Wednesday, July 11, 2012

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 11/07/2012

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Foxconn readies fanless Atom/Brazos Nano PCs for September
First unveiled in May, Foxconn has announced that its fanless nettops will finally ship in September after a brief delay possibly related to the cancellation of Intel's Atom D2700 processor, which was originally expected to appear in one of the models. The Nano PC will be available in two variants:...

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Kickstarter to launch in the the UK this autumn
Kickstarter has been around for roughly four years in the US, gaining momentum and helping to fund endeavors ranging from indie films and music to video games and food-related projects. The service is now preparing to expand to let international users in on the action as citizens in the UK...

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Huge video game collection sold for $1.2 million, includes games for 22 classic consoles
For a minimum bid starting at more than a million dollars, a collector is offering his entire catalog of video games for Nintendo home systems from the NES/Famicom through the GameCube, plus the full lineup of every game released on any Sega system — all of it in the box...

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Microsoft Surface tablets facing supply constraints, chassis trouble?
Citing its usual upstream industry supply sources, Digitimes reports that Microsoft has canned plans for an aluminum-magnesium design in its upcoming Surface tablet. Instead, according to sources, Microsoft will be adopting a chassis made entirely from magnesium -- a move driven by supplier constraints.

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Valve will let you vote on what games are released on Steam
Valve has announced a new feature that will let gamers vote on what titles appear on Steam. Currently, the company has an internal group that determines what games launch on the service, but since Valve doesn't employ psychics, it can be tough to please the community.

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HP announces new all-in-ones for businesses and consumers
HP has expanded its range of All-in-One systems today with the introduction of four new models, two of them aimed at consumers and the other two targeting business users. All of them have 1080p displays and are available with up to Ivy Bridge Core processors and discrete graphics.

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Microsoft to acquire multi-touch company Perceptive Pixel
Microsoft has announced that they will be acquiring Perceptive Pixel Inc., a large-scale multi-touch hardware and software developer. PPI will no doubt help to bolster Microsoft’s touch ambitions in Windows 8 and beyond as the company has received several accolades since its inception in 2006.

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Facebook closing Face.com APIs and Klik app
Facebook acquired facial recognition technology company Face.com last month in a deal that was rumored to be valued around $100 million. The social network is already making headway with the new purchase by closing some of the key products from the 2007 startup, presumably to begin integrating features directly into Facebook.

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Next-gen Kindle Fire expected to be thinner, 1280x800, Q3 launch
Sources from AllThingsD have confirmed some of the rumors we've been hearing about the next iteration of Kindle Fires which are expected to arrive this year. They've also added a few more details of their own to the rumor bag, suggesting the next offerings from Amazon will be thinner and...

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BitTorrent Torque web app turn browser into a file-sharing hub
The company behind the popular torrent downloading software uTorrent has announced a new project called BitTorrent Torque, an alpha release set of tools that can be run from HTML5-compliant web browsers like Google Chrome, turning them into a fully-fledged file-sharing hub.

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Microsoft officially sets Windows 8 general availability for October
Microsoft today officially revealed a more specific shipping schedule for its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system during its Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto. Widely expected to arrive ahead of the Holiday shopping season, Windows CFO Tami Reller said Windows 8 will be in the hands of its OEMs during the...

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Fujitsu announces Stylistic Q702 hybrid tablet and LifeBook T902 for Q3
Fujitsu has unveiled two Windows 8-ready portables geared for the business professional. The systems will ship with Windows 7 sometime in the third quarter but it’s clear that both were designed with Windows 8 in mind.

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Valve's Steam summer sales plan leaked
Valve’s annual Steam Summer Sale may be a bit behind schedule this year, but fear not as a Reddit member has revealed what is being billed as the complete sale list for summer 2012. The unconfirmed list features 55 games that will be up for grabs over the course of...

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Neowin: Interview with Kelt Reeves, founder of Falcon Northwest
As the PC game industry gets ready for the official launch of Windows 8 in just a few months, the people who will be at the front lines of Microsoft's next operating system will be its PC OEM partners. While we have heard some details about what big companies such...

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Rumor: Samsung readying Windows RT tablet for October launch
Samsung is reportedly working on a tablet running Microsoft's next generation operating system ahead of its worldwide release in October. According to sources familiar with the matter cited in a report by Bloomberg, the South Korean firm plans to release the ARM-based tablet running Windows RT at the same time...

