Wednesday, June 1, 2011

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 01/06/2011

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Activision unveils 'Call of Duty Elite' subscription service
Late last year rumors emerged suggesting that Activision might implement a subscription model for Call of Duty online multiplayer. Although the company was quick to tell customers it would "never, ever charge" for multiplayer, it didn't outright deny the possibility of a premium service tier for extra content and features...


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Intel pushes new category of thin laptops, Ultrabooks
Intel has unveiled design guidelines for what they claim is a new class of laptops, which will combine thinner and lighter form factors with tablet-style features such as touchscreens and near instant-on capabilities. Ultrabooks, as the company is calling them, will be less than 20mm (0.8 inch) thick and cost...


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DiRT 3 GPU & CPU Performance Test
As one of the first games to take advantage of DirectX 11, we've been using Dirt 2 to benchmark graphics cards since its arrival in late 2009. Although it's been a crucial part of our testbed, Dirt 2 isn't quite as taxing as it was when the first DX11 cards...


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EU begins investigating Seagate's and Western Digital's HDD acquisitions
EU regulators opened in-depth probes today into two takeover bids in the hard disk drive market involving two Asian and two US companies: Western Digital buying Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST) and Seagate buying Samsung Electronics' HDD unit. The EU is concerned the deals would reduce the number of rivals.



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Linus Torvalds approves Linux 3.0 RC1
Linus Torvalds, the man who initiated the development of Linux, is still the chief architect of the Linux kernel and acts as the project's coordinator. Yesterday, he approved the first release candidate for the next version of the Linux kernel: Linux 3.0. You can see the commitdiff yourself on Git,...


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Liberty Land is no more: administrators face jail time, €500,000 fine
Liberty Land, stylized "LiBerTy-LanD - La Liberte Sans Limite !" (translation: liberty without limits), was one of France's most popular file-sharing forums. We say this in the past tense because the website was taken down over the weekend, according to the AFP.



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Asus unveils smartphone-tablet combo, the Padfone
Asus has unveiled a range of new products at the Computex 2011 trade show in Taipei, including notebooks, netbooks and a curious tablet device that houses with a 4.3-inch phone on the back. Dubbed Padfone, the latter is somewhat similar in concept to the Motorola Atrix, except you dock your...


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ARM aiming for 50% of mobile PC market by 2015
ARM Holdings hopes to steal Intel's dominance of the mobile PC market and have its processors in more than half of all mobile PCs (including tablets and small laptops) sold in 2015. The Cambridge, UK-based company, which licenses its technology as intellectual property rather than manufacturing its own CPUs, is...


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Video: water-cooled PS3 laptop mod
PS3Hax member Pirate has finished his water-cooled laptop mod of the Sony PlayStation 3. It took him three years to design and build because he did not follow any tutorials (nor will he be providing one).



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Microsoft board defends CEO Steve Ballmer
As a company, Microsoft is performing quite well and is as stable as always, but its stock is a whole different story. Investors are becoming increasingly annoyed that they can't make the money they used to from Microsoft shares.



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Nvidia announces GeForce GTX 560M for gaming laptops
Nvidia has taken the wraps off its latest high-end graphics chips for notebooks at Computex. The new GeForce GTX 560M brings a welcome performance boost from the GTX 460M as well as improved battery life thanks to the company's Optimus graphics switching technology. Specs include 192 CUDA cores, with 1550MHz...


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Nvidia shows tech demo of quad-core "Kal-El" tablet chip
Nvidia has begun showing off the very first tech demo for their upcoming 'Kal-El' quad core Tegra processor, which will be available for Android mobile devices before the end of 2011. Dubbed Glowball, the video posted below shows the output from a prototype Honeycomb device, with a ball illuminated from...


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AMD has shipped 5 million Fusion chips, sold out last quarter
Advanced Micro Devices has shipped about 5 million of its power-efficient Fusion processors since their introduction in Q4 2010. In fact, the company sold out of the Fusion processor in its most recent fiscal quarter, in which it sold somewhere between 3.5 million and 4 million units. "Demand far exceeded...


