TechSpot Laptop Buying Guide: The Ivy Bridge Update
We’re finally starting to see some action in the laptop market after a few stagnant months as manufacturers awaited the latest hardware to become available. Intel officially launched its Ivy Bridge architecture back in April, but it wasn’t until around May and June that the first laptops equipped with the... 
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iPad prototype photos surface in legal documents
Legal documents from one of many court battles between Apple and Samsung have revealed early images of a product that would eventually become the iPad. The photos show a device internally known as 035 that reportedly date back to between 2002 and 2004, several years before Apple launched the iPad. 
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YouTube offers face blurring in one click
Heeding input from human rights activists and this 2011 Cameras Everywhere report, YouTube has added a feature which aims to protect the privacy of individuals involved in controversial video footage. The new feature, "Blur All Faces", now appears in YouTube's video editor and allows users to automagically (and optionally) obscure... 
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Crucial launches m4 mSATA line of SSDs for Ultrabooks
Crucial has announced availability of the m4 mSATA line of solid state drives targeted at Ultrabooks. These new drives are one eighth the size of a standard 2.5-inch drive yet deliver the same level of performance as Crucial’s full-size m4 SSD line, making them perfect for primary storage or to... 
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti expected by mid-August for $299
Nvidia is reportedly set to finally expand its Kepler-based GPU lineup beyond the current high end offerings (and a lone $99 GeForce GT 640). 
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Explore the Antarctic with Google Maps and Street View
Armchair explorers can now enjoy impromptu South Pole safaris from the warm comfort of their cozy homes. Google announced on Tuesday that its Street View team has been hard at work collecting 360-degree imagery of notable locations in Antarctica and has finally posted some of its work to the World... 
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Experian: password theft soars 300% to 12 million in the first quarter
Cybercriminals illegally trading stolen personal information online such as passwords has soared exponentially to 300% during the first four months of 2012, according to the latest research from Experian CreditExpert and market research agency Opinion Matters. 
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AT&T unveils Shared Data plans, launching late August
Following in Verizon Wireless’ footsteps, AT&T today unveiled new shared data plans that will let customers apply one data plan to up to 10 smartphones, tablets, and other Internet-connected devices. The plans will be available in late August and also include unlimited talk and text. 
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PayPal acquires mobile payment facilitator card.io
PayPal recently announced that they have acquired mobile payment facilitator card.io, a San Francisco-based company that provides software for developers to use the camera on smartphones to capture and process credit card information. The eBay subsidiary has been using card.io technology with their PayPal Here app but decided to buy... 
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China's software piracy clampdown has cost $157 million in licenses
China has spent over 1 billion Yuan ($155.9m) on the purchasing of licensed software as part of a three-year long national anti-piracy campaign to turn the tides on the use of pirated software across its government offices, according to Chinese newspaper Xinhua. 
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Dropbox users reporting email spam following service outage
File hosting service Dropbox was hit with a brief 20-minute outage yesterday afternoon but the bigger story is the discovery of what appears to be some type of internal or external email address leak. The downtime and security concern are reportedly unrelated and appear to be limited to users in... 
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Intel reports Q2 2012 revenue of $13.5 billion, $2.8 billon in profit
Intel has posted second quarter revenue of $13.5 billion with a profit of $2.8 billion led by strong sales of Ultrabooks and mobile phones. Revenue is up from last quarter’s $12.9 billion haul while at the same time improving five percent from the same time period last year. Profit increased... 
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LG Display workers charged with stealing Samsung OLED secrets
According to a report by The Associated Press, LG's display arm has admitted to six of its employees being involved in the possible misappropriation of OLED technology secrets from Samsung. Samsung has accused the display maker of having "systematically stole its display technology and poached Samsung employees." ... 
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Editorial: Why Windows 8 Start Menu's Absence is Irrelevant
Although every product deserves healthy criticism, many opinions of Windows 8 seem to be based on misconceptions, especially when it comes to the viability of Metro as a Start menu replacement. For the record, I don't care if you skip the update -- hell, I might pass on it too... 
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Windows 8: Why the Start Menu's Absence is Irrelevant
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PrivaZer 1.2.5
PrivaZer is a privacy cleaner that scans your computer and provides you with a complete report of all computer and Internet traces that can be found on your PC.
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Copernic Desktop Search 3.6.0
Easily search your entire hard drive in less than a second to pinpoint the right file, e-mail, music or pictures.
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Internet Cyclone 2.14
Internet Cyclone is a powerful, easy-to-use, Internet Optimizer / Internet Accelerator for Windows designed to automatically optimize your Windows settings which will boost your Internet connection speed up to 200%.
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Zemana AntiLogger 1.9.3.199
Anti-virus software is Not Enough to Stop Hackers and Keyloggers.
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Sysinternals Suite 07/18/2012
A bundling of dozens of selected troubleshooting Sysinternals Utilities.
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Mozilla Thunderbird Earlybird 16.0 Alpha 2
Now with tabs, better search, and email archiving.
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K-Lite Codec Pack Update 9.0.8
This is a cumulative update for the latest version of the K-Lite (Mega) Codec Pack.
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Mozilla Firefox 15.0 Beta 1
The absolute latest from Mozilla Firefox.
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Firefox Portable 14.0.1
Run Firefox from your removable/USB drive.
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Allway Sync 12.2.1
Real bidirectional file & folder synchronization software. Free for private use.
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Spybot Search and Destroy Detection Update July 18, 2012
This updates the detection rules for Spybot Search and Destroy.
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MacTracker 6.5 for Mac OS X
Mactracker provides detailed information on every Apple, Motorola, PowerComputing, and UMAX Mac OS computer ever made.
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Mozilla Firefox 15.0 Beta 1 for Mac OS X
Experience the newest innovations in an unstable environment thatÂ’s not for the faint of heart.
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