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Apple pulls products from EPEAT green electronics registry
Apple has withdrawn all of its products from the US government backed EPEAT environmental rating system it helped create. The move will have immediate effect and the Cupertino-based company will no longer submit devices for approval in the future, according to an announcement on EPEAT's website.

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RapidShare releases cloud sync tool RapidDrive
RapidShare is joining the likes of Dropbox and SugarSync in the cloud sync and storage business with the introduction of RapidDrive. The new service is said to work directly with a computer’s file system, allowing for automatic synching with remote servers.

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HP Omni 27 All-In-One PC Review
The Omni 27 Quad is HP's latest all-in-one that shares many aesthetic characteristics with the TouchSmart 520 we recently reviewed, despite being in a different class. Inside we find a third-generation Intel Core i5-3550S Ivy Bridge processor clocked at 3.0GHz, 8GB of DDR3 memory, a 2TB Hitachi hard drive spinning at...

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Weekend tech reading: Mozilla halting Thunderbird innovation
Mozilla to stop Thunderbird feature updates It would be incorrect to say that Thunderbird is dead. Rather, Mozilla appears to have moved the desktop email client from the hospital to hospice, and it's now up to the community to decide just how development on the app should continue -- if it's to continue at...

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TPB blockade makes no difference, says ISP XS4ALL
Despite European courts forcing ISPs to block access to The Pirate Bay, the move has had little impact on the internet's most well known, longest-running torrent website. In fact, according to a blog post by one of Europe's largest ISPs, XS4ALL, it has made absolutely no difference at all. ...

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HP Omni 27 Quad All-In-One Review
The HP Omni 27 is very similar in design to the TouchSmart 520, using the same beefy aluminum base that additionally serves as a keyboard shelf. However, equipped with a 27-inch, non-touch display and a third-generation Intel Core processor, the Omni 27 is in a different class.

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Kindle for PC 1.10.0.40262
Read Kindle Books on Your Computer.




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TweakNow WinSecret 2011 4.2.1
Explore the secret of Windows XP and Vista




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Fresh HTML 3.69
Fresh HTML is a software to create and edit pages for the world wide web.




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VideoCacheView 2.32
Extract Web site video files from the cache of your Web browser.




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VueScan 9.1.09
VueScan is an easy to use scanner program that saves you time and improves your productivity.




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LeechGet 2009 2.1
LeechGet is a download manager that uses a very nice, modern, Microsoft Outlook-like user interface.




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Google Chrome 22.0.1201.0 Dev for Mac OS X
This version is intended for only for developers and early testers.




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HWiNFO64 4.01-1690 Beta
Professional hardware information and diagnostic tools supporting latest components, industry technologies and standards.




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Google Chrome 22.0.1201.0 Dev for Windows
This version is intended for only for developers and early testers.




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HWiNFO32 4.01-1690 Beta
A powerful system information tool for Windows.




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Google Chrome 22.0.1201.0 Dev for Linux
This version is intended for only for developers and early testers.




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MaxBulk Mailer 8.4 for Mac OS X
Program able to send commercial mailings to up to several hundreds of email addresses very easily.




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Google Chrome 21.0.1180.15 Beta for Mac OS X
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.




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Google Chrome 21.0.1180.15 Beta for Linux
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.




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Google Chrome 21.0.1180.15 Beta for Windows
Google Chrome's development is high-paced and here's their latest beta.




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System Ninja 2.3.5.0
Clean your computer of unwanted junk that constantly slows your entire system down.




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Opti Drive Control 1.70
Opti Drive Control is a program for testing optical drives and media.




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BurnAware Free 5.0
BurnAware allows you to easily perform the most common disc burning operations.




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Easy CD-DA Extractor Free 16.0.7
All-in-one audio application. Rip audio cd's, convert audio files and burn audio cd's.




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EssentialPIM Free 5.0
EssentialPIM - free and innovative Personal Information Manager.




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NetGong (Formerly IPMonitor) 7.9
Network monitoring solution.




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Zortam Mp3 Media Studio 13.95
All-in-one Mp3 application and organizer.




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PcBoost 3.7.9.2012
Boost the speed of your computer by making games and applications run faster.




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Throttle 6.7.9.2012
Optimize your internet connection by modifying your Dial-up, DSL, ADSL, Cable, ISDN, and Satellite modem settings.




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SuperRam 6.7.9.2012
SuperRam increases computer performance by freeing wasted memory.




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