IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 10/12/2011

Texting while driving up 50 percent despite state bans

A new study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that texting while driving increased 50 percent last year. 20 percent of drivers say they have sent texts or emails while in command of a vehicle.

Samsung victorious, tablet ban finally lifted in Australia

Apple lost its final appeal today against the lifting of an injunction put in place in Australia by Justice Bennett. Samsung had appealed the October ruling before the country's Federal Court of Appeals, which unanimously agreed to lift the sales injunction on its Galaxy Tab 10.1 ahead of a full trial. ...

LCD makers agree $388m settlement in alleged price fixing case

Several LCD manufacturers have agreed to pay an estimated $388 million to settle a civil lawsuit over alleged price fixing in the liquid crystal display panel market, according to court documents cited by Bloomberg.

uTorrent Plus launches for $24.95/yr with integrated antivirus, more

BitTorrent has released a major update for its wildly popular filesharing client this week, marking the debut of its first paid version. Called uTorrent Plus, the software is being sold for $24.95 a year and infuses the (once?) lean, mean, downloading machine with a host of new features, including integrated...

TechSpot Laptop Buying Guide: Holiday 2011 Update
With the holiday shopping season in full swing it's time we give our Laptop Buying Guide one last pass before the year is over to make sure it's packing enough punch. For the most part, the market has remained stagnant in the past few months. Netbooks have lost their lure...

Amazon encourages shoppers to leave retail stores empty-handed

Amazon is set to reveal a promotion this weekend which is raising eye brows. The online retailer asks that customers scan merchandise at local retailers using their mobile app. If you come back and buy that item from Amazon, the company will give you $5 off of each item you...

Serious Sam 3 pirates are hunted by a merciless mutant scorpion

Serious Sam is notorious for its insanely over-the-top FPS experience, but pirates are getting a little more action than they bargained for. Instead of forcing legitimate players to jump through extra hoops, Croteam has unleashed a relentless foe to torment the living hell out of pirates. Folks with illegal copies...

Razer's 17.3" gaming notebook on track for December release
Unveiled in August, Razer's gaming laptop is reportedly in the home stretch of production and should be available before Christmas. In fact, according to Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, a handful of privileged insiders have already received their systems. Preorders of the Blade are expected to open on the Razer Zone...

AT&T throttles top 5% of wireless data users, still charges overage fees

As we mentioned this summer, AT&T was slated to begin throttling data plans as of October 1 this year. Reports of throttling are finally beginning to surface as more and more users complain they have received this dreaded text message from AT&T: "Your data usage is among the top 5 percent...

Ultrabooks to help Acer turn the corner in 2012

Acer CEO J.T. Wang believes that ultrabooks will be the one product that returns the company to profitability. In an interview with Dow Jones Newswire, the chief said that customers will want a lighter and thinner notebook with longer battery life and that selling more ultrabooks will also help improve...

AMD refreshes A-Series family with seven new mobile APUs

AMD has quietly added seven new products to its A-Series of APUs for notebooks. These are all 32nm parts and likely represent the last refresh of Llano on laptops before Trinity arrives in the first half of 2012 -- or 28nm die shrinks of current Ontario/Zacate products if the latest...

Bill Gates pitching fourth-gen TerraPower nuclear reactors to China

Microsoft founder Bill Gates met with China’s largest nuclear group this week to discuss the future of the country’s nuclear energy program. Gates is the founder and primary investor of TerraPower, a nuclear reactor design firm headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

Intel to discontinue LGA 1366 and LGA 1156 processors in 2012

Intel is reportedly set to discontinue their LGA 1366 and LGA 1156 line of processors in 2012 to make way for new CPUs set to launch next year.

OnLive gaming hits Android devices, iOS app coming soon

Video game streaming firm OnLive has launched a mobile client for select Android devices, bringing the latest and most graphically intensive titles to the fastest-growing category of consumer electronic devices. The service, which launched last year for Windows and Mac OS X systems, promises console-like gaming on a multitude of...

Neowin: Galaxy Nexus review, the sweetest aftertaste

Neowin is reviewing today the latest Nexus phone from Google, built in partnership with Samsung, and powered by the newest Android 4.0 release. For those unfamiliar with this beautiful device, it’s called the Galaxy Nexus, and it runs on delicious and futuristic Ice Cream Sandwiches.

Neowin: Galaxy Nexus Review - The Sweetest Aftertaste

Today we have our hands on the latest Nexus phone from Google, built in partnership with Samsung, and powered by the newest Android 4.0 release. For those unfamiliar with this beautiful device, it’s called the Galaxy Nexus, and runs on delicious and futuristic Ice Cream Sandwiches.

HP's $99 TouchPad fire-sale is back one last time

In August, Hewlett Packard made the shocking announcement that it would halt its webOS projects and potentially exit the PC market by selling or spinning off its Personal Systems Group (PSG) division. Along with the news the company began a firesale of the already discounted TouchPad to get rid of...

Facebook fixes bug that exposed private photos

The apparent result of flawed design, Facebook's flagging feature is to blame for allowing any user to view private photos contained in any account. The flaw affected everyone, including Facebook's very own CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook promptly disabled the flagging feature and has since fixed the issue.

LG Nitro HD Review: 4G LTE on AT&T

The new LG Nitro HD represents the company's premier Android smartphone in the United States. Without a doubt, it has a stellar spec sheet that includes 4G LTE data (AT&T), a 4.5-inch 720p HD resolution display, a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, and a 1080p HD video-capable 8 megapixel camera. It's also...

