Friday, November 11, 2016

How to speed up Windows 7 Update scans—forever and other top stories.

  • How to speed up Windows 7 Update scans—forever

    Microsoft has changed the way it deploys patches, adding a new twist to an old problem. For many folks, Windows 7 Update scans still take hours—even days. How do you knock your Win7 machine upside the head, so it will find new patches in less than glacial time? We have a new Microsoft-sanctioned approach that only needs to be tempered a little.Note that, in the new patching paradigm, even those who manually download monthly security patches (“Group B”) still need to use Windows Update, if o..
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  • Microsoft Displays More Annoying Windows 10 Pop-Up Ads From The Toolbar

    Microsoft Displays More Annoying Windows 10 Pop-Up Ads From The Toolbar
    When it comes to Windows 10, Microsoft is that like that annoying friend that's seen a movie you haven't and keeps asking when you're going to watch it (by the way, check out Deadpool if you haven't already). The journey from Windows 8/8.1 to Windows 10 has been filled with aggressive attempts to get users to upgrade, and even after you do, you might still receive popup ads. For what, you ask? Microsoft's Edge browser. Tech journalist Brad Chacos posted to Twitter a screen grab of a popup ad..
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  • 'Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare's Awful Supply Drop Loot Boxes Are Ultimately Our Fault

    'Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare's Awful Supply Drop Loot Boxes Are Ultimately Our Fault
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  • Apple Grabs More Than 100% Of Smartphone Profits

    Apple Grabs More Than 100% Of Smartphone Profits
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  • Sprint will support next-gen texting on Android next year

    Sprint will support next-gen texting on Android next year
    Ah, RCS: it stands for “Rich Communication Services” and it’s meant to replace SMS as the default way most phones send text and multimedia messages. It’s more powerful than SMS — without that silly 160 character limit and with better support for images and video and group chat. But like SMS, it’s a carrier-based solution, which means that it has to prove that it can overcome historical problems that SMS has had, including crazy pricing models and weird interoperability problems from carrier to ..
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  • Enter to Win a Google Pixel XL! – 11/4/16

    Enter to Win a Google Pixel XL! – 11/4/16
    Who doesn't want to win Google's latest smartphone, the Pixel XL? It was announced last month, and has received all kinds of good coverage. Including from our own Reviews Editor, Nick Sutrich, who reviewed the Pixel XL. It's a fantastic smartphone, and ...
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  • The Many Ways GoPro Inc (GPRO) Stock Is Screwed

    The Many Ways GoPro Inc (GPRO) Stock Is Screwed
    GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO) reported underwhelming third-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, setting up what has become a ritual on Wall Street: The deep selling off of GPRO stock. The action camera maker wasn’t expected to wow by any means, but its Q3 figures were far worse than analysts’ expectations. Once again, GoPro finds itself in serious jeopardy. Forget the third quarter. This whole year has been a struggle for GPRO stock. This is just more of the same. GoPro has struggled with dec..
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  • US Announces Recall of Samsung Washing Machines

    US Announces Recall of Samsung Washing Machines
    Updated Nov. 4, 2016 10:22 a.m. ET U.S. product safety officials announced a recall affecting 2.8 million Samsung Electronics Co. washing machines, in another hit to the company’s reputation already reeling from the botched recall of its Galaxy Note 7 phone. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the tops can detach during use. The company has received more than 700 reports of incidents and nine reports of injuries including a broken jaw, the agency said Friday. The recall ..
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  • GoPro Karma review: A decent drone with stiff competition

    GoPro Karma review: A decent drone with stiff competition
    At $799 (if you "bring your own camera"), and $999/$1,099 if you want to include a Hero5 Session or Black, Karma is priced aggressively, undercutting DJI's Phantom 4 if you factor in the cost of the hand-held stabilizer (DJI's cheapest equivalent costs an extra $300). But then DJI revealed the Mavic Pro and set fire to GoPro's plans. It's smaller, similarly priced and bests GoPro across the spec sheet. The question now is: Will GoPro's claim of being more than a drone be enough to lure casual f..
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  • Media jostles for viewers, relevancy with election night livestreams

    Media jostles for viewers, relevancy with election night livestreams
    Election night is a big night for livestreams on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and others as media companies court younger viewers.(Photo: Matt Rourke, AP)SAN FRANCISCO — The media is looking at election night with a whole new view.The Super Bowl of politics — the election of a president on Tuesday — culminates months of around-the-clock campaigning, coverage and carping among surrogates for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.All that remains is live election night coverage, where the digital elector..
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