Tag: 7
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Could The iPhone 7 Really Ditch The Standard Headphone Port?
With the continuing miniaturization, or even ‘thinification’ of smartphones, as you could call it, it’s not all that much of a surprise that a rumor has been circulating that Apple are to forgo the traditional headphone jack in favor if the thinner, smaller Lightning port. It makes a lot of sense form the point of…
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Disney Value Up $2 Billion Due To Star Wars
Star Wars fever is in full swing following the Star Wars celebration event that was recently held in honor of the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. It’s not just fans who are excited for the upcoming mega-blockbuster. Shares in Star Wars owner Disney have skyrocketed, leaving the company valued at a whopping…
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Windows 10 Installer Found In New Update
It’s the beginning of a whole new Windows for users of the previous 7 and 8.1 versions of the operating system – a new update for both older versions has been revealed to contain an installer program for Windows 10. The update, which is optional and known as the ‘KB3035583 update’, includes a file called “GWXUXWorker.EXE” which holds…
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Pirates Won’t Get Free Windows 10 Upgrade
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It’s not a great idea to pirate your operating system these days, especially a Microsoft one. Whilst of course there are ways to circumvent the law, you can’t run and hide from the anti piracy measures forever. In fact, as is the case with the upcoming Windows 10, anti piracy measures are going to be…
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No Desktop On 7 Inch Windows 10 Tablets
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WIndows 10 users, as well as Windows 8.1 users, should be familiar with the ability to access the desktop in the same way as you did on older versions of Windows. The traditional face of Windows PCs is set to appear on the newer of the two, seamlessly integrated between desktop PCs and mobile devices.…
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Mainstream Support Ends For Windows 7
It seems like only yesterday that Windows XP support was ended by Microsoft, and now the company has announced that the Windows 7 operating system will be experiencing the same kind of support redaction in the next few months. Microsoft plans to end ‘mainstream’ support for the operating system, which is currently one of the…
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Android 5.0 Lollipop update coming to Google Nexus 7 devices
One of the major appeals of buying one of Google’s own branded nexus devices is the Knowledge that for a few years afterwards, your device will be getting the latest version of the Android OS. This has been proven today by news from Asus, who have announced that the Android 5.0 Lollipop update is under…
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XP Losing Market Share As Users Upgrade
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It’s been a long while since the support for Windows XP was finally chucked by Microsoft, in a move not only to get the aging, clunky operating system onto the trash heap, but also to get users onto more modern systems, such as Windows 7 and 8. In fact, Windows 7 is already looking…
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Windows 9 is actually Windows 10
At an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, Microsoft played a joke a on waiting world. Fully expecting Windows 9 to be announced, onlookers were left slightly confused when Microsoft announced their next big Windows project was going to be Windows 10. The reveal itself was not so much of a surprise with leaks of…
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Wired Xbox One Controller For PC Out Now
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The Xbox 360 controller for Windows was a massive success, with gamers being able to utilise the professional control system in so many games, even ones not made by Microsoft. As well as games which the device was compatible with, software solutions such as Xpadder (get it here, it’s amazing) allowed users to program their own…
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Windows Phone 8.1 to bring App Folders support?
It looks like Microsoft will be continuing its slow build of the Windows Phone 8 operating system with a new update, that is reported to bring the Folder functionality to the operating system. The ability to create folders for Apps and games has been lacking on the Windows Phone OS since its inception, but it…
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Google Nexus 8 – Coming Soon From HTC?
The next big tablet launch, the Google Nexus 8, is now rumoured to be getting manufactured by HTC. Rumour is rife in this case however, as the only real evidence we have to go on is from a reported bug for Google Chrome, which listed a codename of ‘Flounder’ There was no real indicator of…