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The iCX cooler is not completely new. Rather, it has been compared to EVGA’s existing ACX thermal solution, found on the FTW and SC models. But there’s one innovation we’re sure that no other manufacturer shares: built-in temperature sensors with a matching micro-controller. Unfortunately, we received the iCX-equipped card just on Wednesday afternoon, limiting the time we could spend time with it. Do we dig into the tech or run loads of gaming benchmarks? We went with the former, and are glad we did. EVGA aimed its latest at enthusiasts who want more control over individual temperatures. Thus, the company’s focus is more on the technology used to enable this, along with its Precision XOC software, and less on the heat sink itself. EVGA also implemented some incremental performance improvements, such as more (and thicker) thermal pads. But we aren’t expecting any miracles compared to the ACX design. The new card weighs in at a hefty 37 ounces (1,050g), yet it’s still lighter than some competing 1080s. Measurements of 10.95 inches long, 4.92 inches tall, and 1.4 inches wide are about average for a two-slot card. EVGA’s fan shroud consists of anthracite-colored plastic with aluminum highlights, illuminated by LEDs. A look at the bottom shows that EVGA again opts for vertically-oriented fins. The top of the card is dominated by two eight-pin power connectors, a large panel with various LED indicators, and a back-lit logo. At the end of the card, we see four 6mm heat pipes and two larger 8mm heat pipes. There is another, shorter 8mm heat pipe toward the front. The capillary action of these nickel-plated composite pipes works well in any orientation. EVGA implemented a familiar array of display outputs, including one DVI-I, one HDMI, and three DisplayPort connectors. Layout and Features Initially, we didn’t see any differences between this card’s PCB and the ACX cooler-equipped version, but the design does diverge in places. To start, the newer model sports a two-part backplate with plenty of heat-conducting pads. This solves issues we uncovered in our Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Graphics Card Roundup, helping the plate actively contribute to the card’s cooling performance. The GDDR5X modules come from Micron and are sold together with the GP104 processor to Nvidia’s board partners. Eight of these memory chips, operating at 1,251MHz, are connected to a 256-bit aggregate bus, yielding a theoretical maximum bandwidth of 320GB/s. EVGA again employed a Texas Instruments INA3221 three-channel high-side current and bus voltage monitor. For additional protection, should something go seriously wrong, it also solders a fuse onto the PCB. Power to the memory is provided by two phases controlled by an 81278 that doesn’t come from ON Semiconductor and is in a different package than we’re used to. This dual-phase synchronous buck controller facilitates phase interleaving and includes two low-dropout regulators. It also integrates gate drivers and the PWM VID interface. A Siliconix ZF906 dual-channel MOSFET, which unifies the high- and low-side MOSFETs, is used instead of ON Semiconductor’s NTMFD4C85N. The 5+2-phase implementation we covered when we reviewed EVGA’s GeForce GTX 1080 FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 made its return here, utilizing an ON Semiconductor NPC81274 PWM controller that offers many more control options than the µP9511P on Nvidia’s reference design. EVGA somewhat deceptively claimed the GPU gets 10 power phases, but there are really only five, each of which is split into two separate converter circuits. (This isn’t a new trick by any means.) It does help improve the distribution of current to create a larger cooling area, though. Furthermore, the shunt connection reduces the circuit's internal resistance. This is achieved with a NCP81162 current balancing phase doubler, which also contains the gate and power drivers. For voltage regulation, one highly-integrated DG44E (instead of a NCP81382) is used per converter circuit, combining the high-side and low-side MOSFETs, as well as the Schottky diode, in a single chip. Thanks to the doubling of converter circuits, the coils are significantly smaller. This can be quite an advantage because the current per circuit is smaller as well. As a result, conductors can be reduced in diameter while retaining the same inductance.

The Audi A3 is one of the most po[CENSORED]r mid-size premium cars on sale, but does a mid-life facelift keep it at the top of the class? Chris Knapman is testing a pair of models to find out Our car: 1.0 TFSI Sportback 116PS Sport List price when new: £21,535 Price as tested: £27,630 Official fuel economy: 62.8mpg (EU Combined)When you arrive at your destination and the kids are fast asleep in the back of the car, it is always worth taking a moment to appreciate the peace and quiet. My wife wasn't overly pleased, therefore, with my ceaseless clicking of the Audi's infotainment controls as I scrolled through the system in search of new features. Not least, I wanted the opportunity to give the Audi Connect online services a try. To be honest, I had added this to the car's specification largely to get Google Earth and Street View, which look amazing on the Virtual Cockpit display. However, there are also some other useful functions. For example, the car can read your emails out or have emails dictated to it, you can log in to Twitter, and you can research events before asking the satnav to direct you to them. Because the car is connected, it can also download updates, which is what it's asking to do now for the mapping software. With the cost all covered as part of the option, I had just decided it would make sense to do so. Which, of course, is precisely when the kids woke up. The A3 has been here there and everywhere this week, and not only with me behind the wheel. My wife also borrowed it for a return trip to Oxford, and was impressed with how easy it was to sync her phone to the car's Bluetooth. I did suggest she used the built-in CarPlay but she forgot her lead and neither of us have worked out how to do it wirelessly yet, even though the car says you can. Answers on a postcard if anybody has figured it out yet. Other than that we've both enjoyed the car's motorway manners, where it is quiet, stable and has high levels of comfort, both in the suspension and in the seats. Lots of adjustment in the seat and steering wheel also means that both of us can find the ideal driving position. All it's really missing is a gadget that clears up all the old parking tickets, coffee cups and sweet wrappers left by the previous driver. The death of the in-car CD player has been swift and quiet. One minute they were there, the next they were gone. The assumption, of course, is that everybody plays their music through their smartphones these days, and so what people really want is an advanced Bluetooth connection or Apple Carplay/Android Auto. That's all well and good, until somebody gives your three-year-old the Julia Donaldson audio book collection on CD for Christmas and you can't immediately play it in the car. Had a nice long run in the A3 last week. It took the best part of three hours to get out of London, followed by another hour or so on dual carriageways and country roads, and aside from too much road noise from those big wheels and tyres, the A3 was hard to fault. In town the S-tronic gearbox and the car's small dimensions make it as relaxing as sitting in traffic could be, helped by the Bang and Olufsen stereo upgrade (£750) and access to my music collection via Apple Carplay. The satnav of course failed dismally to calculate just how long it can take to get across London, probably because nobody programming such a system would believe that it could be as gruelling as it really is. But the live traffic updates did do their best to get me around some of the jams. In the end it took just over four hours to cover 105.6 miles, which is rubbish, but the 43.1mpg recorded by the trip computer shows how economical this 1.4-litre turbo petrol engine can be, in part because it runs on just two of its four cylinders when conditions allow (you really can't feel the switch). Audi is so clever about how it engineers the primary contact points in its cars that they are rarely anything other than a pleasure to use, and that includes the A3. Take the simple act of switching off and getting out, for example. You squeeze the trigger on the automatic gear-lever and slide it smoothly into park, appreciating the combination of supple leather and cool metal in your left hand, which then drop backs to tweak the handbrake button. At the same time you twist the chunky key in the ignition through to off, retract it from the barrel and at once press down with your thumb and curl your index finger, causing the key to swivel back into its chunky plastic holder. With key clasped between your bottom two fingers and the palm of your hand, you use your remaining fingers to pull the door handle, and then ease your way out, elbow first. I'll be the first to admit that this is a verbose way of explaining the steps required to get out of a car, but what's so clever about the A3 is that every element becomes something to savour. Not just because it is so tactile, but because there is a uniform weight to each control which encourages you to turn the process into one fluid movement. As such, it doesn't matter what other car I happen to have been driving, it is always a pleasure to get back into - or out of - the A3.

