Thursday, December 1, 2011

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 01/12/2011

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Your cell phone signal won't be tracked at stores -- for now
The holidays have been spoiled for two malls that planned to electronically track customers. The Promenade Temecula in California and Short Pump Town Center in Virginia announced plans last week to implement "FootPath" technology, which uses shoppers' cell phone signals to map their traffic throughout the shopping centers. Privacy advocates...

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HP laser printer hack can start fires, millions vulnerable
Researchers from Columbia University have demonstrated a security flaw found in, but perhaps not limited to, HP printers which can actually lead to fires. The exploit allows hackers to reprogram printers with custom firmware, giving the attacker full control of printer functions. As a result, the hacker can continually heat...

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Verizon FiOS app to bring 26 live channels to Xbox 360
Microsoft is making good on their promise to deliver live streaming television to the Xbox 360. Starting in December, Verizon FiOS customers will be able to stream 26 live channels directly to their gaming console. The news comes courtesy of a Verizon press statement released earlier today.

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Tuesday tech deals: Windows 7 Family Pack for $100
Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Family Pack for $100 + free shipping

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iTether app permits iPhone tethering, removed in less than a day
A new iPhone app called iTether allowed users to tether their phone’s Internet connection to a PC or Mac without being charged a monthly subscription fee. The app has already bee pulled by Apple in less than a day, contrary to what the developer led us to believe.

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Mobile app rating system set to launch without Google, Apple
Last week, the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) and CTIA, a wireless industry conglomerate, announced plans to roll out a content rating system targeted exclusively at mobile apps. On Tuesday, details about the system emerged and it appears Android and iPhone OS may not play ball.

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Demo Windows Phone on your iPhone or Android handset
Have you ever been curious about a new phone but didn’t want to have a sales associate hanging over your shoulder while you checked it out? If so, you’re in luck as Microsoft has released a Windows Phone 7.5 Mango ‘trial’ that you can access from your iPhone or Android...

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Lenovo unveils trio of tablets for Chinese market
Lenovo is expanding its LePad range of products for the Chinese market with three new tablets: the 7-inch S2007, 10-inch S2010, and an oddly sized 5-inch tablet known as the LePad S2005. Powered by a 1.5GHz Qualcomm dual-core chip, the two larger devices will offer a 1,280 x 800 IPS...

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Nvidia intros limited edition GeForce GTX 560 Ti with 448 CUDA cores
Nvidia has announced a special edition graphics card just in time for the holidays. The GTX 560 Ti with 448 CUDA cores is positioned squarely between the existing GTX 560 Ti with 384 cores and the GTX 570 that features 480 cores.

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Seagate launches new Momentus XT hybrid drive
Seagate has begun shipping the next generation of its Momentus XT solid-state hybrid drives, improving upon its predecessor with faster speeds and increased capacity. Whereas the original drive featured a 500GB HDD paired to 4GB of SLC NAND flash and a SATA 3.0 interface, today's update brings a maximum storage...

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Developer hacks Siri to start car engine
Apple's iPhone 4S launch in October saw the beta release of the company's new voice assistant, Siri. Since then developers have been working away releasing all kinds of weird and wonderful hacks for the new voice service. Among the many different uses people seem to have found for Apple's Siri...

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Rumor: Apple to launch TV that responds to gesture commands
There is no denying that Apple has pretty much revolutionized the music and phone markets with its iPod and iPhone devices. Then came the iPad, which took the industry by storm and to this day still dominates the majority of tablet sales.

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Gigabyte unveils 3-in-1 convertible Booktop T1132N
Gigabyte has unveiled a new convertible system that perfectly exemplifies the saying "jack of all trades, master of none." The Booktop T1132N can quickly shift form factors to serve as a laptop, tablet or desktop depending on your situation. It comes in a familiar 11.6-inch notebook form factor that's outfitted...

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Safari Browser 5.1.2 for Mac OS X
Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world.





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Safari Browser 5.1.2 for Windows
Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari.





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Mozilla Firefox 8.0 for Android
Get Firefox 8.0 for your Android device.





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WinZip 16.0.9691
WinZip is bar none, the most popular and useful file compression utility out there.





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Microsoft Internet Explorer 10.0 Platform Preview 4
The IE10 Platform Preview Guide for Developers provides an early look at the developer features coming to the next version of Internet Explorer.





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K-Lite Codec Pack Update 8.0.4
This is a cumulative update for the latest version of the K-Lite (Mega) Codec Pack.





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McAfee SuperDAT Update 6545
Update your Mcafee based virus scanner.





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Internet Cyclone 2.12
Boost your Internet Connection speed



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EasyBCD 2.1.2
Dual-Boot Vista and Anything! EasyBCD is a bootloader modification tool for Windows Vista.



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Hotspot Shield 2.18
Ensure you are private, secure, and anonymous online... 100% free.



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Chromium 17.0.954.0 for Mac OS X
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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Total Commander 8.0 Beta 10
The latest beta of Total Commander giving you sneak peek of what's coming in version 8.





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System Explorer 3.6.2
System Explorer is free, awards winning software for exploration and management of System Internals.





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Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0.1367
avast! Free Antivirus is perfect for people who send e-mails and surf popular websites.





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TeamViewer 7.0.12142
TeamViewer is the fast, simple and friendly solution for remote access over the Internet





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Sumatra PDF 1.9
Sumatra PDF is a slim, free, open-source PDF viewer for Windows.





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Avast! Professional Edition 6.0.1367
avast! Professional Edition is a complete ICSA certified antivirus package for your company.





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VueScan 9.0.64 for Mac OS X
VueScan is an easy to use scanner program that saves you time and improves your productivity.





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Fresh HTML 3.65
Fresh HTML is a software to create and edit pages for the world wide web.





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VueScan 9.0.64 for Mac OS X 64-bit
VueScan is an easy to use scanner program that saves you time and improves your productivity.





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Any Video Converter 3.3.1
A professional video converter.





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Slim Browser 6.00.071
Tabbed multiple-site browser with built-in popup killer, skinned window frame, form filler, etc.





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Opera 11.60.1177 Beta
Opera introduces the looks and the performance of an exceptional Web browser.



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FrostWire 5.2.11 for Mac OS
FrostWire is a free Gnutella client based on LimeWire distributed under terms of the GPL.





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uTorrent 3.1.26519 (utorrent) RC3
uTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint.





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ASRock E350M1/USB3 Bios v 1.50
Driver Date: 11/25/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7




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ASRock G41M-VS3 R2.0 Bios v 1.70
Driver Date: 11/25/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7




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ASRock E350M1 Bios v 1.50
Driver Date: 11/25/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7




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ASRock G41M-VS3 Bios v 1.70
Driver Date: 11/25/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7




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ASRock X79 Extreme3 Bios v 1.20
Driver Date: 11/28/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7




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ASRock X79 Extreme4 Bios v 1.50
Driver Date: 11/28/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7




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ASRock X79 Extreme4-M Bios v 1.40
Driver Date: 11/28/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7




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