Saturday, October 1, 2011

~IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 01/10/2011

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Brazil's $12 billion iPad manufacturing deal in trouble
The reported $12 billion deal between Brazil and Foxconn to produce iPads in the South American country is in doubt, according to government officials. Apparently the two can't come to terms over tax breaks and other special treatment, while the lack of qualified workers in Brazil is also cited as...


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Facebook complaints from privacy groups taken to FTC
Ten privacy groups have written to the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission asking that Facebook be assessed for its use of super cookies, used by the social networking giant to track users across the internet.



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Samsung offers speed boost, power savings with new mobile chip
Samsung has unveiled a new mobile processor that offers more performance and less power consumption than previous iterations. The Exynos 4212 has two ARM Cortex-A9 processing cores clocked at 1.5GHz, which is up from the Exynos 4120's 1.2GHz configuration (the 4120 was used in Galaxy S II models). Along with...


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MSI WindPad 110W Tablet Review + Windows 8 Impressions
Although it might feel like there are endless options for the consumer, most of the devices are more similar than they are different, especially in terms of software. While iOS is limited to Apple's products, Google's Android can be found on just about all other mobile devices -- tablets or...


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China targets bogus iPhone makers, halts one operation
China has begun cracking down on counterfeit iPhone manufacturers. Shanghai authorities have arrested five individuals for developing and selling fake versions of Apple's popular smartphone. The detained parties were reportedly part of an organized criminal group that purchased components for the phones in Guandong in southern China and assembled them...


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Physical iPhone 5 mockup built based on collective rumors
German website benm.at has developed a full-scale physical mockup of what they believe the iPhone 5 will look like. The prototype was created based on CAD designs, hardware components, pre-release phone cases and believable user-created designs.



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Motorola Xoom 4G LTE upgrades starting today
Motorola is finally making good on their promise to deliver 4G LTE capability to existing Xoom customers. Starting today, Motorola and Verizon Wireless are sending out emails with instructions on upgrading the tablet to LTE and throwing in a free standard dock from Motorola while supplies last.



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iSuppli: Intel grows lead in CPU revenue market share
Market research firm iSuppli released its latest report on the state of the microprocessor market today, which show Intel has grown its already considerable lead by 1.1 percentage points over the last year while AMD saw its share fall by the same amount to 10.4%. Analyst Matthew Wilkins attributed Intel's...


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Apple patent details hybrid drive system based on environmental state
The US Patent & Trademark Office has published a patent from Apple that details a hybrid drive system using a traditional hard drive and flash memory. Unlike current hybrid systems that focus solely on performance gains, Apple’s system would be used to prevent data loss in notebooks as well as...


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New Xbox dashboard coming November 15 says leaked email
An internal email sent to PayPal employees reveals that Microsoft is planning to launch the new Xbox dashboard on November 15. The date marks the 10-year anniversary of the original Xbox launch in 2001.



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Microsoft to get $444 million from Android patent licensees
Microsoft signed a major licensing agreement with Samsung yesterday over the use of some of its mobile patents on Android phones and tablets. The deal followed a string of similar agreements with other manufacturers looking to avoid a battle in court, requiring a fixed fee is paid for every Android...


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Nokia to cut 3,500 more jobs by the end of 2011
Nokia has announced plans to cut 3,500 additional jobs in an effort to streamline production and prepare for their collaboration with Microsoft. These latest cuts are in addition to the 7,000 jobs that were slashed earlier this year.



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MSI WindPad 110W Tablet + Windows 8 Review


Although you may not realize it, there exists a third competitor in the tablet OS market: Microsoft. We test MSI's WindPad 110W that uses the AMD Z-01 dual-core Fusion APU on Windows 7 and Windows 8.


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J. River Media Center 16.0.179
Organize and experience all your media: Music, photos and video YOUR way -- all from a single software program.


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IObit Malware Fighter 1.2
IObit Malware Fighter detects the most complex and deepest spyware and malware while to make sure we do not lag your PC.


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Mozilla Firefox 10.0 Nightly
Experience cutting edge features but with more stability.


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Skype 5.6.0.105
Skype is free and simple software that will enable you to make free calls anywhere in the world in minutes.


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Google Chrome 15.0.874.54 Beta for Windows
Google Chrome's development is high-paced and here's their latest beta.


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Google Chrome 15.0.874.54 Beta for Mac OS X
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.


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Google Chrome 15.0.874.54 Beta for Linux
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.


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Portable Thunderbird 7.0
Run Thunderbird from your removable/USB drive.


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Dropbox 1.2.39 Experimental
Dropbox allows you to sync your files online and across your computers automatically.


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Mozilla Firefox 9.0 Alpha 2 Aurora
The absolute latest from Mozilla Firefox.


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DVDFab HD Decrypter 8.1.2.5
Copies entire DVD movie to hard disk, and removes all the protections while copying.


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PRTG - Free Network Monitor 9.1.1.1630
PRTG Network Monitor is the powerful network monitoring solution from Paessler AG.


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TuneUp Utilities 2011 10.0.4410.11
TuneUp Utilities 2011 optimizes the performance of your computer


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Weather Watcher Live 7.0.90
Weather Watcher Live can access real-time weather information from thousands of weather stations.


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AVG Anti-Virus Updates September 29, 2011
Keep your AVG Anti-Virus updated.


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Norton Virus Definitions 2008-10 September 29, 2011
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.


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McAfee AVERT Stinger 10.2.0.302
Detect and remove specific viruses.


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Norton Virus Definitions 2003-07 September 29, 2011
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.


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Mozilla Firefox 9.0 Alpha 2 Aurora for Mac OS X
The absolute latest from Mozilla Firefox.


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CoMa X 8.3 for Mac OS X
Answering machine, voice & fax on demand system, send and receive faxes, terminal with internal send & receive z-modem.


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MaxBulk Mailer 8.3.3 for Mac OS X
Program able to send commercial mailings to up to several hundreds of email addresses very easily.


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Norton AntiVirus X 9.x-10.x Defs 09/29/11 for Mac OS X
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.


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