Wednesday, April 20, 2011

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 20/04/2011

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Google puts $100 million into world's largest wind power farm
Continuing with its investments in clean power Google has announced it is pumping $100 million into the construction of the world's largest wind farm. Spanning over 30 square miles in Arlington, Oregon, the Shepherds Flat wind farm is expected to cost $2 billion to build and should produce 845 megawatts...


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Hitachi announces first USB 3.0 external drives
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has announced a new line of Hitachi Touro Pro desktop and mobile external hard drives, which offer both local backup and cloud storage functionality. The Touro Pro line is an all-in-one solution to help protect, transport, and store your photos, music, videos, and documents...


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Neowin: Portal 2 Review
The original Portal release on the PC was one that deservedly received high praise from gamers and journalists alike. It was different to many other Valve titles in that you no longer had any weapons in your hands, just a simple two-way portal weapon, along with a jump and crouch...


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AMD launches two more sub-$100 Radeons, 6670 and 6570
AMD has rounded out the lower end of its Radeon HD 6000 series today with the launch of two new sub-$100 cards: the Radeon HD 6670 and HD 6570. These two models complement the $55 Radeon HD 6450 that came out earlier this month, and like the rest of the...


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DVDs, Blu-rays still more popular than streaming

Consumers are still choosing DVDs and Blu-ray Discs (BDs) to watch movies over all other digital video options combined. Over the past three months, 77 percent of consumers reported watching a movie on a DVD or BD and they did so for an average of four hours per week. Both...


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Seagate agrees to buy Samsung's HDD unit in $1.4 billion deal
It's official: Samsung Electronics will sell its hard disk drive business to U.S.-based Seagate Technology, in a move that will help the company focus on more profitable areas such as next-generation displays, NAND chips and solar cells. As part of the 'broad strategic alignment' announced this morning, Samsung will get...


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LG Optimus Pad / T-Mobile G-Slate Android Tablet Review
The T-Mobile G-Slate is an Android 3.0 Honeycomb-powered tablet computer built by LG. In fact, the device is a near clone of LG's 3G-capable Optimus Pad, first showcased at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year.



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Xigmatek unveils its largest desktop chassis, Elysium
Xigmatek has unveiled its largest full-tower desktop chassis to date, the Elysium (resting place of the righteous and blessed in Greek and Roman mythology). The enclosure is undoubtedly one of the largest mainstream solutions available, measuring 9.06 (W) x 24.33 (H) x 26.10 (D) inches and weighing 33.06 pounds. By...


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Apple sues Samsung over Galaxy phones, tablets
Apple has sued Samsung over similarities between the companies' handset and tablet products. Filed April 15 in the Northern District of California, the suit alleges that Samsung has been riding Apple's coattails with devices such as the Galaxy S 4G, Epic 4G, Nexus S and Galaxy Tab by copying design...


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Nvidia releases WHQL-certified 270.61 GeForce drivers
Nvidia has released the first 270-family GeForce drivers with Microsoft's blessings. The WHQL-certified 270.61 update is largely comprised of the changes we saw in the previous 270.51 beta, including a massive 241% to 516% performance optimization for GTX 560 Ti and GTX 580 owners running Dragon Age II with specific high quality settings.



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PDF redaction fail: UK's nuclear submarine secrets unveiled

Organizations that decided to publish an internal document to the public need to first delete or black out any personal, confidential, or actionable information. The British Ministry of Defence, which published a PDF document online, tried to do so, but ended up unintentionally revealing information about nuclear submarine security.



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Yahoo to kill Buzz later this week
Yahoo has announced that it will shut down its Buzz service later this week. The service was an attempt to rival news aggregators with voting algorithms, such as Digg and Reddit.



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GeoHot donates funds for Sonys PS3 hacking lawsuit to EFF
PlayStation 3 jailbreaker George Hotz, also known as GeoHot, has donated the remaining funds for his legal battle against Sony to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). He also says the battle with the PS3 will continue with or without him as others will continue to crack the latest firmware and...


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Rumor: Samsung to offer a dual-core 2GHz smartphone in 2012
Samsung Electronics, South Korea's largest electronics manufacturer, is reportedly working on the next big milestone in the smartphone gigahertz race: 2GHz per core. Such processors will narrow the gap between smartphones and desktop PCs, according to Samsung, at least in terms of raw processing power. ARM already has a dual-core...


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Leaked: Windows 8 Task Manager screenshot
Windows 8 build 7850, the first leaked Windows 8 build, may be old (it was compiled on September 22, 2010) as it's from Milestone 1, but not only does it contain new features such as the Portable Workspace but it also has a new Task Manager. Users on the My...


