IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 18/02/2011

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IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 18/02/2011

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Obama meets with the tech elite, photos inside

US President Barack Obama met with America's tech elite yesterday evening in order to talk about research spending and technology exports, amongst other hot topics. The overall aim of the meeting was for the small group to find new ways the government and private sector can work together to give...

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MapQuest attempts to take on Google with Android app
After noticing that millions of its fans use the mobile website from their Android devices, MapQuest decided to develop a free Android app with turn-by-turn, voice-guided navigation, and OpenStreetMap (OSM) capabilities. You can grab it now from the Android Marketplace. If you have feedback for the app, send it over...

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Google releases new developer and beta versions of Chrome

Keeping up with its breakneck development pace Google released new versions of Chrome yesterday for beta testers and developers. The beta release officially hit version 10, bringing a notable speed boost of 66% on the V8 benchmark suite over the current stable release, while also incorporating an early implementation of...

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Acer to jump on the Windows Phone 7 bandwagon?
Acer may be jumping on the Windows Phone 7 bandwagon this autumn, with a September or October 2011 launch planned. Some reports emerging from Mobile World Congress indicated that Acer was losing interest in the platform, but that is not the case according to a source cited by Pocket-Lint.

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Lenovo to launch LePad tablet in June 2011
Lenovo plans on launching its LePad tablet worldwide in June 2011, but will first launch the device in China at the end of next month. The device was previously expected to start shipping by the end of 2010. The Chinese PC maker expects the device to be priced between $399...

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AMD says their chips are ready, willing and stable

AMD has launched a new marketing campaign to encourage component channel companies and home users to turn to them as their source of chips. Dubbed "Ready. Willing. And Stable", the new campaign is designed to capitalize on Intel's Cougar Point chipset flaw by letting partners and enthusiasts know they can...

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Alleged Dell roadmap shows Windows 8 tablet for 2012

Android Central has obtained two alleged product timelines for more than a dozen Dell tablets and smartphones scheduled to launch throughout 2011 and into the first quarter of 2012. The leak points to a mix of devices based on Android, Windows 7, and curiously enough, a Windows 8 tablet (codenamed "Peju") arriving in January 2012.

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L4D2 DLC coming with L4D maps, community campaign

Bored of the existing Left 4 Dead 2 campaigns? Then you'll be happy to hear that Valve is preparing to launch new downloadable content -- though it won't be quite the same as previous releases. Unlike The Passing and The Sacrifice, Valve will place less emphasis on story in the...

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Smartphone Buying Guide: First Half of 2011

The year kicked off with two major events in the technology world -- CES in Las Vegas and MWC in Barcelona -- playing host to the launch of numerous tablets and smartphones. And if there's anything that was made abundantly clear at the multiple stages where products were unveiled is...

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Intel to launch speedy 510 series SSDs on March 1?

Folks looking to treat themselves to a new SSD may want delay the upgrade for a couple of weeks. VR-Zone reports that Intel plans to launch its new 510 series SSDs less than two weeks from now on March 1. Codenamed "Elm Crest," the drives will mark Intel's first to...

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OCZ offers free 25nm solid-state drive replacements

OCZ Technology has delivered a new update on their forums in response to the recent controversy surrounding the transition to 25nm NAND flash on some of their solid-state drives. Essentially the problem revolved around an issue with write-cycle endurance of the smaller NAND, which had to be compensated with a...

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Chinese hackers attack Canadian government
Chinese hackers recently conducted a massive cyberattack on Canadian government websites and employees, giving them access to an abundance of highly classified federal information. The attack, first detected last month, was initially mentioned by the government as an attempt to access their computers. This is inaccurate, according to a number...

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Mainstream GTX 550 Ti rumored for March 15 launch

VR-Zone has discovered entries for two unreleased GeForce graphics cards after rummaging through Nvidia's 266.7x beta drivers. The first card is named the GeForce GTX 550 Ti and is based on Nvidia's GF116 graphics processor. The 40nm chip is rumored to feature a 128-bit memory bus, a TDP of 110W...

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Apple grabs 60% of touch panel capacity, hurting supply for others

Apple has an internal goal of shipping 40 million iPad products this year. To manufacture all of them, the company has occupied close to 60% of the global touch panel capacity, according to sources from upstream component makers for tablets cited by DigiTimes.

