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techpowerup.com - 13 hours ago
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techpowerup.com —
Sharkoon is out with a unique pair of
devices it refers to as LanPort "USB servers". The...
function of these devices is to let USB ports being shared by computers across a network. The main unit connects to a wired network over a common RJ-45 port ...
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Sharkon Readies LanPort ''USB Servers''
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prevx.com - 13 hours ago
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prevx.com —
Prevx offers a free fix for Windows Black
Screen Firstly, there appears to be many causes of...
of the black screen issue. The symptoms are very distinctive and troublesome. After starting your Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT, W2K, W2K3 or W2K8 PC or server the ...
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Black Screen woes could affect millions on Windows 7, ...
techspot.com - 13 hours ago
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A Computerworld report suggests that Microsoft's most recent
batch of security patches may be causing black screens...
on some systems. According to Mel Morris, the CEO of security company Prevx, the issue was discovered last week and affects Windows 7, Vista and XP. It supposedly stems from ...
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Recent Windows patches may cause black screens, free fix ...
maximumpc.com - 14 hours ago
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For those of us who download applications, programs,
extensions, or really anything off the Internet in great...
frequency, what's the best way to keep a computer completely protected from external threats? I'm talking about locking down your system tighter than a Supermax prison--not impacting ...
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Freeware Files: Five Apps for Locking Down Your PC's ...
pcworld.com - 17 hours ago
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Microsoft's latest round of security patches appears to
be causing some PCs to seize up and display...
a black screen, rending the computer useless. The problem affects Microsoft products including Windows 7, Vista and XP operating systems, said Mel ...
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Latest Microsoft Patches Cause Black Screen of Death
phoronix.com - 18 hours ago
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With the stable release of FreeBSD 8.0 arriving
last week we finally were able to put it...
up on the test bench and give it a thorough look over with the Phoronix Test Suite. We compared the FreeBSD 8.0 performance between it and the earlier FreeBSD 7.2 ...
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FreeBSD 8.0 Benchmarked Against Linux, OpenSolaris
techspot.com - 19 hours ago
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Microsoft has already said it hopes to deliver
the final version of Office 2010 in the first...
half of next year, but the folks over at Neowin apparently have it on good authority that the software giant is right on track for a June launch. As many as six different flavors will be offered to ...
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Office 2010 scheduled for June release
xbitlabs.com - 20 hours ago
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xbitlabs.com —
Microsoft: Natal to Replace Remote Controls for TVs
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Microsoft Expects Project Natal to Be a Giant Leap for TV
bit-tech.net - 23 hours ago
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Daily Internet Services - a UK-based webhost -
was the victim of a defacement attack late last...
week which saw customers' pages replaced with an image of the Linux mascot.
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UK webhost suffers defacement
![[Phoronix] FreeBSD 8.0 Benchmarked Against Linux, OpenSolaris](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/pc/story_preview/2009/11/30/phoronix_freebsd_8_0_benchmarked_against_linux.jpg)
phoronix.com - 31 hours ago
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phoronix.com —
With the stable release of FreeBSD 8.0 arriving
last week we finally were able to put it...
up on the test bench and give it a thorough look over with the Phoronix Test Suite. We compared the FreeBSD 8.0 performance between it and the earlier FreeBSD 7.2 ...
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[Phoronix] FreeBSD 8.0 Benchmarked Against Linux, ...
technologyexpert.blogspot.com - 32 hours ago
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As Cyber Monday approaches, it's interesting to take
a look at Amazon.com's Most Wished For lists, particularly...
as Amazon.com topped the list of online retailers on Black Friday. Among laptops (not netbooks), Apple on the list with the top three laptops (click above image to enlarge). That's ...
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Macbooks Most Wished-For Laptops For Christmas 2009
hexus.net - 3 days ago
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The Mozilla foundation's Firefox team have released some
benchmarks showing some of their own hardware-accelerated browser tech....
