Saturday, February 28, 2015

IT News Head Lines (FutureLooks) 3/1/2015

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Windows 10 Ends Auto Update Restart Anger
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Windows 10 Ends Auto Update Restart Anger
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Windows 8 isn't perfect, but it got better with Windows 8.1. It sure would be a lot more perfect if it supported only a limited amount of hardware, versus pretty much every piece of hardware, but it wouldn't be Windows. It wouldn't be the heart and soul of every PC DIY build where one wants the most choice in what they want their dream system to look like. Having said that, one of the things that absolutely drives every user insane, is when Windows Update decides to start your system, while you're working on something.
Taking that into consideration, …
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NVIDIA GTX 970 Controversy Ends in Apology from CEO
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NVIDIA GTX 970 Controversy Ends in Apology from CEO
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It's been quite the ordeal for NVIDIA over the last couple weeks. First, the company received some major backlash over their GTX 970 "Memorygate" controversy, and then they received even more flack, by removing the overclocking capabilities of their GTX 900M series notebooks GPUs. They have since pledged to re-enable the feature, initially called a bug, in the March driver release. Unfortunately, the GTX 970 controversy continues, as the company is now being sued by its users.
Its retail network has tried to help out NVIDIA's customers, offering partial to full refunds, on mis-spec'd GPU, but the company, and …
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Microsoft Seeks and Destroys Evil SuperFish Adware for Lenovo
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Microsoft Seeks and Destroys Evil SuperFish Adware for Lenovo
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If you're calling Lenovo's SuperFish Adware debacle dumb, you're just being nice. First they claimed it was a technology feature that benefited users. Then they turn tail, and throw the SuperFish Adware under the bus, when the entire Internet turned against them, and for good reason. Whoever thought this was a good idea, is definitely jobless right now.
While this is a huge blackeye for Lenovo, it's also a huge pain in the ass for Microsoft. As one of Microsoft's long time partners, this whole thing puts a bad light on Windows as well. It's like they got tipped …
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