Amazon takes first step towards its own Android App Store
While Android is growing rapidly in popularity, its App Market is notoriously messy with plenty of junky applications. Now Amazon is looking to take advantage of this by offering a its own version of an app store that, instead of using the same open-to-all approach as Google, follows Apple's curating... 
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AMD intros its fastest quad-core, new Phenom II X6
Following the launch of the first Fusion chips for netbooks and entry-level notebooks AMD has turned its attention to desktops. Unfortunately, it will be a while before we see the companys latest architecture in this space but at least theyve made a few additions to their current Phenom II line... Read More ...
Micron introduces C400 SSDs, first using 25nm process
Micron has announced a new line of solid-state drives that are the first to incorporate the company's 25nm NAND process. The RealSSD C400 drives, marketed under the Crucial brand, will be available in 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch form factors with capacities ranging from 64GB to 512GB. Like the RealSSD C300 before... Read More ...
Asus intros four tablets, Slider, Transformer, MeMO, Slate EP121
After releasing several teaser shots of its new tablets, Asus has properly greeted the devices with a press release. The company has announced four new slates that offer different feature sets depending on your needs: the Eee Pad Slider, Eee Pad Transformer, Eee Pad MeMO, and Eee Slate EP121. All... Read More ...
Sony experiments with searchable, clippable movies on iTunes
Major movie studio Sony Entertainment Pictures has started experimenting with new features on iTunes that allow users to search for specific words within a film's script, and select their favorite clips to share with their friends online. The features are being quietly tested in at least three movies, according to...
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Tuesday tech deals: Droid R2-D2 for $100 with Verizon plan
Motorola Droid R2-D2 Android 3G for Verizon for $100 + free shipping
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Samsung announces USB 3.0 external HDDs for consumers
Samsung has announced three new lines of consumer external HDDs: two portable and one for desktops. All of the new drives feature SuperSpeed USB 3.0, which provides data transfer rates of up to 5Gbps. The new external storage lines will be available at leading US retailers in April, with pricing...
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Lenovo's IdeaPad U1 Hybrid coming soon for $1,300
Lenovo's LePad/IdeaPad U1 was among the more interesting tablets revealed during last year's CES, and after a series of delays, the company is almost ready to launch the device. Set to ship sometime in the first quarter of 2011 for $520, the 10.1-inch LePad is a standalone slate that features... Read More ...
Toshiba intros sub-$400 15.6-inch Satellite C655D with Fusion
AMD's new Fusion APUs have appeared in a number of mobile systems over the last few weeks, but most have been netbook-sized machines. Toshiba's taking the path less traveled today, launching its full size 15.6-inch Satellite C655D notebook with AMD's 1.5GHz single-core E-240 APU. Yeah, yeah, before you knock the... Read More ...
Dell agrees to acquire SecureWorks
Dell has announced a definitive agreement to acquire SecureWorks, a provider of information-security services that include Managed-Security Services, Security and Risk Consulting Services, and Threat Intelligence. The acquisition is part of Dell's strategy to expand its portfolio of enterprise-class IT-as-a-Service solutions. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close...
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Motorola splits in two: Motorola Mobility Holdings and Motorola Solutions
Motorola is no longer a single entity on the New York Stock Exchange: the company's split became official today, over a year after the initial announcement. Motorola Mobility Holdings now handles the company's mobile and consumer products business (like cell phones) while Motorola Solutions oversees next-generation communications products for enterprise...
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Samsung develops DDR4 memory, up to 40% more efficient
Samsung Electronics has announced that it completed development of the industry's first DDR4 DRAM module last month, using 30nm class process technology, and provided 1.2V 2GB DDR4 unbuffered dual in-line memory modules (UDIMM) to a controller maker for testing. The new DDR4 DRAM module can achieve data transfer rates of... Read More ...
OnLive cloud-gaming comes to Vizio HDTVs, phones, tablets
It seems Vizio left out one juicy little detail yesterday in their round of pre-CES announcements: OnLive integration. Apparently the U.S. largest HDTV vendor has inked a deal with the cloud-based gaming company to integrate its service right into their products. And were not talking about just HDTVs here, but... Read More ...
BitTorrent and uTorrent hit 100 million monthly users
BitTorrent has announced that the BitTorrent Mainline client and Torrent have now crossed the 100 million monthly user milestone. On an average day, 20 million users from over 220 countries use either of the two BitTorrent clients, available in 52 languages, and 400,000 new clients are downloaded every day.
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Firefox passes Internet Explorer to become first in Europe
Mozilla's Firefox has overtaken Microsoft's Internet Explorer to become the most popular browser in Europe, according to web analytics firm StatCounter. This is the first time Microsoft's browser has lost its top spot in a major market. Read More ...
VIA announces Nano X2 dual-core processor
VIA is a household name when it comes to embedded systems but they rarely get the same level of attention outside this market as chip giants Intel and AMD. Nevertheless the company is ready to try its hand once again at chipping away some market share from the latter with... Read More ...
Ubisoft scales back 'always on' DRM for some titles
Ubisoft caught some serious flak from the gaming community last year over its controversial DRM scheme, which saw some of its titles requiring constant authentication with the companys servers in order to play them even in single player mode. Even more so gamers were up in arms when those... Read More ...