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Firefox GPU acceleration snaps at Microsoft's heels
techspot.com - 3 days ago
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techspot.com —
Ever concerned you'll lose the thumb drive where
you back up all your important and personal stuff?...
Or worried someone accidentally finds that embarrassing files collection on your computer? Um, yeah, me neither. The point is we've all got some data that deserves a little extra privacy and ...
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Download of the Week: TrueCrypt
infoworld.com - 3 days ago
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infoworld.com —
Apple has released an update to its Xsan
software, to version 2.1. The update is available for...
download from Apple's Web site, and is recommended for all Xsan 2 users.
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Apple updates Xsan software to 2.1
techspot.com - 4 days ago
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Be it screensavers, desktop wallpapers or font type
and sizes, visual customization at the OS level is...
usually important to all kinds of users. Recognizing this, Microsoft has made it easier than ever to apply and adjust individual themes with Windows ...
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How to change the logon screen wallpaper on Windows 7
techspot.com - 4 days ago
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techspot.com —
Be it screensavers, desktop wallpapers or font type
and sizes, visual customization at the OS level is...
usually important to all kinds of users. Recognizing this, Microsoft has made it easier than ever to apply and adjust individual themes with Windows 7. We looked at this last week showing you ...
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Tech Tip of the Week: How to Change the Logon Screen ...
techspot.com - 4 days ago
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techspot.com —
Nvidia has pushed out a new WHQL-candidate GeForce
driver, version 195.62. Dated November 20, the latest build...
adds several bug fixes and improved stability to the previously released 195.55 WHQL-candidate driver. Among the fixes is one that remedies the occasional frame stutter in Fallout 3, ...
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Nvidia releases GeForce 195.62 WHQL-candidate drivers
maximumpc.com - 4 days ago
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Here's a holiday treat for you Windows Home
Server users. Power Pack is now available for download...
, and to get it, just head over to the Windows Update section of your Home Server install and mash on Update. For those of you running any pre-release versions of Windows Home Server Power ...
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Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server Available Now
techspot.com - 5 days ago
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Microsoft faced a bit of embarrassment earlier this
month when their COFEE forensics tool leaked onto the...
Web. The collection of programs and scripts is given to law enforcement to make PC forensics easy, and while it's composed of readily-available tools, it is still considered to be a ...
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Microsoft issues takedown for leaked COFEE software
techspot.com - 5 days ago
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Google is furthering the offline capabilities of Gmail
today with the introduction of attachments support. According to...
the company, these was one of the most requested features for Offline Gmail and starting today, users can include will be able to attach files in offline mode the same way they ...
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Gmail gets Offline attachment support
techspot.com - 5 days ago
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techspot.com —
A recently added protection mechanism in IE8, intended
to protect websites from cross-site scripting attacks, has ironically...
been revealed to contain a design flaw that would potentially allow the exact opposite. According to The Register, this flaw enables cross-site scripting errors to be ...
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Security feature in IE8 exposes sites to XSS attacks
techspot.com - 5 days ago
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techspot.com —
You don't have to wait until sometime in
2010 to try Google's web-centric operating system on your...
netbook. Since its unveiling to the world a few days ago people have been eager to know how well it performs -- even at this early stage -- and with the source code available online details on how ...
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Boot Chrome OS from a USB drive
fudzilla.com - 5 days ago
xbitlabs.com - 5 days ago
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xbitlabs.com —
Imagination Presents Connected Processors for CE Devices
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Imagination Intros Processors for "Internet Everywhere" ...
arstechnica.com - 5 days ago
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Canonical hosted its biannual Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS)
last week in Dallas, Texas. I was one of...
many open source software developers who attended the event and participated in the collaborative process of planning Ubuntu ...
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Giving up the GIMP is a sign of Ubuntu's mainstream maturity
maximumpc.com - 5 days ago
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Future Ubunu installations will no longer include GIMP,
starting with version 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), it was announced...
during the Ubuntu Developer Summit. According to those in attendance, the decision to kick GIMP to the curb was based on a variety of factors. One of the primary reasons was a ...
