Windows 10 Privacy Issues
Every sane person worries about privacy issues online. IMHO, Win10 causes legitimate privacy concerns. However, there is the “tinfoil hat brigade” that IMHO takes things way too far. I haven’t wanted to jump the gun on addressing these issues. This sites first rule of tweaking has always been “Primum non nocere” (first, do no harm).
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Reader Emails
I got a lot of questions this week about installing Win10 so I’m gonna lump a few of the answers into one section: [Read more…] about Reader Emails
Privacy Badger 1.0
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released a new privacy extension called Privacy Badger.
EFF is excited to announce that today we are releasing version 1.0 of Privacy Badger for Chrome and Firefox. Privacy Badger is a browser extension that automatically blocks hidden trackers that would otherwise spy on your browsing habits as you surf the Web.
*Please help TweakHound.com and use the Disable Privacy Badger for This Site button.
Firefox 39.0.3
Firefox 39.0.3 released. Security fixes.
Download (Windows, EN-US)
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Release Notes
Windows 10 Dark Theme
This info isn’t new, I didn’t discover it, and it’s all over the web.
It’s been out for months, I don’t know who found it first or I would give them credit.
I’m using it, but it isn’t for everyone. I’ve posted pics below. Notice the title bar is hard to read.
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All The Windows 10 SSD Tweaks You Need
Cumulative Update for Windows 10: August 5, 2015
Cumulative Update for Windows 10: August 5, 2015
Summary
This update includes non–security-related changes to enhance the functionality of Windows 10 through new features and improvements.
Windows 10 updates are cumulative. Therefore, this package contains all previously-released fixes (see KB 3074683). If you have installed previous updates, only the new fixes that are contained in this package will be downloaded and installed to your computer.
I counted over 3,900 files in this package.
To manually run Windows update in Win10:
Go to Start > Settings > Update & security > Windows Update > Check for updates.
Cool GIF from NASA!
From a Million Miles Away, NASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth
Get the GIF from the above link. Here is the .mov file from Youtube:
Random Wednesday Stuff…
Skylake, Meh?
The NDA on Intel’s new Skylake processors has been lifted and the reviews are pouring out.
The gist I’m getting:
– If you are on Sandy Bridge then upgrade.
– If you are on Ivy Bridge, Haswell, or Broadwell then it probably isn’t worth it.
Anandtech – The Intel 6th Gen Skylake Review: Core i7-6700K and i5-6600K Tested
[H]ardOCP – Intel Skylake Core i7-6700K IPC & Overclocking Review
Google Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 44.0.2403.130 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.”
Download or update from within the program.
More Win10 Wallpapers I Made
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