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Weekend tech reading: US gov't reveals plan for Internet ID
A government plan for IDs to replace online passwords The Department of Commerce introduced a plan Friday for a system of Internet IDs that could replace passwords and simplify secure transactions online. The plan calls for the federal government to encourage the development of these new IDs and make sure...


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Windows 8's Portable Workspace: run Windows off a USB device
Windows 8 build 7850, the first leaked Windows 8 build, may be old (it was compiled on September 22, 2010) as it's from Milestone 1, but it actually does contain something we haven't seen before. There are a number of references to a brand new feature in Windows called Portable...


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LG Optimus Pad / T-Mobile G-Slate Tablet Review


Based on the LG Optimus Pad, the T-Mobile G-Slate is the carrier's first 4G tablet. It makes use of an 8.9-inch touchscreen display and has the ability to record 3D videos with its dual 5 megapixel cameras.


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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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UltraEdit 17.00.1035
The ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers


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Google Chrome 11.0.696.50 Beta for Windows
Google Chrome's development is high-paced and here's their latest beta.


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BurnAware Free 3.2
BurnAware allows you to easily perform the most common disc burning operations.


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Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0.1091
avast! Free Antivirus is perfect for people who send e-mails and surf popular websites.


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Apple iTunes 10.2.2 for Windows 64-bit
iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV.


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Apple iTunes 10.2.2 for Windows XP, Vista and 7
iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV.


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Apple iTunes 10.2.2 for Mac OS X
New Genius features and better ways to browse put music at the center of your entertainment world.


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ICQ 7.5 Build 5238
ICQ Open Xtraz are web based applications developed by ICQ users for enriching your ICQ experience.


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Avast! Professional Edition 6.0.1091
avast! 4 Professional Edition is a complete ICSA certified antivirus package for your company.


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Belarc Advisor 8.1.16.14
Builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hotfixes.


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cFosSpeed 6.51 Build 1843 Beta
cFosSpeed, faster Internet with Traffic Shaping.


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Google Chrome 11.0.696.50 Beta for Linux
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.


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Google Chrome 11.0.696.50 Beta for Mac OS X
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.


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RapidWeaver 5.1.0 for Mac OS X
Next-generation web design application to help you easily create professional looking web sites in minutes.


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Microsoft Office 365 Public Beta
Join the beta program and explore Microsoft Office 365.


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McAfee AVERT Stinger 10.1.0.1529
Detect and remove specific viruses.


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WinZip 15.0 Build 9468
WinZip is bar none, the most popular and useful file compression utility out there.


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TeamViewer 6.0.10511
TeamViewer is the fast, simple and friendly solution for remote access over the Internet


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HWiNFO32 3.73.1220 Portable
A powerful system information tool for Windows in portable version.


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PRTG - Free Network Monitor 8.4.0.2243
PRTG Network Monitor is the powerful network monitoring solution from Paessler AG.


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Norton Virus Definitions 2003-07 April 18, 2011
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.


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Norton Virus Definitions 2008-10 April 18, 2011
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.


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Wine 1.2.3
Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs.


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HWiNFO32 3.73-1220
A powerful system information tool for Windows.


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Avast! Free Antivirus Beta 6.0.1086
A-list freeware antivirus application.


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ATI Tray Tools 1.7.9.1560
Free tweaker utility for Radeon cards that runs in the system tray.


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Backup4all 4.6 build 250
Highly configurable backup software with intuitive interface.


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SuperRam 6.4.18.2011
SuperRam 5 increases computer performance by freeing wasted memory.


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Throttle 6.4.18.2011
Optimize your internet connection by modifying your Dial-up, DSL, ADSL, Cable, ISDN, and Satellite modem settings.


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PCMedik 6.4.18.2011
Enhance PC performance, it increases overall speed and squeezes out every last bit of performance.


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Nvidia GeForce Ion Notebook Graphic Drivers v 270.61 Windows Vista/7 64-bit
Driver Date: 4/18/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7 64-bit


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Nvidia GeForce Ion Graphic Drivers v 270.61 Windows Vista/7 32-bit
Driver Date: 4/18/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7


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Nvidia GeForce Ion Notebook Graphic Drivers v 270.61 Windows Vista/7 32-bit
Driver Date: 4/18/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7


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Nvidia GeForce Ion Graphic Drivers v 270.61 Windows Vista/7 64-bit
Driver Date: 4/18/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7 64-bit


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Nvidia GeForce Ion Graphic Drivers v 270.61 Windows XP 32-bit
Driver Date: 4/18/2011 OS Support: Windows XP


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Nvidia GeForce Ion Graphic Drivers v 270.61 Windows XP 64-bit
Driver Date: 4/18/2011 OS Support: Windows XP 64-bit


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