IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 29/10/2009

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Tech Tip of the Week: How to Disable Avira Antivir's Pop-up Advertisements
If you have a free antivirus installed on your PC, there's a pretty good chance that it's either AVG or Avira -- both great options for the average person who needs a little protection. The inherent pitfall of many free applications is that they're packaged with nagware.
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Intel to allow 2GB RAM with future Atom N470 netbooks
If you've been in the market for a netbook at any given moment for the past year, you may have noticed how manufacturers are basically just putting different enclosures around the same hardware -- 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 160 or 250GB hard drives, and no more than 1GB of RAM. This is largely the result of restrictions set by Intel and Microsoft, and apparently with the arrival of Intel's ...
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Roku expands lineup, more content coming soon
Just in time for the holidays, Roku, makers of the popular tiny box that streams content from Netflix's on-demand content as well as Amazon Video on Demand is expanding its lineup with two new models. The new options include a lower priced, SD-only $80 option, while a new higher-end device will sell for $130.
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Intel pulls SSD firmware update amid Windows 7 issues
Intel has temporarily pulled its just-released TRIM firmware update (02HA) and associated SSD Toolbox from their download site, following a number of reported problems with the new software. Details remain scarce at the moment, but according to several posts on Intel's support forums, users are left with a disk read error and no way to load Windows after rebooting from a seemingly successful firmw...
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Google reveals Android 2.0 features
Google's next major update to its mobile platform, Android 2.0, was officially unveiled today. Codenamed Eclair, many new features appear to have been added in this release, including improved synchronization -- with support for Microsoft Exchange accounts and contacts -- and a new Quick Contact feature that enables users to email, text or call a contact by tapping on their photo.
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JPR: GPU market grew 21.2% last quarter
Third quarter graphics processors shipments jumped 21.2 percent sequentially after an initial rise in Q2 2009, according to the latest numbers from Jon Peddie Research. Overall 119.45 million units were shipped during the period, exceeding the record 111 million units that were shipped in the year-ago quarter, as computer vendors built up inventory in preparation for the Windows 7 launch.
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MSI says Tegra-based e-book reader planned for 2010
Even though e-paper devices from Sony and others came first, Amazon set things in motion for the e-book reader market with its Kindle platform two years ago, while more recent offerings like the Barns & Noble Nook have contributed to the hype. Now MSI wants a piece of the action, it seems, with the company's chairman Joseph Hsu recently confirming rumors about their impending entry to the mark...
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Disabling Avira Antivir's Pop-up Advertisements
If you have a free antivirus installed on your PC, there's a pretty good chance that it's either AVG or Avira -- both great options for the average person who needs a little protection. The inherent pitfall of many free applications is that they're packaged with nagware.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 29/10/2009

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