Features Hardware The Year in Tech: 2014 Top Stories Page 3 : Software By TechSpot Staff December 29, 2014 TechSpot is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more. Facebook Twitter Reddit RSS Comments Software Tech Culture Hardware Software The Web CPU/Graphics Gaming Mobile Apple Google Microsoft IT Security Software 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 browser 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 browser "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 browser 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 browser 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 browser 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 If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing. Ad-free TechSpot experience while supporting our work Our promise: All reader contributions will go toward funding more content That means: More tech features, more benchmarks and analysis Next Page The Web