Tuesday, August 21, 2012

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 21/08/2012

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Synaptics rethinks laptop touchpad, keyboard with pressure sensing
Synaptics, a company well known for developing the touchpads and clickpads found on laptops from a number of manufactures, has officially announced a couple of new touch-focused products aimed at the next generation of Windows 8 devices: the ForcePad and ThinTouch. The first is a radical redesign of its existing...

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Synaptics rethinks laptop touchpad and keyboard with pressure sensitive devices
Synaptics, a company well known for developing the touchpads and clickpads found on laptops from a number of manufactures, has officially announced a couple of new touch-focused products aimed at the next generation of Windows 8 devices: the ForcePad and ThinTouch. The first is a radical redesign of its existing...

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Leaked internal memo suggests big changes in store for Hulu
Big changes could be coming to video streaming service Hulu in the near future according to a leaked confidential memo that found its way to Variety. The three-page memo, dated in July, suggests that CEO Jason Kilar could be preparing to leave the company while other bullet points highlight potential...

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Steam's 'big picture' mode beta launching in early September
Steam’s Big Picture mode, a new full-screen option for the PC client aimed at bringing your game library to the living room, is set to launch in beta next month. Speaking on last Thursday’s episode of GameTrailers TV, Valve designer Greg Coomer said you'll be able to hop into the...

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Neowin: HTC One V review
After a golden streak of reviewing high-end, flagship smartphones we find ourselves taking a step back and looking at the other end of the spectrum; after all, there are a lot of people out there who don't desire something so big or so expensive. The HTC One V with us...

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Motorola files new ITC complaint against Apple over 7 patents
Apple has found itself at the center of another patent dispute after Motorola Mobility filed a new patent-infringement complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC). Motorola claims several of Apple’s product features infringe on patents they own, which includes Cupertino's Siri voice recognition software.

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Apple, Google lead consortium to purchase Kodak's patent portfolio
Apple and Google, described by some as bitter rivals in the mobile handset race, have reportedly joined forces in an effort to purchase a patent portfolio being auctioned off by bankrupt Eastman Kodak. Previous reports had pinned Apple and Google working together on a deal but now the Wall Street...

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Creative adds three new products to Sound Blaster audio lineup
Creative has unveiled a new family of audio products that will inherit the reputable Sound Blaster name. The Sound Blaster Z, Sound Blaster Zx and Sound Blaster ZxR all use Creative’s Core3D quad-core audio and voice processor, much like the recent Recon3D cards. Each of the three products offers a...

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Weekend tech reading: OnLive reboots with new owner after layoffs
OnLive's alleged bankruptcy filing leaves former employees in the dark "OnLive ... will continue to operate," the statement read. "...there is no expected interruption of any OnLive services." It was a statement that read as an assurance: everything is fine, we're still here, it's business as usual. But it was clear that...

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WOF: Do you carry a USB drive every day? If so, what's on it?
With flash storage being more affordable, compact and rugged than ever, it seems common for people to routinely carry a USB drive -- or six, in the case of our news editor Rick, who runs a PC repair business. Naturally, most of his drives contain bootable utilities, operating system installers,...

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Site owner gets 4 years in prison for unauthorized video sharing
Surfthechannel.com owner Anton Vickerman has landed himself a stiff four-year prison sentence after running a website which hosted links to unauthorized video content. That's substantially less than the maximum of 10 years he faced, but almost certainly more than he had hoped for.

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Justice Department approves Verizon's $3.9 billion spectrum deal
Verizon Wireless is one step closer to finalizing a deal to purchase up to $3.9 billion worth of wireless spectrum from Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cox Communications and Bright House Networks. The US Justice Department gave the deal its stamp of approval although not without requiring some modifications to protect...

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Weekend game deals: Alan Wake $7.49, Binary Domain $9.99
It's Friday again, and the universe has granted you another opportunity to convert your earnings into a stack of digital games. You'll probably have many chances to grab Crysis titles at a discount as we near the launch of Crysis 3 in February, but Amazon currently has the Maximum Edition...

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Twitter's grip tightens with new API, upsets some devs
Twitter product manager Michael Sippey announced that Twitter's next API revision is expected to launch in "the coming weeks". An API, or "application programming interface", is a framework by which developers are granted the ability to access certain features, data and services from another's project and integrate them into their...

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SMS spoofing vulnerability exposed in Apple's iOS
A prominent jailbreaker that goes by the handle Pod2g has exposed a vulnerability in the way iOS interprets key SMS data that could allow scammers to gain sensitive information from iPhone users. Essentially, the flaw makes it possible to change the reply-to number in an SMS, so you might think...

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Linux Kernel 3.5.2
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K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 9.2.0
K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools.




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K-Lite Codec Pack Full 9.2.0
The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools.




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K-Lite Codec Pack Standard 9.2.0
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K-Lite Codec Pack Basic 9.2.0
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K-Lite Codec Pack 64-bit 9.2.0
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DFX Audio Enhancer 11.14.0
DFX dramatically improves the sound quality of Internet and digital audio.




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Mirillis Action! 1.9.0
Action! allows real-time recording/capture of Windows Aero desktop in a superb HD video quality.




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Document.Editor 2013.2
Document.Editor is an open source multitab VB.Net/WPF Ribbon UI based word processor for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.




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ooVoo 3.5.3.16
ooVoo brings easy video chat to all platforms - our free video chat app is available to download for your computer (Mac, PC), smartphone (iOS, Android) & tablet.




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AkelPad 4.7.8
AkelPad is an open source editor for plain text. It is designed to be a small and fast.




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Soluto 1.3.925.0
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WinISO 6.2.0.4602
CD-ROM image file utility that can convert BIN to ISO, extract/edit/create ISO files directly, tec.




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Comodo IceDragon 14.0.3
As the number of internet threats increases, users are faced with choosing a browser which fits both their security needs and meets their particular browsing necessities.




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PlayOn 3.5.21
Never Pay Outrageous Cable Bills Again. Free Movies, TV Shows, Live Sports and more.




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Arachnophilia 5.5.2703
Arachnophilia is a full featured HTML editor with an internal browser.




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Miranda IM 0.10.1
Multi protocol instant messenger client.




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Process Lasso 6.0.0.86
Process Lasso is a software that will improve system responsiveness and stability.




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cFosSpeed 8.03 Build 1986 Beta
cFosSpeed, faster Internet with Traffic Shaping.




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NirLauncher 1.16.01
NirLauncher is a package of more than 100 portable freeware utilities for Windows, all of them developed for NirSoft Web site during the last few years.


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Reaper 4.26
Record, edit, render and arrange multi-track waveform audio.




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Kaspersky Rescue Disk 08.18.12
Boot from the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to scan and remove threats from an infected computer without the risk of infecting other files or computers.




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Web Site Maestro X 8.7 for Mac OS X
Useful tool for those who update their web site(s) regularly, especially for professional web masters with large sites.




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A Better Finder Rename 9.11 for Mac OS X
A Better Finder Rename allows users to quickly rename multiple files.




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Google Chrome 21.0.1180.81 Beta for Windows
Google Chrome's development is high-paced and here's their latest beta.




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