Tuesday, March 20, 2012

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 3/20/2012

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The All-Purpose All-In-One: HP TouchSmart 520 Review
Bill Gates unveiled the first HP TouchSmart at CES in 2007 and we’ve seen a number of updates throughout the years since. The latest rendition sports some serious hardware and a slightly revised design but had it not been for some corporate restructuring at HP, the unit likely would never...

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Weekend tech reading: New iPad's screen under the microscope
The new iPad's screen under the microscope It’s easy to conceptually understand the idea of quadrupling the pixel count, but once you actually see what this means, it’s frankly pretty astonishing. The iPad 2’s pixels look gargantuan next to the diminutive pixels from the third-gen iPad. By the way, Apple’s...

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Weekend Open Forum: Your most regretted tech purchase?
The tech industry has an unmatched propensity for causing buyer's remorse. Gadgets are meticulously engineered so they appeal to both the hedonist and the utilitarian, while annual refreshes ensure that you're always one step behind the curve. It's a formula that generally works well enough: you're regularly supplied with new...

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Thurrott previews Microsoft Office 15, lots of screenshots
Paul Thurrott has managed to get his hands on a copy of the Microsoft Office 15 Technical Preview. He's posted a plethora of screenshots and more details about what we can expect on his website. He outlines his experiences from installation to usage but stops short of a full review...

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PayPal reveals mobile credit card reader, undercuts competition
Earlier this week, PayPal mentioned plans to compete against Square, Intuit and other credit card payment processors. The company aims to become yet another way to process credit cards on the go for small businesses, offering a mobile card reader and competitive processing rates.

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Lenovo wants to be the first to market with Windows 8 tablet in October
Lenovo will reportedly be the first manufacturer to market with a Windows 8 tablet. Insiders at the company have told The Verge that Lenovo plans to release a Windows 8 tablet as soon as Microsoft releases the OS – and they believe that will happen in October.

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Weekend game deals: 50% off The Darkness II, Rage, BF3, Crysis 2
Ending a dry spell on digital discounts, EA has cut 50% off virtually its entire Origin catalog as part of a weeklong spring sale. Before you check: Mass Effect 3 isn't reduced, but if you buy the game at full price you'll get Batman: Arkham City for $10. Meanwhile, GameStop...

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Sprint calls end to 15-year Lightsquared partnership
LightSquared suffered a new setback in its bid to become a 4G LTE provider after another high profile investor has pulled out of the partnership with the company. Sources talking to the Wall Street Journal said that wireless carrier Sprint Nextel plans to terminate its 15-year 4G contract with the...

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EA opens beta of free-to-play Command & Conquer MMO
Electronic Arts has announced that its upcoming free-to-play game Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances is now in open beta. This latest entry in the company's Play4Free portfolio is a browser-based MMO based on the popular Command & Conquer franchise. Developed by EA Phenomic, the game is currently only playable on...

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Marvell announces low-cost, high performance SATA controller for SSDs
Marvell has announced their new low-cost 88SS9187 SATA 3 controller, designed for use in solid-state drives (SSDs) targeted at the enterprise and mobile markets. The new controller features the latest 6Gb/s SATA 3.1 host interface which they say has been optimized specifically for SSDs.

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Nokia CEO says multi-core smartphones are “just a waste of battery”
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop feels that dual-core and quad-core chips used in today’s smartphones are not all so useful and essentially just a waste of battery. Elop revealed as much in a recent interview with the Yangcheng Evening News prior to launching the Lumia 800 smartphone in China later this...

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Intel buys 10% stake in eye-tracking firm Tobii
Intel has reportedly invested $20.8 million for a 10% stake in Tobii Technologies, a Swedish firm that develops eye-tracking laptops and other devices. Tobii has been showing off their ability translate eye motion into user input for a few years now, but they caught quite a bit of attention at...

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Microsoft won't be revealing Xbox 720 hardware at E3 2012
Contrary to popular rumor, Microsoft isn’t planning to showcase their next generation Xbox gaming console at E3 2012. Company spokesperson David Dennis said Microsoft won’t discuss new Xbox hardware at this year’s show, leading two people with knowledge of the subject to speculate an E3 2013 reveal instead. ...

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Rumor: Apple to launch 15" MacBook Air next month
Rumors are flying once again that Apple is due to release a 15-inch version of their popular MacBook Air ultra-portable notebook, after a "premium Mac dock maker" detailed the plans to Electricpig at this week's CU Exposed show in London. The launch would pressumably happen next month.

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Study: 51% of Internet traffic is from bots, 31% is harmful
According to research by Incapsula, approximately half of all Web traffic stems from automated sources. The outfit determined that humans only represent about 49% of traffic, while the remaining chunk is derived from bots. Of that bot-related traffic, 20% stems from kosher sources such as search engine indexers, while Incapsula...

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AMD Radeon HD 7770 & 7750 Crossfire Performance Tested
After reviewing AMD's $550 Radeon HD 7970 in December, we were excited to lay hands on some more affordable Southern Islands cards. Unfortunately, our enthusiasm was short-lived when the wallet-friendly Radeon HD 7770 and HD 7750 arrived in February. The latter was a tad slower than the last-gen GeForce GTX 550...

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Mozilla outlines 2012 Firefox plans, seamless updates, new UI and more
In a post at Mozilla's "Hacks" blog, technical evangelist Robert Nyman has reiterated the foundation's plans for Firefox in 2012. In addition to silent updates in Firefox 13 -- and this shouldn't come as a surprise -- we can expect to see various UI, performance and compatibility improvements throughout the...

