WOF: How much time do you spend playing games?
Weekend Open Forum Microsoft recently revealed that over 25 million gamers spend more than 1 billion hours on Xbox Live each month playing games, watching videos, and listening to music.
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Russian-Armenian botnet master made $140,000 a month
Georg Avanesov amassed a tiny fortune, allegedly running a network of hacked computers around the world, typically referred to as a botnet. The computers were infected with Bredolab, malware responsible for sending spam, conducting attacks on websites, and enabling other cybercriminals to steal money from online bank accounts.
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Redbox to launch video streaming service in 2011
As reported in July, Redbox has announced plans to partner with an undetermined company to compete alongside established rivals like Netflix in the video streaming business. Although no deals have been inked just yet, Coinstar CEO Paul Davis said Redbox is in "detailed negotiations with a number of highly interested...
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MSI announces FX600MX multimedia notebook
MSI has continued to bombard the market with multimedia notebooks, adding another machine to its F series. The FX600MX sports a 15.6-inch LED-backlit screen with a default resolution of 1366x768, which is upgradeable to 1920x1080 -- something media buffs will surely appreciate. It's powered by an Intel Core i5 processor...
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Weekend game deals: Halloween madness
Who knew game dealers were so festive? Just about every major digital distributor is celebrating Halloween by knocking as much as 75% off select titles. Valve has reduced a handful of its most popular games by 50%, including Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2 and Team Fortress 2, and...
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Download of the Week: PC Decrapifier
For years, computer makers have managed to pull in a few extra bucks of profit out of each sale by bundling all sorts of third-party software with their machines. Commonly referred to as bloatware or crapware, these programs include everything from 30-day anti-virus trials, to needlessly complicated media applications and...
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Asus lays out tablet plans with Android, ARM, Windows, Intel
Many upcoming Asustek tablets have already been hinted, leaked, or even revealed at trade shows. That being said, Asustek president Jerry Shen has revealed some of the launch details to Digitimes. Starting this December, Asus will begin officially announcing tablets in 7", 9", 10", and 12" form factors. In short,...
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Intel, Samsung, Toshiba together aim for 10nm chips by 2016
Intel, Samsung, and Toshiba are joining forces and pooling R&D efforts to build 10 nanometer semiconductor chips by 2016, according to Reuters. The three have joined a consortium to work towards the goal. The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is expected to provide 50 percent for the initiative,...
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YouTube passes 1 billion subscription milestone
YouTube not only gets 2 billion video views per day as one of the biggest video sites in the world, but now it has announced that it crossed the 1 billion subscription mark. In other words, YouTube is now sending more than 1 billion notification e-mails every week. The yellow...
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Apple passes RIM, now fourth biggest cell phone maker
The worldwide mobile phone market grew 14.6 percent in the third quarter of 2010, the fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth, according to IDC. Vendors shipped 340.5 million units this past quarter compared to 297.1 million units in the third quarter of 2009.
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Researchers working on 10x more efficient cellphone batteries
The cole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne, in Switzerland, is working on making gadgets 10 times more efficient when in use, and almost eliminating energy consumption when idle. The project is called Steeper, after the novel transistors it is focusing on, which get their name because of the abrupt change they...
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Leaked: Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 specs and images
One Chinese website has posted a purported spec sheet for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 and another Chinese website has posted two images of the graphics card. Have the Chinese essentially leaked Nvidia's latest and greatest? The card should be announced next month, but we likely won't see it till February 2011.
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OCZ launches new version of PCIe SSD, RevoDrive X2
Back in June we covered OCZ's unveiling of the RevoDrive, a PCI-Express SSD aimed at high-performance setups. Designed to eliminate the traditional SATA connection bottleneck and take advantage of the PCIe interface's higher transfer rates, the drive was capable of writing 540MB/sec with 75,000 IOPS. Now just four months later...
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TechSpot's Laptop Buying Guide: Q4/2010
When shopping for a new laptop it's important to know beforehand how you plan to use it. Whether you want a multimedia or gaming powerhouse that will only move from your desk occasionally, or something that hits the sweet spot between performance and portability, there are plenty of good options...
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Adobe shows off Flash to HTML5 conversion tool
Not only has Adobe released its own HTML5 video player, added HTML5 export tools to Adobe Illustrator and Dreamweaver CS5, but the company has now showed of a tool (codenamed Wallaby) that converts Flash animations to HTML5. The company only showed off a demo, so it's not scheduled for release...
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Microsoft: buy Windows 7, get a free portable 500GB HDD
While browsing around on Microsoft.com we stumbled on a deal posted on the Microsoft Store. If you buy a copy of Windows 7 Professional Upgrade, which costs $200, Microsoft will throw in a portable black Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB hard drive. For those interested, the dimensions are 3.15 x 5.12...
