Thursday, February 21, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 22/02/2013


TechSpot Sony unveils the PlayStation 4, coming this holiday season Sony introduced the PlayStation 4 at a media event on Wednesday evening nearly seven years after launching the company’s current console back in 2006. Some 1,200 members of the press were on hand to witness the unveiling of a new era of gaming that features a very heavy emphasis on social. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
myIDkey biometric password manager seeks Kickstarter funding A company called Arkami, Inc. has taken to Kickstarter with hopes of funding their secure Bluetooth / USB storage drive designed to help users keep track of the growing number of accounts and passwords associated with personal information online. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Mozilla gives in, adds H.264 video support to Firefox Nightly builds After years of throwing its weight behind Google's VP8 video codec (aka: WebM), Mozilla has officially slipped support for H.264 video into its Firefox Nightly builds -- but only for Windows 7 users. Although once a battle waged to fight costly fees and adhere to open-source principles, H.264 has since... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Qualcomm reveals specs of Snapdragon 400 and 200 processors The latest post on Qualcomm’s official blog sheds some light on the company’s upcoming Snapdragon 200 and 400 processors. Unlike the beefier Snapdragon 800 and 600 processors, these new chips are targeting mid-tier and entry level smartphones according to vice president of marketing for Qualcomm Mobile Tim McDonough. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
OCZ Vertex 3 update adds 20nm NAND, lowers I/O performance? OCZ's Vertex 3 SSD line-up is about to receive a minor hardware update, a company press release indicates. It appears OCZ's upcoming Vertex 3.20 drives are essentially the same as their predecessors, but will feature a NAND (memory) die-shrink from 25nm to 20nm. This memory cell miniaturization should result in... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
New products shown to Apple's board 6-18 months before they launch During a recent speech at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, chairman of Apple’s board Arthur D. Levinson said members of the board are typically presented with new products anywhere between six and 18 months before they are revealed to the general public. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Steve Ballmer says Surface is a real business but won't dominate sales Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently sat down with Technology Review to discuss the company’s tablet ambitions. What was once described as a design point to prime the pump with the goal of selling a few million units, Surface is now said to be a real business – although don’t expect... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Mozilla releases Firefox 19 stable with built-in PDF viewer Mozilla has published the latest stable release of Firefox 19 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The update is rather short on new features, but it does include a built-in PDF viewer that will eliminate the need for third-party plugins such as Adobe’s Reader, which is often a source for... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Yahoo's Marissa Mayer unveils redesigned homepage Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer took to the company’s official blog earlier today to announce a new homepage design. The executive describes the redesign as a more modern experience that’s more intuitive and personal that’ll help bring you the very best that the web has to offer. ... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Spotify wants to offer free mobile streaming, asks industry to lower fees According to several "music industry sources", Spotify is negotiating with major music labels to both renew their contracts and, most interestingly, lower their license fees by a "substantial" amount. The report claims that Spotify hopes to offer streaming to mobiles for free, partly supported by ads, revealing the impetus for... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Google contest asks what you would do if you had Project Glass Nearly a year ago Google revealed Project Glass, an augmented reality visor that’s had the tech community buzzing and the competition scrambling to build copycat devices ever since. The search giant opened pre-orders for Google I/O attendees back in June 2012 but now they are expanding the opportunity for even... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Microsoft says Office 2013 licensing is nothing new, but it's a price hike in disguise Last week a number of sites including TechSpot reported on an apparently new licensing restriction for the retail version of Office 2013 that essentially ties your version of the software to a single computer -- not one at a time, but only one PC, forever. If the computer crashes you... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Microsoft says Office 2013 licensing is nothing new Last week a number of sites including TechSpot reported on an apparently new licensing restriction for the retail version of Office 2013 that essentially ties your version of the software to a single computer -- not one at a time, but only one PC, forever. If the computer crashes you... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Google has reduced hacked Gmail accounts by 99.7 percent since 2011 E-mail spam is practically a way of life in this day and age but that doesn’t mean we have to accept the way things are. That especially holds true for Google as the company recently outlined some measures they have taken to reduce spam by preventing hacks in the first... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Apple says they were hacked by the same group that hit Facebook In a rare admission on Tuesday, Apple announced they too have fallen victim to a sophisticated malware that targeted Twitter and Facebook in recently weeks. Just like the attack on Facebook, Apple says some of their employees’ computers were infected when they visited a website for software developers. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Blender 2.66 3D Modeling, Animation, Rendering, and Realtime 3D/game creation. Read More ...
Bullzip PDF Printer 9.5.0.1579 The Bullzip PDF Printer works as a Microsoft Windows printer and allows you to write PDF documents from virtually any Microsoft Windows application. Read More ...
Avant Browser 2013.10 Avant Browser, is an upgrade to Internet Explorer. Read More ...
Mozilla Firefox for Android 19.0 Get Firefox for your Android device. Read More ...
Norton AntiVirus X 9.x-10.x Defs 02/20/13 for Mac OS X Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated. Read More ...
WifiInfoView 1.15 WifiInfoView scans the wireless networks in your area and displays extensive information about them. Read More ...
Microsoft Safety Scanner 1.145.89.0 The Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free downloadable security tool that provides on-demand scanning and helps remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. It works with your existing antivirus software. Read More ...
Apple iTunes 11.0.2 for Windows 64-bit iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. Read More ...
Apple iTunes 11.0.2 for Windows XP, 7 and 8 iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. Read More ...
Apple iTunes 11.02 for Mac OS X iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. Read More ...
BitComet 1.35 A powerful C++ BitTorrent Client. Read More ...
SnapCrab 1.1.1 Instantly capture with a click of the mouse. Just click, it's simple. Read More ...
TopStyle 5.0.0.94 TopStyle contains powerful tools for building standards-compliant web sites. Read More ...
Microsoft Security Essentials 4.2.223.0 Provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. Read More ...
Nvidia Inspector 1.96.9 Displays hardware information for Nvidia graphics cards. Read More ...
Adobe Reader XI 11.0.02 Easily view, print, and collaborate on PDF files with free Adobe Reader X software. Read More ...
Wise Disk Cleaner 7.76 Free up disk space by deleting junk files that are no longer used. Read More ...
Firefox Portable 19.0 Run Firefox from your removable/USB drive. Read More ...
RegSeeker 2.4 RegSeeker is a companion for your Windows registry. Read More ...
Portable Thunderbird 17.0.3 Run Thunderbird from your removable/USB drive. Read More ...
XYplorer 12.20 Multi-tabbed dual pane file manager for Windows, featuring a powerful file search, a versatile preview, and a highly customizable interface. Read More ...
Spybot Search and Destroy Detection Update February 20, 2013 This updates the detection rules for Spybot Search and Destroy. Read More ...
SeaMonkey 2.16 Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple. Read More ...
Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.3 for Mac OS X Try Mozilla's next generation Thunderbird email client. Read More ...
Java for OS X 2013-001 Java for OS X 2013-001 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_37. Read More ...
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