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Fans recreate GTA's Liberty City in Google Maps Street View
Dedicated fans have recreated Grand Theft Auto (GTA) IV's Liberty City by taking thousands of screenshots and uploading them to Google Maps Street View. This means if you're feeling nostalgic and want to visit the city without launching the whole game, you can now cruise through it straight from your...


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Weekend tech reading: RadioShack calls for DIY community's input
Speak your mind and help RadioShack suck less We can all agree that RadioShack isn’t exactly the DIY mecca it once was. What used to be a haven for amateur radio operators, tinkerers, and builders alike has devolved into a stripmall mainstay full of cell phones and overpriced junk. RadioShack knows that...


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WinRAR 4.01
This the latest version of the popular WinRAR.


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Soluto 1.2.119.0
Discover which applications are slowing down your computer.


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Zortam Mp3 Media Studio 12.20
All-in-one Mp3 application and organizer.


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Linux 3.0 RC1 Sneaky Weasel
Download the latest version of the Linux operating system, source code also available here.


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Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox 2.02
Manage and keep your Intel SSD running properly with Intel SSD Toolbox.


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Chromium 13.0.781.0
Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web.


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Hamachi 2.0.3.115
Allows you to establish secure direct connections to PC's that are not accessible due to the restrictions in network setup.


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AI RoboForm 7.3.1
RoboForm is a free password manager and one-click web form filler with some serious Artificial Intelligence.


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Fraps 3.4.5
Fraps is a universal Windows application that can be used with all games using DirectX or OpenGL technology.


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WinRAR 4.01 for Mac OS X
This the latest version of the popular WinRAR.


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WinRAR 4.01 for Linux
This the latest version of the popular WinRAR.


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PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 8.0.0.654
Free AV solution from reliable PC Tools.


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Advanced SystemCare Free 4.0.1
One-Click and All-In-One solution for PC maintenance and protection.


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Glary Utilities 2.34.0.1190
Powerful utilities to increase your PC performance and maintain your system.


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EditPad Lite 7.0.1
A general-purpose text editor, designed to be small and compact.


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Glary Utilities Pro 2.34.0.1190
Powerful and top all-in-one utility to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your PC.


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Light Image Resizer 4.0.6.8
Organizes your photos by shrinking their resolution or moving them within your hard drive.


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Spyware Doctor 8.0.0.654
Spyware removal utility that detects, removes and protects your PC from thousands of potential threats.


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Startup Delayer 3.0.303
Startup Delayer gives you the power to optimize your Startup Process by delaying applications from starting up as soon as you log into your computer.


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IncrediMail 6.2.9 Build 4984
Make your email incredible.


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Opera 11.50.1024 Beta
Opera introduces the looks and the performance of an exceptional Web browser.


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Win7codecs 2.8.9
You will no longer be restricted to using a specific player.


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Diskeeper Home Edition 2011.956
High-speed defragmentation engine that runs in the background.


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Fresh View 8.20
Organize and view multimedia files (images, audio, video).


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Diskeeper Professional Edition 2011.956
Diskeeper , advanced and intelligent automatic disk defragmenter for Windows systems.


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Aloaha PDF Suite 5.0.55
Create vector based, high resolution PDF Documents.


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RoboForm2Go 7.3.1
Saves online passwords, automatically logs in, fills forms, works from USB disk.


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PassMark DiskCheckup 3.0.1008
PassMark DiskCheckup allows the user to monitor the SMART attributes of a particular hard disk drive.


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Hitman Pro 3.5.8.122
Anti-spyware program combines up to six popular engines to maximize removal effectiveness.


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Throttle 6.5.30.2011
Optimize your internet connection by modifying your Dial-up, DSL, ADSL, Cable, ISDN, and Satellite modem settings.


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Asus Sabertooth P67 Bios v 1060 Beta
Driver Date: 5/27/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7


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Asus P8P67 PRO Bios v 1060 Beta
Driver Date: 5/27/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7


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Asus K52F Bios v 215
Driver Date: 5/27/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7


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Asus P8P67 EVO Bios v 1060 Beta
Driver Date: 5/27/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7


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