Saturday, August 25, 2012

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 25/08/2012

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Amazon press event set for September 6, new Kindles expected
Amazon has sent out invitations for a mystery press conference on September 6 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. The company remained tight-lipped on the exact nature of the event, but if last year's is anything to go by, it's likely we will see several Kindle product refreshes ahead...

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Judge refuses to change $675,000 fine in music downloading case
US District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel has upheld a previous ruling against Joel Tenenbaum for illegally downloading music from the Internet. Tenenbaum was sued in 2007 and ultimately found guilty of downloading 31 songs over the course of two years while a student at Boston University.

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Sleeping Dogs PC demo now available on Steam
Sleeping Dogs was released last week and the game has since been garnering positive reviews from critics and gamers alike -- it currently has a metascore of 83 in our Product Finder engine. If you’re on the fence about spending your hard earned cash, however, Steam is now offering a...

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One of a kind Final Fantasy II NES game on eBay for $50,000
A rare American Nintendo Entertainment System game cartridge has surfaced on eBay, with its owner pitching it as a “truly one of a kind” English language Final Fantasy II game, and ofering it up on the popular auction site to one lucky collector willing to pay an astonishing $50,000, or to...

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Verizon might sell Nokia's Windows Phone 8 handsets later this year
Verizon Wireless looks set to offer consumers the option to buy a Nokia smartphones running Windows Phone 8 later this year, according to a report by Bloomberg. If true, the move would mark the first time the US carrier has offered Windows-based handsets in over a year, after the HTC Trophy...

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Google job listing reveals creation of privacy red team
Google is preparing to build a privacy “red team” that will work to investigate and solve privacy concerns moving forward. The new division comes just a week after the search giant was hit with a record-setting $22.6 million fine by the Federal Trade Commission over a tracking cookie incident that...

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Apple issues first Mountain Lion maintenance update
Apple today released the first maintenance update for its new OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion operating system. Weighing in at just 24.2MB, OS X 10.8.1 is somewhat of a minor update that includes general operating system fixes to improve stability and compatibility. Apple’s release notes lists fixes to Migration Assistant, an issue...

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Infographic: The Internet 10 years later
A staggering 33 percent of the world’s population now has access to the Internet, a substantial jump over the 9.1 percent that were connected in 2002. Furthermore, these net users are now online for an average of four hours per day, up from just 46 minutes a decade ago.

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Homeland Security probes SSL flaw in RuggedCom gear securing critical infrastructure
The US Department of Homeland Security is investigating claims that a researcher has found a SSL vulnerability in Siemens’ RuggedCom network equipment. The security hole could reportedly be exploited by hackers to compromise the networks of critical infrastructure such as power plants.

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DHS probes SSL flaw in RuggedCom gear securing critical infrastructure
The US Department of Homeland Security is investigating claims that a researcher has found a SSL vulnerability in Siemens’ RuggedCom network equipment. The security hole could reportedly be exploited by hackers to compromise the networks of critical infrastructure such as power plants.

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Microsoft gets a logo makeover for the first time since 1987
Microsoft today revealed a new look for its corporate logo, marking the first time in 25 years the company has changed its image and the fifth time overall. The new logo features the name "Microsoft" in the Segoe font — a proprietary font used in the firm’s products and marketing...

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Sony culls Wipeout creators Studio Liverpool after 28-year run
The game development team at Studio Liverpool, one of Europe’s longest-running game studios was closed by its parent company Sony yesterday, without any prior warning and in the process cancelling all games in production. Among them were two rumored titles due to be released for the upcoming PlayStation 4 games console. ...

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PayPal inks deal with Discover to further expand US retail presence
PayPal is expanding their presence in the retail sector thanks to a new deal stuck with Discover. The partnership will be the second with a major financial institution as the e-commerce business already has a deal where users can access their PayPal funds using a MasterCard debit card.

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Multiple Android piracy sites seized by US law enforcement
A number of Android-based piracy websites have reportedly been seized as part of a joint venture involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice, multiple US attorneys’ offices as well as Dutch and French law enforcement officials. A statement released by the DOJ notes that this is the...

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Dell and HP report poor second quarter results
Dell has posted second quarter financials and the prognosis is pretty bleak. The PC business posted revenues of $2.6 billion which is 22 percent less than the same time period last year. The overall picture isn’t as bad, however, with revenue of $14.5 billion, just eight percent fewer year over...

