Wednesday, July 24, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 7/25/2013

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Apple beats Wall Street expectations with record iPhone sales
Apple on Tuesday reported third quarter earnings that beat out Wall Street estimates thanks to record iPhone sales. Cupertino moved 31.2 million iPhones during the three month period which is the most phones they have ever sold during a third quarter.

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Intel teases low-power Haswell chip for fanless tablets
With virtually no competition on the performance front when it comes to traditional computers, but much to be gained in the mobile space, Intel has been increasingly focusing on power efficiency. Haswell has already gone a long way improving battery life on ultra thin notebooks, and now, the company is...

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Scanadu Scout 'medical tricorder' brings in $1.66 million in crowdfunding campaign
The health startup Scanadu just finished their Indiegogo campaign, bringing in $1.66 million in orders for the Scanadu Scout from backers around the world. That makes it the most successful campaign to date on the crowdfunding site.

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Verizon reveals the Motorola Droid Mini, Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx, introduces new in-house "X8" ARM processor
Right in line with the latest rumors, Verizon revealed three new Motorola DROID devices at its event in New York City today. One not so expected announcement was that these devices would be powered a new Motorola multicore SoC (System-on-a-Chip). The Motorola X8 Mobile Computing System features a total of...

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Finnish parliament to vote on crowdsourced copyright law
Finland is set to vote on a “fairer” copyright law written and put forward by citizens under a new legislative proposals system in the country -- similar to “We the People” in the US, except rather than simply warranting an official government response, proposals are discussed and voted on by...

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Syrian Electronic Army claims responsibility for Tango hack
The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) claim to have hacked into a backup database belonging to popular video and text messaging app Tango and stolen personal information from millions of users. Compromised data is said to include phone numbers, contacts and e-mails totaling 1.5 terabytes.

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Flipboard launches web version of its popular magazine app
Flipboard is officially coming to the web. After launching in December of 2010, the magazine-formatted application was previously only accessible to mobile users. Although the company still expects the mobile version to garner most of the attention, it doesn’t want to leave any stone unturned. Mike McCue, the company’s founder,...

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Apple's iTunes Store surpasses 1 billion podcast subscriptions
Apple recently announced the iTunes Store now has over one billion podcast subscriptions. In celebration of the achievement, the company is highlighting some of the most popular podcasts since the service was added in 2005.

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Google Cloud Print gets official Windows support, new sharing options
Google has announced a number of enhancements to its Cloud Print service, including long awaited Windows support and other features that make sharing printers much easier.

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Netflix revenue and subscriber base rise but Wall Street isn't happy
Despite reporting soaring revenue and moderate subscriber gains for the second quarter, Netflix was unable to meet Wall Street’s expectations in both categories. For the quarter ending June 31, the streaming media service accounted for revenue of $1.069 billion which fell short of expectations of $1.072 billion. Quarterly income shot...

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Cybercrime drains up to $140 billion from the US economy anually
A new study from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, with help from McAfee, has revealed the cost of cybercrime on the United States economy: as much as $140 billion and half a million jobs each year. Or at least "that's our best guess", according to James Andrew Lewis, director...

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MIT develops automated TCP algorithms, tripling internet speeds
Without the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), the web would cease to function properly. Acting much like a crossing guard, the TCP regulates internet traffic to ensure that online congestion is kept to a minimum. A number of different algorithms have been put to use over the years but ultimately they all...

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Nokia announces the Lumia 625, a budget 4.7" Windows Phone
Nokia has announced a brand new entrant in their Lumia Windows Phone line-up, the Nokia Lumia 625. The handset not only comes with the largest display seen on a Lumia device so far, but it's also the cheapest in the line to include LTE radios. Nokia's Lumia 625 is a...

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Apple said to be testing larger displays for the iPhone, iPad
Apple is reportedly in the process of testing larger iPhone and iPad screens with a number of Asian suppliers. In recent months, Cupertino has asked for prototype iPhone screens larger than 4 inches and displays to use with the iPad that are just under 13 inches according to sources as...

