IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 31/03/2011

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IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 31/03/2011

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SK Telecom considers buying Blockbuster
South Korea's SK Telecom, the country's largest mobile carrier by revenue, is contemplating making a bid for the struggling video chain Blockbuster. The deal would be an attempt to diversify away from its Korea-only network, where it has a tough fight with KT and LG Telecom, according to The Wall...

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HP announces first printers to support Google Cloud Print
HP has announced that its portfolio of web-connected and cloud-aware printers for home and business are the first to support Google Cloud Print out-of-the-box. Google Cloud Print users can print directly to any HP ePrint-enabled printer from any Google Cloud Print supported app on any computer or smartphone.

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Rumor: Windows 8 to get Time Machine-like backup feature

Microsoft started giving early builds of Windows 8 to ODM and OEM partners this week and it seems that already some details are starting to leak. According to a story on Winrumors, Microsoft is taking a page from Mac OS X with a new backup feature called History Vault that...

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Samsung starts mass production of transparent LCD panels

We've seen a number of cool display technology prototypes pop up at trade shows in the last couple of years, including curved, flexible and transparent screens by all the usual suspects. Today Samsung is not only showing off one of such innovations but also announcing it has actually begun mass...

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Rumor: Nvidia preparing a non-'TI' GeForce GTX 560

Nvidia is planning to launch a new GeForce 500 series desktop graphics card to help strengthen the company's competitiveness against AMD's upcoming Radeon HD 6790. That at least according German site Heise Online, which claims a non-'Ti' GeForce GTX 560 is in the works to fill the gap between the...

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Google adds "+1" button to search results

Google is adding a new feature to its search engine that lets you upvote search results. The feature has been named +1 (plus one), which, as you probably know, is commonly used on forums and similar discussion mediums to indicate that a person agrees with a previous post.

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Samsung caught selling new computers with a keylogger (update)

Update: Samsung has issued a statement via its Samsung Tomorrow blog denying that its notebooks are shipping with any kind of keylogger software. It's been concluded that Vipre Antivirus was reporting a false positive on the folder C:\WINDOWS\SL, which corresponds to the Slovenian language directory for Windows Live. This same...

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Microsoft not sure if tablets will "remain with us or not"
Craig Mundie, Microsoft's global chief research and strategy officer, is one of the many company's employees charged with trying to gauge what computers will be like in the future. Almost every consumer electronics company is throwing its weight behind tablet computers, but Mundie isn't so sure they are here to...

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AMD, Nvidia release new graphics drivers

With the end of March drawing near, AMD has released its monthly driver update for Radeon graphics cards. Catalyst 11.3 doesn't offer much in the way of new features besides "seamless GPU compute support," and there are no individual application performance gains to speak of. That said, AMD has squashed...

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Microsoft: IE9 will surge when it comes to Windows Update in late June

Internet Explorer 9 was released on March 15, 2011. Two weeks later, on March 29, 2011 (yesterday), Microsoft turned on Windows Update for the new version, but only for existing IE9 Beta and IE9 RC users. The software giant has now confirmed that IE9 will not be broadly rolled out...

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Rumor: Chrome OS coming in three months
Google is still readying the first Chrome OS computers. The operating system is expected to be ready to ship on them in time for Q2 2011, possibly in June and in several countries. The search giant is currently working out retail deals with manufacturers and suppliers. Recently, there has been...

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Intel X79 enthusiast chipset details leaked, scheduled for Q4

Chinese site it.com.cn has managed to get their hands on an alleged Intel slide outlining the company's next platform for enthusiasts. According to the roadmap, the successor to the popular X58 platform carries the X79 moniker and will arrive in the final quarter of 2011 -- three years after the...

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Team Fortress 2 community raises over $300,000 for Japan

Last week Valve announced an initiative to raise money for Japan's earthquake relief efforts via three limited edition in-game hats available for purchase at Team Fortress 2's Mann Co Store. The Japan-themed items include the "Humanitarian's Hachimaki" for $7.99, the "Benefactor's Kanmuri" for $19.99 and the "Magnanimous Monarch" for a...

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Dell: Apple iPad will fail in the enterprise
Dell has declared that the Apple iPad will not succeed in the enterprise. The device has been selling really well, and is even ahead of its competitors in the business world, but those are just the results for the short term. Andy Lark, Dell's global head of marketing for large...

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Microsoft to start testing updated Xbox 360 disc format

Microsoft is reportedly looking to implement a new disc format for its Xbox 360 game console that will allow an extra 1GB of storage compared to current media. The company announced a public preview program for the new discs, calling for "multiple thousands" of U.S. based participants, but wouldn't elaborate...

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Notepad++ 5.9
Free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.

