Windows Essentials, also known as Windows Live Essentials, used to be a suite of useful Windows programs that were developed by Microsoft. The suite was free and included apps for e-mail management, instant messaging, photo management and sharing, blogging, and parental controls. Although Windows Essentials have evolved a lot over the years, in the end, they suffered the same unfortunate fate as dinosaurs: they’ve gone extinct. In other words, Microsoft decided that they are obsolete and that there’s no point in maintaining them. Although you can no longer download Windows Essentials from Microsoft, they can still be found in other places on the internet, and you can still use them if you want. Here’s where to find Windows Essentials, how to install them and how to start the Windows Essentials apps:

Some users do not use the Shut down button from the Start Menu to power off their Windows computers. Instead, they prefer to use the hardware power button found on their PCs and devices. If you are such a user, you might want to change the default behavior of the Shut down button from the Start Menu into something else, which you are likely to use more frequently: Log off, Lock, Restart, Sleep or Switch User. Or you might prefer to configure the hardware power button that’s found on your Windows computer or device, to put it to sleep instead of shutting it down as it happens by default. This tutorial will show you how to do these things in Windows 7, as well as in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10:

Have you ever wondered in how many different ways you can open Internet Explorer? Did you find yourself in a situation where you just couldn’t find a shortcut for it and had no idea how to launch it? It’s a common problem with many solutions to it. If you are curious to find them all, read this roundup of ways to open Internet Explorer in all modern Windows versions: Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

These days we tested one of the ghosts of the last decade: the Nokia 3310! You surely have heard of it. It is one of the most emblematic phones of the early 2000s. There are a lot of people who still remember this phone and who feel nostalgic about the times when it ruled the mobile world. If you feel like this introduction is about dinosaurs, congrats, you’re right! The Nokia 3310 was extinct until it got resurrected this year by HMD Global, the company that now owns the Nokia brand. Joking aside, we were very curious to test the new Nokia 3310. We loved the original model and we had some hopes for its modern reinterpretation. After using it for the last couple of days, here’s our opinion about this modern twist on a legend:

A developer named Abhishek Singh has recreated a life size Super Mario Bros. level and played it wearing HoloLens in New York’s Central Park. As one YouTube commenter has said, “soon we won’t be able to differentiate between a homeless schizophrenic and a gamer." See his demo, as well as some less fun news from Microsoft, in this week’s recap:

The ASUS ROG Strix Impact is one of the newest additions to the family of gaming accessories of the Republic of Gamers brand. It is a what you would call an entry-level gaming mouse, without the bells and whistles of its pricier brethren. But does that make it an uninspiring choice? Not necessarily! Here’s what the ASUS ROG Strix Impact gaming mouse has to offer, along with an affordable price: