IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 24/04/2013

Nissan, NYC unveil fleet of electric taxis to celebrate Earth Day

Nissan has joined forces with the City of New York to unveil a fleet of electric cars that will be put to use as taxis in the Big Apple. The six Nissan Leaf taxis are part of a test program and a larger goal from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg...

Google Earth lets you fly around the globe with new Leap Motion support

Adding to its short but growing list of high profile tie-ups ahead of launch, Leap Motion announced today that the latest desktop version of Google Earth will include native support for its gesture control device. The news come just in time for Earth Day and essentially means users will be...

Amazon's global Appstore expansion to encompass 200 countries

Amazon today announced the expansion of their global Appstore which will encompass nearly 200 countries in the coming months as the company continues the rollout for international customers. It’s a significant number when you consider that Google only sells apps in 134 countries while the United Nations has fewer than...

USB 3.0 SuperSpeed update to eliminate need for chargers

While the imminent arrival of next-gen USB and Thunderbolt interfaces is no longer fresh news, ComputerWorld brings to attention one potentially revolutionary detail: the next iteration of USB will deliver enough juice to effectively power any device without the aid of unsightly wall-warts.

Apple has rejected up to 8 million iPhones from Foxconn, report says

Apple has returned between five and eight million iPhones to Foxconn over quality control issues. The report, which comes from an anonymous Foxconn worker speaking with China Business, said the issues are “due to the appearance of substandard or dysfunctional problems.”

Google Now could be headed to Google's homepage on desktops

Google Now was first introduced last year as part of the Jelly Bean version of Android. Generally regarded as a more comprehensive alternative to Apple’s Siri, the popular personal assistant feature was largely expected to hit iOS devices and Chrome sometime this year, but now new evidence suggests the search...

Prototype IBM solar collector could revolutionize solar technology

Today’s solar collectors do an admirable job of collecting free energy from the sun but there’s one huge drawback: if too much energy is concentrated in one place, they run the risk of frying themselves. But that could all change in the near future as a group led by IBM...

Vote on US Internet sales tax bill nears: Marketplace Fairness Act

The U.S. Senate is poised to vote on the Marketplace Fairness Act -- an innocuously named piece of legislation which is actually an initiative to implement a nation-wide sales tax. Essentially, the MFA doesn't create a federal sales tax, but provides states with a uniform framework, better allowing states governments...

Ex-Hostgator employee allegedly installed backdoor on 2,700 servers

A former Hostgator employee has been charged with felony breach of computer security for allegedly installing a backdoor that granted nearly unimpeded access to more than 2,700 servers owned and operated by the popular web hosting company.

Start button confirmed to make a comeback in Windows 8.1, sort of

We first heard rumors about a possible comeback of the Start menu button in Windows 8.1 last week, but now sources speaking to The Verge have confirmed that this will indeed be the case, only it’s probably not what most detractors were hoping for. The newly reintroduced button will reportedly...

Tech giants unite for Chinese earthquake relief, raise $32 million

Several tech industry rivals are putting their differences aside in order to come together to help raise money for victims of this weekend’s devastating earthquake in China. A score of tech firms have donated more than $32 million in towards the relief effort thus far according to various reports.

Anonymous organizes Internet Blackout Day in protest of CISPA

Members of the loose-knit hactivist group Anonymous are encouraging an Internet Blackout Day in protest of the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) which once again made it through the House of Representatives late last week.

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Review, SLI Performance Tested

The GTX 650 Ti was our favorite $100 - $150 graphics card last year, as it thrashed the Radeon HD 7770, its direct competitor. Then last month AMD decided to attack the $150 price point with a new HD 7790 GPU, but the reaction didn't take long to arrive.

GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost & SLI Performance Review

At $170, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost sits between the Radeon HD 7790 and the 7850. In terms of performance, we actually expect the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost to be a lot faster than the GTX 650 Ti, even when it's based on the same GK106 architecture.

Meson Player 0.4
Meson Player is a very convenient music player if you don't need any flashy GUI to control playback or manage playlists.

Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) 12.0
The new Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) enables you to manage content on any portable device with storage.

Android File Transfer for Mac
The new Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) enables you to manage content on any portable device with storage.

FotoMorph 13.8.3
An easy way to create professional morphing animations and Flash Rotation Banners. Using FotoMorph you can do everything a professional animator does to create photo animations.

Bitdefender Antivirus for Android 1.1.96
Bitdefender's Antivirus Free is a powerful and fast solution that uses in-the-cloud scanning technology to arm your Android device with the very latest industry leading virus detection. Without slowing down your Android or draining your battery.

TaskUnifier 3.2.3
TaskUnifier is free and open source except the synchronization feature.

Toolwiz Time Freeze 2.1
Toolwiz Time Freeze is a free instant system restore solution to keep your system safe and always like new.

SafeIP 2.0.0.949
Hide your IP address and protect your online identity with SafeIP.

ISO Workshop 4.1
ISO Workshop is a free application specifically designed to facilitate disc image management, conversion and burning operations.

Win7codecs 4.1.1
You will no longer be restricted to using a specific player.

Image Tuner 4.1
Image Tuner is a free batch image resizing, renaming, conversion and watermarking tool with a super-intuitive and straightforward interface.

FotoMix 9.2.3
An easy way to crop, resize, rotate, enhance, mix and manipulate photos, to create a wide variety of images.

ProgDVB 6.92.7
ProgDVB is the universal and very power software for watching digital TV and listening to radio channels.

Bit Lord 2.2.1
A powerful C++ BitTorrent Client.

Vole Internet Expedition 3.4.30420
Vole Internet Expedition is a scene reproduce internet browser collection controller.

Fotosizer 2.01.0.530
Fotosizer is a free batch photo/image resizer tool. It lets you resize hundreds of photos in a matter of minutes in a quick and easy way.

CoolNovo (formerly ChromePlus) 2.0.7.11
CoolNovo has all the functionalities that Google Chrome has. More, CoolNovo added some useful features such as Mouse gesture, Super drag, IE tab, etc.

HWMonitor 1.22
HWMonitor is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors: voltages, temperatures, fans speed.

PRTG - Free Network Monitor 13.2.3.1896
PRTG Network Monitor is the powerful network monitoring solution from Paessler AG.

PcBoost 4.4.22.2013
Boost the speed of your computer by making games and applications run faster.

Throttle 6.4.22.2013
Optimize your internet connection by modifying your Dial-up, DSL, ADSL, Cable, ISDN, and Satellite modem settings.

SuperRam 6.4.22.2013
SuperRam increases computer performance by freeing wasted memory.

GameGain 2.4.22.2013
Enhance gaming, it increases overall speed and squeezes out every last bit of performance from your computer.

GameBoost 1.4.22.2013
Boost your PC games by optimizing your computers' speed and internet performance.

PCMedik 6.4.22.2013
Enhance PC performance, it increases overall speed and squeezes out every last bit of performance.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 24/04/2013

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