Security experts consider keylogging as the most dangerous threat because it allows cyber criminals to capture everything you type on your keyboard. This includes passwords so that they can gain access to your online accounts such as your email, banking, forums, websites and etc to steal valuable information. If keystroke logging is not damaging enough, your webcam, screen, clipboard and microphone can also be secretly captured and logged without your knowledge. There are a couple of different methods to protect yourself against keyloggers. First you can use an on-screen virtual keyboard where your mouse will be used to select the keys when entering your password instead of typing it from the physical keyboard that is logged. A good antivirus can also recognize some of the known and unknown keyloggers through virus definition or heuristic analysis. Finally, a dedicated anti keylogging tool that constantly monitors the behavior of running applications and notifies you if it detects any potential keylogging activity. In this article we’ll be putting 3 anti keylogging programs named Zemana AntiLogger, SpyShelter Premium and DataGuard AntiKeylogger to the test with real keylogging tools that are po[CENSORED]r and widely being used to determine the effectiveness of each program. 1. Zemana AntiLogger Zemana AntiLogger is a program we’ve mentioned a lot over the years because it’s been one of the leading tools to block several different types of hack methods. The shareware version of AntiLogger costs $29.95+taxes although they sometimes have giveaways for a free 1 year license, worth keeping an eye out for. Zemana also claims to be fully compatible with nearly every antivirus/security package available, there is a compatibility chart on their website so you can check beforehand. Zemana AntiLogger Apart from the basic keystroke protect which is what the free version of Zemana features, the full version also offers Anti-SSL logging protection against banking trojans and SSL sniffers, a screen capture prevention module to block image grabs of your desktop activity, protection against copying Clipboard data, and a module to stop hijacking of connected webcams and microphones. The System Defense feature blocks against several types of attack that try to inject DLL code, load low level kernel drivers, or modify the system registry/memory. Zemana AntiLogger is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 (32-bit and 64-bit). Note: The “Free” version of Zemana AntiLogger only encrypt keystrokes and does not notify nor block any detected keylogging activity. It’s a very different method to protecting against keyloggers and you can read more about the keystroke encryption test that we’ve done. 2. SpyShelter Premium While SpyShelter also offers a cut down free personal version of it’s Stop-Logger application, one of the crucial advantages the premium version offers is full support for 64-bit systems, the free version is 32-bit only. Note the keystroke encryption driver for SpyShelter does not work on Windows XP systems. SpyShelter Premium is available in single or 5 user packs starting from €20 for a years protection for 1 user. Windows XP up to Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit) is supported. SpyShelter Premium SpyShelter Premium has a number of defense modules including kernel mode keylogger protection with keystroke encryption, webcam and VOIP audio hacking protection, clipboard data hacking prevention, an anti-screen capture module, and also a System Defense guard that acts as a Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) to protect critical areas from code injection such as memory and the registry. An Internet Security module blocks trojans and hack attempts through SSL, HTTPS, POP, SMTP and FTP. Suspicious files can be sent to the Virus Total online scanner with a click of the mouse. 3. DataGuard AntiKeylogger DataGuard AntiKeylogger is at a disadvantage from the outset because none of its product line has been updated for a few years, that also includes their more user friendly NextGen AntiKeylogger products. As a consequence, DataGuard AntiKeylogger does not work on Windows 8 and supports Windows 2000 SP4 to Windows 7 32-bit versions only. Prices range from the Free basic version up to the Ultimate version we’re looking at here, priced at $59. DataGuard AntiKeylogger Ultimate DataGuard AntiKeylogger Ultimate offers protection against several different methods of keylogging, Windows clipboard monitoring, protection against capturing screenshots, and text blocking to prevent capturing text from opened documents and windows. Keyboard filters, DirectX based and kernel level keyloggers can also be blocked. The kernel level message filters will only work on Windows 2000 and XP.

US President Donald Trump has agreed to honour the so-called "One China" policy in a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White House said. The One China policy is the diplomatic acknowledgement that there is only one Chinese government. Mr Trump had placed the long-standing policy in doubt when he spoke with Taiwan's president in December. China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province to be reunified with the mainland. The move was a major break from traditional protocol and provoked an official complaint from China. The telephone conversation was the first between the two since Mr Trump took office on 20 January, though the new US president has called several other national leaders. Who said what? The White House said a wide range of issues were discussed during the call, which it characterised as "extremely cordial". The two leaders had invited each other to visit, it said. A statement from Beijing said China appreciated Mr Trump's acknowledgement of the One China policy, calling the two nations "co-operative partners" who could "push bilateral relations to a historic new high". Taiwan, meanwhile, said it would continue "close contact" with the US, pointing out that maintaining good ties with Washington and Beijing was key to regional stability. What is the 'One China' policy? China's gamble for global supremacy in the Trump era Is Taiwan a bargaining-chip for Trump on China? What was at stake? Mr Trump has caused concern in Beijing with his stance on trade and the South China Sea, but it was his decision to accept a call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen that triggered most alarm. Though the US is Taiwan's main military ally, no US president or president-elect had spoken directly to a Taiwanese leader for decades. Under the One China policy, the US recognises and has formal ties with China rather than Taiwan. Mr Trump had indicated that policy could change, suggesting the US should not abide by One China unless it secured concessions from Beijing on trade. on China's military build-up in the South China Sea further chilled ties. He suggested that the US should block access to artificial islands China is building in disputed waters. Chinese officials have reacted relatively calmly to remarks from the new administration, though they lodged an official protest over the Taiwan phone call. But the Taiwan issue is very sensitive, something state media made clear when it accused Mr Trump of "playing with fire". How did the call happen? The telephone call followed a letter sent by Mr Trump to Mr Xi on Thursday - the president's first direct approach to the Chinese leader. In it, Mr Trump said he looked forward to "constructive relations". The New York Times reports that it was hand-delivered to China's ambassador by National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who had also spoken to China's top foreign policy official last week. There were other signs that the White House was seeking to stabilise ties, such as Ivanka Trump attending a Lunar New Year celebration at the Chinese Embassy in Washington. At a press briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang declined to answer whether Mr Trump's acknowledgement of the One China policy had been a condition of the call. A win for Beijing? - by Carrie Gracie, BBC China editor The content of the phone call between Mr Trump and Mr Xi will be celebrated in Beijing as signalling a return to the traditional framework of the US-China relationship. Three weeks into the new American administration, after a score of phone calls between Mr Trump and other world leaders, China's absence from the list was becoming ever more conspicuous. Two months ago it looked as though Mr Trump might be willing to reshape the relationship between the world's two biggest economies. Not only did he warn that he would consider 45% tariffs against China and brand Beijing a currency mani[CENSORED]tor; from Beijing's point of view, far more shocking was his willingness to take a phone call from the president of Taiwan and his suggestion that the status of Taiwan might become a bargaining chip in negotiation for some other American objective. But many Chinese citizens see Taiwan as the last piece in China's territorial jigsaw. Any further move towards independence and international recognition for the island would have represented a dangerous humiliation for Mr Xi. With the presidential phone call, Beijing can draw a line under such fears. Three weeks in, it has won a clear and unequivocal commitment from the Trump administration to honour the One China policy. And after all the threats and promises Mr Trump made about China on the campaign trail, it is not clear what, if anything, the Trump administration has won in return.

