Wednesday, August 4, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 04/08/2010


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Samsung announces new three platter 2TB EcoGreen HDD
Samsung has announced what it claims to be the "world's highest-density, environmentally friendly" 3.5-inch desktop hard drive. The EcoGreen F4EG has three 667GB disks for a total storage of 2TB -- a capacity that previously required four 500GB platters. The company says that this translates to a 19% performance boost in standby mode and 23% less power consumed in standby than its four-disk predecessor, the F3EG.
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Android continues to outsell iPhone in second quarter
Some fresh stats on the mobile market are now available courtesy of researchers Canalys and Nielsen, whose figures show that Android devices have continued to outsell those from Apple. Google's mobile operating system grew 886% worldwide on-year, accounting for 34% of smartphone sales in the US during the second quarter of 2010, which compares to the iPhone's 21%.
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Digital Storm offers Nvidia's 3D Vision Surround with desktops
If you're among the few gamers embracing 3D entertainment, you should know that Digital Storm is offering Nvidia's 3D Vision Surround with its desktop machines. When purchasing a gaming rig, you now have the option to include an Nvidia 3D Vision kit with various 3D displays, including tri-monitor setups for 5760x1080 visuals.
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Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac priced, coming in October
Microsoft has revealed launch details about its upcoming build of Office for Mac. Two editions of the updated productivity suite will hit stores in 13 languages come October. Home and Student will cost $119 for a single license or $149 for a family pack that supports three installations on different machines, while Home and Business will run $199 for one copy or $279 for two. That's between 20% and 50% less than Office 2008's $149.95 and $399.95 price tags.
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Microsoft rushes out patch for critical shortcut flaw
Microsoft has issued an out-of-band patch today to address rising attacks against a critical Windows vulnerability discovered last month. The flaw in question involves the code that processes shortcut files ending in ".lnk" and allows malicious users to embed commands in shortcuts that are executed when the file is run. Making matters worse, every version of Windows is vulnerable and being used to spread a particularly nasty virus dubbed Sality.
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WiMAX spreads in Delaware, California, Florida and Michigan
Continuing the gradual deployment of their 4G network, Clearwire and Sprint have announced the availability of WiMAX in parts of Delaware, California, Florida and Michigan. More than 240,000 residents of the Wilmington, Delaware region are now covered by the network, which spans 48 US metropolitan markets. Clearwire has also expanded to include over a million people in Stockton and Modesto, California, as well as 214,000 consumers in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and 886,000 folks living around Jacksonville, Florida.
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U.S. carriers to trial 'pay-by-smartphone' system
AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile, three of the larger U.S. mobile carriers are teaming up on a new payment system aimed at displacing credit and debit cards with smartphones and near-field communication (NFC) technology. The service is similar to those already available in Japan, Turkey and the U.K., where consumers can pay with the contactless wave of their phones near a NFC chip reader rather than by swiping a magnetic card.
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Browser-based iPhone 4 jailbreak goes live
Just days after the U.S. Copyright Office made cell phone jailbreaking legal, the folks over at iPhone Dev Team have made it easy for the average user to set their Apple smartphones free and install apps that aren't available through the iTunes-based App Store. The hack is accessible to anyone through the website JailbreakMe.com, via the Mobile Safari browser, and can be used with an iPod touch or iPhone 4, 3GS and 3G running iOS 4 and 4.0.1.
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TCPView 3.02
Shows detailed listings of all TCP and UDP endpoints on your system.
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IObit Smart Defrag 1.50
Same quality and features as paid defragmenter, no cost forever.
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VLC Media Player Portable 1.1.2
Highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats.
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XYplorer 9.40
Multi-tabbed dual pane file manager for Windows, featuring a powerful file search, a versatile preview, and a highly customizable interface.
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Defraggler 1.21
Piriform, the company that brought you CCleaner and Recuva, now brings you a file defragmentation tool.
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Advanced Encryption Package Professional 5.3.10
Military grade encryption, shredding and ability to work with .zip archives.
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Algolab Raster to Vector Conversion Toolkit 2.97.67
Vectorizer and vector graphics enhancement software. Creates fine lines.
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Trojan Remover 6.8.2.2596
Trojan Remover was written to aid in the removal of Trojan Horses and Internet Worms.
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Avant Browser 2010 Build 105
Avant Browser, is an upgrade to Internet Explorer.
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Wise Registry Cleaner 5.51
Wise Registry Cleaner is one of the safest Registry cleaning tools available in the market today.
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Opera 10.61 Build 3476 Beta
Opera introduces the looks and the performance of an exceptional Web browser.
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AVG Anti-Virus Updates August 3, 2010
Keep your AVG Anti-Virus updated.
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AVIRA Antivirus Desktop Update Package August 3, 2010
Update AVIRA Desktop for Windows with latest virus definitions and scan engine.
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Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 1.87.1076.0
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.
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Trend Micro Pattern File for Windows 7.359.00
Trend Micro's latest compilation of patterns for virus identification.
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Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 1.87.1076.0 64-bit
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.
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Ad-aware 2008 Definitions File 0149.0357
Manually update Ad-aware 2007 with the latest definitions file.
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EZ 7z 1.852 for Mac OS X
Free application that offers an easier way of using the command line archiver, p7zip.
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BurnAware Free 3.02
BurnAware allows you to easily perform the most common disc burning operations.
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FileZilla 3.3.4 RC1
FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features.
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Download Accelerator Plus 9.4.1.1
Optimize your download performance, and recover interrupted downloads.
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BeFaster Lite 4.1
BeFaster Lite is a multi-featured multi-language connection optimization tool...
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ID3 renamer 4.0
Rename a large number of files in a directory accordingly to their ID3 description and a given "formula".
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Drive Health 2.5.194
Drive Health is a Windows program that helps you to estimate your hard disks Life Resource.
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Slim Browser 5.0.060
Tabbed multiple-site browser with built-in popup killer, skinned window frame, form filler, etc.
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BeFaster 4.1
BeFaster is a multi-featured multi-language connection optimization tool...
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Panda Internet Security 2010 16.0
Enjoy truly global security with the new Panda Internet Security 2008.
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AnyReader 3.4
Read data from scratched CD/DVDs, unreliable LAN(Wi-Fi), damaged flash disks.
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Fresh UI 8.61
Configure and optimize Windows XP / 2000 / NT / 98 / 95 / Me.
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McAfee AVERT Stinger 10.0.1.982
Detect and remove specific viruses.
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Asus P7H55-M/BR Bios v 0405
Driver Date: 7/30/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Asus P7Q57-M DO Bios v 1001
Driver Date: 7/30/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Asus P7F-M WS SATA Driver v 001
Driver Date: 7/30/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Asus P5QL-I/SI Bios v 0408
Driver Date: 7/30/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Asus P5KPL-AM IN/ROEM/SI Bios v 0508
Driver Date: 7/30/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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