Saturday, November 10, 2012

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

TechSpot Weekend Open Forum: What's on your Christmas wish list? The holiday season is fast apprAoaching and chances are some of you are already scrambling to find the perfect gift for that special person in your life -- including yourselves, of course. As usual, we’ll have our annual holiday gift guide ready in the next few days to ease the... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Apple "most innovative" company for third year, Booz & Co. finds For the third year running, management consulting firm Booz & Co. has named Apple the world's most innovative company in its annual report, Global Innovation 1000 Study: Making Ideas Work. Booz & Co. bases its rankings on an analysis of the "fuzzy front-end" of innovation -- the ability of a company... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Surface early adopters reporting issues with audio, Touch Cover Several Surface early adopters are reporting multiple issues with Microsoft’s first-ever tablet. It’s not exactly a good sign for Redmond considering the device has only been on the market for two weeks but we understand they are already working with customers to remedy some of the problems. ... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Thailand flood still inflating hard drive prices after one year The Tech Report has taken a detailed look at hard drive prices, revisiting them more than one year after the devastating Thailand floods which stifled mechanical drive production. What their analysis uncovers is likely what storage consumers had been fearing: the vast majority of hard drives are still considerably more expensive than... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Weekend game deals: GTA IV $5, BF3 $20, Bastion $3.74 On the heels of Game Informer's GTA V cover reveal, a handful of distributors are offering GTA IV for $5. Elsewhere, you'll find half off Sleeping Dogs, 75% off Serious Sam titles as well as a Veteran's Day sale at Origin. Although we usually avoid listing preorder deals, it's worth... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Windows 8, RT set to receive first critical security patches Microsoft’s recently launched Windows 8 operating system is set to receive its first critical security update next week. According to the company’s advance notification posting, the November edition of Patch Tuesday will include critical fixes for vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, and the .NET framework. The exact nature of each... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Yahoo page redesign draws inspiration from Windows 8 A great number of changes have been brewing at Yahoo, the still relatively new home of Google executive turned Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. According to sources from All Things D, the latest shake-up is a redesigned look which appears to draw inspiration from Windows 8's Metro UI: large, differently-sized tiles... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
What exactly is Google's Niantic Project? Google launched a marketing campaign for something they are calling The Niantic Project earlier this month. Or at least, we think they did. Or someone did. Truth be told, we aren’t really sure exactly what The Niantic Project is or what purpose it serves. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
SEAL Team Six members disciplined for sharing secrets with EA A group of US Navy SEALs have reportedly been disciplined for revealing secret practices to Electronic Arts earlier this year. At least seven SEAL Team Six members, the elite special forces group that carried out the raid that killed Osama bin Laden last year, are believed to have worked as... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Nvidia posts solid Q3 results, says future of cheap PCs is tablets Nvidia posted solid financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended October 28, helped by the growing demand for Tegra chips in smartphones and tablets as well as a successful rollout of its Kepler-based graphics lineup for PCs. Net income during the period rose to $209.1 million, up from $178.3... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Zotac updates Zbox HTPC with Brazos 2.0 E2-1800 APU Just in time to attract a few holiday shoppers, Zotac has announced a performance refresh for its Zbox Mini PC series. Armed with AMD's E2-1800 APU, the new Zbox AD06 supposedly offers about 10% more speed than its predecessor, the AD04. The AD06's Brazos 2.0 chip packs two processing cores that... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
AT&T is making changes to FaceTime over cellular restrictions AT&T has announced plans to modify existing restrictions in place for select iPhone users wishing to use FaceTime video chat over the cellular network. Apple first introduced the feature in iOS 6 but AT&T only allowed it for customers that signed up for a new shared data plan. Before the... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
GameFly launches PC game client, celebrates with BioShock giveaway Celebrating the official launch of its desktop client, GameFly is allowing users to download a free copy of BioShock. The software was in beta for nearly a year and its release represents a milestone for the company, which previously focused on mail-order game rentals but plunged into the digital PC... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
LG releases 29-inch ultra widescreen IPS monitor with 29:9 aspect ratio I’ve been a proponent of multi-monitor setups for years. Having multiple displays at your disposal can increase productivity exponentially thanks to the added screen resolution, especially if you work behind a keyboard day in and day out. Not to mention the fact that it just looks pretty cool as well... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
How Has Windows Search Improved Since Win2k? Hint: It Hasn't!