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Wasteland 2 Kickstarter raises over $1 million in two days
It's been over two decades, but a sequel to 1988's post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland is officially in the pipeline. Brian Fargo, founder of Interplay and inXile, launched a Kickstarter campaign earlier this week to raise $900,000 -- a goal reached in only 42 hours. "Woot!!! We did it!!!! Fantastic! I am...

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"Anonymous OS Live" released, hacker group denies affiliation
In a bizarre and unexpected move, Anonymous has supposedly released its own Ubuntu-based operating system on Sourceforge, titled Anonymous OS Live. According to the description, it uses Ubuntu 11.10 with MATE desktop and features various hacking related packages for testing the security of web pages and other educational purposes.

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RIAA: ISPs to implement anti-piracy measures by July 12
Internet service providers are set to launch a new anti-piracy scheme this summer designed to alert and eventually punish suspected copyright infringers. The new policy was unveiled last year when top ISPs including Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon announced their participation in a "graduated response" program to deal...

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Researchers develop 'unprinter' to erase ink from paper
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed what they call a laser ‘unprinter’ – a device that is able to remove toner ink from paper. A production model would allow businesses to reuse copier paper rather than sending it off for recycling, a process that is good for the...

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The Pirate Bay's registrar, Binero confirms site is under second investigation
According to the Pirate Bay’s Swedish domain registrar, Binero, the world famous torrent site is being investigated by the Swedish authorities after they received requests to release the personal details of the person who registered the site’s new .se domain name.

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FTC subpoenas Apple and others as part of Google antitrust probe
The U.S. antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into Google’s dominant position in the internet search market has subpoenaed Cupertino-based Apple in a bid to find out more information regarding the search deal between the two companies, according to Bloomberg.

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Official: Diablo III set to arrive May 15 for PC and Mac
Blizzard has announced that Diablo III will be released on May 15 worldwide (sans Latin America and Russia – those gamers will have to wait until June 7). The game will be priced at $59.99 for PC and Mac with digital pre-orders now being accepted through Battle.net.

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Google to give search a refresh with more direct answers
Google is apparently getting ready for one of the biggest overhauls to its search engine in the company's history. Google executive Amit Singhal told The Wall Street Journal that the new search function will work more like "how humans understand the world" by employing semantic search technology.

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HP TouchSmart 520 All-In-One Review
The TouchSmart 520 is a 23-inch multi-touch AIO powered by a 2nd generation Intel Core i7-2600S processor, Radeon HD 6450A graphics and Beats Audio. Additional perks include a built-in TV tuner and HDMI-in, essentially transforming the 520 into a venerable entertainment / gaming station.

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AMD Radeon HD 7770 & 7750 Crossfire Performance
The old HD 5750 and 5770 were popular Crossfire candidates and the same could be true of the HD 7700 series if it's priced right. We're testing the HD 7750 and HD 7770 in Crossfire across more than a dozen games to see how well they scale and compare against cards such as the HD 6870 and GTX 560 Ti.

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Total Uninstall 5.10.3
Uninstall any program with the most advanced uninstaller software.





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Anti Trojan Elite 5.6.2
Malware remover, it can detect and clean malware in disk or memory.





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Google Chrome 18.0.1025.108 Beta for Linux
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.





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Google Chrome 18.0.1025.108 Beta for Mac OS X
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SpeedBit Video Accelerator 3.3.1.0
Makes your videos stream faster and play smoother by reducing buffering problems and video interruptions or "hiccups".



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Bandizip 2.03
Bandizip is 100% free Archiver for home and office.



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Google Chrome 18.0.1025.108 Beta for Windows
Google Chrome's development is high-paced and here's their latest beta.





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Free YouTube Downloader Converter 3.1
Download and convert video from YouTube to your computer with one mouse click.





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Able Batch Converter 3.6
Allows convert multiple graphics files at the click of a button.





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K-Lite Codec Pack Full 8.5.6 Beta
The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools.





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K-Lite Codec Pack 64-bit 6.0.6
The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools.





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Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.20
Thunderbird 3 is the next generation release of the award-winning Thunderbird email client from Mozilla.





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Toolwiz Care 1.0.0.1400
Toolwiz Care is a free tool set designed to speed up your PC and give your system full care.





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Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0 Beta 1
Now with tabs, better search, and email archiving.





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doPDF 7.2.379
doPDF is a free PDF converter for both personal and commercial use.



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Windows 7 Manager 4.0.2
A powerful software tool to tweak, optimize, maintain and tune up your Windows 7, it bundles more than 30 different utilities in one.



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Internet Download Manager 6.10
Tool to increase download speeds by up to 500 percent, resume and schedule downloads.



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Hotspot Shield 2.5
Ensure you are private, secure, and anonymous online... 100% free.





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Belarc Advisor 8.2.76
Builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hotfixes.





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novaPDF Lite 7.5 Build 379
novaPDF Lite is a software that allows you to produce PDF files from printable documents.





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Weather Watcher 7.0.107
Retrieve your local weather from the Internet





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Opera 12.00.1332Alpha for Mac OS X
Download Opera today to get the fastest and most powerful Web browser available and make the most of your time online.





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Tribler 5.5.23
Tribler is an open source BitTorrent-based p2p client that lets you find and share content like video, audio and pictures.





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Picasa 3.9.5.573 for Mac OS X
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Intel Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Driver 2.1.28.0
Driver Date: 3/15/2012 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7




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