Tuesday, July 23, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 7/24/2013

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Verizon FiOS launches fastest Internet tier to date
Verizon on Monday launched their fastest FiOS Internet package to date for business and residential customers. It’s not quite on the same level as Google Fiber but Verizon’s new Quantum tier is capable of 500Mbps down and 100Mbps up which is still seriously fast by most standards. ...

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eBay's one-hour delivery service expands to more US cities
For many, eBay is already synonymous with convenience; however, the expansion of the company’s one-hour delivery service should further enhace this reputation. Formally called eBay Now, the courier program available to San Francisco residents for almost a year is expanding to include new locations in New York , San Francisco, Chicago and Dallas, eBay’s...

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Leap motion controller now shipping, coming to Best Buy on July 28
The Leap motion 3D gesture controller is now shipping following an unexpected delay. It was initially scheduled to ship on May 13 but CEO Michael Buckwald said back in April they simply needed more time to test the device before deploying it in the wild.

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AT&T to add two new tiers to Mobile Share plan and launch Nokia 520
As of July 26, AT&T Mobile Share customers will have access to two new data tires while cost-conscious consumers will be able to purchase the Lumia 520 as part of the company’s pre-paid GoPhone program, AT&T announced on...

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Google now brings in 25% off all North American internet traffic
Recent data from analytics firm Deepfield has Google serving up a massive 25% off all North American internet traffic. While it isn't surprising Google sits atop this list, the growth it has accumulated over the past few years is. Up substantially from just three years ago when the tech giant accounted for...

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Canonical takes to Indiegogo to fund Ubuntu Edge smartphone
Canonical, the group behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has launched a campaign on Indiegogo in order to fund a smartphone project called Ubuntu Edge. The company has some pretty lofty ambitions with a target of raising $32 million over the next 31 days but thus far, the project is off...

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NSA and German intelligence sharing powerful online surveillance tools
After reports early last month pointed at a deep level of NSA data surveillance in Germany, documents obtained by Der Spiegel show that German intelligence is actually working with the NSA and making use of one of its network surveillance tools.

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Monday tech deals: HP Envy 15 quad-core Haswell laptop for $722, Samsung 840 SSD kit, Inspiron 660 Core i3 desktop
Topping today's list is the popular Samsung 840 SSD in 120GB capacity with the PC installation kit for $116.99 shipped. Dell is offering a great general purpose PC for just $399.99 with their Inspiron 660, with Core i3 processor, 8GB RAM, and more. Also don't miss the powerful HP Envy...

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Canary is the world's first smart home security device for everyone
A smart home security device by the name of Canary has launched on Indiegogo following more than a year of design and testing. It is described as the world’s first consumer security product and is said to be extremely simple (and inexpensive) to use and own.

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New e-skin pairs flexible electronics with touchscreen technology
Flexible displays promise to revolutionize the way we navigate and view electronics much in the way touch-optimized screens have done in the past few years. Although we often see one or the other, we rarely see these ideas paired up; that is, until now.

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Unresolved dispute between CBS and Time Warner could be great news for Aereo
File this one under moves we didn’t see coming – a spokesperson for Time Warner Cable said if they can’t reach an agreement with CBS over retransmission fees (money that CBS charges for the right to air their content), they will recommend that customers try Aereo instead. ...

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Google begins placing email-like ads inside Gmail inbox
Google has begun testing a new form of advertising for a small portion of Gmail users, delivering email-like ads inside the "Promotions" tab of the new three-tabbed Gmail inbox. This particular form of ads differs from what was previously seen in Gmail, as they appear directly in the user's inbox;...

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SanDisk announces two wireless flash-based storage devices
SanDisk on Monday announced two flash-based multimedia Wi-Fi drives, the Connect Wireless Media Drive and the Connect Wireless Flash Drive. Both devices are battery powered and function as a portable storage device as well as a mobile multimedia hotspot, allowing you to share data and stream media wirelessly over 802.11...

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UK unveils plan to block online porn by default
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed a plan that will effectively block all online pornography from being accessed in the nation, with the government attempting to crack down on the "corroding" influence of adult content on children. Under the plan, porn will be blocked by default for UK households,...