AMD's Fusion APUs kick off at CES 2011
After years of talks, demonstrations and endless delays AMD is delivering its Fusion Family of Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) at this years Consumer Electronics Show. Its been a long road since completing their $5.4 billion merger with ATI that promised to bring CPU and GPU together, and Intel even managed... Read More ...
Hacker releases PlayStation 3 root key
Hacker George Hotz, also known as GeoHot, has posted what he claims to be the PlayStation 3 root key, which is used for code signing games. GeoHot, who is known for helping crack the iPhone, has not only found the key, which groups have claimed in the past, but he...
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Leaked: images and video of the Nintendo 3DS
A handful of pictures of the Nintendo 3DS have leaked over on TGBUS. They show that the company has slightly tweaked the final hardware by flattening the Start, Home, and Select buttons to be flush with the device. Other than that, the device seems unchanged from earlier models shown... Read More ...
Reddit's traffic more than triples in 2010
Social news website Reddit has released some very interesting statistics for the year 2010. Most notably, the number of pageviews more than tripled from January 2010 to December 2010.
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Asus, PrimeSense intro Kinect-like controller for PC
Asus and PrimeSense, the Israeli firm behind the 3D sensing solution in Microsoft's Kinect, have partnered up to develop a motion controller for PC. The Asus-branded "Xtion" looks remarkably similar to the Xbox 360 add-on, and although it utilizes the same 3D sensing tech, it won't necessarily replace your keyboard... Read More ...
Boxee Box to receive Vudu, Netflix support this month
After a delayed arrival, the Boxee Box finally began shipping in early November -- albeit without support for today's go-to premium video streaming service, Netflix. While that's a pretty significant shortcoming, Boxee pledged to set things straight by adding Netflix and Vudu by the end of 2010. Unfortunately, the company... Read More ...
500,000 users give Wikipedia $16 million to keep ads away
On November 15, 2010, Wikipedia announced a fundraising goal of $16 million to help fund its operating budget of $20 million a year. For weeks, banner ads on the site asked users to donate and on January 1, 2011, the foundation announced the goal had been reached.
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Chrome takes 10% of the market, IE slips to 57%
Despite launching only two years ago, Google's Chrome now represents 9.98% of the total browser market share according to Net Applications' latest numbers. Further enforcing its lead on Safari and Opera, Chrome has nearly doubled in share since the start of 2010 when it held 5.22% of the market. By... Read More ...
Samsung sells 10 million Galaxy S smartphones
Samsung has announced that it has sold more than 10 million Galaxy S smartphone handsets since the series' launch in June 2010, according to Samsung Hub. The company thus sold about 1.4 million devices per month or about 40,000 units per day. 2 million units were sold in South Korea,...
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Rumor: Windows 8 Milestone 2 has been compiled
Windows 8 may have already passed Milestone 2, according to the Russian forum Winreview. Microsoft is thus currently working on Windows 8 Milestone 3, which will likely be compiled in the next few months. For those following the build numbers, builds 78XX are reportedly under the Windows 8 Milestone 1...
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Spybot Search and Destroy Detection Update January 5, 2011
This updates the detection rules for Spybot Search and Destroy.
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BSPlayer 2.57.1051
Player with high quality playback, support for wide range of media files and it is low in CPU and memory consumption.
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Google Chrome 8.0.552.224 for Mac OS X
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Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 9.2.0.1021
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Passmark PerformanceTest 7.0 Build 1020
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Free Window Registry Repair 2.5
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System Explorer 2.6.2
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Maxthon 3.0.19.3000
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McAfee SuperDAT Update 6216
Update your Mcafee based virus scanner.
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Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool 01.05.2011
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Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 01/05/2011 64-bit
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.
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AVG Anti-Virus Updates January 5, 2011
Keep your AVG Anti-Virus updated.
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Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 01/05/2011
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.
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avast! Virus Definitions January 5, 2011
Protect your system and valuable data against computer viruses.
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus Update January 5, 2011
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AVIRA Antivirus Desktop Update Package 01/05/11
Update AVIRA Desktop for Windows with latest virus definitions and scan engine.
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Bitdefender Virus Definitions January 5, 2011
Keep your Bitdefender Anti-Virus updated.
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F-Secure Virus Definitions January 5, 2011
Keep your F-Secure products updated.
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Trend Micro Pattern File for Windows 7.747.00
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Ad-aware 2008 Definitions File 01/05/11
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SUPERAntiSpyware Database Update 01/05/11
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IObit Security 360 Offline Database Update January 5, 2011
Update IObit Security 360 offline.
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Google Chrome 9.0.597.42 Beta for Mac OS X
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.
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WinRAR 4.0 Beta 4
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Trend Micro RootkitBuster 3.60.1016
Offers ability to scan for hidden files, registry entries, processes, drivers and hooked system service.
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Magic Music Editor 8.12.2.11
Record audio files, edit it, mix it with other audio parts, and add effects.
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Digital Audio Editor 7.6.0.245
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G-Lock Email Processor 2.0
Automatically extract data, process/parse incoming, bounced, unsubscribe emails.
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Advanced Encryption Package Professional 5.45
Military grade encryption, shredding and ability to work with .zip archives.
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CryptoExpert Professional 7.13
Real-time on-the-fly hard disk encryption system.
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Realtek HD ALC 880 Audio CODECs v R2.56 for Windows 2000/XP (32/64 bits)
Driver Date: 1/4/2011 OS Support: Windows 2000/XP
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Driver Date: 1/4/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7
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