CAN WE BUILD A GAMING PC ON A CONSOLE BUDGET?

Today, I am sharing with you an article that I read yesterday. I was amazed to see how powerful PC Gaming can be. Since, I am a PC gamer, I found this article interesting and worth sharing. The article has been posted as is without much alteration.  "There's no debating that a souped-up gaming PC will outperform an Xbox One or PlayStation 4 any day of the week, but it'll also cost you a lot more at checkout. However, what about...

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INTERACT WITH YOUR WINDOWS PHONE IN NEW WAY WITH GESTURE BETA APP

Microsoft has just released a utility app, Gestures. The app is in Beta but with Gestures you can control some of the functions of your phone without touching the display. You can:  Answer a call by picking up your phone and putting it to you ear Mute your mic during a call by placing the phone on a flat surface with the display facing down Put the call on speaker by placing the phone on a flat surface with the display facing up Silence the incoming call ringer by flipping device display down. This is the first release of the client,...

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SWEDISH POLICE RAID THE PIRATE BAY

Yesterday, police in Sweden carried out a raid in Stockholm today, seizing servers, computers, and other equipment. At the same time The Pirate Bay and several other torrent-related sites disappeared offline. Although no official statement has been made. For many years The Pirate Bay has been sailing by the seat of its pants so any downtime is met with concern from its millions of users.  This morning, for the first time in months,...

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NEXT ASSASSIN'S CREED GAME WILL BE SET IN VICTORIAN LONDON

The 2015 edition of Assassin's Creed will be set in the city of London during the Victorian era, according to a Kotaku source, and will be called Assassin's Creed: Victory. As announced by Ubisoft over the summer, development of Victory will be led by Ubisoft Quebec. It's expected that it will be the only "main" Assassin's Creed game released in 2015, and is currently planned to come out in the fall. Kotaku described the seven-minute-long...

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LUMIA 925 AND LUMIA 1020 FREEZING ISSUES – FIX IS ON THE WAY

Few weeks ago, many users of Lumia 925 and Lumia 1020 reported a bug in their handsets that would freeze their device while trying to wake it up from sleep mode. The issue started after the devices were updated to Windows Phone 8.1. Microsoft's Kevin Lee shed some light on the problems customers were reporting since updating to Windows Phone 8.1. "Beginning in early September we started to receive an increased number of customer feedback regarding Microsoft Lumia 1020 and 925 device freezes. During the last two months we have been reaching...

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NEW WINDOWS PHONE 8.1.1 UPDATE AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD

Yesterday's update to Battery Saver hinted at a new build for Windows Phone coming soon. Today There is a new update rolling out for Windows Phone 8.1 Preview for Developers users.  This new build is notable for enabling a 'real-time Live tile' for the Battery Saver app on Windows Phone 8.1. It also allows you to add Battery Saver to the Quick Settings found in the Action and Notification Center. To check your phone right now for an update go to settings -> phone update -> check for updates. If you're enrolled in the Preview...

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BATTER SAVER FOR WINDOWS PHONE UPDATED

Battery Saver has just picked up an update for Windows Phone. The built-in app allows you to monitor which apps are consuming the most battery and gives you control over which apps run in the background. Today's update gives you more filters on the usage page. Today's update puts the app at version 1.0.14201.0. Changleog is below. Battery Saver 1.0.14201.0 Changelog Foreground vs Background metrics: Usage bars now show foreground and background showing you how much power a particular app consumes whether you're using it or not using...

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MICROSOFT FIXED 19 YEARS OLD EXPLOIT

On Tuesday, Microsoft fixed an exploit that had existed in every version of the operating system for 19 years, since Windows 95 by issuing large number of updates to currently supported versions of Windows. The flaw was first discovered by IBM in May and it shared that information privately with Microsoft.  IBM stated: "This complex vulnerability is a rare, "unicorn-like" bug found in code that IE relies on but doesn't necessarily belong to. The bug can be used by an attacker for drive-by attacks to reliably run code remotely...

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LUMIA 535 - NEW AFFORDABLE SMARTPHONE

Microsoft has released the new Lumia 535, branding it as their '5x5x5' smartphone which is inline with the specs: a 5 inch qHD screen, 5 megapixel front-facing wide-angle camera, and 5 megapixel rear camera. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage space, and 128GB of microSD card support. The phone features dual-sim. The Lumia 535 will be running Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim update out...