Just like the pancake, getting perfect waffles on your first go can often be a tricky task. Before you settle down to enjoy your breakfast it's likely you'll have a plate full of reject waffles, ranging from drastically undercooked in the middle for some reason, to so burnt you're probably going to have to leave the pan soaking in the sink for at least a month. But it doesn't have to be that way. We've come a long way since the word "waffle" was first introduced to the English language in the 1725 book "Court Cookery" by chef Robert Smith who swore by the "bake one to try; if they burn, add more butter" method. Modern waffle makers that do all the hard work for you fall into three categories: stove-top irons, electric machines, and moulds that can be baked in the oven. Here we look at each of the types of waffle maker, and round up some of the best on the market.The stove top waffle maker is a traditional alternative to today's more modern electric machines and, as the name suggests, allows you to cook your waffles over all types of hob. Traditional stove top Heavy-duty and relatively easy to use CREDIT: PHOTOLIBRARY They're relatively easy to use as well; simply preheat both sides of the waffle maker, adding a little bit of oil to each side, pour in the batter and cook to perfection taking care to flip the maker about halfway through. While electric waffle makers might be the machine of choice for many, stove top makers are generally much easier to clean and store away. They're also extremely heavy-duty and, if you opt for a cast iron waffle maker, it'll become naturally seasoned after a fair few turns being used with the proper oiling - though a cast iron maker may not be for you if you're not willing to go through the effort it takes the establish the proper seasoning.It only makes two waffles at once, but they're large ones and this non-stick tong is significantly cheaper than the Nordic Ware waffle makers below. Pour in batter, close the lid and turn the iron after two minutes or so, then pop out two crispy brown waffles. Buy now Nordic Ware Silver Dollar Waffle Griddle £35.15, Amazon Nordic Ware Silver Dollar Waffle Griddle A cast-aluminium waffle griddle pan that makes seven small waffles a pop. It is non-stick, but users report that the pan does need coating with a further non-stick product to ensure the cooked waffles slide out easily. A good trick for flipping them is to use two wooden skewers as a pincer. This waffle clamp removes the need for awkward flipping techniques because you simply turn the whole thing over. Belgian waffles have deeper indents than American-style waffles because they are made from a yeast batter instead of a pancake batter. This cast-aluminium waffler makes four large square-holed waffles, perfect for containing blueberries smothered in maple syrup.We're not as in love with electric waffle makers here as they are in America, where Walmart stocks 60 different brands in its online store.The advantage of the electric machines over tongs or oven moulds is that they heat the waffle from above and below at the same time, producing a more even colour. All of the below are non-stick. Here are some of our favourite electric waffle makers.An elegant waffle makers by the Swedish company Clas Ohlson, this produces two delicate, thin waffles that can be treated as a crêpe and folded around its fillings or split up into five heart shapes. An elegant waffle makers by the Swedish company Clas Ohlson, this produces two delicate, thin waffles that can be treated as a crêpe and folded around its fillings or split up into five heart shapes.This bright red number makes five small heart-shaped waffles or one large one. Once its green indicator light turns off, pour waffle mixture into the centre of the plate, close the lid and after about five minutes you'll have perfect evenly-coloured waffles. Andrew James can usually be counted on for good-looking products and this sleek red model is no exception. It makes two 30-dent, classic Belgian waffles and comes with a 1kg pack of Luxury Belgian Style Waffle Mix to help you get started. The Rolls-Royce of waffle makers, this stainless steel Dualit model is one for serious waffle addicts and professional outfits. It has an output per hour of 60 waffles, two layers of non-stick coating, individual plate control and a price to match. Not ideal for home bakers, but the top of the waffle making market. Lékué makes virtually the only set of oven-safe waffle moulds, but they're a brilliant and easy way to make waffles without investing in large machines. These clever flexible silicone waffle moulds by Lékué can go in the dishwasher after use and are much easier to store than any of the bulky machines or tools above.

Call of Duty Black Ops III Awakening DLC is developed Treyarch and is published under the banner of Activision. This game was released on 3rd March, 2016. In this game you will see all new Zombies and MP content. This game starts from where The Giant ends as the characters will go towards Eisendrache where they have been given a mission to stop the apocalypse of zombies. You can also download Call of Duty Black Ops 2. Call of Duty as we all know is a very po[CENSORED]r game with a very smooth and frenetic gameplay and this installment also meets the standards of the one set by the previous installments. Call of Duty Black Ops III Awakening DLC game has got four new maps which are Splash, Skyjacked, Gauntlet and Rise. In Gauntlet you play up the core philosophy of Treyarch’s classic three lane map structure with three different environments. Splash is set in a water park which is uninhibited which is a fantasy world with waterslides with a wrecked ship.The graphics of this game are awesome and the sounds are impressive too. You may also like to download Call of Duty Black Ops III.Features of Call of Duty Black Ops III Awakening DLC Following are the main features of Call of Duty Black Ops III Awakening DLC that you will be able to experience after the first install on your Operating System. Impressive action and adventure game. Features all new Zombies and MP content. Need to stop the apocalypse of zombies. Smooth and frenetic gameplay. Got four new maps. Impressive graphics. Awesome sounds. System Requirements of Call of Duty Black Ops III Awakening DLC PC Game 2016 Before you start Call of Duty Black Ops III Awakening DLC Free Download make sure your PC meets minimum system requirements. Operating System: Tested on Windows 7 64 Bit CPU: Intel Core i3 or later. RAM: 6 GB Hard Disk Space: 60 GB

