Wednesday, September 15, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 14/09/2010


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Survey: 40m US gamers play on iOS devices, 41m on DS
Market research outfit Newzoo has released the highlights (PDF) of its International Gamers Survey 2010, showing that 40.1 million people in the US play games on Apple's iOS devices (iPods, iPhones and iPads). That's more than half of the 77 million mobile gaming audience in the US. Only the Nintendo DS has a larger following with 41 million gamers ages 10 and up. Both are well ahead of the PSP's 18 million.
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Smartphones and tablets boost TFT shipments by 28%
The TFT display business is booming according to iSuppli. The researcher says that, with smartphone and tablet demand surging, the global market for small and medium-sized Thin Film Transistor panels will expand at its quickest rate in years. Sales are expected to total some 2.3 billion units, increasing by 28.1% year-over-year in 2010 -- the fastest since 2007, when shipments soared by 49.8%.
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Clearwire begins rolling out WiMAX in New York City
Clearwire's 4G WiMAX network has made its way to the Big Apple -- albeit in a limited capacity. The rollout is nearing completion and the company said it has begun "operational readiness activities" in New York City, as well as Los Angeles and San Francisco. As part of that process, Clear is mailing offers to NYC residents who asked to be updated on the service.
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Boxee Box drops Tegra 2 for Atom, preorders open
In a last minute decision, Boxee has decided to power its upcoming set-top device with an Intel chip instead of Nvidia's second-generation Tegra SoC. Apparently, the Tegra 2 just couldn't cut it in the lab. "The major problem we had with the Tegra 2 was support for high-profile HD playback," Boxee said. Clarifying further that, while the Tegra 2 is fine for VC-1, it can't handle H.264 -- a widely used codec among video streaming sites.
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Intel's Sandy Bridge processors slated for early 2011
Intel has announced that codename Sandy Bridge will be branded as the second generation of the company's Core processors (as rumored) and will be hitting the market in early 2011 for both desktops and laptops. As with today's chips, only the dual-core chips will be efficient enough for light notebooks; quad-core chips will still be reserved for desktop replacement portables.
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YouTube starts testing live streaming
Finally confirming rumors of giving live video streaming a go, YouTube will be running a test with four partner sites today and tomorrow. The new platform will integrate live streaming directly into YouTube channels, offering a "Live Comments" module for users to communicate with the broadcaster. Broadcasters will simply require either a webcam or external USB/FireWire camera. The four partner sites in the initial test are as follows: Howcast, Next New Networks, Rocketboom, and Young Hollywood.
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News around the web: Facebook users have low self-esteem
Facebook users have low self-esteem @ The Times of India
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Microsoft pairs up with the Gorillaz to launch IE9
Microsoft is teaming up with the virtual animated band Gorillaz for the launch of Internet Explorer 9 beta later this week. In an invite sent to the media, Microsoft hinted at the collaboration with the Gorillaz. "Join us for the unveiling and celebration of Internet Explorer 9 beta where one of the world's most innovative animated bands will be showcasing Internet Explorer 9."
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SiSoftware Sandra Lite 2010 SP3 16.67
All around tool, benchmarking, system diagnostic and analyser.
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HWiNFO32 3.60
A powerful system information tool for Windows.
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uTorrent 2.2.21882 (utorrent) Beta
uTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint.
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Power Audio Editor 7.4.3.215
Record music or voice, edit with a set of effects, mix it with other audio parts
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Freebie Notes 3.39
Great little program for users who just want sticky notes with an alarm timer.
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Power Notes 3.51
Power Notes is a desktop notes organizer, reminder and scheduler for Windows.
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DreamMail 4.6.8.1
DreamMail is one of the best email client software.
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Windows 7 Manager 1.2.9
A powerful software tool to tweak, optimize, maintain and tune up your Windows 7, it bundles more than 30 different utilities in one.
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Dynamic Notes 3.51
Dynamic Notes is a multi-featured scheduler, reminder, organizer for Windows.
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Windows 7 Manager 1.2.9 64-bit
A powerful software tool to tweak, optimize, maintain and tune up your Windows 7, it bundles more than 30 different utilities in one.
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Avant Browser 2010 Build 120
Avant Browser, is an upgrade to Internet Explorer.
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WYSIWYG Web Builder 7.2.0
Web Builder 2.x is a WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) program used to create web pages.
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cFosSpeed 6.00.1700
Internet-Accelerator + Traffic Shaping + ping optimizer + packet prioritization
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ConvertXtoDVD 4.1.1.336
Convert and burn your videos to DVD
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cFosSpeed 6.00.1700 64-bit
Internet-Accelerator + Traffic Shaping + ping optimizer + packet prioritization
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doPDF 7.1.344
doPDF is a free PDF converter for both personal and commercial use.
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Norton Virus Definitions 2003-07 September 13, 2010
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus Update September 13, 2010
Virus definitions for Kaspersky Anti-Virus.
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Norton Virus Definitions 2008-10 September 13, 2010
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.
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ID3 renamer 4.0.7
Rename a large number of files in a directory accordingly to their ID3 description and a given "formula".
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BWMeter 5.2.6
Powerful bandwidth meter, monitor and traffic controller, which measures, displays and controls all traffic.
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Reaper 3.68
Record, edit, render and arrange multi-track waveform audio.
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AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 7.3.12.3
Allows internet users to communicate via private, personalized text messages.
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RemoveIT Pro XT - SE 13.09.2010
Remove many viruses that other popular antivirus software cannot discover.
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VideoCacheView 1.77
Extract Web site video files from the cache of your Web browser.
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LastPass 1.69.13
Online password manager and form filler.
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RemoveIT Pro v7 Enterprise 13.09.2010
Locates & Removes many new dangerous files that other popular AV programs do not find.
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LastPass 1.69.13 64-bit
Online password manager and form filler.
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RemoveIT Pro v7 Ultra 13.09.2010
Locates & Removes many new dangerous files that other popular AV programs do not find.
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Aloaha PDF Suite 3.9.295
Create vector based, high resolution PDF Documents.
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Microsoft IntelliPoint Mouse Software v 8.0.225.0 for Windows 32-bit
Driver Date: 9/13/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Microsoft IntelliPoint Mouse Software v 8.0.225.0 for Windows 64-bit
Driver Date: 9/13/2010 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7

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Microsoft IntelliType Pro Keyboard Software v 8.0.225.0 for Windows 32-bit
Driver Date: 9/13/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Microsoft IntelliType Pro Keyboard Software v 8.0.225.0 for Windows 64-bit
Driver Date: 9/13/2010 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7

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Asus P7P55D-E PRO Bios v 1302
Driver Date: 9/10/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Asus M4N78 SE Bios v 1401
Driver Date: 9/10/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Asus P7P55D-E/HF Bios v 0305
Driver Date: 9/10/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Asus S1-AT5NM10E Bios v 0306
Driver Date: 9/10/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Asus Crosslink Driver v 0910
Driver Date: 9/10/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Samsung SH-B123A Firmware v SB01
Driver Date: 9/10/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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Samsung SH-B123L Firmware v SB02
Driver Date: 9/10/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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JetWay BI-520DL Bios v A05[AWD]
Driver Date: 9/9/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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JetWay BI-520DL Bios v A05[AMI]
Driver Date: 9/9/2010 OS Support: MS-DOS

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