Wednesday, May 22, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 23/05/2013


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IBM's Watson conquers Jeopardy, cancer and now customer service
IBM thinks that they can revolutionize customer service using their Watson supercomputer. Famous for beating two of the world’s top Jeopardy! players in 2011, and then going to medical school for oncology and utilization management, Watson is now being tasked with reducing the irritation associated with calling customer service departments. ...

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Touchscreen laptop sales jump 52%, making up for a tenth of units shipped in Q1
Many of the stories regarding PC sales data since Microsoft unleashed Windows 8 upon the world have been negative. But amid declining sales there's at least some good news for Redmond's latest operating system. A new report from DisplayBank, a division of market research company IHS, suggests that about 10 percent...

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Next iPad rumored to be 33% lighter and thinner thanks to new touchscreen tech
Despite rumored supply constraints, Apple's fifth-generation iPad is to purportedly begin trial production in July. This information originates from the latest crop of rumors by Digitimes, citing its usual assortment of supply chain insiders. Volume production of the fifth-gen iPad is expected to begin later in July, with production ramping...

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Spotify launches free-to-play top-50 charts, no subscription required
Following in the footsteps of Billboard, Spotify is now publishing a top-50 list of the most streamed and most shared tunes through the service. The lists are being made available as widgets for website owners to embed on their site. Fans can listen to the top tracks free of charge...

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Leap Motion shows off gesture controls in Windows
Leap Motion is looking to drum up enthusiasm for its 3D gesture controller as it moves closer to release. The latest tidbit from the company comes in the form of a minute-long video demonstrating how the technology works in conjunction with Microsoft's Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems.

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Microsoft officially announces Xbox One: here's what we know so far
Microsoft live streamed their hour-long Xbox reveal earlier this morning and we've compiled all the important bits that were covered at the event. Here's what we know so far.

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Watch Microsoft's next-generation Xbox reveal event live
Microsoft will be live streaming their hour-long Xbox reveal event Tuesday at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. Watch the full video coverage here with periodic updates summarizing the most important bits.

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Google Checkout may be dead, but Google Wallet lives on
Google announced that it is dropping Google Checkout in favor of its more smartphone-friendly Google Wallet service. Businesses relying on Google Checkout to process online payments will have six months to transition to another payment processor. The company says it has partnered with other online payment processors, namely Braintree, Shopify...

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Yahoo redesigns Flickr, adds 1 terabyte of free storage and more
Hot on the heels of Yahoo spending a whopping $1.1 billion on Tumblr, the company has just released a huge update to Flickr. And to go along with the completely redesigned look and feel of the photo service, it is also greatly expanding the storage offered to users, up to...

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AT&T to enable all pre-loaded video chat apps over cellular this year
If video chatting is high on your list of priorities for a mobile device and you happen to be an AT&T customer, listen up. The wireless provider will soon allow customers to use any mobile video chat app over their cellular network regardless of data plan or device.

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Apple's retail stores reach new record revenue of $57.6 per visitor
Apple stock may be on the decline but you wouldn’t know it if you were to walk into an Apple Store. That’s because Cupertino’s retail outfits have reached new record revenue of $57.60 per visitor according to Horace Dediu from research firm Asymco. Around $12 of that is profit, we’re...

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Apple's retail stores reach new record revene of $57.6 per visitor
Apple stock may be on the decline but you wouldn’t know it if you were to walk into an Apple Store. That’s because Cupertino’s retail outfits have reached new record revenue of $57.60 per visitor according to Horace Dediu from research firm Asymco. Around $12 of that is profit, we’re...

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Metro: Last Light Tested, Benchmarked
When the Metro 2033 was released in 2010 it contributed to raise the PC graphics bar making good use of the latest DirectX 11 rendering technologies. Metro: Last Light follows its predecessor roots by using a heavily customized and improved version of the 4A Engine.

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Metro: Last Light Performance, Benchmarked
Metro: Last Light follows its predecessor roots by using a heavily customized version of the 4A Engine. Boasting one of the most graphically advanced engines and visuals today, our focus will be on benchmarking almost 30 graphics cards and CPU performance.

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Instantbird 1.4
With Instantbird, you can now talk to all your friends with a single application. AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Google Talk, Facebook and even Twitter are supported.




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Google Chrome for Windows 27.0.1453.93
Chrome combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.




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DriverEasy 4.5.1
Automatically Detect, Download, Backup, Restore and Uninstall Drivers. Fix your Driver Issues.




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RadioCast 1.0
Easily find and play thousand of online Radio Stations cataloged in musical genres. RadioCast is the best solution to search free Podcast.




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Spybot - Search & Destroy 2.1.19
Scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software.




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VueScan 9.2.19
VueScan is an easy to use scanner program that saves you time and improves your productivity.




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Google Chrome 28.0.1500.20 Dev for Windows
This version is intended for only for developers and early testers.




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Poser 10
Create amazing 3D renders and animations with Poser 9. Simple to learn and +3GB of ready-to-use 3D models and content makes creating art easy.




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Google Chrome 28.0.1500.20 Dev for Mac OS X
This version is intended for only for developers and early testers.




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Google Chrome 28.0.1500.20 Dev for Linux
This version is intended for only for developers and early testers.




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DVDFab Passkey Lite 8.0.9.9
DVDFab Passkey Lite is a simple combination of Passkey for DVD and Passkey for Blu-ray. It is a free DVD Decrypter and Blu-ray Decrypter that can work with any software that Passkey for DVD and Passkey for Blu-ray works with to access unprotected content.




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Google Chrome 27.0.1453.93 for Mac OS X
Chrome combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.




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PRTG - Free Network Monitor 13.2.3.2134
PRTG Network Monitor is the powerful network monitoring solution from Paessler AG.




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WinGuard Pro 8.8.9.9
Password protect your programs, windows and web pages.




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Google Chrome 27.0.1453.93 for Linux
Chrome combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.




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Skype 4.2 for Linux
Skype is free and simple software that will enable you to make free calls anywhere in the world in minutes.




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Squid 3.3.5
Squid is a fully-featured HTTP/1.0 proxy which is almost (but not quite - we're getting there!) a fully-featured HTTP/1.1 proxy.




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Dropbox for Android 2.3.8
Dropbox is the easiest way to store, sync and share your files online and between multiple computers.




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Wise Folder Hider 1.35.71
Wise Folder Hider is a free file/folder hiding tool. You can use it to hide files and folders on local partitions or removable devices.




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HelpNDoc 3.9.1
HTML help authoring, PDF and WEB based documentation generator.




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Sublight 4.0
Sublight is popular Windows application for searching and downloading subtitles for movies and TV Series.




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x264 Video Codec rev. 2334
x264 is a free library for encoding H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video streams.




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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Database 5/21/13
Keep your Malwarebytes Anti-Malware updated, even if offline.




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Slim Browser 7.00.030
Tabbed multiple-site browser with built-in popup killer, skinned window frame, form filler, etc.




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Google Chrome 27.0.1453.93 Beta for Linux
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.




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