 8.1 Update 1 images....!!!!

Microsoft is expected to deliver an update to Windows 8.1 in 2014 dubbed Update 1, and newly leaked screenshots suggest U1 will include a stepping stone on the road to the widely rumored Windows 9, a.k.a. Threshold. Screenshots of a purported early build of U1 show a Windows Store icon sitting on the desktop’s taskbar. What’s more, the taskbar properties window has an option to pin Windows Store apps to the taskbar alongside regular desktop apps.

9 Best Firefox Add Ons For 2014

Before we get on with this piece, let us explain what an 'add on' is. A Firefox add on is a software that adds some kind of feature or functionality to the browser. We all use them for something or the other. So, what are the best Firefox add ons available nowadays? Read on to find out.

16 Awesome Things You Can Do With Linux!

They say Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth is aiming for world domination. Well, can you blame him? This year has been a hurricane for Linux and open source. Riding on the back of the Android Wave, Linus Torvalds’ once obscure kernel is going places many would never have even imagined. That said, let's look at some of the many things people say you can do with Linux. Try your hand at them too if you can. Happy reading!

Social media lockdown: 4 privacy features you won't find in your settings

You use a social network—at least one, maybe a few. Everyone does. You probably know all about your preferred network’s privacy settings, enough to make sure that the whole world doesn’t know your business. But if you’re paranoid—aren’t we all?—you can find ways to lock down your privacy that go above and beyond even two-factor authentication.

Robots May Replace One-Fourth Of U.S. Combat Soldiers By 2030, Says General

By the middle of this century, U.S. Army soldiers may well be fighting alongside robotic squadmates. General Robert Cone revealed the news at an Army Aviation symposium last week, noting that the Army is considering reducing the size of a Brigade Combat Team from 4,000 soldiers to 3,000, with robots and drones making up for the lost firepower. Cone is in charge of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), the part of the Army responsible for future planning and organization. If the Army can still be as effective with fewer people to a unit, TRADOC will figure out what technology is needed to make that happen.