Category: PC

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.

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.

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.

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.

• Via notebookinfo

Lenovo Y40 and the entry level Lenovo G50-80 will soon be updated with a Radeon R9 M375 and Radeon R5 M330 respectively. The launch of the new AMD graphics cards is closer than expected.

There is massive excitement in the world of graphic cards as Nvidia and AMD both have introduced new models. Nvidia launched GTX 960M GPU last month and AMD launched the new Radeon M300 series. Some companies like Lenovo have already planned upgrading of some notebook models especially for gamers.

2015 Lenovo Y40 and G50-80 specifications

Lenovo has updated the data sheet of Lenovo Y40 and G50-80. Both laptops will now use Radeon R9-M375 and M330-R5 respectively. At the moment, no other details on the two notebooks is available.

Information about the new Radeon R5 GPU: It comes equipped with a memory bus to 64 bits and 1 or 2 GB of DDR3 RAM. The Radeon R7 will have the same amount of onboard memory but with the option to choose between DDR3 and GDDR5 versions and with bus 64 or 128 bits.

Stay tuned for official announcement from Lenovo regarding the new 2015 Lenovo Y40 and G50-80 laptops.

RaspPi Kiiboard is a keyboard that can do the function of a mini PC. It packs Raspberry Pi 2 inside which is one of the smallest PCs ever built. While the Raspberry Pi 2 has remained a niche product as it requires high degree technical knowledge.

RaspPi Kiiboard review

RaspPi Kiiboard on the other hand has all required ports that one would need on a modern computer. You get a full fledge HDMI video output port and two USB ports. The user can decide whether to use the RasPi Killboard as normal keyboard or an all in one computer.

To do this, the designer had to remove the doors from the original PCB of Raspberry because the motherboard does not have available ports on one side and thus he had to rewire all contacts to get them to get up to the bracket which also eliminated the Ethernet LAN because RaspPi Kiiboard only uses Wi-Fi. He was also kind enough to upload a video explaining this grueling process.

The key on the keyboard have a retro look which makes it look very unique. It clearly takes us back to the golden era of the Commodore VIC20, C64 or Amiga.

TrekStor SurfTab 8.0 is an 8 inch tablet that runs Windows 8.1 operating system. First hands on Trekstor SurfTab 8.0 review video is also available courtesy of tabletblog. TrekStor SurfTab 8.0 is a windows 8.1 Intel tablet that features Intel Atom Z3735G quad core processor clocked at 1.83 GHz clock speed. It is current on sale at amazon for around 120 euros. The first impression is quite good, but there are cheaper alternatives.

TrekStor SurfTab 8.0 is not particular exciting but has some good hardware inside. Specifications include 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal flash memory and a micro SD card slot. There is a camera on its back packing 2 megapixel low resolution camera but I do not think it matters on a tablet. In addition to Windows 8.1, you also get a free annual license for Microsoft Office 365 software.

The SurfTab Wintron 8.0 comes with a plastic housing with highly glossy surface. Since the one reviewed was in white, fingerprints were not visible. On the sides, two stereo speakers are present.

While the Wintron has good price – performance ratio, we still find it difficult to recommend it. The reason is that there are better tablet competitors out there whose prices are lower too.

• Via tabletblog.de

Samsung Galaxy S6 makes use of tweaked touch wiz interface and folks at XDA have ported Galaxy S6 theme for the Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S6. The only requirement is that you need to be on Android 5.0 lollipop in order to install these. You can check it by going to settings > about.

Download Samsung S6 theme for Galaxy Note 3, S5 and S6

1. First of all enable theme support, if you don’t have it, by doing this —> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show…&postcount=146
2. Flash this V2 of theme (I adjust Calendar icon) via recovery or unpack manually if you don’t have recovery (uninstall previous version before)
3. Apply Theme from Theme Chooser of Touchwiz
4. Now choose if download Note 4 Launcher S6 Style (smaller icons and menu 5×5) or S5 Launcher S6 Style (bigger icons and menu 4×5)
5. Unpack the one you choose and put in system/priv-app/TouchwizHome (or TouchwizHome_K depends on which device you’re) with correct permissions (rw-r-r)
6. Reboot and Enjoy.