IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 18/03/2011

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IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 18/03/2011

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Netflix confirms original content coming next year
Netflix has confirmed a rumor from earlier this week saying the company wants to rival traditional cable networks by acquiring an original television series. In late 2012, the video streaming giant will exclusively offer its American and Canadian members at least 26 one-hour episodes of "House of Cards."

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Nokia begins work on first Windows phones, dismisses Microsoft acquisition rumors

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has confirmed that his company has starting working on the first Nokia smartphones powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system. At the same time, he has also denied rumors that Microsoft wants to buy Nokia outright. The agreement between Nokia and Microsoft, which was announced last...

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Visa to take on PayPal with person-to-person payments in the US

Visa has announced that consumers in the US will soon be able to receive and send funds to any eligible Visa credit, debit, or prepaid account, anywhere in the world. Visa will no longer just enable payments at the point of sale, but will also enable consumers to pay one...

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Microsoft takes down massive botnet via legal action
Microsoft and federal law enforcement agents have seized computer equipment from Internet hosting facilities across the US to cripple the largest source of junk e-mail on the Internet: the Rustock botnet. The software giant launched the raids as part of a civil lawsuit filed in federal court in Seattle last...

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iPod touch users report graphical glitches after iOS 4.3 update
Over on Apple Discussions, iPod touch owners are reporting graphical glitches after updating their devices to iOS 4.3, which was released earlier this month. After updating, screens on affected devices seem to flicker and distort, particularly on the lock screen and with the arrival of a push notification.

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South Australia wants to ban humiliating images from the Web

According to a report by the AAP, the South Australian government hopes to outlaw violent and humiliating images from the Internet. Proposed by Attorney General John Rau, the legislation is the first of its kind in Australia and would make it illegal to post demeaning images of others online without...

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Asus AM3 motherboards get beta BIOS, Bulldozer support

Asus has been quick to announce they are the first manufacturer to offer beta BIOS updates for current AM3 motherboards, receiving instant support for AMD's upcoming Bulldozer processors.

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The New York Times announces online subscription plan

The New York Times has finally acted on plans to charge for its web content. Starting March 28, heavy readers will have to pay $15 a month to access NYTimes.com and the paper's mobile app, $20 for the site and its iPad app, or $35 for all three platforms.

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Opera 11.10 beta improves Speed Dial, user interface

Opera has released a new beta version of its web browser with various enhancements to the user interface, features and performance. Codenamed Barracuda, Opera 11.10 has an improved Speed Dial implementation with clearer previews, and the ability to see live content from sites. The beta also allows you to have...

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Western Digital adds 6TB My Book Studio Edition II

Western Digital introduced a My Book Studio Edition II with 3TB drives for professionals who deal with hefty video and photo files. The WDH2Q60000 offers up to 6TB of space courtesy of two 3TB Caviar Green drives, which can be configured in your preferred RAID mode including RAID 0, 1,...

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Judge lets Sony access GeoHot's PayPal account in PS3 hacking lawsuit
Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero has awarded Sony a subpoena that grants the company access to the PayPal account of PlayStation 3 jailbreaker George Hotz, also known as GeoHot, for the last two years. Spero ruled that the Japanese console maker may acquire "documents sufficient to identify the source of...

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Android 52% faster than iPhone in browsing speed

Update (10:45pm): As pointed out by our readers' comments, there seems to be an inherent flaw to the way iPhones were benchmarked. Apple claims the embedded browser environment that was used for this test doesn't have all of the Mobile Safari's performance optimizations that include JavaScript, asynchronous page-loading and HTML5...

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Dell's Vostro 3000, Inspiron R notebooks get spring refresh

Dell has refreshed its Vostro 3000 and Inspiron R notebook lines, adding new features and Intel's latest processors. Targeting small and medium business users, the Vostro 3000 series includes 13, 14, 15 and 17-inch models (3350, 3450, 3550 and 3750). All iterations come with an Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 processor, and the 17-inch model has quad-core options.

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Paramount Pictures to release movie via BitTorrent
The Tunnel, a long-awaited horror movie, is coming to a BitTorrent tracker near you. Set in the abandoned tunnels under Sydney, Australia, the movie will get its world premiere online for free via BitTorrent on May 19, 2011.

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Video: from Internet Explorer 1.0 to Internet Explorer 9

Maybe it was the fact that his video about upgrading from Windows 1.0 to Windows 7 became really popular or maybe he became a bit nostalgic when he saw that Internet Explorer was still around when Microsoft announced the release of IE9 earlier this week. In either case, YouTube user...

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Mozilla schedules Firefox 4.0 for March 22

Mozilla plans to launch Firefox 4.0 on March 22, 2011. The news comes straight from the horse's mouth: the new release date was posted on the Mozilla Wiki and on mozilla.dev.planning.

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WinAMP 5.61 Lite
The legendary WinAMP media player can handle audio CDs, MP3 audio files, and streaming audio broadcasts.

RegRun Security Suite Platinum 6.9.7.70
A powerful tool kit against Trojans, rootkits, spyware, adware components.

Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool 03.18.2011
The Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool application was designed to be another virus scanner and detection software from Kaspersky

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Database 03/18/11
Keep our Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware updated.

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

AVIRA Antivirus Desktop Update Package 03/18/11
Update AVIRA Desktop for Windows with latest virus definitions and scan engine.

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

Bitdefender Virus Definitions March 18, 2011
Keep your Bitdefender Anti-Virus updated.

McAfee SuperDAT Update 6288
Update your Mcafee based virus scanner.

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

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

Trend Micro Pattern File for Windows 7.909.00
Trend Micro's latest compilation of patterns for virus identification.

Ad-aware 2008 Definitions File 03/18/11
Manually update Ad-aware 2008 with the latest definitions file.

Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 03/18/2011 64-bit
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.

SUPERAntiSpyware Database Update 03/18/11
Keep SUPERAntiSpyware up to date.

Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 03/18/2011
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.

MaxBulk Mailer 8.2.1 for Mac OS X
Program able to send commercial mailings to up to several hundreds of email addresses very easily.

Google Chrome 11.0.696.14 Dev for Mac OS X
This version is intended for only for developers and early testers.

Google Chrome 11.0.696.14 Dev for Linux
This version is intended for only for developers and early testers.

Google Chrome 10.0.648.151 Beta for Windows
Google Chrome's development is high-paced and here's their latest beta.

Google Chrome 10.0.648.151 Beta for Mac OS X
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.

Google Chrome 10.0.648.151 Beta for Linux
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.

VueScan 9.0.23 for Mac OS X 64-bit
VueScan is an easy to use scanner program that saves you time and improves your productivity.

Cocktail 4.8.2 for Mac OS X
Simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions, gives access to hidden Mac OS X settings, let you easily optimize your system.

VueScan 9.0.23 for Mac OS X
VueScan is an easy to use scanner program that saves you time and improves your productivity.

Arachnophilia 5.4.2445
Arachnophilia is a full featured HTML editor with an internal browser.

AkelPad 4.5.6
AkelPad is an open source editor for plain text. It is designed to be a small and fast.

Xinorbis 6.0.5a
Xinorbis is a simple but powerful hard disk analyser.

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