Thursday, April 14, 2011

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 14/04/2011

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Microsoft releases Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 1
Microsoft has announced that the first major service pack for Office for Mac 2011 is now available to the public. According to the download description, the update fixes critical issues and also helps to improve security, addressing "vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's...


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Intel to release Thunderbolt developer kit this quarter
Intel's Thunderbolt interconnect was first announced back in February and so far it's being offered only by Apple in its new MacBook Pro laptops. Companies like Promise and LaCie were among the first to announce compatible desktop storage products to take advantage of the faster transfer speeds, and are just...


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Nvidia quietly releases GeForce GT 520 card
Nvidia has quietly added a new member to its GeForce 500 series of graphics cards: the GeForce GT 520. The card takes the place as the lowest cost DirectX 11 GPU in Nvidia's product line-up at around $60 -- on par with the AMD Radeon HD 6450 -- and is...


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Hack lets you unlock your iPhone without jailbreaking it

GSM Phone Source is offering a new service that claims to unlock your iPhone so that you can use it on any GSM carrier, without jailbreaking your device first. It works by adjusting your phone's IMEI, the number unique for every GSM phone that allows your carrier to identify your...


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Cisco to kill Flip Video, lay off 550 employees
As part of the company's comprehensive plan to align its operations, Cisco has announced that it will exit aspects of its consumer businesses and realign the remaining parts to support four of its five key company priorities: core routing, switching/services, collaboration, architectures, and video. The move is part of a...


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Humble Frozenbyte Bundle: Name your price for five indie games
The clever independent developers behind the first two Humble Indie Bundles have just kicked off a third charity drive focused on Frozenbyte, the Finnish team behind Trine. As with previous bundles, the Humble Frozenbyte Bundle contains five DRM-free casual games, including Trine, Shadowgrounds, Shadowgrounds: Survivor, Splot and Jack Claw. However,...


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Toshiba launches new Tecra, Portg business notebooks
Toshiba has refreshed its notebook offering, adding the Tecra R840, R850 and Portg R830 notebook series to its business lineup. The company says all three have been designed with the mobility, speed, durability and battery life professionals require. "We focused on delivering what our customers asked for by reducing weight,...


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Tuesday tech deals: $230 off Pavilion dv6t with quad-core i7
HP dv6tqe Core i7 Quad Core 2GHz 15.6" LED Laptop for $770 + free shipping HP Home & Home Office offers the Pavilion dv6t Quad Edition notebook, model no. XW898AV, for $999.99. Coupon code "NB8095" slashes it to $770.49. With free shipping, that's the lowest total price we've...


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Flock browser has been killed off

Flock, the browser that specialized in providing social networking directly in its user interface, has been discontinued. An "Official End of Support Notice" has been posted to the company's website:



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Microsoft releases IE10 Platform Preview 1
Less than a month after releasing Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft has unveiled the first platform preview of Internet Explorer 10 at its MIX11 conference. You can download it now directly from the Microsoft Download Center: Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview (version 10.0.1000.16394). Until Windows 8 is released, Windows 7 32-bit...


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Zune Pass: Microsoft's answer to piracy
Zune Pass isn't something new, nor is it something that hasn't been widely covered online, but it really could be the first good attempt at the fight against piracy. Neowin tested out the music subscription to see how well it really works, and if it could actually have a shot...


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GeoHot joins Anonymous' boycott of Sony, asks you to come along
PlayStation 3 jailbreaker George Hotz, also known as GeoHot, made a joint announcement with Sony today, saying the two parties have settled the lawsuit SCEA against Hotz. In the announcement, GeoHot made a brief statement saying that he never wanted to cause any users trouble or to make piracy easier,...


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Intel's Oak Trail platform launches, Cedar Trail to follow
Intel has announced that the Intel Atom platform, codenamed Oak Trail, is now available and will ship in devices starting next month. Mass production for the platform began in November 2009, and now Intel says it has racked up over 35 innovative tablet and hybrid designs from multiple companies, including...


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HTC's 7-inch Flyer tablet up for pre-order in the U.K.
The HTC Flyer has gone up for pre-order at Carphone Warehouse, with the retailer announcing that the 3G version of the tablet will be available for 600. That works out to about $980 on the other side of the Atlantic. HTC will likely adjust pricing once it launches stateside to...


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Sony: Nintendo makes "babysitting tools," Microsoft's motion gaming "is cute"
Apparently Sony is a little unhappy with how Nintendo and Microsoft are performing in the gaming industry recently, or the company is just lashing out against the competition as usual. Sony PlayStation CEO Jack Tretton recently interviewed with CNN and he had some choice words for his company's two biggest...


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Apple Mac OS X Lion: A Preview of What's to Come


Considering that OS X's last major release, Snow Leopard, was not focused on new end-user features, Mac OS X Lion appears to be a more significant release in terms of functionality, user interface and workflow improvements. We've compiled a list with several of the changes and new features disclosed so far.


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VLC Media Player 1.1.9
Highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats.


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Speccy 1.10
Speccy is an advanced System Information tool for your PC.


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Google Chrome 11.0.696.43 Beta for Windows
Google Chrome's development is high-paced and here's their latest beta.


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7-Zip 9.21 64-bit
7-Zip is a file archiver with high compression ratio.


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Microsoft Internet Explorer 10.0 Platform Preview 10.1000.16394
The first platform preview of IE10 improves on IE9 by adding support for additional standards, such as CSS3 Gradients on background images and CSS3 Flexible Box Layout.


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ATI Tray Tools 1.7.9.1557
Free tweaker utility for Radeon cards that runs in the system tray.


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Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 3.18 64-bit
Removes specific malicious software.


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Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: April 2011
Microsoft has released the update for the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter (KB906173).


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Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 3.18
Removes specific malicious software.


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Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: April 2011
This optional update provides the Junk E-mail Filter in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003


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Google Chrome 11.0.696.43 Beta for Mac OS X
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.


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Google Chrome 11.0.696.43 Beta for Linux
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.


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7-Zip 9.21
7-Zip is a file archiver with high compression ratio.


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Zortam Mp3 Media Studio 12.00
All-in-one Mp3 application and organizer.


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Xfire 1.133
See when your friends are online, what game they're playing, and what server they're on


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Spyware Doctor 2010 8.0.0.651
Spyware removal utility that detects, removes and protects your PC from thousands of potential threats.


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PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 8.0.0.651
Free AV solution from reliable PC Tools.


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PRTG - Free Network Monitor 8.3.3.2199
PRTG Network Monitor is the powerful network monitoring solution from Paessler AG.


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cFosSpeed 6.51 Build 1841 Beta
cFosSpeed, faster Internet with Traffic Shaping.


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Kaspersky Rescue Disk 04.12.2011
Boot from the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to scan and remove threats from an infected computer without the risk of infecting other files or computers.


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Audacity 1.3.13 Beta
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows.


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GreenBrowser 5.9.0412
GreenBrowser is a multiple windows browser based on IE, with powerful features.


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TuneUp Utilities 2011 10.0.4010.20
TuneUp Utilities 2011 optimizes the performance of your computer


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DarkWave Studio 3.4.0
DarkWave Studio is a free, open source, Digital Audio Workstation for Windows.


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Opera 11.10 for Windows
Download Opera today to get the fastest and most powerful Web browser available and make the most of your time online.


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FastStone Image Viewer 4.5
An image browser, converter and editor that supports all major graphic formats.


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RemoveIT Pro XT - SE 04.12.2011
Remove many viruses that other popular antivirus software cannot discover.


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Fresh View 8.18
Organize and view multimedia files (images, audio, video).


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