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GIMP No Longer Packaged with Ubuntu
carbon.hexxeh.net - 5 days ago
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Download a USB drive version Windows Instructions Mac
Instructions Linux Instructions Chromium OS builds by Hexxeh Digg...
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Chromium OS Builds by Hexxeh
basschouten.com - 6 days ago
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A short while ago I wrote about my
work on DirectWrite usage in Firefox. Next to DirectWrite,...
Microsoft also published another new API with Windows 7 (and the Vista Platform Update), called Direct2D . Direct2D is designed as a replacement for GDI and ...
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Direct2D: Hardware Rendering a Browser
![[Phoronix] Chromium OS, Moblin, Ubuntu Netbook Remix Benchmarks](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/pc/story_preview/2009/11/24/phoronix_chromium_os_moblin_ubuntu_netbook_remix.jpg)
phoronix.com - 6 days ago
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Intel released Moblin 2.1 earlier this month, Canonical
released Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 late last month, and...
various other vendors have offered up their fall distribution refreshes too. Oh yeah, and Google just released the Chromium OS source code ...
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[Phoronix] Chromium OS, Moblin, Ubuntu Netbook Remix ...
xbitlabs.com - 6 days ago
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xbitlabs.com —
Microsoft Server Roadmap Reveals Windows 8 Release Time
Frame...
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Microsoft Windows 8 Due in 2012 - Slides
arstechnica.com - 6 days ago
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arstechnica.com —
When we first started posting news tidbits regarding
Windows 8, we warned readers not to expect the...
operating system to arrive until 2011 at the earliest, and we noted that 2012 was more likely. After the problems caused by the long ...
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Microsoft targets 2012 for Windows 8
pcstats.com - 7 days ago
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pcstats.com —
Beginners Guides: Safe Mode in Windows Vista For
Crash Recovery The first step to recovering a crashed...
computer is Windows Vista's Safe Mode. Knowing this will allow you to deal with bad software drivers, determine if it's a hardware or software ...
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Beginners Guides: Safe Mode in Windows Vista For Crash ...
news.cnet.com - 7 days ago
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Company says it is investigating a publicly published
exploit code that allegedly could lead to computers running...
versions 6 or 7 of the browser getting compromised.
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Microsoft warns of IE exploit code in the wild
news.cnet.com - 7 days ago
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news.cnet.com —
Google co-founder Sergey Brin (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET)
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Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge
techspot.com - 7 days ago
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techspot.com —
Google ventured into the operating system world last
year with the introduction of Android, an operating system...
intended for mobile phones, and most recently with the netbook-oriented Chrome OS. For now, the two projects are evidently separate, but according to the company's co-founder Sergey ...
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Google: Android, Chrome OS to converge eventually
techspot.com - 7 days ago
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techspot.com —
Microsoft today announced that it will reveal more
details about its upcoming motion sensing peripheral for the...
Xbox 360, codenamed Project Natal, to developers at its Gamefest conference this February. According to the event's website, one session will focus on designing games for the ...
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Microsoft to showcase Natal at Gamefest in February
techspot.com - 7 days ago
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techspot.com —
On several occasions over the last few months,
News Corp chairman, Rupert Murdoch has been quoted hinting...
at changes he foresees for his high-profile Web properties. Most notably the Wall Street Journal and its network of sites, Murdoch believes on the paid subscription model for online ...
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Microsoft and News Corp potential alliance, against the ...
ocmodshop.com - 7 days ago
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ocmodshop.com —
> Keep Your Hands Where I Can See
'Em If you are a system administrator, then you...
probably find yourself using the Windows Command Prompt more often than most people. When running this window, old-school admins get into a DOS or Linux mindset and ...