Late last year we reviewed the P37X v6, one of Gigabyte’s many Pascal GPU-based gaming laptops. Today we’re looking at the P57W v6, another of the company's 17" gaming laptops, but one with a more value-oriented price point thanks to its GeForce GTX 1060 GPU. The GTX 1060 laptop market is incredibly competitive, so let's see how the P57W stacks up. Starting from the top, you’ll find a matte black surface constructed out of plastic. Compared to the metal construction of the Gigabyte P37X v6, the plastic construction on the P57W v6 doesn’t feel as premium. At the same time, the P57 doesn't feel cheap, either, and in fact the build quality is quite sturdy. Additionally, fingerprints aren’t the problem they are on the P37X. Like the P37X, the P57W’s design isn’t overly boisterous. Instead, a handful of strategically placed angles and edges give the P57W definition. Namely, the top lip is pointed upward rather than being flat. There are additional angular accents near the hinge. The reflective silver Gigabyte logo is stamped in the middle. The bottom panel shares the same tastefully placed aggressive angles the top surface has. The vents in particular have the typical supercar aesthetic present in so many gaming laptops. The three vents on the bottom are situated directly beneath the P57W v6’s cooling solution, and are responsible for air intake. The hot air is exhausted through the aluminum heat fins via the two larger back vents. There are eight feet on the bottom panel: five large rubber feet and three smaller plastic feet. At the front is the hot-swap bay. Releasing the lock lets you swap the P57W v6’s pre-installed Blu-Ray drive with an included 2.5" hard drive bracket. Overall, the laptop has a very sturdy build and no flex despite its plastic construction. Opening the lid reveals a rather plain interior. The surface is also made of matte black plastic. There are two additional air intake vents above the keyboard, and in between them is the P57W v6’s power button. There are two orange accents at the edges, which give the surface a bit of character. The Gigabyte P57’s smooth-but-steady hinge extends out by about 130°. The hinge has the same orange tint as the accents found on the interior edges. The front-facing speaker grilles have an aggressive appearance like the laptop’s cooling vents. The speakers have decent mids but leave much to be desired. Placing the speakers upward rather than on the front lip would better serve sound quality. In this position, the speakers are blocked whenever you use the keyboard. On the right you’ll find a single USB 3.0 port, a USB 3.1 over Type-C port, an HDMI 2.0 port, and a D-Sub port. The left I/O features an RJ-45 gigabit Ethernet port, two additional USB 3.0 ports, an SD card reader, and two 3.5mm jacks for headphone-in and microphone-out. The P57W v6 features a 17.3" 60Hz IPS display for excellent viewing angles. Unlike the previously reviewed Gigabyte P37X v6, the P57W only outputs at 1920x1080. But if the P57W's display quality is anything like Gigabyte's previous offering, we can expect excellent color accuracy and minimal errors. Additional displays can be connected via the P57W's HDMI and D-Sub ports. The Gigabyte P57W v6’s keyboard is well spaced and provides a comfortable typing experience. The keyboard uses scissor switches, which is acceptable for most applications. The scissor switches produce a hollow-feeling keypress that will likely leave many typists unsatisfied. The keyboard features two levels of white backlighting. Overall, nothing really stands out about the P57W’s keyboard, but it also isn’t bad. The touchpad features a matte black surface and a white bar protruding from the bottom to indicate left and right clicks. The touchpad’s smooth surface is comfortable to interact with, but there’s a slight amount of friction that makes your fingers drag as you use it. Tracking is rather jerky, and multi-touch inputs have a split second of lag. The bottom half of the touchpad has a much deeper click than the rest of it, making it easy for dust and other debris to slip underneath. As always, your best bet is to use a separate mouse.The P57W’s bottom panel is secured to the rest of the chassis with 16 screws. Inside you’ll find the cooling system at the very bottom, with two large heat pipes spanning from one set of heat fins on the left, over the CPU and GPU heatsinks, and ending at the second set of heat fins on the right. The GPU’s heatsink is much larger, but considering that there are only two heat pipes, this might spell thermal trouble similar to what we found in the Gigabyte P37X v6. In the center you’ll find the two DDR4 memory slots and the M.2 slot just above it. To the top left is an additional 2.5" SATA slot occupied by an HDD, and on the right is the P57W’s 75.81Wh lithium-ion battery. Between these is a hot-swap bay, which can mount either an optical drive by default or an additional 2.5" drive with an included bracket. If thermal performance is anything like the P37X, this extra space would be better used by placing the battery here, leaving the hot-swap bay directly next to the GPU’s exhaust fan. The new bay placement would be ideal if Gigabyte included an additional exhaust fan.

Drivers are very critical in Windows because a badly coded driver will make the Windows unstable and causing crashes with blue screen of death. Most of the time a driver file has a .sys extension. When someone uses the word “low-level”, “kernel” or “ring0” in Windows, it also actually means driver. For example, a low-level keylogger such as Elite Keylogger by Widestep uses a signed driver to capture the keystrokes on your keyboard. Royal Hack, a famous cheating tool for CounterStrike uses ring0 driver to avoid Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) detection. Rootkits is a type of malware that uses driver to hide its existence and preventing it from easily being detected. A lot of security software such as antivirus, Zemana Anti-Logger, KeyScrambler Premium are also using drivers. As you can see, drivers are very powerful and fortunately it is not something that any programmer can code. There are quite a few really powerful tools such as GMER that can be used to check for rootkits but they can be a bit too confusing for normal or inexperienced computer users. One tool that I can suggest you to try out is DriverView created Nir Sopher who is famous for releasing useful tools that are free and portable. Basically DriverView is a very small tool at only 33KB in size that lists all the drivers currently loaded in your Windows operating system. It shows a lot of useful information about the drivers such as the file name, company, product name, description, version, created and modified date, path, file type, service and display name. Most of the loaded drivers are by Microsoft and generally they are stable and safe. You can easily shorten the list by clicking on the View from the menubar and select Hide Microsoft Drivers where only third party drivers will be displayed. Now you can investigate the non-Microsoft drivers to see if you have any possible malicious drivers by searching for the file name in Google and uploading it to VirusTotal to have it scanned with 42 different antiviruses. Do take note that DriverView don’t have the ability to remove or delete the driver. You should notice that there are 3 unknown drivers which are dump_dumpata.sys, dump_dumpfve.sys and dump_msahci.sys listed in DriverView on Windows 7. If you right click on any of the 3 drivers from DriverView and select File Properties, you will get the error popup saying “Windows cannot find C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\dump_msahci.sys. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again“. This 3 files are not rootkits or anything dangerous but are related to creating memory dumps when Windows 7 crashes. You can easily disable the 3 unknown dump_dumpata.sys, dump_dumpfve.sys and dump_msahci.sys drivers from being loaded by going to Control Panel > System > Advanced system settings > click the Settings button for Startup and Recovery > click on the drop down menu from the Write debugging information and select (none). Click OK to close all the Windows, restart your computer and the 3 drivers will no longer appear in DriverView. As useful as DriverView is, after further testing I discovered that DriverView reads only the VERSIONINFO resource which can be found in the Details tab when you right click on the a file and select Properties. It lacks of the capability to read the name of signer for the Digital Signature. One can easily edit a malicious rootkit driver file properties using a resource editor or a crypter and DriverView will think that it belongs to Microsoft and even possibly hiding it from being displayed when the “Hide Microsoft Drivers” option is enabled. However, getting a digital code signing certificate is not easy. The animated screenshot below is a proof that DriverView reads the VERSIONINFO but not the digital signature. Please refer back to the first screenshot to see the information displayed by DriverView for the RDPCDD2k.sys file. DriverView is free, portable and works on Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2003/2008, both 32-bit and 64-bit.