Picasa Photo Organizer 3.8.0.117.41
Automatically finds and organizes all of your pictures.

Spyware Doctor 2010 8.0.0.627
Spyware removal utility that detects, removes and protects your PC from thousands of potential threats.

ACDSee Pro 4.0.198
Be creative with your photos and learn how to get the best results in the shortest number of steps.

Dropbox 1.0.28
Dropbox allows you to sync your files online and across your computers automatically.

Undelete Plus 3.0.2.329
Undelete Plus is a quick and effective way to retrieve accidentally deleted files.

Ashampoo WinOptimizer 8.01
Keep your Windows installations clean and running smoothly and efficiently.

StatWin Pro 8.3.5
Monitoring and reporting suite, capable of reporting all the user actions!

PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 8.0.0.627
Free AV solution from reliable PC Tools.

EASEUS Partition Master 8.0.1
EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition is a FREE comprehensive hard disk partition management software with all the powerful functions.

Desktop Orbiter 8.3
Remotely protect and manage multiple workstations.

Soluto 1.1.1479.0
Discover which applications are slowing down your computer.

Slim Browser 5.01.024
Tabbed multiple-site browser with built-in popup killer, skinned window frame, form filler, etc.

cFosSpeed 6.51 Build 1836 Beta
cFosSpeed, faster Internet with Traffic Shaping.

MozBackup 1.5.1
Mozilla Backup is a utility for creating backup of Mozilla, Mozilla Firebird and Mozilla Thunderbird profiles.

Weather Watcher Live 7.0.77
Weather Watcher Live can access real-time weather information from thousands of weather stations.

VMware Player 3.1.4
Run virtual machines created by VMware Workstation, GSX Server or ESX Server.

The Bat! Home Edition 4.2.44
Popular email client that allows to work with unlimited number of the mailboxes, and many more other features.

VSO Image Resizer 4.0.4.10
Organizes your photos by shrinking their resolution or moving them within your hard drive.

Download Accelerator Plus 9.6.0.7
Optimize your download performance, and recover interrupted downloads.

VMware Workstation For Windows 7.1.4
Software for developers and system administrators for software development, testing and deployment.

Aloaha PDF Suite 5.0.20
Create vector based, high resolution PDF Documents.

Google Earth 6.0.2.2074 for Mac OS X
Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop.

Dropbox 1.0.28 for Mac OS X
Dropbox is the easiest way to store, sync and share your files online and between multiple computers.

Cocktail 4.9 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.

Hamachi 2.0.3.111
Allows you to establish secure direct connections to PC's that are not accessible due to the restrictions in network setup.

Google Earth 6.0.2.2074
Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop.

HWiNFO32 3.72-1200 Beta
A powerful system information tool for Windows.

CutePDF Writer 2.8.0.8
Create PDF documents on the fly for Free

jv16 PowerTools 2010 2.0.0.1009
Tools to help you fix, repair, optimize and tune up your computer.

AMD Catalyst Driver Early Preview v 11.4 for Windows 7
Driver Date: 3/30/2011 OS Support: Windows 7

Nvidia GeForce Graphic Drivers v 267.91 Windows Vista/7 64-bit
Driver Date: 3/30/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7 64-bit

Nvidia GeForce Graphic Drivers v 267.91 Windows XP 32-bit
Driver Date: 3/30/2011 OS Support: Windows XP

Nvidia GeForce Graphic Drivers v 267.91 Windows XP 64-bit
Driver Date: 3/30/2011 OS Support: Windows XP 64-bit

Nvidia 3D Vision Controller Driver v 267.85
Driver Date: 3/30/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7

Nvidia GeForce Graphic Drivers v 267.91 Windows Vista/7 32-bit
Driver Date: 3/30/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7

Nvidia GeForce Ion Graphic Drivers v 270.51 Beta for Windows XP 32-bit
Driver Date: 3/30/2011 OS Support: Windows XP

Nvidia GeForce Ion Graphic Drivers v 270.51 Beta for Windows XP 64-bit
Driver Date: 3/30/2011 OS Support: Windows XP 64-bit

Nvidia GeForce Ion Graphic Drivers v 270.51 Beta for Windows Vista/7 32-bit
Driver Date: 3/30/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7

Nvidia GeForce Ion Graphic Drivers v 270.51 Beta for Windows Vista/7 64-bit
Driver Date: 3/30/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7 64-bit

Nvidia GeForce Ion Notebook Graphic Drivers v 270.51 Beta for Windows Vista/7 32-bit
Driver Date: 3/30/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7

Nvidia GeForce Ion Notebook Graphic Drivers v 270.51 Beta for Windows Vista/7 64-bit
Driver Date: 3/30/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7 64-bit

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