Wednesday, November 30, 2011

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 30/11/2011

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Largest domain seizure yet affects counterfeiters, pirates
Keeping with recent tradition, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Justice have initiated a sweeping crackdown on websites accused of selling counterfeit goods and pirated software. ICE had performed a similar operation last year, as we reported on Cyber Monday in 2010.

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AMD-branded memory coming to the US
Advanced Micro Devices has announced that they will be bringing company-branded memory modules to the United States. The brand will be introduced with two strategic launch partners: Patriot Memory and VisionTek.

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Nvidia releases GeForce 290.36 beta driver
Nvidia has issued a new set of beta drivers designed to bring a slew of improvements for the latest PC games on the market. Among them, the GeForce 290.36 Beta adds more realistic shadowing in Skyrim and Modern Warfare 3 with ambient occlusion support, while fixing screen flickering and triangular...

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FBI arrests four hackers hired to infiltrate AT&T
Earlier this week, AT&T claimed to be investigating an intrusion attempt on its system. However, the company said it did not believe any accounts were compromised. Reports are now surfacing that AT&T has been working with the FBI and Philippine law enforcement to apprehend attackers, although a link between the...

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Simple hack keeps prying eyes off your LCD monitor
Have a nosey roommate? Stuck doing work on cramped public transportation? Instructables member and fellow geek Dimovi offers an easy seven-step project that's sure to keep prying eyes off your computer display. The instructions are fully accessible to non-paying members and all you need is an ordinary LCD monitor --...

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Leaked video reveals Acer Iconia Tab A200 tablet
A video showcasing Acer’s upcoming Iconia Tab A200 has found its way online, revealing quite a bit about the new tablet. The two minute video from French blog iLoveTablette shows the tablet as a low-cost versatile family centerpiece.

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Delta lets passengers track their luggage with mobile app
Frequent air travelers are no strangers to nightmarish tales about luggage being mishandled or lost during flights. Delta Air Lines tried to ease off the latter earlier this year when it began experimenting with a new online tracking system that allowed passengers to follow their luggage's whereabouts in real time...

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Apple preparing to launch 15-inch MacBook Air in Q1 2012
Apple is planning to launch new MacBook Air models in the first quarter of 2012. The Air will be available in 11.6-inch, 13.3-inch and 15-inch panel sizes to compete directly with PC-based ultrabooks, according to information gathered by DigiTimes from upstream supply sources.

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Intel's Ivy Bridge CPU lineup revealed in leaked slides
Intel has been busy as of late, with its new Sandy Bridge Extreme LGA-2011 platform launched two weeks ago, and the i7 Core 3960X taking the crown from the previous generation Core i7 980X as the fastest desktop processor available. The result was a foregone conclusion, given AMD's less than impressive...

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Microsoft's Kinect 2 will be able to read lips and detect your mood
Microsoft’s second generation Kinect motion sensing device is said to be so accurate it can read lips. The accessory will also be able to interpret voice pitch and facial characteristics to determine what mood the player is in, sources have told EuroGamer.

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HTC faces ban in Germany over alleged patent infringement
HTC could suffer a very ill timed sales ban in Germany, after it withdrew its appeal to a patent claim over 3G/UMTS standards won by German firm IPCom in February 2009 in a Mannheim court. HTC said the appeal was redundant as a German court has already questioned the validity...

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Cyber Monday store discount round-up
All in all, it's been a busier Black Friday and holiday shopping season start that we've seen in recent years, at least from my perspective. As usual online retailers have followed up with special discounts for Cyber Monday.

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CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) 3.13.1600
Freeware system optimization tool that removes unused and temporary files.





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Polyglot 3000 3.63
Automatic Language Identifier with Unicode support (over 400 languages).





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TurboFTP 6.30 Build 889
Secure FTP client program (supports FTP over SSL/TLS and SFTP over SSH2) for Windows 9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP.





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PowerCHM 5.7
PowerCHM is a help authoring tool that allows you to create chm files from Html Files, Text Files, Microsoft Word Documents and Adobe Acrobat Document.





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Slim Browser 6.00.070
Tabbed multiple-site browser with built-in popup killer, skinned window frame, form filler, etc.





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Miranda IM 0.9.37
Multi protocol instant messenger client.





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Vista Start Menu 3.884
A superior alternative to the Start menu. Start working with pleasure!





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PSPad Editor 4.5.7.2432 Beta
PSPad editor is freeware programmer editor.





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PerfectDisk 12.5.308
Fast and thorough disk defragmentation, optimization and free space consolidation - All controlled from the Command Center





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ProgDVB 6.80
ProgDVB is the universal and very power software for watching digital TV and listening to radio channels.





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PRTG - Free Network Monitor 9.1.5.1899
PRTG Network Monitor is the powerful network monitoring solution from Paessler AG.





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Data Crow 3.9.10
Data Crow is the ultimate media cataloger and media organiser.



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Movienizer 4.5
Organize, track and research your movie collection for free



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McAfee SuperDAT Update 6544
Update your Mcafee based virus scanner.





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DarkWave Studio 3.8.0
DarkWave Studio is a free, open source, Digital Audio Workstation for Windows.





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ProgDVB 6.80 64-bit
ProgDVB is the universal and very power software for watching digital TV and listening to radio channels.





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uTorrent 3.1.26508 (utorrent) RC2
uTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint.





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Opera 11.60.1173 Beta for Mac OS X
Opera introduces the looks and the performance of an exceptional Web browser.





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Ad-aware 2008 Definitions File 11/28/11
Manually update Ad-aware 2008 with the latest definitions file.





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AVIRA Antivirus Desktop Update Package 11/28/11
Update AVIRA Desktop for Windows with latest virus definitions and scan engine.





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Babylon Pro 9.03.21
Instantly translate and access information in 70 languages.



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Opera 11.60.1173 Beta
Opera introduces the looks and the performance of an exceptional Web browser.



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Cyberduck 4.2 for Mac OS X
Cyberduck is an open source SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) and FTP browser licenced under the GPL.





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Nvidia GeForce Ion Notebook Graphic Driver v 290.36 Beta for Windows Vista/7 32-bit
Driver Date: 11/28/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7




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Nvidia GeForce Ion Notebook Graphic Driver v 290.36 Beta for Windows Vista/7 64-bit
Driver Date: 11/28/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7 64-bit




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Nvidia GeForce Graphic Driver v 290.36 Beta for Windows XP 32-bit
Driver Date: 11/28/2011 OS Support: Windows XP




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Nvidia GeForce Graphic Driver v 290.36 Beta for Windows XP 64-bit
Driver Date: 11/28/2011 OS Support: Windows XP 64-bit




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Nvidia GeForce Graphic Driver v 290.36 Beta for Windows Vista/7 64-bit
Driver Date: 11/28/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7 64-bit




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Nvidia GeForce Graphic Driver v 290.36 Beta for Windows Vista/7
Driver Date: 11/28/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7




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