President Vladimir Putin has sent condolences after a Russian air strike accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers in northern Syria. The strike hit a building near the town of al-Bab, believing it to contain Islamic State (IS) fighters rather than Turkish troops, Turkey's military said. Eleven others were wounded in the so-called friendly fire incident. They were supporting Syrian rebels who are locked in a fierce battle to try to capture al-Bab from IS fighters. Russia and Turkey, who back opposing sides in the Syrian war, have been jointly conducting air strikes on IS in the town in recent weeks. 'Tragic incident' The Russian aircraft had been planning to hit IS targets but "by accident three of our soldiers were martyred when a building was bombed where our units were," Turkey's military said. The Kremlin has issued a statement (in Russian) saying President Putin had, in a telephone call with his Turkish counterpart, "expressed condolences over a tragic incident which resulted in the deaths of several Turkish troops in the al-Bab area". Turkey and Russia: Uneasy allies Turkey's downing of Russian warplane in 2015 Why is there a war in Syria? President Putin told Recep Tayyip Erdogan that poor co-ordination between Moscow and Ankara was to blame for the accident, RIA news agency reports. The two leaders agreed to "increase military co-operation during operations in Syria against IS militants and other extremist organisations". Both countries are conducting a joint investigation, Turkey's military said. he incident comes after a warming of relations between the two countries, which had previously been strained after Turkey downed a Russian jet near the Syrian border two years ago. Earlier on Thursday, Turkish-backed rebel fighters managed to capture the western outskirts of al-Bab, which lies about 30km (20 miles) south of Turkey. Turkish media say 10 Turkish soldiers have been killed in the fighting in recent days. The Dogan news agency says 66 Turkish troops have been killed in Syria since Turkey began its operations there last August to drive out IS, as well as stop the advance of the Kurdish YPG militia - which Turkey considers a terror organisation. 'What a difference a year makes' - by Mark Lowen, BBC Turkey correspondent At the end of 2015, Russia and Turkey risked military confrontation as the Turkish military shot down a Russian jet which it said had violated its airspace. By the end of 2016, the two, who back opposite sides in the Syrian war, were co-operating to reach a ceasefire in Aleppo. The murder of the Russian ambassador in Ankara didn't derail ties - and nor will today's military accident. Why? Because the two countries need each other. Partly in their general bilateral relations, with Turkey importing most of its energy from Russia and relying on Russian tourists. But partly too in order to achieve their respective aims in Syria. Turkey wants a buffer zone in northern Syria free of IS and the Kurdish militia that it sees as terrorists - and has needed Russian consent for its troops to launch a ground offensive in northern Syria over the past few months. And Russia has managed to prop up the Assad regime and needed Turkey - one of Assad's fiercest opponents - to turn a blind eye to the recapture of Aleppo. Realpolitik has taken the place of steadfast ethics - as it so often does. The Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have been battling IS for al-Bab since late 2016. Syrian government forces, meanwhile, are also closing in on IS from the south, where fierce fighting is reported. Reports suggest the rebels and government forces have reached an accommodation over al-Bab, orchestrated by Syria's key alley, Russia. The two sides are now within 3km of each other on opposite sides of the city. Despite supporting opposing sides, Russia and Turkey have joined forces in recent months to try to end the Syria conflict. They carried out their first joint air strikes on IS targets in the al-Bab area in January, just weeks after securing a ceasefire deal between rebels and government forces that has held in many parts of Syria since the end of last year.

Plenty of people daydream of owning a Lamborghini one day, and possibly speeding down to Cannes in it to hobnob with the glitterati. However, this particular model, though every bit as stylish as its supercar brethren, would not be much use for speed-freaks. The hugely rare Lamborghini tractor is being auctioned without reserve this week at The Grand Palais, Paris, and valued at £22,000. One of an estimated 117 DLA 35 tractors built, this 1957 vehicle predates the foundation of Automobili Lamborghini by six years, serving as a reminder of the early stages of Ferruccio Lamborghini's automotive empire. The Lamborghini Tractor was founded in the 1940s, and used discarded war materials to produce its first machines. By the following decade it was one of Italy's largest agricultural equipment manufacturers, and this beautiful specimen illustrates why the brand became so well regarded. The DLA 35 is powered by Lamborghini's own three-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2,200cc and a power output of 36bhp. Tractor CREDIT: BONHAMS/BNPS It was restored in 2016, is finished in the original orange and blue livery and comes fitted with new tyres. "This beautiful tractor would make a distinctive and welcome addition to any significant collection of classic agricultural machinery, or a unique addition to any Lamborghini collection," says the Bonhams auction catalogue. "It has the potential to draw crowds, especially when exhibited alongside the most beautiful supercars sharing the marque's famous 'raging bull' emblem, such as the legendary Miura and Countach." While the asking price is estimated at around £22,000, interested parties ought to be aware it was previously sold in 2016 for close to £89,000.

