Wednesday, October 27, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 27/10/2010


WD TV Live Hub melds media player with networked hard drive
Many are surprised to learn that Western Digital's TV HD media player doesn't incorporate a hard drive. Neither do any of the subsequent media players the company has produced in the nearly two years since the TV HD's official unveiling. Well, until today, that is. The new...
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Tuesday Shortbread
Eight is Enough Microsoft's outgoing Chief Software Architect on the 'post-PC world' TechFlash reports Google leads charge to dismiss Paul Allen's 'scattershot' lawsuit and Google admits they collected e-mails, passwords TC Magazine: Intel starts reporting tech news on new site DigiTimes: Microsoft to charge royalty fees to...
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JPR: Nvidia reclaimed some market share last quarter
The folks at Jon Peddie Research have compiled some graphics hardware shipment figures for the third quarter, and their numbers suggest Nvidia has reclaimed some market share from AMD. At the same time, Intel saw its piece of the pie grow about two points:
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Firefox extension makes session hijacking easy
You might want to think twice about logging into your Facebook account or Tweeting the next time you're on a public Wi-Fi hotspot. As TechCrunch reports, a new Firefox extension called Firesheep is causing quite a stir. It allows basically anyone to harvest other users' log-in information with a...
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Modders cash in on Team Fortress 2 item sales
Team Fortress 2 modders are getting paid—and by Valve, no less. Last month, the Mann Co. Store opened its virtual doors and began selling items in Team Fortress 2 that gamers could purchase with real money. Initially, the store only carried weapon kits and hats otherwise attainable by...
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Notion Ink teases 15-hour battery life for Adam slate
My interest in Notion Ink's Adam tablet continues to grow. Although I wouldn't call this one an iPad killer just yet, there's a lot to like about the device, including a transreflective Pixel Qi display that's viewable in direct sunlight and a Tegra 2 system-on-chip equipped to accelerate HD...
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GeForce 260.99 drivers boost performance, add profiles
Hot on the heels of AMD's new Catalyst 10.10 release, Nvidia has served up a fresh platter of graphics drivers for its GeForce and Ion graphics processors. The new drivers, available as always from Nvidia's download page in both desktop and notebook flavors, purportedly boost performance in several titles...
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