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January
Adobe adds 3D printing support in Photoshop CC
SteamOS beta now supports non-UEFI systems and dual-booting
China launches government-approved mobile operating system
95 percent of the world’s ATMs still run Windows XP
February
Mozilla to sell advertising in Firefox net surf tool
Github unveils Atom text editor for developers
March
VLC launches on Windows 8, no Windows RT support just yet
Microsoft makes Office for Android and iPhone free for home users
Microsoft accidentally leaks Windows 8.1 Update 1 early
Microsoft releases early source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows
Microsoft launches OneNote for Mac, now free across all platforms
Malwarebytes pledges to provide lifetime support for XP users
Mozilla kills Metro version of Firefox, says shipping the net surf tool “would be a mistake”
April
Here’s the security software Snowden is using to evade the NSA
May
Time4Popcorn launches Popcorn Time for Android
Microsoft demos real-time language translation for Skype
June
64-bit Chrome net surf tool arrives for Windows, said to be faster with better security and stability
July
Linux Foundation announces open source in-car infotainment platform
Popcorn Time’s Netflix-style movie torrents coming to the big screen with Chromecast support
Mozilla’s new Mozjpeg 2.0 image encoder improves JPEG compression
August
Google Chrome goes 64-bit, improves Windows font rendering
Microsoft to end support for old versions of Internet Explorer next year
September
Windows 10 is the name of Microsoft’s next-generation operating system
Office 16 to include Clippy’s spiritual successor, a new darker theme and more
October
Mozilla’s new Firefox Hello feature lets users conduct video, audio calls for free
Install Windows 95 on your smartwatch to make it even more useless
Windows 10 features new trackpad gestures straight from OS X
Firefox 33 brings H.264 support, lets you send videos to Chromecast and Roku devices from Android
Google Hangouts makes it to the desktop with a dedicated app
Google wants to help manage your e-mails with new Inbox app
Opera’s desktop net surf tool gets a visual overhaul in version 25
November
Microsoft now offers Office for free on mobile devices, launches Android tablet Preview
Mozilla flips the switch on Firefox net surf tool ads
Windows 10 will cater to audiophiles with native FLAC support
Time4Popcorn claims it’s now impossible to take down
Freemium model shoots Microsoft Office apps to the top of the App Store
Mozilla shuns Google, signs five-year deal to make Yahoo the default search engine in Firefox
Microsoft and Dropbox team up to offer direct Office integration
December
First pictures, video of Cortana running in Windows 10 surface
Say goodbye to VLC as Windows 8.1 gets native MKV support
Firefox 34 arrives with Yahoo as the default search engine in North America
Skype’s real-time translator feature goes live with support for spoken English and Spanish