There are many keystroke logging software that you can find on the Internet. Most if not all is able to record the keys that you typed on your keyboard and save it to a log file for reference. The difference between the keyloggers are the features that comes with it, the ability to hide its presence from antiviruses and anti-keyloggers and most importantly the method that is used to capture the keystrokes. Most of the normal keyloggers simply captures the keystrokes using hooking mechanism where it hooks the function that comes with Windows and is commonly being used because it is easier to implement. A more advanced method would be using a low-level or kernel driver where it can receive the keystrokes directly from the keyboard without going through Windows first, hence bypassing protection by most anti-keylogger software. There are very few driver based keyloggers in the market because it is very hard to implement and the lack of support for 64-bit Windows operating system due to the restriction of only allowing installation of the driver if it is digitally signed. Getting a keylogger driver signed is definitely not an easy task because a keylogger can be used for both good and bad purposes. Somehow WideStep, the company from Ukraine that develops one of the most advanced keylogger software called Elite Keylogger managed to get their driver genuinely and digitally signed making it the first keystroke logging software to officially support 64-bit Windows operating system. First of all, Elite Keylogger is a shareware that cost $79 to monitor a single PC. In my opinion, the amount you pay for this advanced keylogger is definitely worth the price because: 1. It uses driver based keylogging method which is very hard to implement to log keystrokes. This method also evades detection by many anti-keylogging software that only detects hooking method. 2. Specially compiled to avoid detection from well known antiviruses. It is common for most antivirus and antispyware programs to flag known keyloggers as a threat. The publicly available trial version of Elite Keylogger 5 currently has 7 detection out of 42 in VirusTotal and I believe the special compiled version will definitely be 0/42. 3. Create a pre-configured installer based on your settings with silent installation. You can export the settings and embed it to the installer to avoid configuring the keylogger after installation. 4. Multiple log delivery options from USB, FTP, network share or Email. I find that the saving of the logs to USB option is pretty cool because only a specially assigned USB flash drive that is plugged in to the computer will receive the logs while other USB flash drives will act as a normal USB flash drive. Elite Keylogger 5 took two years+ to deliver but the user interface remains pretty much the same as the previous version 4. Most of improvements are done on the back end especially getting it to work in 64-bit Windows operating system. How To Detect Elite Keylogger 5 One way to find out if your computer has Elite Keylogger 5 installed is to check for atap2k.sys file located in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\. The atap2k.sys driver file is not hidden and is visible without setting to show hidden files in Folder Options. If it’s on your system, right click on atap2k.sys and select Properties. Go to the Digital Signatures tab and confirm if you are seeing Trusted Security as the name of signer. Elite Keylogger signed driver How To Remove Elite Keylogger 5 Once you confirm that your computer has Elite Keylogger 5 installed by verifying the existence of atap2k.sys file in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers, removing it quite easy by editing the registry in Windows: 1. Click the Start button 2. Type regedit at the Search program and files bar, hit enter and click the Yes button at the UAC window. 3. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\ and delete the atap2k folder. 4. Restart your computer and Elite Keylogger 5 is no longer active on your system.

Where do you keep your tomato ketchup when it's not being used? In the fridge? Or in the cupboard? Chilled red sauce, or served at room temperature? Sure, there are plenty more important things going on in the world, but the old ketchup fridge/cupboard argument has flared up online in recent days so, before reading on, take a moment to vote in our poll: The Great Ketchup Debate has reared its head thanks to supermarket chain Asda, which recently conducted a poll of its own asking shoppers their views on the issue - and the results were close run, with 53 per cent opting for fridge, 47 per cent keeping it in the cupboard. In the wake of their findings, Asda's Clapham branch has announced it will now be keeping some bottles on the shelf, and the rest refrigerated. "Tomato ketchup is a staple of many of our customers weekly shop but recent debate has prompted us to trial two areas to stock our great value own brand tomato ketchup sauces, so we can end the debate once and for all and give everyone what they want," said company spokeswoman Victoria Williams. The response on social media has been as reasoned as you might imagine: The debate last reared its head in August 2014, when Boris Johnson, then London Mayor, revealed in a Twitter Q&A that he keeps his in the cupboard. At the time food safety expert Dr Lisa Ackerley wrote for the Telegraph: "Manufactures have done shelf life tests to come up with their recommendation for storage. For health reasons, some products today may have reduced sugar and salt in them, which is a problem because sugar and salt preserve food. "Manufacturers have a reason for the advice they are giving you, so you should always follow the label. Boris is wrong not to store his ketchup in the fridge, if that’s what it says on the bottle."

Car depreciation is a source of intense consternation when purchasing a new or used vehicle. All cars lose their value, and this process begins sharply. The average new car loses approximately 10 percent of its value as soon as it’s driven off the dealer’s lot. At the end of the first year, the car will lose an additional 10 percent on average – and often much more. Vehicles from an unappealing brand or with few options will feel the biggest impact, depreciating as much as half their purchase price in the first one or two years. If the manufacturer is retiring a vehicle, then the value can drop like a lead weight. This loss in value is relevant to any used car buyer. What’s more is that depreciation doesn’t necessarily slow much after the first year. New cars continue to depreciate for another four more years, averaging a value loss of 15-25 percent each year. By the time it is five years old, the average car has lost 60 percent of its retail value. If you’re looking to purchase a vehicle soon, it pays to know the market. Below is a list of 20 vehicles that are currently losing their value the fastest and why. 1 – Hyundai Genesis plummeting-vale-1 The Hyundai Genesis is at the top of the list of vehicles that depreciate the most and quickest. The Genesis competes with other luxury cars, but lacks the brand appeal of an established luxury vehicle. Its price tag is comparable to Mercedes or Lexus models, but it will lose 38 percent of its purchase value within the first 12 months. This is a drawback if buying brand new, but could be considered a benefit if buying used. Car buyers looking for luxury can buy a 1-year-old Genesis for $16k less than a brand new one (which starts at around $52k). 2 – Smart ForTwo plummeting-vale-2 The Smart ForTwo is another vehicle whose value free falls in the first year of ownership. This is likely because, although it gets plenty of publicity for being a green car, the benefits of driving it seem to end there. The gas mileage is formidable but the interior is claustrophobic and cramped, the two-speed transmission is obnoxious to most drivers and though it’s touted as safe for its compact size, most car buyers would seem to prefer a more highly safety-rated, mid-sized competitor. The Smart ForTwo is worth 36 percent less than what its owner paid for it (approximately $14k), after only one year. 3 – Chevrolet Impala plummeting-vale-3 Chevy’s Impala is a well-known and po[CENSORED]r car. So why does it depreciate so much so fast? For one, it’s part of Chevy’s fleet sales lineup. This means thousands of these cars face the destiny of being company cars or rentals. In short: they are oversupplied. There is nothing unique, rare or irresistibly attractive about them and with the amount of Impalas on the market (and the demand for midsize sedans shrinking,) the value of this po[CENSORED]r Chevy model has plummeted. Last year’s model (which started at $27k) is worth 33.5 percent less today. 4 – GMC Yukon plummeting-vale-4 The rise in gas prices has halted for the most part and the appeal of gas-guzzling SUVs has returned. The new redesigned GMC Yukon may have suffered in its redesign, or else new car buyers are doing the 5-year cost-to-own research as seeing that a brand new Yukon ($47k) will cost them upwards of $70k just to own for the first five years. Whatever the reason, these SUVs are depreciating nearly 33 percent in just the first year. 5 – Lincoln MKS plummeting-vale-5 The Lincoln MKS is soon facing obsolescence. It has been a slow-selling model that appealed to those car buyers seeking luxury under $50k. Because it was never a standout top-seller, it’s now worth 30.4 percent less than what its owner paid for it last year. Like the Genesis, this is a thorn in the side of the person buying an MKS brand new, but a used car buyer’s best-case scenario.

