Thursday, February 3, 2011

IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 02/02/2011



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Microsoft offers H.264 plug-in for Google Chrome too
Microsoft has released a Windows Media Player HTML5 Extension for Chrome so as to enable H.264-encoded video on HTML5 by using built-in capabilities available on Windows 7. As you may recall, less than two months ago, Microsoft released the HTML5 Extension for Windows Media Player Firefox Plug-in with the same...

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Egyptian government restores Internet after five-day blackout
Egyptian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) returned to the Internet at 11:29am Cairo time, readvertising routes to their domestic customer networks in the global routing table. Noor Group, the last ISP to disconnect its users from the Web, was the last to return online with a full complement of prefixes as...

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Dell Streak 7 now available for $200 on contract, $450 without
T-Mobile announced two days ago that the Dell Streak 7 would be available on February 2, 2011 (today). The tablet will cost you $200 if you sign a two-year contract and send in a $50 mail-in rebate. If you want to avoid the contract completely, you'll have to shell out $450.

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OnLive's PlayPack subscription service moves out of beta
It took a couple of weeks more than originally expected but OnLive's all-you-can-eat PlayPack plan has just moved out of beta and is now available to anyone for a monthly fee of $10. The pioneer of on-demand instant-play video games first announced the move in December and is hoping to...

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T-Mobile details upcoming Samsung Galaxy S 4G, LG G-Slate
T-Mobile offered up some fresh details about two upcoming flagship devices that will run on its HSPA+ network: a 4G version of Samsung's Galaxy S smartphone and LG's G-Slate Android tablet. The first is an update to the Vibrant, with the most notable addition being the front-facing camera and a...

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Minimum PC system requirements revealed for Crysis 2
Crytek has revealed the minimum PC system requirements for their highly anticipated shooter Crysis 2. The original title managed to score highly with critics, but was notorious for the steep hardware requirements needed to run the game at acceptable frame rates. Many gamers stayed away from it for this reason...

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Google catches Bing copying search results
Search Engine Land has published an article detailing a "sting operation" that has led Google to accuse Bing of cheating on its search results. As the story goes, last year Google noticed that its competitor was showing very similar top results for misspelled searches. Suspecting shenanigans, the search giant manually...

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iPad market share falls to 75.3 percent due to Android
In Q4 2010, Apple's tablet captured 75.3 percent of worldwide market share. Android-based devices grabbed 21.6 percent share, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics. Windows and other platforms made up the rest.

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Google using YouTube to highlight Egyptian protest footage
YouTube has been highlighting Egyptian protest footage for days, but Google has now outlined the ways it is making sure the world knows what's going on in the unstable country. In addition to developing a "speak-to-tweet" service that lets anyone send messages over Twitter without an Internet connection, the search...

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Steam beta gets integrated screenshots, better voice quality
Valve has released a beta version of its Steam client with several new features and bug fixes. To opt into the beta, launch your Steam client, open the File/Steam tab on the top left > Settings > Change > select Beta Update in the drop down box and restart your software.

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Google Art Project: Street View for museums, great works of art
Google has announced Google Art Project, a new tool which makes more than 1,000 works of art more accessible. The company used technologies like Picasa and App Engine to make the project possible, and also built a new technology that would enable Street View to go indoors.

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Tuesday tech deals: 15.5" Sony VAIO with Core i3 for $550
Sony VAIO Core i3 Dual 2.53GHz 15.5" notebook for $550 + free shipping

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Netgear CEO regrets Steve Jobs comment, not Apple attack
Netgear chairman and CEO Patrick Lo recently slammed Apple CEO Steve Jobs for his business practices, saying that the company would have to open its platform to compete with Google in the mobile space. Lo has since apologized for one of the comments he made, but he says he is...

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GeoHot to challenge Sony's TRO in PS3 hacking lawsuit
Stewart Kellar, the lawyer representing George Hotz, also known as GeoHot, said he would challenge San Francisco District Court Judge Susan Illston's court order for his client to hand over his computers to Sony next week. The Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) was given to stop GeoHot from putting information on...

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Worldwide mobile data traffic nearly tripled in 2010
Cisco has released a new report, titled Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 20102015 (PDF), that explains what happened in mobile traffic during 2010 and tries to predict what will happen in 2015. Cisco is the largest provider of computer networking gear, so the company has...

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AVIRA Antivirus Desktop Update Package 02/02/11
Update AVIRA Desktop for Windows with latest virus definitions and scan engine.

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RemoveIT Pro v7 Enterprise 02.02.2011
Locates & Removes many new dangerous files that other popular AV programs do not find.

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Trend Micro Pattern File for Windows 7.807.00
Trend Micro's latest compilation of patterns for virus identification.

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RemoveIT Pro v7 Ultra 02.02.2011
Locates & Removes many new dangerous files that other popular AV programs do not find.

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Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 02/02/2011 64-bit
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.

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SUPERAntiSpyware Database Update 02/02/11
Keep SUPERAntiSpyware up to date.

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Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 02/02/2011
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.

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Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152.21 for Mac OS X
Adobe Flash Player is a cross-platform browser-based application runtime that delivers uncompromised viewing of expressive applications, content, and videos across screens and browsers.

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VLC Media Player 1.1.7 for Mac OS X
Highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats.

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Google Chrome 9.0.597.84 Beta for Windows
Google Chrome's development is high-paced and here's their latest beta.

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Google Chrome 9.0.597.84 Beta for Mac OS X
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.

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Google Chrome 9.0.597.84 Beta for Linux
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.

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AnyDVD & AnyDVD HD 6.7.8.0
AnyDVD HD comes with same functionality as AnyDVD, but with additional features for full Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD support

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Master Voyager 2.74
Protecting DVD/CD/USB sticks by password for travel, backups, postal mail.

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Advanced Encryption Package Professional 5.46
Military grade encryption, shredding and ability to work with .zip archives.

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Algolab Raster to Vector Conversion Toolkit 2.97.69
Vectorizer and vector graphics enhancement software. Creates fine lines.

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Sylpheed 3.1
Sylpheed is a simple, lightweight but featureful, and easy-to-use e-mail client (mailer, MUA).

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X-Plane 9.62 for Mac OS X
Comprehensive, powerful flight simulator, and has the most realistic flight model available for personal computers.

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Audio Hijack Pro 2.9.10 for Mac OS X
Use it to enhance the audio output of any Cocoa or Carbon application on your Mac.

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Apple iPhone 4 CDMA iOS Firmware v 4.2.6
Driver Date: 2/1/2011 OS Support: Mac OS X

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