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MICROSOFT ENDS UNLOCKING OF WINDOWS PHONE 7 DEVICES FOR DEVELOPERS

Microsoft is sending emails to Windows Phone app developers informing them that they will not  be able to unlock any Windows Phone 7.x devices for app testing after December 31. Microsoft recommends that app developers who want to unlock those phones do so before the deadline so they can continue app testing for another 24 months. The email said: "After December 31, 2014, no Windows Phone 7.x unlock capabilities will be available....

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WHATSAPP GETS ENHANCEMENTS AND BUG FIXES IN LATEST UPDATE

On November 6th, the popular messaging service WhatsApp had two updates: one was server side and the other was an actual app update. Although bugs and fixes were listed in the changelog, as it turns out much was included than previously thought. WhatsApp now included detailed 'seen' and 'read' information for messages you sent to either individuals or groups. In fact, for groups it will show who read the message and at what time, alongside who has not yet read your message (but the time it was delivered to them). The last update, which...

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WILL THE NEXT VERSION OF WINDOWS PHONE BE CALLED WINDOWS MOBILE?

Microsoft’s job board for Windows Phone related news shows the sign that Windows Mobile is the new name for next version of Windows Phone OS. Have a look at the examples taken from MS Job Board for Windows Phone For a post as an Account Executive A&O: "As the biggest online media company globally, Microsoft Advertising has the scope to reach valuable audiences everywhere. With a portfolio including MSN, Microsoft Media Network, Windows Mobile, Xbox and Bing, our range of deeply targeted channels span the entire digital...

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WINDOWS 10 FOR PHONES UNDER DEVELOPMENT

Earlier this week, Nawzil8 also tweeted about Windows 10 for Phones in being development. According to him Microsoft is working on 3 Windows Phone development streams at present – one for WP8.1 Update 1, one for the next minor version Update 2, and finally the next big version of Windows Phone, Windows 10 for phones. We all know Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 of course, which delivered Cortana to many handsets. Windows Phone 8.1 Update...

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GOOGLE SENDS JOB OFFER TO STAR WINDOWS PHONE DEVELOPER

Rudy Huyn has developed some great apps for Windows Phone. Rudy has also worked with Microsoft on an official Windows Phone app as well. Amazingly, Google has sent a job offer to the developer but Microsoft never did. Rudy stated in a tweet: "I’ve already received an offer for a job from Google but never from Microsoft ???? " Rudy has developed 6sec, 9Gag, 6snap, 6cret and 6tag. Some of his are third-party apps are way better than...

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UNLIMITED ONE DRIVE STORAGE FOR OFFICE 365 USERS

Microsoft is giving all of its Office 365 subscribers free unlimited cloud storage space via its OneDrive service. Beginning yesterday, this roll out will continue over the next several months. People will be able to store unlimited data on OneDrive with a minimum Office 365 Personal subscription of $6.99 per month. Microsoft says, "We've started rolling this out today to Office 365 Home, Personal, and University customers" adding that people who want to be one of the first to access the unlimited OneDrive storage can go to a special...

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NOW OPEN APPS FROM YOUR ACTION CENTER VIA QUICKY

Quicky is different than the usual shortcut apps. Read this article and find out how. This is the only app that lets you open other apps from the notification bar. How does it work?Open the app and click on one of the items on the page SOCIAL. This will show a notification in the action center. Swipe down from the top of the screen to open the action center and then click on the notification and it will open the app. The notification will stay in the action center until you swipe it away. You can use it to open the app at any...

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NEW TECHNIQUE HIDES ANDROID MALWARE IN IMAGES

This is the second security flaw that has been detected in Android. (For the first one, read this post). A new technique allows attackers to hide encrypted malicious Android applications inside images. This can be used to evade detection by antivirus products and possibly Google Play’s malware scanner. The attack was developed by a researcher at Fortinet, Axelle Apvrille, and reverse engineer Ange Albertini. It’s based on a technique...

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LUMIA DENIM TO START ROLLING OUT IN 2 WEEKS

NokiaPowerUser has received a tip from one of their trusted sources that Nokia’s firmware update for their Lumia handsets will start rolling out soon. "Lumia Denim may start rolling out in phases to Lumia devices starting last week of October to First week of November. The complete roll-out schedule may stretch to 2 months and it may not be before end of December that it rolls out to all the Lumia devices out there." Nokia's schedule...

