Thursday, November 19, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 19/11/2009


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ATI Radeon HD 5970 Review: Dual-GPU Graphics
As we discussed in our preliminary Radeon 5870 review, on ATI's horizon ATI was a follow-up to the Radeon HD 4870 X2, code-named "Hemlock XT", which in essence would put together a pair of Radeon HD 5870 GPUs on a single PCB.
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Nvidia pushes out low-cost DX10.1 GeForce GT240
Nvidia has launched a new low-cost ($100 or less) DX10.1 video card, the GeForce GT240. Built on a 40nm process and featuring a 550MHz GPU, 1GHz GDDR3 or 1.7GHz GDDR5 and up to 1GB of memory, it has all the basic workings of a robust card. It's also DirectX 10.1 compliant, has 96 CUDA cores, 8 ROP units and a max TDP of 70W.
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Tuesday tech deals: Up to $200 off select Lenovo laptops and netbooks
Lenovo coupons: Up to $200 off select laptops and netbooks
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CyberPower now offers USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s with its Gamer Xtreme PCs
CyberPower has announced that its Gamer Xtreme desktop series now offer USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s connectivity as standard features. Customers can configure and order a Gamer Xtreme system with the next-generation interfaces today, with prices from about $750.
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Microsoft to announce plans for next version of Internet Explorer
Microsoft will talk about its plan for upcoming builds of Internet Explorer this week at the Professional Developers Conference -- though, it will not offer a preview of its next browser, according to CNET. It is also reported that the company is not planning to announce a move to the WebKit engine, despite speculation.
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Asus' CULV-based UL30Vt features dedicated Nvidia graphics
Asus has introduced a new CULV-based ultraportable system with a dedicated graphics chip. The company's UL30Vt has a 13.3" 1366x768 display, the choice of an Intel Celeron SU2300/743 or Core 2 Duo SU7300, Intel's GS45 Express Chipset (which contains a X4500MHD graphics chip), a 512MB Nvidia G210M, up to 4GB of DDR3 1066MHz RAM, a selection of 5400RPM HDDs ranging from 250GB to 500GB, and Windows 7...
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Fedora 12 released, brings multi-touch support, more
A new version of the popular Linux desktop distro originally based off Red Hat is now available. Fedora 12, named Constantine, brings a host of new software and feature enhancements. Among the new additions include Empathy, an alternative to Pidgin and other clients for instant messaging, Bluetooth audio support, updated package management, more tablet support and a host of other additions. You ca...
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FCC filings reveal two upcoming notebooks from Lenovo
An FCC filing has revealed that a new laptop from Lenovo will contain a 2GHz Intel chip believed to be the quad-core Core i7 920XM. The notebook will also ship with a Wacom Digitizer, which probably means it will be of the ThinkPad W series -- and fittingly, the new laptop's model is "W701". Other features include a 17" 1920x1200 Samsung display and a 320GB Fujitsu HDD. Assuming all of this correc...
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Bing snags up 10% of search market share, Google holding strong
Microsoft's re-imagined search engine is doing rather well for itself, following recent indications that it has managed to take nearly ten percent of the market in the U.S. That puts it well above competitors like AOL, and much closer to the number two player, Yahoo, who has been struggling and slowly slipping since the start of the year. The latter is not necessarily bad news for Yahoo, as they a...
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Study finds Asus laptops least likely to fail, HP the most
When purchasing a laptop, it's important to consider how reliable the hardware is going to be, as they are more difficult and expensive to repair than a desktop PC. If the hardware turns belly up, most people have to jump through warranty hoops or are faced with high repair costs. One warranty company sought to find out just who produces the most reliable laptops, and after sampling a pool of 30,0...
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Mozilla releases first beta of Weave Sync add-on
Nearly two years after unveiling the project, Mozilla is finally offering the first beta of its experimental Weave Sync add-on for Firefox. The service is intended to synchronize bookmarks, passwords and web history across browsers on multiple devices, including smartphones when Fennec is released next year. Data is sent up to Mozilla's servers and back down again to any other instances of Firefox...
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News around the web: The Pirate Bay Shuts Down
The Pirate Bay Tracker Shuts Down for Good @ TorrentFreak
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Adobe launches GPU-accelerated Flash 10.1 beta
Adobe today announced the first public beta of Flash 10.1, which despite the small version bump suggesting it is a minor upgrade, finally delivers support for hardware-based H.264 video acceleration. For now the new functionality is limited to Windows computers, but it's worth getting excited over anyway, as it means you'll get smooth HD Flash video playback while significantly reducing the worklo...
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Windows Mobile app store opens to more phones
The Windows Marketplace for Mobile is very new to the mobile app world, having been launched only a month ago. Fanfare for its release was limited by accessibility, as the store only available to devices running the newest edition of Windows Mobile, version 6.5, which left millions of older devices running versions 6.0 or 6.1 out of the loop. In an attempt to address that lack of availability, Mic...
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ATI Radeon HD 5970 Review: Dual-GPU Graphics
ATI revealed its last generation Radeon 5000 graphics family last September, when we got the chance to review the ATI Radeon HD 5870, and what a treat that was.

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avast! Virus Definitions November 17, 2009
Protect your system and valuable data against computer viruses.
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Norton Virus Definitions 2003-07 November 16, 2009
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.
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McAfee SuperDAT Update 5804
Update your Mcafee based virus scanner.
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Norton Virus Definitions 2008-09 November 16, 2009
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.
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MaxBulk Mailer 7.0 for Mac OS X
Program able to send commercial mailings to up to several hundreds of email addresses very easily.
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Opera 10.10 Beta 1 Build 6776 for Mac OS X
Opera introduces the looks and the performance of an exceptional Web browser.
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