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How to Enable Command Prompt Scrolling from the Keyboard
news.cnet.com - 7 days ago
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news.cnet.com —
Mozilla's browser does not efficiently use a computer's
CPU and, consequently, can cause overheating problems in some...
laptops, particularly ultraportables.
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Firefox: Heat and the CPU usage problem
maximumpc.com - 7 days ago
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maximumpc.com —
Internet Explorer users who have yet to upgrade
to IE8 should take note. According to security firm...
Symantec, there's a pretty nasty Zero Day exploit that affects both IE6 and IE7 . "The exploit currently exhibits signs of poor reliability, but we expect that a fully-functional reliable ...
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Symantec Says IE Vulnerable to New Exploit
maximumpc.com - 8 days ago
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maximumpc.com —
Widescreen monitors are, in a word, awesome, and
not just because they offer some kind of enhanced...
quality over their four-by-three ratio brethren. Depending on what you're using them for, like movie-watching, you'll simply see more of a given scene than you otherwise would on a standard ...
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Freeware Files: Widescreen Mania! Make the Most of your ...
electronista.com - 8 days ago
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electronista.com —
Microsoft should once again release its next mainstream
version of Windows about three years after the last,...
a roadmap obtained this week reveals. The schedule has the major revision, tentatively titled "Windows 8," launching in 2012 or about three ...
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Microsoft roadmap puts Windows 8 in 2012
ft.com - 8 days ago
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ft.com —
By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles, Richard Waters
in San Francisco and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York...
Published: November 22 2009 23:01 | Last updated: November 22 2009 23:01 Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would ...
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Microsoft and News Corp eye web pact
maximumpc.com - 8 days ago
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maximumpc.com —
When Rupert Murdoch announced that he was thinking
of taking his News Corp web properties out of...
the Google search index , speculation as to Microsoft and Bing's involvement was rampant. Turns out, there might have actually been something to the rumors for once. According to the folks over ...
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Microsoft Offers to Pay News Corp to "De-List" From Google
techspot.com - 8 days ago
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techspot.com —
How-to: run Chrome OS as a virtual machine
Itching for some Chrome OS? Well, we all are,...
but you might be a bit disappointed at the fact that while Google has open-sourced its progress on the OS so far, the version that is currently available for download seems eons behind what Google showed off ...
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Weekend tech reading: How to run Chrome OS as a virtual ...
techspot.com - 8 days ago
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techspot.com —
How-to: run Chrome OS as a virtual machine
Itching for some Chrome OS? Well, we all are,...
but you might be a bit disappointed at the fact that while Google has open-sourced its progress on the OS so far, the version that is currently available for download seems eons behind what Google showed off ...
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Weekend tech reading: How to run Chrome OS as virtual ...
support.apple.com - 8 days ago
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support.apple.com —
Download icon About Bluetooth Update 1.0 for Windows
This update improves the performance of the Apple Bluetooth...
devices when running Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista on a Mac computer using Boot Camp. For more information about this update, ...
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Bluetooth Update 1.0 for Windows
uneasysilence.com - 8 days ago
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uneasysilence.com —
So you like Apple’s fancy Magic Mouse? Its
a beautiful piece of engineering with an insane price...
tag of $70. Problem is, even at $70, it only works on Macs leaving Windows users in the dust. But thanks to a hidden update here is how you get this ...
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Get Apple’s MultiTouch Magic Mouse To Play Nice on ...
maximumpc.com - 8 days ago
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maximumpc.com —
Apple doesn't exactly have the greatest track record
on mouse designs, and while you probably weren't going...
to switch platforms just for a "magic mouse" anyway, thanks to a clever new hack, you won't have to. The team over at uneasysilence.com has found a way to extract both the ...
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Magic Mouse Drivers For Windows Emerge
techspot.com - 9 days ago
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techspot.com —
Introduced in Windows Vista, the infamous Windows is
checking for a solution message that appears right...
after a program crashes is downright annoying.
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TechSpot Blog: Disable Windows automatic check for ...
