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How to block all ads on Nokia and Microsoft Lumia phones

Thanks to XDA we have a really nice way of blocking ads on Lumia phones. This tool works on all Lumia handsets with micro SD card slot. This method also prevents ads in applications and games.

adblock windows phone

1) You must have an interop-unlocked handset with full file system access. To have full system access, download and install this on your windows phone.
1) Download the latest "blocking" hosts file, for example, from here
2) Rename your download from hosts.txt to HOSTS
3) Connect your handset to PC, navigate to \Windows\system32\drivers\etc folder
4) Paste downloaded HOSTS file, choose "replace" in the copying dialog.
5) That is it, no need to reboot like Android phones.

To revert back, simply delete \Windows\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS file.

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VLC for windows phone supports last.fm scrobbling

VLC has pushed an update for the windows phone version and the new update brings last.fm scrobbling and myriad bug fixes. You can see the last.fm scrolling in action in the screenshot shown below. Also the application feels a lot more stable than before which is a nice thing.

VLC windows phone last.fm scrobbling

The previous VLC 1.2.1 update for windows phone fixed crashes that people experienced with WAV and FLAC files.

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Medion Akoya E6416 now for 399 euro on Aldi stores

Aldi Nord is now selling the Medion Akoya E6416 laptop for discounted price of 399 euro. Features include the new Intel Core i3 5010U broadwell processor, fast wireless A/C LAN and Intel HD Graphics 5500 GPU. The i3 5010u has passmark score of 2916 as mentioned by CPU passmark website.

Medion Akoya E6416 specifications

Other Medion Akoya E6416 specifications include a 15.6 inch display packing 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, Core i3 5010U 2.1 GHz processor that is backed by 4GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive and integrated Intel HD Graphics 5500. It has plenty of ports that includes Wireless LAN, Gigabit LAN port and four USB ports out of which two support USB 3.0 standard.

You also get HDMI, VGA, SD card reader and DVD burner. The operating system is pre installed windows 8.1 operating system. It weighs just under 2.3 kilograms. Medion and Aldi offer a manufacturer’s warranty of 3 years.

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Core i3 4170, 4170T, 4370T, Pentium G3260, G3260T, G3460T, G3270 launched

Intel Skylake microarchitecture will be launched in 3rd quarter of 2015 and until then the company will be launching new haswell processors to fill the gap. The list includes Core i3 4170, i3 4170T, i3 4370T, Pentium G3260, G3260T, G3460T and G3270. These new processors are 100 MHz faster than their existing Core i3 and Pentium counterparts. Interestingly these Core i3 processors have support for hyper threading technology and most come with either 3MB or 4MB cache.

Core i3 4170, 4170T, 4370T, Pentium G3260, G3260T, G3460T, G3270

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