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Samsung updates Exynos 5 Octa chipset, doubles GPU performance
Samsung has announced an improved version of their Exynos 5 Octa chipset for smartphones and tablets, introducing for the first time a six-core ARM Mali-T628 GPU, which Samsung claims will offer double the performance of the PowerVR SGX544MP3 used in the previous model. Aside from the graphics performance improvements, Samsung...

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LG and Samsung bringing OLED TVs to the US this week
LG and Samsung are set to battle it out for your hard earned dollars this summer with a wave of curved OLED HDTVs that have already started to find their way to US shores. LG recently announced US availability for their pricey set while Samsung is expected to do the...

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Report: ARM chips expected to reach 3 GHz next year
ARM chips, used in the majority of tablets and smartphones, are set to receive a clock speed boost as chip makers TSMC and GlobalFoundries have revealed that 3 GHz processors are on the agenda. Both manufacturers are working on delivering 3 GHz ARM chips sometime next year to be later...

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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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Google now brings in 25% of all North American internet traffic
Recent data from analytics firm Deepfield has Google serving up a massive 25% of 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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aTunes 3.1.1
All around well rounded audio player with support for all the popular formats, totally free.




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Twitterrific for Mac 4.5
Fun little app that allows you to both read and publish posts or "tweets" to the Twitter community website.




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Pou for Mobile 1.3.1.4
Do you have what it takes to take care of your very own alien pet?!




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RegSeeker 2.55
RegSeeker is a companion for your Windows registry.




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Twitter for iOS 5.8.2
Exprience one of the most popular micro-blogging site in the world. Keep in touch with the world in real-time.




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Combofix 13-07-23
Scan your computer for known malware, and clean these infections automatically.




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Trojan Remover 6.8.7
Trojan Remover was written to aid in the removal of Trojan Horses and Internet Worms.




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Windows Firewall Control 4.0.1.1
Windows Firewall Control is a nifty little application which extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall and provides quick access to the most frequent options of Windows Firewall.




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OpenOffice.org for Mac 4.0
OpenOffice.org is an open-source, multi-platform and multi-lingual office suite that resembles MS Office functionality.




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Zemana AntiLogger 1.6.2.245
Anti-virus software is Not Enough to Stop Hackers and Keyloggers.




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DC++ 0.828
DC++ is an open source client for the Direct Connect protocol.




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SmartFTP Client 4.1.1331
Transfer files through the internet.




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Library .NET 18.5.4951
Library .NET (Free Note Edition) is a personal notes and information management system with it you can store all of your notes and information in an easy-to-use outline.




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OpenOffice.org for Windows 4.0
OpenOffice.org is an open-source, multi-platform and multi-lingual office suite that resembles MS Office functionality.




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Torch Browser 25.0.0.3831
Light up the web with Torch Browser. With Torch you can save media files, manage torrent files and share links. All with a click.




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Panda Cloud Cleaner 1.0.50
Scan your PC for FREE with Panda Cloud Cleaner




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Norton Identity Safe 2013.4.0.10
Your Passwords With You. Anytime. Anywhere.




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SRWare Iron 28.0.1550
Iron is designed to be an alternative to Chrome and other Chromium based browsers with emphasis on privacy and security.




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Kerio Control Firewall 8.1.1
Internet access and security management solution.




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Freemake Video Converter 4.0.2.18
Convert video free to AVI, MP4, WMV, MKV, 3GP, DVD, MP3, iPad, iPhone, PSP, Android phones. Video to MP3 with one click! Rip & burn DVD. Convert YouTube to MP4, AVI, etc. with Freemake! Guaranteed result.




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iSpy 5.3.2.0
iSpy uses your webcams and microphones to detect and record movement or sound and provides security, surveillance, monitoring and alerting services.




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Dropbox 2.3.19 Experimental
Dropbox allows you to sync your files online and across your computers automatically.




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Networx 5.2.9
A simple, yet powerful utility for measuring your bandwidth usage and the speed of all kinds of wired and wireless network connections (Dial-up, Ethernet, ISDN, DSL, 802.11b etc.).




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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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MacMaintenance 3.3.4
MacMaintenance is a very easy to use application designed to help you keep your Mac clean and adjust certain system settings.




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