Last weekend I was feeling a bit nostalgic and fired up Windows 2000 on my home computer. Win2k has a special place in my heart. Sadly, due to planned obsolescence it's no longer possible to use this fantastic operating system with the latest software available. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Mirillis Action! 1.12.1 Action! allows real-time recording/capture of Windows Aero desktop in a superb HD video quality. Read More ...
Foxit Reader 5.4.4.1023 Foxit Reader is a free reader for PDF documents. You can view and print PDF documents with it. Read More ...
FlashGet 3.7.0.1218 FlashGet is specifically designed to address Speed and management of downloaded files. Read More ...
Norton Virus Definitions 2003-07 November 9, 2012 Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated. Read More ...
Norton Virus Definitions 2008-10 November 9, 2012 Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated. Read More ...
WinToFlash 0.7.0054 Beta WinToFlash starts a wizard that will help pull over the contents of a windows installation CD or DVD and prep the USB drive to become a bootable replacement for the optical drive. It can also do this with your LiveCD. Read More ...
SopCast 3.5.0 SopCast is a simple, free way to broadcast video and audio or watch the video and listen to radio on the Internet. Read More ...
Nokia Software Updater 3.0.655 Update your Nokia phone software to get the latest features and apps for your phone. Read More ...
Readon TV Movie Radio Player 7.6.0.0 Watch thousands of TV channels all over the world today. Read More ...
Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant 6.2.9200 Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant is an app designed to scan your system and verifiy if it is ready for Windows 8. Read More ...
Manic Digger 2012-10-17 Manic Digger is an open-source implementation of block-building games as made famous by Minecraft. Read More ...
Infiniminer 1.5 Infiniminer is an open source multi-player block-based sandbox building and digging game, in which the player is a miner searching for minerals by carving tunnels through procedurally generated voxel-based maps and building structures. Read More ...
Nuance PDF Reader 7.0 The free PDF reader that's small in size and big on features. Read More ...
Automize 9.17 Automize is a task scheduler and automation program that can automate. Easy to use, No programming is required. Read More ...
EF Commander 8.80 File manager, archiver, viewer, FTP-client for Windows desktop. Read More ...
EF Commander Lite 8.80 EF Commander is a file manager for the Windows 32/64-bit desktop. Read More ...
SAM Broadcaster 4.9.8 Pprofessional DJ system with the ability to stream audio over the internet. Read More ...
Advanced Uninstaller Pro 11.14 Remove software and files that were left behind after you uninstalled software that you no longer use. Read More ...
Arachnophilia 5.5.2723 Arachnophilia is a full featured HTML editor with an internal browser. Read More ...
WinISO 6.3.0.4696 CD-ROM image file utility that can convert BIN to ISO, extract/edit/create ISO files directly, tec. Read More ...
Wise Care 365 2.06.155 Wise Care 365 is an all-in-one PC tune-up utility. It will keep your Windows secure, clean and fast. Read More ...
DU Meter 6.05 DU Meter is an Internet usage monitor for your computer. It shows real-time graphs and can create reports and alerts based on your downloads and uploads. Read More ...
Joomla! 3.0.2 Popular powerful content management system. Read More ...
Ditto 3.18.46.0 11-8-12 Ditto is an extension to the standard windows clipboard Read More ...
Kaspersky XpajKiller 1.6.5.0 To disinfect a system infected with malware Virus.Win32.Xpaj.a,b,c,gen use the tool XpajKiller.exe. Read More ...
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