Saturday, December 11, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 10/12/2010

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Lian Li intros $500 Tyr PC-X500FX mid-tower chassis
Lian Li has updated its Tyr PC-X500 premium-grade chassis to include various features that reviewers and fans requested when the product launched back in 2008. Answering criticism, the company has added a side panel window to show off the PC-X500FX's all-black interior paint job.

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Rumor: Windows 8 to have two user interfaces
The latest rumors around Windows 8 have been posted by Windows 8 Italia, which explicitly says that the information is "unofficial and not confirmed" so we're definitely putting this one in the rumor box. Nevertheless, it's fun to look at what Microsoft may be considering for the successor to Windows...

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Iomega eGo 1TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive Review
Several technology companies throughout history have been defined by a single product. Microsoft gained worldwide notoriety with Windows 95, Intel's Pentium processor boosted the company to new heights and many would argue that the iPod saved Apple from an untimely fate. For storage company Iomega, their claim to fame came...

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Lenovo announces new Sandy Bridge notebooks, desktop
Lenovo has announced two new notebooks and one new desktop that use Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge processors. The 14-inch IdeaPad Y460p and 15.6-inch Y560p laptops are based on Intel's Huron River platform and come with up to a Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 750GB hard drive alongside...

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Notion Ink preparing for Adam preorders, pricing starts at $375
Notion Ink has announced that it's ready to open preorders for the anticipated Adam tablet. The company said it would kick off sales by emailing preorder links to members of its blog on December 10 at midnight IST, six hours ahead of public availability, but there appears to be some...

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Microsoft tried to buy Facebook outright for $15 billion
A few years back, Microsoft wanted to buy Facebook for $15 billion. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was really interested, but apparently Facebook CEO mark Zuckerberg said no and the acquisition never happened.

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Spotify won't launch in the US this year, will cost $10 per month
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek originally expected to launch his music service in the US before the end of 2010. Even one of the company's investors, Napster co-founder Sean Parker, expected a launch in time for this holiday season. That's no longer the case, but Ek maintains that the service will...

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Google now activating 300,000 Android phones daily
Andy Rubin, Android's co-founder and now vice president of engineering at Google, has revealed a new milestone for the operating system. "There are over 300,000 Android phones activated each day," Rubin said via his Twitter account.

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YouTube removing 15 minute upload length, for some
YouTube videos are about to get longer. The company says it is lifting the 15-minute limit on uploaded videos, beginning with a subset of users. These individuals have never violated copyright rules and have followed YouTube's community guidelines. Some content owners that partner with YouTube have already been able to...

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New BitTorrent client offers truly decentralized P2P
While BitTorrent is the most popular P2P protocol, it still relies on several centralized points for users to find the files they are looking. There have been several attempts at making BitTorrent more decentralized, and the latest Tribler 5.3 client is the first to offer the BitTorrent experience without requiring...

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Single software license shared 770,000 times
Avast Software has discovered that one multi-user license for its Pro Antivirus was at one point being used by 774,651 individuals in over 200 countries. It started as a 14-user license for a small firm in Tucson, Arizona issued on June 30, 2009 but grew exponentially in use by late...

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Iomega eGo 1TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive Review


We'll be taking a look at the eGo 1TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive, one of the latest additions to Iomega's portable storage line.

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CCEnhancer 2.2 Beta
Adds support for over 270 new programs into the popular program CCleaner.

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Tribler 5.3.1
Tribler is an open source BitTorrent-based p2p client that lets you find and share content like video, audio and pictures.

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System Explorer 2.4.1
System Explorer is free, awards winning software for exploration and management of System Internals.

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EverNote 4.0.1.33365
EverNote is a free note-taking application.

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Google Chrome 10.0.603.3 Dev for Windows
This version is intended for only for developers and early testers.

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WindowBlinds 7.2
Make Windows skinnable with WindowBlinds.

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AoA DVD Ripper 5.3.3
AoA DVD Ripper is a DVD copy software.

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WinAVI Video Converter 10.5.1
All-in-one solution for video file converting and burning.

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SeaMonkey 2.0.11
Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple.

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GoodSync 8.5.0.5
GoodSync is an easy and reliable file backup and file synchronization software

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Portable Firefox 3.6.13
Run Firefox from your removable/USB drive.

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Privatefirewall 7.0.22.6
Eliminates unauthorized access to your PC at home, the office, or on the road.

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SizzlingKeys 4.1 for Mac OS X
SizzlingKeys lets you control iTunes without leaving your current application.

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