Lenovo unveiled three new thin and light mobile workstations at Solidworks World 2017--the ThinkPad P51s, P51, and P71. All of the new laptops offer Nvidia Quadro graphics options, with one of the models sporting VR-ready performance. Two ThinkPad P51s Are Better Than One The Lenovo ThinkPad P51s and P51 both feature 15.6-inch displays, with options for 4K (3840 x 2160) and FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS screens, in addition to an FHD touch option. Both offer Maxwell-based Nvidia Quadro GPUs, with the P51s featuring a Quadro M520 (384 CUDA cores, 1GB GDDR5, 64-bit) and the P51 sporting up to a Quadro M2200 with 1,024 CUDA cores and 4GB of GDDR5 running over a 128-bit memory bus. Both also offer up to Kaby Lake Intel Core i7 processors, but the P51 can be equipped with up to Xeon E3-v6 workstation-class CPUs. However, the exact processor models offered aren’t currently known. The ThinkPad P51s features up to 32GB of DDR4-2133 with its two SODIMM slots, but the ThinkPad P51 supports up to 64GB of DDR4-2400 (four SODIMMs). Storage for the two 15.6-inch ThinkPad mobile workstations also vary, with the P51s featuring up to a 1TB HDD or 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD. The P51 supports up to three total drives and can be equipped with up to a 1TB HDD and 1TB PCIe NVMe SSDs (up to two). The P51s features a dual-battery system, with a 4-cell 32Wh in the front, and up to a 6-cell 72Wh battery in the rear. The ThinkPad P51 sports up to a single 6-cell 90Wh battery. Both feature Intel gigabit Ethernet and Wireless AC 8265 networking. Clearly, the P51 is intended for power users that require more horsepower under the hood with its increased memory speed and capacity, in addition to offering more-robust storage options and larger batteries. However, neither of these new ThinkPads are up to task for VR applications with their Maxwell-based GPUs. That’s where their new, bigger brother comes in. Lenovo's First VR-Ready Mobile Workstation The ThinkPad P71 features up to Intel 7th generation (Kaby Lake) Core i7 or Xeon E3-v6 processors, in addition to supporting up to the most-powerful mobile workstation GPU currently in Nvidia’s arsenal, the Quadro P5000. The Pascal-based mobile graphics sports 2048 CUDA cores and 16GB of GDDR5 running over a 256-bit memory interface, and perhaps most-importantly, it makes the ThinkPad P71 VR-ready, giving developers and content creators a potentially powerful mobile option. Similar to the ThinkPad P51, the P71 can feature up to 64GB of DDR4-2400. However, the P71 can accommodate up to 2TB of HDDs (two 1TB drives) and 2TB of PCIe NVMe storage (two 1TB SSDs) for a total of four drives. The 17.3-inch IPS display comes in 4K (3840 x 2160) and FHD (1920 x 1080) varieties, but a touchscreen is not an option for the P71. The ThinkPad P71 also features an 8-cell 96Wh battery and Intel Wireless AC 8265 and gigabit Ethernet for internet connectivity. The Lenovo ThinkPad P51s, P51, and P71 will be available this March, starting at $1,049, $1,399, and $1,849, respectively. Lenovo Product ThinkPad P51s ThinkPad P51 ThinkPad P71 Processor Up to 7th Gen Intel Core i7 Processor Up to Intel Xeon E3-v6 Processor Up to Intel Xeon E3-v6 Processor Memory Up to 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 SODIMM Up to 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 SODIMM Up to 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 SODIMM Graphics Nvidia Quadro M520 1GB GDDR5 Up to Nvidia Quadro M2200 4GB GDDR5 Up to Nvidia Quadro P5000 16GB GDDR5 Display Options - 15.6” 3840 x 2160 IPS - 15.6” 1920 x 1080 IPS - 15.6” 1920 x 1080 IPS Touch - 15.6” 3840 x 2160 IPS - 15.6” 1920 x 1080 IPS - 15.6” 1920 x 1080 IPS Touch - 17.3” 3840 x 2160 IPS - 17.3” 1920 x 1080 IPS Storage - Up to 1TB HDD - Up to 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD - Up to 1TB HDD - Up to 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD (Up to 2) - Up to 1TB HDD (Up to 2) - Up to 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD (Up to 2) Ports - USB Type-C (Thunderbolt 3) - USB 3.0 x3 - 4-in-1 Card Reader - USB Type-C (Thunderbolt 3) - USB 3.0 x4 - 4-in-1 Card Reader - HDMI 1.4 - Mini DisplayPort 1.2 - USB Type-C x2 (Thunderbolt 3) - USB 3.0 x4 - 4-in-1 Card Reader - HDMI 1.4 - Mini DisplayPort 1.2 Networking - Intel WirelessAC 8265 - Intel Gigabit Ethernet - Intel WirelessAC 8265 - Intel Gigabit Ethernet - Intel WirelessAC 8265 - Intel Gigabit Ethernet Battery - 4-Cell 32Wh (Front) - Up to 6-Cell 72Wh (Rear) Up to 6-Cell 90Wh 8-Cell 96Wh Dimensions 14.4 x 9.95 x 0.78-0.79 inches 14.86 x 9.93 x 0.96-1.02 inches 16.4 x 10.8 x 1.17-1.2 inches Weight 4.3 lbs. 5.6 lbs. 7.6 lbs. Starting MSRP $1,049 $1,399

Any TV drama that starts with the breathless, heart-stopping promise of Apple Tree Yard (BBC One) carries an expectation that its end will be as good, if not better, than its beginning. I was hoping, following Sunday’s slightly pedestrian developments, that the finale might yet live up to the promise of its highly effective opening episode And it did, partly at least, by cranking up the courtroom-drama tension via a neatly devised succession of shocks before finishing off with a nasty little twist. But while it satisfied at the fundamental, thriller-plot level of wriggling and squirming and keeping us thoroughly gripped, it lacked something crucial. It had the sort of clear emotional conviction that blinds you to just how much you’re being mani[CENSORED]ted by a knowing script and great acting. Denise Gough as DS Johns Denise Gough as DS Johns CREDIT: BBC As we headed into the final straight, Dr Yvonne Carmichael (Emily Watson), had at last figured out – a good hour after the rest of us – that her lover Mark Costley (Ben Chaplin) was not the spook she had assumed him to be. As she sat in the dock, accused of murder, we looked on as a procession of women were horribly humiliated in court. A policewoman colleague of Costley’s was torn apart for concealing that she had had momentary, if unwelcome, “intimate contact” with him. A lamb-like expert witness, who argued that Costley was suffering from a high-functioning personality disorder, was ritually slaughtered by the prosecution. So, by the time it came for Carmichael to give her own decidedly compromised evidence, it seemed inevitable that the same fate awaited her. The shock came in that she was attacked not by the prosecution, but by Costley’s defence. And with information about their affair that could only have come from him. The betrayal was meticulously built up and, as such, was wrenching. This was not least because, as we were constantly reminded, Carmichael was the first and foremost victim here. Ben Chaplin as Costley Ben Chaplin as Costley CREDIT: BBC Yet there remained a sense that it was a tad too calculated. In the end, justice of a kind was served and Carmichael was spared the worst. But as was made very clear, she was condemned in other ways and forced to serve out a sentence of an alternative kind within her own marriage. This drama that started out by offering what seemed like a genuinely different and imaginatively challenging take on the age-old trope of an adulterous affair gone wrong finished on a disappointingly conventional note.