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Intel CEO: Nokia-Microsoft deal made me curse

The deal between Nokia and Microsoft was so unexpected for Intel CEO Paul Otellini that he cursed. Otellini said that Nokia CEO Stephen Elop called him to talk about Nokia switching to Windows Phone as its primary smartphone platform, and Otellini said he responded with a word that Yahoo CEO...

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Nokia Plan B was a hoax
Nokia Plan B was a hoax. The news took the tech industry by storm, but now it's all over, thanks to two tweets on the Nokia Plan B Twitter account:

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Smartphone Buying Guide: First Half of 2011

To help you navigate through the sea of new smartphones getting released week in and week out we've put together a selection with what we consider are the hottest devices out there. They are listed alongside their respective specs, price, and features from newest to oldest.

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AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.60
System information, system diagnostics and benchmarking solution for enthusiasts users.

EditPad Lite 6.7.0
A general-purpose text editor, designed to be small and compact.

BitTorrent 7.2.24691
The most popular P2P application of current times on its original form.

ZipGenius 6.3.1.2650
Free and easy to use, plus it supports more than 20 formats of compressed archives

Google Chrome 11.0.672.2 Dev for Windows
This version is intended for only for developers and early testers.

McAfee SuperDAT Update 6260
Update your Mcafee based virus scanner.

Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 02/18/2011 64-bit
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.

Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 02/18/2011
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.

Chromium 11.0.676.0
Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web.

Ad-aware 2008 Definitions File 02/18/11
Manually update Ad-aware 2008 with the latest definitions file.

F-Secure Virus Definitions February 18, 2011
Keep your F-Secure products updated.

Deskman 10.02
The new Deskman SE allows you to secure desktops, lock down PCs and restrict access the way you want.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus Update February 18, 2011
Virus definitions for Kaspersky Anti-Virus.

avast! Virus Definitions February 18, 2011
Protect your system and valuable data against computer viruses.

AVIRA Antivirus Desktop Update Package 02/18/11
Update AVIRA Desktop for Windows with latest virus definitions and scan engine.

AVG Anti-Virus Updates February 18, 2011
Keep your AVG Anti-Virus updated.

Trend Micro Pattern File for Windows 7.843.00
Trend Micro's latest compilation of patterns for virus identification.

Avira AntiVir Personal Edition Free 10.0.0.651
The private and individual use of the AntiVir Personal Edition is completely free of charge.

RSS Menu 1.12 for Mac OS X
RSS Menu is a very simple application that allows you to read any RSS or Atom feeds.

Google Chrome 10.0.648.82 Beta for Mac OS X
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.

Google Chrome 10.0.648.82 Beta for Linux
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.

Google Chrome 11.0.672.2 Dev for Linux
This version is intended for only for developers and early testers.

Google Chrome 11.0.672.2 Dev for Mac OS X
This version is intended for only for developers and early testers.

DAZ Studio 3.1.2.31 for Mac OS X
DAZ Studio will allow you to express yourself in 3D like never before, whether you're just getting started in 3D, or are an avid 3D artist and enthusiast.

Google Chrome 10.0.648.82 Beta for Windows
Google Chrome's development is high-paced and here's their latest beta.

Vuze (Formerly Azureus) 4.6.0.2
Vuze is a great utility that brings the popular Java-based BitTorrent client to a new level of stability, usability, and speed.

VirtualBox 4.0.4
InnoTek VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware.

jv16 PowerTools 2010 2.0.0.1007
Tools to help you fix, repair, optimize and tune up your computer.

McAfee AVERT Stinger 10.1.0.1375
Detect and remove specific viruses.

Nvidia Quadro Graphics Driver v 267.05 for Windows XP 64-bit
Driver Date: 2/17/2011 OS Support: Windows XP 64-bit

Nvidia Quadro Graphics Driver v 267.05 for Windows Vista/7 32-bit
Driver Date: 2/17/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7

Nvidia Quadro Graphics Driver v 267.05 for Windows XP 32-bit
Driver Date: 2/17/2011 OS Support: Windows XP

Nvidia Quadro Graphics Driver v 267.05 for Windows Vista/7 64-bit
Driver Date: 2/17/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7 64-bit

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