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Microsoft announces record $16.2 billion revenue
Microsoft has posted a record high $16.2 billion revenue with a profit of $5.41 billion for its fiscal 2011 first quarter ending September 30. That's an increase of 25% from the same period last year. "This was an exceptional quarter, combining solid enterprise growth and continued strong consumer demand for...
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2K Games apologizes, BioShock 2 DLC coming to PC after all
Earlier this month, 2K Games announced that BioShock 2's downloadable content wouldn't launch on PC, citing "timing and technical issues." Naturally, that threw PC gamers into a fit of rage, because both The Protector Trails and Minerva's Den DLC are available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It seems...
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Exchange any DVD for discounted Blu-ray movies, TV shows
Last year, Warner launched an initiative dubbed DVD2Blu that allowed customers to trade select DVD titles for Blu-ray versions. The studio charged $7.95 to $9.95 per exchange, and while that was generally cheaper than retail, the program was limited to Warner's own films. Broadening its reach, the company has recently...
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Google: Android acquisition was "best deal ever"
Google bought Android back in 2005 for an undisclosed sum (estimated to be around $50 million). Now, five years later, Google's vice president of corporate development, David Lawee, told attendees at the Stanford Accel Symposium this week that the acquisition was the company's "best deal ever," according to VentureBeat. Most...
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Researchers: 1Tbps Ethernet by 2015, 100Tbps by 2020
Last week, researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, announced the Terabit Optical Ethernet Center (TOEC), which will work on making the Internet a thousand times faster than it is today. TOEC's researchers are designing an optical fiber that would enable the next generation Ethernet, allowing it to handle...
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China steals supercomputer title from the US
China has built the world's fastest supercomputer, stealing the crown from the United States, according to the New York Times. The National University of Defense Technology's Tianhe-1A PC has 14,336 processors from Intel and over 7,168 M2050 graphics cards from Nvidia ($2,500 each). This gives it a horsepower equivalent of...
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Latest in Notebooks: Fourth Quarter 2010
When shopping for a new laptop it's important to know beforehand how you plan to use it. Whether you want a multimedia or gaming powerhouse that will only move from your desk occasionally, or something that hits the sweet spot between performance and portability, there are plenty of good options if you know what to look for.
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Bit Comet 2010.10.29 Beta
The latest beta for this powerful C++ BitTorrent Client.
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CCEnhancer 1.4.3
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Anti Trojan Elite 5.2.0
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AudioGrail 6.18.0.167
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SeaMonkey 2.0.10
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Microsoft Office 2010 Trial Extender 1.0.0.3
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Mp3tag 2.46d Beta
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AnyDVD & AnyDVD HD 6.7.1.7 Beta
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Miranda IM 0.9.9
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Fresh View 8.06
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Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.
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Protect your system and valuable data against computer viruses.
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Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.
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CCEnhancer 1.5 Beta
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MediaCoder 0.7.5.4762 64-bit
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MediaCoder 0.7.5.4762
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Wise Registry Cleaner 5.85
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Norton 360 5.0 Beta
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus Update October 29, 2010
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Bitdefender Virus Definitions October 29, 2010
Keep your Bitdefender Anti-Virus updated.
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AVG Anti-Virus Updates October 29, 2010
Keep your AVG Anti-Virus updated.
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Trend Micro Pattern File for Windows 7.577.00
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Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 1.93.695.0 64-bit
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SUPERAntiSpyware Database Update 10/29/10
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Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 1.93.695.0
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.
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Skype 2.8.0.863 for Mac OS X
The whole world can talk for free with this p2p telephony software.
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Asus GamerOSD v 3.07.0419
Driver Date: 10/29/2010 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7
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ASRock 890FX Deluxe4 Bios v 1.20
Driver Date: 10/29/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7
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Samsung SE-S084D Firmware v TS01
Driver Date: 10/29/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7
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Nvidia Quadro Graphics Driver v 259.81 for Windows Vista/7 32-bit
Driver Date: 10/28/2010 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7
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Nvidia Quadro Graphics Driver v 259.81 for Windows Vista/7 64-bit
Driver Date: 10/28/2010 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7
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Nvidia Quadro Graphics Driver v 259.81 for Windows XP 32-bit
Driver Date: 10/28/2010 OS Support: Windows XP
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Driver Date: 10/27/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7
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Asus U41JF Bios v 203
Driver Date: 10/27/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7
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Asus N53JL Bios v 205
Driver Date: 10/27/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7
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Driver Date: 10/27/2010 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7
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