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Mozilla’s revenue increased in 2020 to $496 million

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The Mozilla Foundation published the financial report for the year 2020 today, revealing that it earned $496 million in 2020. The Foundation earned $828 million in 2019 , but $338 million came from a legal dispute with former search engine provider Yahoo. Revenue increased by about $6 million in 2020 as a consequence if you ignore the $338 million one-time payment. Subscription revenue is on the rise If you look at the revenue sources, you will notice that revenue from royalties is still making the bulk of Mozilla’s revenue. It dropped from about $451 million to $441, and includes all search engine deals. ADVERTISEMENT Mozilla invested heavily in subscription-based products, and revenue from subscriptions rose from $14 million in 2019 to $24 million in 2020. It is still a low percentage of the overall revenue. Mozilla launched new products, including Firefox Relay Premium or Mozilla VPN ,  that will bring in additional revenue. Mozilla VPN launched in mid-2020 in a few countrie
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Latest Ventoy includes VentoyPlugson, a GUI configuration tool

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Ventoy 1.0.62, the latest version of the popular open source tool to create bootable USB devices using disk images such as ISO, includes a new tool called VentoyPlugson. VentoyPlugson gives Ventoy users a graphical user interface to configure the tool. Up until now, Ventoy users could only configure the application through the ventoy.json file directly; this option is not going away, and users can even mix and match both options, e.g. by using VentoyPlugson to create a ventoy.json file and then editing the file manually to tweak it further, The latest release version of Ventoy includes the tool in the zip archive. Windows users need to extract the archive that they download from the official repository and run VentoyPlugson.exe afterwards. ADVERTISEMENT It displays a small GUI. Select the Ventoy USB device and then the Start button; this should open the configuration page in the default browser. If that does not work, use the Link button instead. There is also a refresh button i
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Progressive Web Apps for Firefox Extension

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Progressive Web Apps for Firefox is a browser extension for Mozilla’s Firefox web browser and a command line utility to install, manage and use Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) in Firefox. Mozilla’s Firefox web browser supports many of the APIs that PWAs use, but Mozilla decided some time ago to remove installation options from Firefox. Most Chromium-based browsers support installing PWAs directly from within. Installation on desktop systems adds these applications to the Start Menu for quick access, and these apps launch in their own dedicated window. Progressive Web Apps for Firefox introduces a number of features to Firefox that users of the browser may find useful. Some functionality may even be useful to users who don’t use PWAs. ADVERTISEMENT PWAs that are installed in Firefox through the extension benefit from a number of extra features. One of the most interesting features of the extension is that PWAs are run in an isolated Firefox extension that may use multiple profiles to s
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Get better control over Windows Updates with Get WSUS Content .NET

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Get WSUS Content .NET is a free program for Windows that helps administrators gain more control over the updating process. It enables you to search for Windows updates, driver updates and other product updates that Microsoft provides for various client and server versions of Windows, to download these to the local system, and to install the downloaded update packages without requiring an Internet connection or using the Windows Update interface. Get WSUS Content .Net uses the Microsoft Update Agent for its functionality. The application is quite powerful, as it is not limited to downloading updates for the installed operating system, installed products or devices of the local system; it can also be used to scan devices in the network to download updates for these devices. One caveat of Get WSUS Content .NET is that it can’t be used to download updates for products or operating systems that are not accessible locally or over the network. ADVERTISEMENT GET WSUS Content .NET can be
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Xbox Insiders app displays a rating to indicate how games will perform on your computer

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Can you run it? Gamers may recognize the phrase, it is the tag line of a popular benchmarking service that determines whether your computer can run a game or not. It’s actually a pretty terrible way to judge the performance of your system, but things like these have a cult/meme status. Now, if you are curious whether your PC can handle a game, there is a way you can get an idea. The Xbox app now displays a rating to indicate how the games will perform on your computer. I tried this on a Windows 10 machine with the regular Xbox app, it does not have the rating system. You will need to be using the Xbox Insiders app on your system to get the new feature. The Xbox app has been getting new features steadily, Microsoft recently added an option in the app that allows you to install games to any folder. ADVERTISEMENT Xbox Insiders app displays a rating to indicate how games will perform on your computer Search for a game, and visit its listing page. You will see a banner that displays
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GOM Mix Max: Is the new video editing software any good? (Read till the end for a special giveaway!)

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Our team is always looking for things we think our readers will value. We have received compensation for publishing this article. As I anticipated a few days ago, GOM Mix Max’s brand new video editing software has been launched on November 30th, 2021 . Developed by GOM & Company, GOM Mix Max aims to serve the same purpose as most of their other software: bringing high functionality to an audience looking for an easy and pleasant to maneuver interface, and for a fraction of the price of similar products. I was given the opportunity to test the product early in order to provide a full, thorough review. So if you’re wondering if GOM Mix Max is the tool you’ve been looking for, strap in. I’m going to give you my full dive and tell you exactly what you can expect from GOM & Company’s latest endeavor. Scroll down until the end of the article to participate in the giveaway! ADVERTISEMENT The First Impression As soon as you open GOM Mix Max, you’ll notice that it’s decidedly
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Ghacks Deals: The 2022 Windows PowerShell Certification Bundle

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The 2022 Windows PowerShell Certification Bundle teaches beginners and intermediate users Windows PowerShell. The bundle includes six courses in total covering all the basics and also advanced topics. Access period of all courses is set to lifetime. The entire bundle, including six courses, is available for just $19.99 currently. Here is the list of available courses: ADVERTISEMENT Essential Tools for Windows System Administrators Learn Windows Built-in Tools & Open Source Tools for Efficient System Administration Anybody Can Script | A PowerShell Learning Series Short & Crisp Introduction to Scripting, PowerShell Basics, Automations, and Windows PowerShell For Beginners Advanced Scripting & Tool Making using Windows PowerShell Simplified Advanced Training on PowerShell with Real-World Problems, PowerShell Automation, & PowerShell Lab Active Directory ( AD ) Management using Windows PowerShell Simplified Practical Knowledge for Automation & Management o
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