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Microsoft continous war on privacy
New controls are arguably an improvement, but data collection remains mandatory for most.
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Windows 10 Privacy Guide
Steve Gibson pointed me to a guide to setting your desired privacy level in Windows 10. This version of Microsoft's operating system follows the 'always socially connected' footsteps of smartphones and therefore makes privacy assumptions. Using this guide you can check if they match your expectations.
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Windows 8 a catastrophe for Games?
Interesting article by Tom Phillips interviewing developers about Windows 8 and it's closed Windows Store, with this gem of a quote from Introversions' Chris Delay:
"I really don't want to see the PC becoming a closed platform. Microsoft is not a company that's able to benignly oversee that process. They will f*** it up. We'll all be doing Kinect support and 16 language versions, we'll all be supporting a Microsoft Office plug-in. It's my own worst nightmare.
[...] “The PC continues to be as relevant as it was ten years ago, despite consoles coming and going, because it is an open platform. If that changed it would be terrible.”
It's interesting times for the gaming industry, indeed.
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I Won The Windows Phone Challenge, But Lost 'Just Because'
This sounds like a situation where I hope some rep from Microsoft will intervene and offer the guy his reward.
via I Won The Windows Phone Challenge, But Lost “Just Because”
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Modified Files - Windows 7 Productivity Tip
To quickly access the files you've been working on today, create a new Favorites item for these files.
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](http://vandragt.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2011/10/modtoday.png)To do this, open Windows Explorer and select your Libraries link on the left. Then in the search box, enter
modified:todayand click the Save Search toolbar button.Enter a name, such as Libraries Today, and press enter. You will now see the new item appear in your Favorites menu.
You can select this item whenever you need to access recently worked on files.
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PuTTY updated after four years
When you press Win + left/right it will now correctly occupy half the screen, which was annoying me for a while. Essential app.
2011-07-12 PuTTY 0.61 is released
PuTTY 0.61 is out, after over four years (sorry!), with new features, bug fixes, and compatibility updates for Windows 7 and various SSH server software.
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Host Editor 7 - Hassle free host editing for Win7-XP
I was fedup with the poor experience of editing my host file, which is often needed when developing websites. So I quickly created an AutoHotkey script for the purpose.
15:03:50 - me: anyone knows a host editor app that works under windows 7 15:04:51 - me: fed up trying to first find the hosts file, then not being able to save because I again forgot to run notepad with admin privileges.
Download @ Host Editor 7 - Hassle free host editing for Win7-XP - DonationCoder.com.
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WindowsPager
WindowsPager: One of the more accomplished virtual desktop solutions that work well with Windows 7
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Smart Podcast Playlist
Create a smart playlist with all unplayed podcasts. By using this playlist you no longer have to find the next podcast on your iPhone whilst driving back home. Make sure that you include the smart playlist on the Podcast tab of your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
Update: Although this seemed a great solution in theory, there are some issues with this approach in practice. As diskspace on the iPhone is at a premium you will have to limit the amount of podcast data stored on your device. However, because there is not an option to keep 1 unplayed episode per podcast in the smart playlist editor you have to set the amount of diskspace used. When you have several podcasts and some are updated more frequently then others you will end up for some podcasts not being on your device and others that are continuously listened to. Therefore I opted for http://vemedio.com:80/products/instacast">InstaCast which caches 1 episode per podcast and comes with continuous playback in its latest update.
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