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It is possible to control computers in another remote location even if it is located at the opposite side of the world by using a PC that is equipped with the software and an Internet connection. Fortunately the software to access a remote computer has been greatly simplified over the years solving many common problems such setting up dynamic DNS service to automatically point to your changing IP address, port forwarding, firewall configuration and etc. Remote access software can be installed for long term usage which administrators do to access their servers from home or another location to perform maintenance or troubleshooting. However, if you need to temporarily and quickly access your friend or relative’s computer to help configure a software or fix a minor problem, it doesn’t make sense to go through all the trouble in installing and configuring a full blown remote access software. A much easier way around this is to use the dedicated remote access software applications that are made to quickly and easily provide short term online support. Here are our top 8 picks that are free to use. 4. avast! Remote Assistance Since avast! version 7, a new feature called “Remote Assistance” has been included in their software which means this feature is only exclusively available to users who have avast! antivirus or Internet Security programs installed. To access this feature from avast! 8, go to the maintenance tab and click on Remote Assistance found on the menu at the left hand side. There are 2 huge buttons either to allow remote control or control remote computer. Clicking the Allow Remote Control button will generate an 8 character code which is to be given to the controller. The controller will then click on the Control Remote Computer button, enter the code to the textbox and click Connect. At the bottom of the viewer you will find 3 buttons which is to send the Ctrl+Alt+Del combination key, launch file transfer window and view in full screen. Although not mentioned anywhere, we think that avast! Remote Assistance is using TightVNC because the File Transfer window looks exactly the same. After testing avast! Remote Assistance , we found that the transfer and refresh rate is quite slow. 3. Chrome Remote Desktop Chrome Remote Desktop by Google is a free app that allows remote control right from the Chrome web browser or Chromebook. Although it is useful, there are some requirements such as both users required to have the Chrome browser installed, signed in to their Google account to download and install the 22.6MB app, and finally grant the Remote Desktop app permission to know who you are on Google which some users who are concerned about their privacy may not be comfortable with. Once Chrome Remote Desktop is installed, the usage is pretty easy. The computer that will be remotely controlled will need to click on the red colored Share button to obtain the 12 digit access code and give it to the person who will be controlling the computer. As for the controller, click on the Access button and enter the code followed by clicking Connect. Chrome Remote Desktop Connected Chrome Remote Desktop is only capable of controlling the computer remotely but without any fancy features such as file transfer, VOIP and etc. 2. CrossLoop CrossLoop’s software works just about the same as the rest on this page but one thing that made it stand out is the marketplace where one can provide and receive computer remote online support for a fee using CrossLoop. To connect, both users who want to access and share will have to download and install CrossLoop. The computer that will be controlled will have to go to the Share tab to get the 12 digit code from the Access Code textbox and give it to the controller. CrossLoop Share The controller will then enter the given Access Code in the Access tab and click connect. Once the connection has been initiated, the shared computer will also need to manually approve the remote access before the connection is established. CrossLoop uses TightVNC Server 2.0.2.0 to share and UltraVNC Viewer 1.0.8.2 to access. CrossLoop File Transfer CrossLoop is placed at the 6th spot because it requires installation when most people doesn’t like to install additional software that is only being used temporarily. The 2 minutes share timeout is sometimes not enough to get connected especially for someone who doesn’t know anything about the computer. During testing we also experienced intermittent connectivity problems to their relay servers. File manager is also not available on the free version. 1. Firnass Although Firnass is still in Alpha/Beta status, we will still include it on our top 5 tools to provide remote assistance because it is very small at only 668KB in size, free, runs on Windows, Mac and Linux because of Java, uses their own screen sharing protocols unlike most that uses VNC or RDP, chat and VOIP support, file transfer, run a remote command, session recording and many more to come on future version. The steps to connect is slightly different from the rest. Firstly a connection will have to be made from either party by providing the 6 digit ID and clicking the Connect button. Firnass A new window will open on both parties upon successful connection. The computer that wants to be controlled with have to click on the play button which will only appear upon moving the mouse cursor to the small black screen. Firnass Session Once the screen is shared, the viewer will have remote access to the computer. 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iPhone battery life has been the subject of many experiments, articles and arguments, but the mystery behind just how long your phone will last is still a case causing issues worldwide. As expected, the majority of those experiencing poor or unreliable usage times have older (1 or 2 generation late) devices, but even brand new phones can be disappointing when it comes to the power department. The latest iPhone 6S+ claims to last up to 12 hours of constant use whilst performing extremely battery-strenuous tasks such as downloading HD video. There are a number ways you can improve your battery life significantly, the first being disabling "Background App Refresh", the option that allows for push notifications and updates to be made in apps whilst they aren't being used. Disabling background app refresh for an app can cause it to load slightly slower on reboot, but this sacrifice is most certainly worth it. Head to Settings, then General, then select "Background App Refresh", you can then go ahead and turn off the feature for whichever of your apps you don't need to refresh in the background. By default, iPhones running the latest versions iOS will have optional visual effects running on the homepage. These visual effects can be demonstrated by heading to your home screen and tilting your phone, you should see the background moving to show the space normally hidden by app icons. This effect is called parallax and is detrimental to your power levels, so if you want to salvage some extra time you can begin by disabling the feature. To do this head to Settings, General, then Accessibility, from this page you should have the option to "Reduce Motion". Enabling this will disable parralax on the homepage and a number of other small unneccessary visual effects. Disabling "Background App Refresh" and enabling "Reduce Motion" are helpful changes and will almost definitely help your phone last at least a little longer, but in a lot of cases its not enough. Users are still seeing their percentage level drop from 50 to 2 in what can seem like an instant, even after settings changes are made! More drastic measures need to be taken... The next best step (in our opinion) is to sign yourself up for Scanguard, an specialising in removing duplicate files from your phone you never knew you had. Using extremely complicated algorithms, Scanguard's app can sift through ever single photo on your device... looking for images you don't need. These could be filtered images, duplicate photos, burst photos or screenshots. Find and delete these and you will clear a suprising amount of memory, allowing more to be allocated to running the phone smoothly. The software is primarily an antivirus, but it has a array of speed up, optimizing and security tools built right in that can be activated with one tap. Thousands of people across the globe are all starting to use ScanGuard™ free speed up tool to make sure they keep their phone running as quick as possible. Right now this can be downloaded for free by clicking here. Even if you have a brand new phone, we would recommend you try letting optimize your phone. Simply run a 30 second scan and see for yourself! You’ll be surprised just how many people can significantly speed up their iPhone with just a couple changes.