Wednesday, June 30, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 30/06/2010


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Singularity GPU & CPU Performance In-depth
New and exquisite looking computer games are always something that we are on the lookout for, so that we can provide you with an in-depth hardware performance review. Singularity is a new first person shooter that managed to fly well under our radar even though it was developed by veteran Raven Software and published by Activision.
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Sony preps PS3 and PSP firmware updates
Sony has detailed a forthcoming PlayStation 3 firmware update that will add various new features, including PlayStation Plus, enhancements between your PlayStation Network and Facebook accounts, and more. In case you've missed earlier reports, PlayStation Plus is a new paid subscription service that provides access to exclusive extras, such as free games, betas, special themes, and access to Qore. The existing free online platform will remain unaffected.
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Chrome slips past Safari in US browser share
Based on StatCounter's latest data, Google Chrome has skipped by Apple Safari in usage, becoming the third most popular browser in the United States. After recording 874 million page views in the US during the week of June 21 to June 27, the firm determined that Chrome represents 8.97% of the market, leaving Safari to claim a lesser 8.88%. Meanwhile, Internet Explorer remained dominate at 52% and Firefox held 28.5%.
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WiMAX spreads to Richmond, Salt Lake City, and St. Louis
Clearwire and Sprint have extended their WiMAX wireless broadband Internet to three new markets today. The companies' home and mobile 4G services are now available to around 2.5 million residents in and around Richmond, Salt Lake City, and St. Louis, which adds about 1,400 square miles to the network's coverage. WiMAX is now available in 36 large cities across the US, with deployments expected in over a dozen other urban areas this summer.
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Dead Rising 2 launch bumped to September 28
According to Eurogamer, Capcom has postponed the debut of the sequel to 2006's sandbox-style zombie slasher Dead Rising by one month. Dead Rising 2 is now due on September 28 in North America and October 1 in Europe for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 simultaneously. The developer hasn't provided any official reason for the delay, nor is there any information about whether it will affect the Xbox 360-exclusive "downloadable prologue" Case Zero.
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iPhone 4 costs $188 in parts, 1.7 million units sold in 3 days
After tearing the iPhone 4 to bits, research outfit iSuppli estimates the handset's parts to cost about $188, or $187.51 to be precise. That figure is for the 16GB model and doesn't include costs associated with manufacturing, research and development, logistics or advertising. Unsurprisingly, the most expensive component in the new iPhone is its high-resolution "retina display," which runs about $28.50.
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Windows 8 leaked documents hint upcoming functionality
It's no secret Microsoft has already started working on a successor to Windows 7 -- a release often referred to as Windows 8. There have been some hints of a release in 2012, and all the usual marketing hype has been thrown around in scattered posts by employees, calling it 'revolutionary' and 'completely different' from past versions of the operating system. But for the most part details have been kept under a tightly closed lid.
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News around the web: Death by gadget
Death by Gadget @ NY Times
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Samsung Galaxy S to debut on all major U.S. carriers, Sprint's version gets WiMAX
Samsung is making sure you won't have to worry about switching wireless carriers to get your hands on its hot new Android handset, codenamed Galaxy S. The device is expected to debut on all major U.S. carriers sporting a high end feature set that includes a 4-inch AMOLED touch screen display, 1Ghz Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor, a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash and 720p video capture, 2GB of internal storage, Bluetooth, GPS and Wi-Fi.
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Singularity GPU & CPU Performance In-depth
New and exquisite looking computer games are always something that we are on the lookout for, so that we can provide you with an in-depth hardware performance review. Singularity is a new first person shooter that managed to fly well under our radar even though it was developed by veteran Raven Software and published by Activision.

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Risingware File Manager 3.0a
Risingware File Manager, a dual-panel and tabbed Windows Explorer replacement, is a hassle beater.
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WinAMP 5.582 Full
The legendary WinAMP media player can handle audio CDs, MP3 audio files, and streaming audio broadcasts.
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Opera 10.60.3443 Beta
Opera introduces the looks and the performance of an exceptional Web browser.
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Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4
Allows you to capture network traffic, view and analyze it.
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StudioLine Photo Basic 3.70.9.0
Quickly organize, edit and archive and to share your digital photos.
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IncrediMail 6.1.0 Build 4653
Make your email incredible.
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Trend Micro Pattern File for Windows 7.273.00
Trend Micro's latest compilation of patterns for virus identification.
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Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6 for Mac OS X
Perhaps the best Internet Explorer replacement you will ever find. Improve your browsing experience with Mozilla's open-source Firefox.
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K-Lite Codec Pack Update 6.1.0
This is a cumulative update for the latest version of the K-Lite (Mega) Codec Pack.
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K-Lite Codec Pack 64-bit 3.6.0
The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools.
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K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 6.1.0
K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools.
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K-Lite Codec Pack Full 6.1.0
The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools.
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K-Lite Codec Pack Standard 6.1.0
The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools.
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K-Lite Codec Pack Basic 6.1.0
The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools.
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Portable Firefox 3.6.6
Run Firefox from your removable/USB drive.
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MediaCoder 0.7.3.4685
Free universal audio/video batch transcoder.
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Blindwrite Suite 6.3.1.7
Extracts all the characteristics of your media to your harddrive to reproduce a working copy of your media.
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MediaCoder 0.7.3.4685 64-bit
Free universal audio/video batch transcoder.
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WYSIWYG Web Builder 7.0.1
Web Builder 2.x is a WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) program used to create web pages.
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ID3 renamer 3.2.1
Rename a large number of files in a directory accordingly to their ID3 description and a given "formula".
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save2pc 4.06
YouTube Downloader is a free tool that downloads videos from YouTube and saves it as Avi file to your local computer.
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Norton Virus Definitions 2003-07 June 28, 2010
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.
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AVG Internet Security 9.0.839a2960
Protection against all of the most serious Internet threats, including viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware, hackers and spam.
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Norton Virus Definitions 2008-10 June 28, 2010
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.
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McAfee SuperDAT Update 6027
Update your Mcafee based virus scanner.
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Butler 4.1.9 for Mac OS X
Butler's purpose is to make it easier for you to perform different — potentially recurring — tasks.
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Name Mangler (formerly File List) 2.2.1 for Mac OS X
If you need to rename several files at once, this is the application you have always been looking for.
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ASRock AOD790GX/128M Bios v 1.90
Driver Date: 6/28/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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ASRock Core 100HT-BD VGA Drvier v 2119
Driver Date: 6/28/2010 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7

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ASRock Core 100HT VGA Drvier v 2119
Driver Date: 6/28/2010 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7

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Asus P5G41-M LX2/GB Bios v 0501
Driver Date: 6/25/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Asus P5G41-M LX2/GB/LPT Bios v 0501
Driver Date: 6/25/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Asus P5G41T-M LX2/GB Bios v 0401
Driver Date: 6/25/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Asus P5G41T-M LX2/GB/LPT Bios v 0401
Driver Date: 6/25/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Asus U35JC Bios v 0206
Driver Date: 6/25/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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