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Microsoft puts Internet Explorer 11 under the spotlight
Much has been said about Windows 8.1 in the media since it was publically revealed and subsequently made available for download in the form of a preview version released at Microsoft’s Build conference last month. Through it all, one of the major improvements – Internet Explorer 11 – hasn’t received...

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Moto X leaked in detail, including full specs and benchmarks
The Moto X is one of the worst kept secrets of the past month, with consistent leaks flooding the internet including an eagle-eyed photographer spotting Google chairman Eric Schmidt with one of the smartphones in public. Motorola has scheduled an event on August 1 in New York City to launch...

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Nvidia reschedules Shield gaming handheld launch for July 31
Nvidia recently revealed a new shipping date for their Shield handheld gaming device: July 31. The portable console was expected to launch last month but a final round of quality assurance testing turned up a mechanical issue that needed to be addressed before shipping out the first wave of systems.

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Apple developer website hacked, security being overhauled
Update: Turkish security researcher Ibrahim Balic claims that he was behind the "hack" but insisted that his intention was to demonstrate that Apple's system was leaking user information, not cause any harm or steal sensitive information. His findings were submitted to Apple and details were posted to YouTube -- though...

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Earth Alerts 2013.2.24
Earth Alerts is a Windows-based application that allows you to monitor in near real-time a variety of natural hazard events that are occurring anywhere around the world.




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Soft Organizer 3.16
Soft Organizer allows you to completely uninstall unnecessary applications from your system.




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Bad Piggies Free for iOS 1.4.0
From the creators of Angry Birds: an all new game from the PIGSÂ’ point of view. Create the ultimate flying/crawling/rolling/spinning/crashing device and pilot the pigs safely to the eggs.




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JaSFtp 10.04
Secure FTP, designed with automation in mind, so you do not have to spend time interactively transferring files.




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EditBone 6.6.4
Powerful text editing tool that comes with syntax highlighting support for over 50 languages and scripts, 22 ready made styles, a handy file comparison feature and support for multiple directories and search results.




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Dolphin Browser for Android 10.0.1
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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AIDA64 Extreme Edition 3.00.2536 Beta
System information, system diagnostics and benchmarking solution for enthusiasts users.




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Pokki 0.263.15.27
Pokki brings your favorite apps to your PC.




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PowerISO 5.6
Create, edit, extract, convert, compress, encrypt, split and mount CD/DVD image file.




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Daemon Tools 5.3
Daemon Tools is a virtual cd/dvd-rom emulator.




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SpeeDefrag 7.1
SpeeDefrag is the exclusive freeware program, which optimizes Windows defrag. It restarts your computer, which refreshes the RAM and loads just the defrag.exe program.




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PeaZip 5.0.1
Cross-platform file and archive manager. Features volume spanning, compression, authenticated encryption.




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KeePass 2.23
Light-weight and easy-to-use password manager.




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Scribus 1.4.3
Scribus is an Open Source program that brings professional page layout to Linux, BSD UNIX, Solaris, OpenIndiana, GNU/Hurd, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4, eComStation, Haiku and Windows desktops with a combination of press-ready output and new approaches to page design.




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Hornil StylePix 1.13.0
StylePix is an image editor that has all the features of raster graphics editor and adhered to lightweight design and effective UI. In addition, it has a built-in image viewer and batch processor.




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MediaCoder 0.8.24.5530
Free universal audio/video batch transcoder.




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VideoCacheView 2.51
Extract Web site video files from the cache of your Web browser.




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Lunascape 6.8.7
Lunascape ORION is a simple, easy to use browser for Windows, downloaded more than 20 million times worldwide.




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PDF24 Creator 5.7.0
100% free PDF Creator & PDF Converter.




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Process Lasso 6.6.0.72
Process Lasso is a software that will improve system responsiveness and stability.




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Sleipnir 4.3.1
Sleipnir bridges the gap between your desktop and your smartphone.




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FastPictureViewer 1.9.308
FastPictureViewer is a small and fast image viewer for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.




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Balabolka 2.8.0.551
Balabolka is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program. All computer voices installed on your system are available to Balabolka.




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NirLauncher 1.18.17
NirLauncher is a package of more than 100 portable freeware utilities for Windows, all of them developed for NirSoft Web site during the last few years.




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iDevice Manager 2.3.0.0
The iDevice Manager is called earlier iPhone Explorer and is more than the iPhone Browser and iExplorer.




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