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COMPLETE LIST OF FEATURES INCLUDED IN LUMIA DENIM UPDATE

Following are the Nokia exclusive features included in the Denim update. Lumia Camera – Replacing Nokia Camera, Lumia Camera is faster and more intuitive than before to make the best camera experience, even better. Speed – Pocket to capture speeds are superfast, and it only takes milliseconds going from shot to shot. Moment Capture – A long press of the camera button starts 4K-quality video recording at 24 FPS. With each frame at 8.3 megapixels,...

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MANY DROPBOX ACCOUNTS GOT COMPROMISED VIA THIRD PARTY SERVICE

Earlier today, a thread appeared on Reddit offering almost 400 Dropbox usernames and passwords in plain text. with a note that over seven million accounts have been compromised in total. Dropbox has announced on its Blog that it wasn't hacked, and the leaked passwords were stolen from a third party service. “Recent news articles claiming that Dropbox was hacked aren’t true. Your stuff is safe. The usernames and passwords referenced in...

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DROPBOX EXPERIENCED A BUG – USERS’ FILES DELETED

Dropbox has provided reminder not to place trust in cloud storage. Those who rely on Dropbox to store their personal files may have lost some of the data. The service has experienced a bug in desktop apps. The bug was tied to Dropbox's Selective Sync feature, which only download selected folders to local storage. In previous versions of Dropbox's desktop app, the bug could delete files if users restarted or shut down their system while Selective Sync was in progress. Dropbox says the glitch affected a small number of people who...

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BUILD AN ULTIMATE PC SECURITY SUITE FOR FREE

“If you have a PC, you’re a target.” These kinds of statements makes me wonder, do a person really needs to spend money to have protection from the viruses? I used to believe that the answer was yes. Now, after the enough exposure to computers and technology, I can say “NO” is the answer. There are many free (and good) apps that can help you fight viruses and secure your PC from the threats. Today, I am going to tell you about all those...

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BELVEDERE AUTOMATED FILE MANAGER

Belvedere is an automated file manager for Windows, developed by Lifehacker editor Adam Pash. You can create rules to move, copy, delete, or rename files based on their name, extension, size, creation date, and more. It is a great tool for keeping your Desktop and Downloads folder organized and clean. The image below shows the easy-to-use interface of the Belvedere. At the right sides, it shows rules that are set up for a folder. The...

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WHY NOT WINDOWS 9 – SECRET REVEALED

Many of us remember that two versions of Windows that began with the number 9, Windows 95 and Windows 98. To save time, some third-party Windows desktop developers used a quick method to check the version name (not number) of Windows they were installing their application to. Instead of coding apps to check for Windows 95 or Windows 98, developers coded to check for "Windows 9." This made sense at that time since there were only two versions of Windows that had a nine in their name. It was an easier method to find the version of Windows the...

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THE BLOG GOT SOME UPDATES

I wanted to do this for a quiet while. Now, I have finally done that. The Blog got some modification today. It has new design template which is completely different with the previous one. The Blog is best viewed on Chrome. Mobile users might see the old template. Also, if you have noticed, the Blog title has been changed. The Blog is now more centred around the Technology News, Updates and Reviews. But of course, the Blog will continue to help you make your PC experience better by Technical Tips. What's new: Blog title has changed. Feeds are...

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MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES THE NEXT VERSION OF WINDOWS

Microsoft has announced the next version of Windows. It is not being called as Windows One or Windows 9, instead Microsoft has decided to call it Windows 10. At the press event, happening in San Francisco, Microsoft shared its goals with Windows 10, and how this new operating system focuses heavily on the desktop. Windows 10 will include the return of the beloved Start Menu, now with live-tiles included as well as Modern UI...

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5 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN BUYING A SMARTPHONE

I came across this article and decided to share it with my readers. Smartphones generally make our lives easier. They help us make calls, get directions, take photos, share information, listen to music and more. But there is one thing they definitely don’t make easier – choosing the right smartphone. What is the best operating system? What features and specs are important? Is a bigger display better? In this article we try to answer...

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