Windows 8 to get native SmartScreen file checking
It looks like Microsoft is introducing a built-in file checker powered by the SmartScreen Filter in Windows 8. It appears to serve two purposes: to reactively check the file system and proactively prevent any downloaded applications from running that are unknown to the filter, according to istartedsomething, which also notes...
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Google entering live streaming business with YouTube Live
YouTube has already live streamed a number of popular concerts, sporting events, and interviews, but most were one-time deals. Now Google wants to crank it up a notch, and has announced YouTube Live.
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Opera launches new webmail service, My Opera Mail
Opera Software has launched a new web-based email service that includes many features from the companys acquisition of web-based email provider Fastmail.fm. Starting today anyone with a My Opera, Opera Link or Opera Unite account will have access to an @myopera.com email address using the same user name and password...
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AMD: The Radeon HD 6790 can't be unlocked
Earlier this week AMD released the Radeon HD 6790. As previously reported, the card is based on a cut-down version of the "Barts" GPU first seen in the Radeon HD 6800 series, with 160 fewer Stream Processors than the HD 6850, 8 fewer Texture Units and half the ROPs. At...
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Microsoft's upcoming Patch Tuesday will fix 64 flaws
Microsoft is lining up 17 security bulletins to address as many as 64 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Visual Studio, .NET Framework and GDI+ as part of their Patch Tuesday monthly fix cycle. April's batch of updates ties the count of December 2010 as the most ever issued by...
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10.1" Acer Iconia Tab A500 hits Best Buy for $450
Acer has officially unleashed its Iconia Tab A500, a 10.1-inch tablet poised to defy the likes of Apple and Motorola. Unsurprisingly, Acer is billing its new creation as the ultimate companion device for Web browsing, accessing social networks, reading e-books, listening to music, watching videos, playing games and so on.
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GameStop considering creating a gaming tablet
GameStop is considering either partnering with an OEM to build a tablet, or creating its own. The goal would be to then sell games exclusively for the device. In other words, think of what Amazon did with its Kindle: not only did build its own tablet specifically for ebooks, but...
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Internet processed 9.57 zettabytes of information in 2008
Ever stop and wonder just how much data flows through the miraculous series of tubes we know and love as the Internet? Three UC San Diego scientists set out to answer that question last year by analyzing the total work capacity of servers around the globe and their findings were... Read More ...
Asus refreshes 15.6" Lamborghini VX7 gaming notebook
Asus has unveiled its refreshed Lamborghini VX7, a gaming notebook inspired by the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640. We imagine the system's aesthetics will be a hit or miss with most folks and we tend to find car-themed computers to be unattractive. The 8.42lb machine will be offered with a black or... Read More ...
Dj vu: Android first, Windows Phone second, iOS third in 2015
Worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011, a 57.7 percent increase from 2010. By the end of 2011, Android will move to become the most popular operating system worldwide. Furthermore, in 2015, Windows Phone will push past iOS to take second place, according to Gartner.
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Mozilla: Firefox 5 coming on June 21, Firefox 6 on August 18
Mozilla has further detailed its new development model for Firefox. The current draft says Firefox 5 will arrive on June 21, 2011 and Firefox 6 will be released on August 18, 2011. These dates may change, but they're what the company is currently aiming for. Read More ...
SFW or NSFW? Software firm hiring only naked web coders
Nude House, a computer software company in Buckinghamshire, UK is looking to recruit female web coders who are prepared to work in a "warm and private" naturist office environment. The company is also looking for naked sales people tempting customers to buy, as well as nudists to provide free technical...
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Google to spend $100 million on original content for YouTube
Google is reportedly looking to spend as much as $100 million to fund professionally produced video content exclusively for YouTube. The move would come as part of a major overhaul this year designed to get more people to watch YouTube just as they watch TV, with the introduction of around... Read More ...
Google building a tablet version of Chrome OS
Details in the source code reveal that Google is building a tablet version of Chrome OS. The search giant confirmed the news, but it wouldn't discuss timing details, saying simply that tablets are not a priority for the browser-based operating system.
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Toshiba unveils SmartNAND memory with embedded ECC
Toshiba has introduced a new family of NAND Flash memory products based on a 24nm manufacturing process that integrates a control chip with error correction code (ECC). Dubbed SmartNAND, they will come in five capacity points, going from 4GB up to 64GB, and boast a faster controller and internal interface... Read More ...
AMD launches sub-$60 Radeon HD 6450 graphics card
Not long after launching the Radeon HD 6790 for the mainstream market, AMD is ready with a new offering, this time aimed at users looking to upgrade from integrated graphics solutions or build a HTPC with a sub-$60 card. The new Radeon HD 6450 shares many of the same features... Read More ...
Apple reportedly ordered 12 petabytes of video storage for iTunes cloud
Apple has ordered as much as 12 petabytes worth of data storage from EMC unit Isilon Systems, according to an inside source cited by StorageNewsletter. The order supposedly coincides with the upcoming release of a new product that Isilon is expected to announce next week. Read More ...
HTC passes Nokia in market cap, now at $33.9 billion
Taiwan-based HTC Corporation has a market capitalization of $33.9 billion. A very impressive figure, but it becomes even more so when you compare this number to two companies that were many times larger than HTC just a few years ago, as pointed out by All Things Digital. Read More ...
ESET dissects the anatomy of a phishing attack
Late last week, hackers gained access to millions of names and email addresses by breaching the security of a marketing giant called Epsilon. If that name doesn't ring a bell (it didn't for us), the company apparently provides an email marketing service to major financial institutions and retailers -- or... Read More ...
Acer launches new Timeline X notebooks with Sandy Bridge
Acer has unveiled its third-generation Timeline X notebooks in Taiwan today, including 13.3 (3830TG), 14.4 (4830TG) and 15.6-inch (5830TG) iterations. According to Engadget, all of the notebooks on display are equipped with a 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5-2410M processor, an Nvidia GT540M with 2GB of DDR3 VRAM, 2GB of DDR3... Read More ...
iPhone 4 drops more calls on AT&T than on Verizon
A new study published by ChangeWave Research indicates that iPhone 4 users are more than twice as likely to experience dropped calls on AT&T's network than Verizon's. According to data submitted by 4,068 iPhone 4 owners over the last 90 days, Apple's handset has a 4.8% chance of dropping a... Read More ...
Twitter improves search: three times faster
Last week, Twitter launched a replacement for its Ruby-on-Rails front-end: a Java server named Blender. Blender has produced a three-fold drop in search latencies. Performance aside, it will also allow Twitter to rapidly iterate on search features in the coming months. Read More ...
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foobar2000 1.1.6 Beta 4
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Opera 11.10.2083 Beta
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