Wednesday, May 9, 2012

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 09/05/2012

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Adobe now shipping Creative Suite 6, Creative Cloud launching May 11
Adobe is now shipping the final release of Creative Suite 6 (CS6) which includes a multitude of software suites available individually or as one big bundle. Design and creative professionals can now get their hands on full versions of Dreamweaver, Fireworks, InDesign and Photoshop (just to name a few) although...

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Google+ Hangouts On Air allows users to broadcast live video to anyone
Google has announced Hangouts On Air is being rolled out, a feature which aims to give Google+ users a way of broadcasting live video to anyone and everyone. On Air was originally introduced last September, but only a select few broadcasters and celebrities had the opportunity to use it -- that is,...

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Lenovo investing $800 million into new mobile products plant in China
Lenovo will be investing $800 million into a new mobile products plant in Wuhan, one of the largest cities in China. The Lenovo Industrial Base will cover research & development, production and sales of smartphones and tablets with a target opening date of October 2013.

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Microsoft confirms subsidized $99 Xbox 360 4GB, Kinect bundle
As rumored, Microsoft has revealed plans to offer its console under a subsidized pricing structure often used by mobile operators. For $99, the company offers an Xbox 360 4GB with Kinect. There is a catch, of course: you enter a two-year Xbox Live Gold contract for $14.99 a month. Unfortunately,...

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New malware freezes computer until ransom is paid
The latest trend in malware doesn’t just flood your computer with annoying advertising or attempt to steal your banking information. Instead, it quite literally locks a system down and prevents the user from doing anything on it unless a ransom is paid.

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UK government considers Internet porn filter, requires users to opt-out
UK Prime Minster David Cameron will be consulting with major ISPs about devising a scheme which will block adult content for UK customers. If such a content filter does materialize from the talks, it is expected to be an optional feature but also enabled by default. As a result, users...

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Disney Research's Touche takes touch interfaces to the next level
Have you ever wanted to control devices by touching everyday objects and even parts of your body? Sure you have! And a team at Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University is working on the technology to make it possible. Dubbed “Touche”, the technique uses something called ‘Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing’...

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Micron to volume produce DDR4 DRAM by the end of 2012
Micron has announced development of their first fully functional DDR4 DRAM module. The company has already started sending out samples to major vendors and will be applying feedback to use in a final product that is expect to ship in 2013.

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Neowin: Corsair Vengeance K90 mechanical keyboard review
Back in March, Neowin's Paul Ferson checked out the Das Keyboard Professional S, an excellent mechanical keyboard with a robust set of features and a pleasing clicky tactical feel that's also remained a favorite of TechSpot's staff for several years. Now our friends at Neowin are following up with another...

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LG to launch first Google TV products in May
LG Electronics, the world's second-largest TV maker, first announced plans to join the Google TV fray at CES 2012 in January, despite the lukewarm reception the platform received from customers. Well, it appears those plans are about to come to fruition as the company prepares to ship the first units...

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OS X Lion security blunder exposes login passwords in plain text
Security researcher David Emery has exposed what it claims is a major security bug in the currently shipping version of OS X Lion (10.7.3), which causes login passwords to be stored in a plain text file. The flaw specifically affects users of Snow Leopard who used the FileVault encryption option...

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HTC One X for AT&T now available, sans unlocked bootloader
AT&T has released the HTC One X for purchase on their network but astute buyers have already noticed a glaring issue with the smartphone. It seems that HTC has locked the bootloader on their new flagship phone through AT&T, reneging on a promise that the company made to customers last...

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The new iPad was 'Plan B' for Apple
A new report suggests that the new iPad is actually Cupertino’s “Plan B” as the original idea was to launch a tablet that was thinner and lighter than the iPad 2. Apple wanted to use a new display technology from Sharp but the Japanese multinational wasn’t able to have the...

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AkelPad 4.7.5
AkelPad is an open source editor for plain text. It is designed to be a small and fast.




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Skype 5.9.0.115
Skype is free and simple software that will enable you to make free calls anywhere in the world in minutes.




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Orbit Downloader 4.1.0.7
Super light,easy-to-use and free rich media downloader.




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Sumatra PDF 2.1.1
Sumatra PDF is a slim, free, open-source PDF viewer for Windows.




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EMDB 1.46
EMDB is a small utility to keep track of your DVD collection.




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Movienizer 5.1
Organize, track and research your movie collection for free




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FreeRIP 3.7
FreeRIP is a Windows application that can convert your audio CDs to a number of audio file formats.




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Burn4Free 6.0
The new free burning solution and dvd copy.




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VideoCacheView 2.20
Extract Web site video files from the cache of your Web browser.




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AnVir Task Manager Free 6.7.1
Detailed information about the processes running on PC and startup applications.




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Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
Now with Mercury, it's the fastest workflow in the solar system.




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Norton AntiVirus X 9.x-10.x Defs 05/07/12 for Mac OS X
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.




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cFosSpeed 8.00 Build 1946
Internet-Accelerator + Traffic Shaping + ping optimizer + packet prioritization




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uTorrent 3.1.3.27167 (utorrent)
uTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint.




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Anti-keylogger 10.3.3
Real-time blocking of most types of keystroke monitoring programs.




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Google Drive 1.0.2975
Google Drive. Keep everything. Share anything.




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UltraDefrag 5.0.5
UltraDefrag is powerful Open Source defragmentation tool for Windows NT.




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Total Uninstall 6.0.2
Uninstall any program with the most advanced uninstaller software.




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Pidgin 2.10.4
Pidgin is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows.




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WinXP Manager 8.0.1
Powerful utility to tweak, optimize and clean up Windows XP.




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Recover My Files 4.9.6.1477
Recovers deleted files emptied from the Windows Recycle Bin, or lost.




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Cobian Backup 11.1.0.545
Multi-threaded program that can be used to schedule and backup your files and directories.




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RegRun Security Suite Platinum 6.9.7.98
A powerful tool kit against Trojans, rootkits, spyware, adware components.




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Actual Title Buttons 7.0
Minimize to Tray, Roll up, Stay on Top.




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Actual Window Rollup 7.0
Roll Up is the best way to minimize windows. No more innumerable icons.




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