Trine 2 hits Steam for $14.99, offers three-player co-op

Frozenbyte has unleashed the much-awaited sequel of 2009's indie sidescrolling platformer today, with digital copies for PC and Mac readily available through Steam. Pricing is set at $14.99, while a $24.99 "Collector's Edition" includes a digital artbook and soundtrack. Although professional reviews are still pouring in, the few that are...

Sophos: 66% of lost USB drives are infected, none are encrypted

A little over a year ago, Avast released a report informing computer users about the increasing number of malware attacks targeting USB drives and Windows' AutoRun feature. The security outfit warned that out of 700,000 attacks on computers that voluntarily submitted data, one out of eight (13.5%) came from USB...

Comcast denies tiered plans, streaming to trump cable by 2016

As we reported about a week ago, ISPs seem poised to transition from an "unlimited" model to usage-based billing. Comcast claims it will not be one of them, although the company does impose a 250GB monthly cap.

Android 10-cent app sale, 10 billion downloads and counting

The Android Market has hit 10 billion downloads. Google is celebrating this milestone by throwing an unusual sale: each day 10 different apps will be put on sale for 10 cents. The offer will run for 10 days. If you love to buy apps, you now have the chance to buy...

Skyrim patch 1.3 released, PC gamer plays with Kinect

On the heels of last week's Skyrim update, Bethesda has fired another volley of bug fixes over Steam today, with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions soon to follow pending approval by Sony and Microsoft. Patch 1.3 brings general stability improvements (no specifics here), optimized performance for Intel's Core...

'Mythbusters' stunt goes wrong, cannonball damages suburb property

A cannonball fired during the taping of the television show “Mythbusters” at the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department bomb disposal range missed its target and ended up some 700 yards east in the neighborhood of Tassajara Creek.

TechSpot Laptop Buying Guide

To help ease the hassle of going through countless notebook models getting released week in and week out, we've compiled a list of our favorite notebooks available right now and grouped them into six different categories: ultraportables, business & general purpose laptops, desktop replacements, gaming notebooks, budget laptops, and netbooks.

LG Nitro HD Review

The new LG Nitro HD represents the company's premier Android smartphone in the United States. It has a stellar spec sheet that includes 4G LTE data (AT&T), a 4.5-inch 720p HD display, a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, and a 1080p HD video-capable 8 megapixel camera.

qBittorrent 2.9.0.1
The qBittorrent project aims to provide a Free Software alternative to utorrent.

Deluge 1.3.3
Deluge is a lightweight, Free Software, cross-platform BitTorrent client.

Picasa Photo Organizer 3.9.0.135.78
Automatically finds and organizes all of your pictures.

EditPad Lite 7.0.9
A general-purpose text editor, designed to be small and compact.

Kindle for PC 1.8.2.36173
Read Kindle Books on Your Computer.

Avira AntiVir Personal Edition Free 12.0.0.869
The private and individual use of the AntiVir Personal Edition is completely free of charge.

Aloaha PDF Suite 5.0.100
Create vector based, high resolution PDF Documents.

McAfee SuperDAT Update 6554
Update your Mcafee based virus scanner.

uTorrent 3.1.26593 (utorrent)
uTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint.

KMPlayer 3.1.0.0
versatile media player which can cover various types of container format such as VCD, DVD, AVI, WMV among others

Coda 1.7.5 for Mac OS X
Coda - one window web development

Apple Aperture Update 3.2.2 for Mac OS X
Import, edit, catalog, organize, retouch, publish, and archive your images more effectively and efficiently than ever before.

RemoveIT Pro v7 Enterprise 12.09.2011
Locates & Removes many new dangerous files that other popular AV programs do not find.

RemoveIT Pro v7 Ultra 12.09.2011
Locates & Removes many new dangerous files that other popular AV programs do not find.

Microsoft Security Essentials Definition Update December 9, 2011
Provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

RemoveIT Pro XT - SE 12.09.2011
Remove many viruses that other popular antivirus software cannot discover.

AVIRA Antivirus Desktop Update Package 12/09/11
Update AVIRA Desktop for Windows with latest virus definitions and scan engine.

TeamViewer 6.0.10706 for Mac OS X
TeamViewer is the fast, simple and friendly solution for remote access over the Internet

Picasa 3.9.0.522 for Mac OS X
Automatically finds and organizes all of your pictures.

BitTorrent 7.6.26591
The most popular P2P application of current times on its original form.

BlueScreenView 1.45
View BSOD (blue screen) crash information.

Comodo Dragon 16.0.2.0
Fast and versatile Internet Browser based on Chromium, infused with Comodo's unparalleled level of security.

Razer Mamba 2012 Mac Gaming Mouse Driver v 1.01
Driver Date: 12/9/2011 OS Support: Mac OS X

Razer Mamba 2012 PC Gaming Mouse Driver v 2.01
Driver Date: 12/9/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54GS Firmware v 8.2.08 for Mac
Driver Date: 12/8/2011 OS Support: Mac OS X

ASRock 870 Extreme3 R2.0 Bios v 1.80
Driver Date: 12/8/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

ASRock 870iCafe R2.0 Bios v 1.60
Driver Date: 12/8/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

ASRock 880G Extreme3 Bios v 2.10
Driver Date: 12/8/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

ASRock 890GX Extreme3 Bios v 3.10
Driver Date: 12/8/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

ASRock X79 Extreme4-M Bios v 1.50
Driver Date: 12/8/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

ASRock X79 Extreme9 Bios v 1.70
Driver Date: 12/2/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

ASRock 890FX Deluxe5 Bios v 1.80
Driver Date: 12/6/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

ASRock H61M-ITX Bios v 1.20
Driver Date: 12/6/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7

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IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 10/12/2011

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