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Logitech unveils K310 washable keyboard, shipping this month for $40
Logitech has unveiled a new keyboard that’s likely to give the accident-prone among us something to smile about. The Logitech Washable Keyboard K310 aims to put an end to liquid-induced keyboard destruction once and for all.

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Google's Octane claims to be "real-world" browser benchmark
Google has long been an advocate of making the web a faster place. This ideal is epitomized by the company's increasingly popular (and speedy) Internet browser, Chrome. Remaining focused on that quest for speed, today the company revealed Octane, a browser-based performance benchmark which aims to better report "real-world" performance. ...

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Spotify eyeing Canadian expansion, Asia and South America next?
Spotify’s annual accounts report indicates the company is preparing to expand into Canada and perhaps parts of Asia and South America afterwards. The report says the Canadian expansion will further strengthen their position as the world’s largest music streaming service.

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Workaround lets you upgrade from Windows 8 betas to the RTM
Microsoft made it easy to jump from an older version of its operating system to one of the Windows 8 previews, but the company has been upfront about one inherent drawback: folks running beta builds won't be able to experience the final version of Windows 8 without a fresh install...

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Hulu's redesigned website makes it easier to find content
Hulu has introduced a new website layout with an emphasis on locating and launching your favorite shows as quickly as possible. The redesigned site began rolling out to customers last night and was detailed in a recent blog post by VP of Product Rob Wong.

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Nvidia quietly launches GeForce GTX 660 for OEMs
Nvidia has quietly released the GeForce GTX 660 graphics card for the OEM market. Like its GTX 660 Ti sibling introduced last week, the GTX 660 OEM is based on the same GK104 core but with 6 SMX units enabled for a total of 1152 CUDA cores and 96 texture...

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7-Zip 9.22
7-Zip is a file archiver with high compression ratio.




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Ares Galaxy 2.1.8
Free open source file sharing program that enables users to share any digital file.




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Windows Firewall Control 3.5.0.4
Windows Firewall Control is a nifty little application which extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall and provides quick access to the most frequent options of Windows Firewall.




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Apple Mac OS X Update 10.8.1
Keep your Apple Mac OS X up to date. Also here the Supplemental Update for Mac OS X 10.7.3




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eMule 0.50a
Open source alternative to access the eDonkey P2P network.




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AVG Secure Search 1.18.0.2679
Search and surf the web safely.




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UltraISO 9.5.3.2900
ISO CD/DVD image file creating/editing/converting tool.




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VMware Player 5.0.0
Run virtual machines created by VMware Workstation, GSX Server or ESX Server.




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Advanced SystemCare with Antivirus 2013 5.6.4.273
All-In-One PC Care Service with anti-spyware, privacy protection, performance tune-ups, and system clean.




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Diablo III Patch 1.0.4.11327
Download the latest patch for Diablo 3.




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Adobe Muse 2.0.945
Create unique websites without writing code.




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Advanced SystemCare 6 Beta 2.0
Advanced SystemCare with Antivirus 2012 incorporates top anti-virus capabilities, as well as the already proven comprehensive PC tune-up ability.




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EMDB 1.56
EMDB is a small utility to keep track of your DVD collection.




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Gmail Notifier Pro 4.3.1
Gmail Notifier Pro is a Windows application capable of checking multiple Gmail accounts for new mail and display notifications.




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Avast! Antivirus Uninstall Utility 1.0.0.1
Properly uninstall Avast products.




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VMware Workstation For Windows 9.0.0
Software for developers and system administrators for software development, testing and deployment.




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Recover My Files 5.1.0.1635
Recovers deleted files emptied from the Windows Recycle Bin, or lost.




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DVDFab HD Decrypter 8.2.0.5
Copies entire DVD movie to hard disk, and removes all the protections while copying.




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Mozilla Firefox 15.0 Beta 6 for Mac OS X
Experience the newest innovations in an unstable environment thatÂ’s not for the faint of heart.




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Opera 12.02 Build 1565 RC1 for Mac OS X
Opera introduces the looks and the performance of an exceptional Web browser.




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EasyPHP 12.1.0
EasyPHP installs a complete WAMP environment for PHP developers in Windows including PHP, Apache, MySQL, PhpMyAdmin, Xdebug...




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Mozilla Firefox 15.0 Beta 6
The absolute latest from Mozilla Firefox.




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