Wednesday, June 5, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 6/6/2013

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AMD A10-6800K and A4-4000 Richland APU Review
Little over 6 months since launching Trinity on the desktop, AMD is updating their product lineup with a minor refresh. Codenamed Richland, these new APUs offer no substantial changes to either the CPU or GPU. Other than some clock speed improvements and better power management, everything is mostly the same.

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Corsair launches double-wide Carbide Series Air 540 chassis
If Computex is anything like CES, you can spend hours sifting through a myriad of run-of-the-mill beige boxes (figuratively speaking, of course) before you stumble upon something innovative or just plain different. To that end, descriptive words like these are perfect to describe the latest case from Corsair, the Carbide...

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Gigabyte previews Haswell and Kabini Brix prototypes, includes wireless charging and pico projector
Gigabyte has released additional details about its new Brix mini computers at Computex, where they are showing off several prototype machines with different specs. Two of the machines they are fairly standard mini PCs, containing Intel Haswell and AMD Kabini processors...

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EU may ban ISPs from throttling, blocking sites as net neutrality talks underway
In a move to bolster net neutrality across Europe, EU officials are discussing plans which would prohibit ISPs from blocking or throttling online sites and services. Currently, the Netherlands is one of the few areas to implement their own strict net neutrality policies; the vast majority of EU countries do...

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'Halo: Spartan Assault' heading to all Windows 8 devices next month
Microsoft on Tuesday announced plans to bring the Halo franchise to all Windows 8 devices next month. The new game is called Halo: Spartan Assault and is said to take place between Halo 3 and Halo 4 with top-down style gameplay akin to games like Asteroids.

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MSI GS70 gaming laptop boasts touchscreen trackpad, thin aluminum design
MSI showed off at Computex today what could be the future of its gaming laptop line-up: an all-aluminum 0.85-inch thick laptop packed with high-performance hardware. Dubbed the GS70 Stealth, the 17.3-inch gaming laptop features an ostensibly premium-quality design and a correspondingly premium price tag around $1700. One item though which...

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IBM to acquire cloud, hosting services provider SoftLayer
IBM has agreed to purchase cloud services provider SoftLayer Technologies Inc. following months of speculation that such a deal was in the works. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed although rumors from just a few months ago pegged the value of the acquisition at more than $2 billion.

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Intel teases Merrifield smartphones, Bay Trail-T tablets at Computex
With Haswell and Clover Trail+ just starting to make their way onto devices from a bunch of manufacturers, Intel is now taking the opportunity to tease a few details about its upcoming mobile parts at Computex. Namely, Bay Trail-T and Merrifield, both of which make up Intel’s third-generation Atom architecture...

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Obama to unveil a package of reforms to deal with patent trolls
President Barack Obama is expected to announce new laws governing patents in the US in the near future. Specifically, the president will reveal five executive actions and propose seven legislative changes that will get a closer look from Congress in an effort to end costly patent-related lawsuits typically initiated by...

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Apple to repair shattered iPhone 5 screens with new in-store service
Those who have been haunted by a shattered iPhone 5 screen will no longer have to peer through a network of cracks as they browse through music or play the latest version of Angry Birds. Although display repairs were previously offered by third-party companies, such as Quick iFix, Apple has...

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Apple's iRadio streaming service might offer free, ad-supported option
A report from Bloomberg suggests that the iAd team (advertising sales) is shifting its focus to support the streaming service as Apple prepares to offer a free ad-supported optio, having users listen to music with ads, similar to what Spotify or Pandora are doing today.

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Toshiba unveils three new Android tablets, two packing Tegra 4 and high-res screens
After underselling their Thrive tablets and failing to meet expectations with the previous Excite lineup, Toshiba has completely revamped their tablet offerings. The Japanese electronics company has unveiled three new Android-based tablets, in hopes that one of the devices will catch on. Although all three products will share an identical...

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Massive restructure forces Zynga to lay off more than 500 employees
In what is probably a surprise to very few people at this point, fledgling social games provider Zynga is laying off nearly 20 percent of their workforce as part of a massive restructuring effort. Do the math and that comes out to around 520 employees that are out of a job.

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Jelly Bean installed on 33 percent of active Android devices
Google has pushed out the latest Android OS version survey and it appears the install base of Jelly Bean is growing at an impressive rate, as it's finally getting close to move past Gingerbread as the most installed revision of the operating system.

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Seagate and Western Digital now shipping uber thin hard drives
Intel has arguably been the talk of the town with Computex in full swing but lest we forget that countless other manufacturers are on hand to showcase their new wares. Case in point is hard drive makers Seagate and Western Digital, both of which made headlines as the tech conference...

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Process Explorer 15.31
Find out which program has a particular file or directory open.




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Microsoft Process Monitor 3.05
Advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.




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Becky! Internet Mail 2.65.02
Internet Mail is the software specifically designed for the Internet e-mail.




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MarkdownPad 2.1.18
MarkdownPad is a full-featured Markdown editor for Windows.




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Microsoft Autoruns 11.6
Shows what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and the entries in the order Windows processes them.




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Sweet Home 3D 4.1
Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application that helps you draw the plan of your house, arrange furniture on it and visit the results in 3D.




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Sysinternals Suite 2013.6.4
A bundling of dozens of selected troubleshooting Sysinternals Utilities.




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Simple mp3 Downloader for Android 1.1.23
Search and download songs for free.




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Trojan Remover Update 6.8.6
Download the latest Trojan Remover Database Update.




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Enigma Virtual Box 6.70
Application virtualization system for Windows.




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SnagIt 11.2.1.72
SnagIt is the most complete screen capture utility available.




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Hard Drive Inspector 4.14.168
Monitors hard drives for possible problems using S.M.A.R.T. technology.




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Google Chrome for Windows 27.0.1453.110
Chrome combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.




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Vista Codec Package 6.5.3





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Google Chrome for Linux 27.0.1453.110
Chrome combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.




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Google Chrome for Mac OS X 27.0.1453.110
Chrome combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.




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FreeRIP 4.1.2
FreeRIP is a Windows application that can convert your audio CDs to a number of audio file formats.




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Dolphin Browser for Android 9.4.2
Simplify your mobile life. Let Dolphin do all the work so you donÂ’t have to. Dolphin Browser is the world's first Gesture, Sonar and Add-on enabled mobile web browser on Android.




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DC++ 0.822
DC++ is an open source client for the Direct Connect protocol.




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Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2013 9.1.0.4056
Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012 is a completely free office productivity suite, which includes three programs that reflect the different purposes and tasks required in any working/personal environment.




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YouTube for Android 4.5.17
Keep up with your favorite YouTube channels and access the worldÂ’s videos anywhere with the official YouTube app for Android.




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Microsoft SkyDrive 17.0.2010.03530
SkyDrive for Windows is the easiest way to access your SkyDrive from your PC.




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StarBurn 15.0
Grab & Burn any audio, video, photo and data files.




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RegRun Security Suite Platinum 6.9.7.120
A powerful tool kit against Trojans, rootkits, spyware, adware components.




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FastStone Capture 7.5
Powerful, flexible and intuitive screen-capture utility.




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