Wednesday, August 21, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 8/22/2013

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Ubisoft partners with Sony and New Regency on 'Watch Dogs' film
Ubisoft recently announced they have partnered with Sony Pictures Entertainment and New Regency to develop a feature film based on the upcoming video game Watch Dogs. The movie joins a Splinter Cell film starring Tom Hardy and an Assassin’s Creed movie with Michael Fassebender that are already in production through...

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iTunes Radio to launch with audio, video and interactive ads
Apple is expected to flip the switch on iTunes Radio starting next month, the company’s streaming music service that was officially announced at WWDC back in June. We’ve known that the service will be available free of charge with ads or completely free for iTunes Match subscribers but just how...

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YouTube for iOS, Android gains multitasking and playlist searching
Fresh from crushing the hopes for an officially supported YouTube app on Windows Phone, Google is rubbing some salt in Microsoft’s wounds by announcing a major update to its iOS and Android clients. Among the new features available on both platforms is a picture-in-picture mode that allows you to minimize...

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New YouTube app for iOS, Android gains multitasking and playlist searching
Fresh from crushing the hopes for an officially supported YouTube app on Windows Phone, Google is rubbing some salt in Microsoft’s wounds by announcing a major update to its iOS and Android clients. Among the new features available on both platforms is a picture-in-picture mode that allows you to minimize...

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Tesla's Model S electric car earns highest safety rating of any vehicle
Tesla’s flagship Model S electric sedan has earned a five-star safety rating in every category en route to setting a record for the lowest likelihood of injury to occupants when tested for front, side, rear and rollover accidents. It’s a distinction that’s awarded to only one percent of all vehicles...

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EA offers full refunds on PC Origin titles within first 24 hours of play
EA has launched a new sales option that will allow gamers to get their money back on Origin purchases they aren't satisfied with. The company will offer full refunds in 20 different countries starting today, and the option will roll out world wide over the next few weeks.

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Sony announces PlayStation 4 launch date, slashes PS Vita pricing
Sony’s next generation gaming console will launch in North American on November 15, nearly a full month earlier than previous rumors indicated, and in Europe and Latin America two weeks later on November 29. The announcement was made during a press conference at the Gamescom event in Germany earlier today.

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Groklaw legal site is the latest victim in NSA privacy revelations
It was really only a matter of time before other sites and services joined the ranks of Lavabit and Silent Circle. The latest victim of the fallout from Edward Snowden’s public disclosure of various NSA spying programs is Groklaw, a site dedicated to technology and law. It’s being shut down...

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Google Maps for iOS, Android gets real time traffic reports from Waze
Roughly two months after spending a reported $1 billion to acquire Waze, Google has begun incorporating some of its community-driven functionality into its own mapping application. Specifically, when Waze users report road incidents that may cause traffic delays, they will now show up on the Google Maps apps for the...

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Motorola delays Moto X custom engraving to fix quality control issue
One of the key features of Motorola’s upcoming Moto X smartphone is the ability to customize the device when ordering online using a service called Moto Maker. The AT&T exclusive (at least at launch) program allows buyers to select the main and accent colors of the chassis, a custom wallpaper,...

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Windows 8 bug on overclocked PCs found to alter benchmarks
A bug relating to the real-time clock has been discovered in Windows 8, which causes inaccurate benchmark results on over- or under-clocked systems. When a system's CPU clock frequency is adjusted from within the operating system, the software time-keeper no longer reports the time accurately, slowing down with an underclock...

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Samsung's massive Galaxy Mega phablet to arrive on US soil this week
Samsung’s Galaxy Mega smartphone is headed to US soil later this week. The aptly-named 6.3-inch phablet will launch on AT&T, Sprint and US Cellular in black and white starting August 23 according to a press release from Samsung.

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Amazon, GameStop offer Xbox One games for $10 with trade-in
Amazon is offering a new promotion that could help you decide whether to get the 360 or the Xbox One version of some of the best upcoming multi-gen titles. The offer allows you to trade in select Xbox 360 titles for the Xbox One version for as little as $10....

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Skype integration brings video calling to Outlook.com
Back in April, Microsoft launched a preview version of Skype for Outlook.com. After reading through the user feedback and making a few updates, Skype for Outlook is now available to all residents of the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Brazil.

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Apple gains 3x more customers from Samsung than Samsung does from Apple
A new survey conducted by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners has revealed an interesting statistic: Apple gains three times more customers from Samsung than Samsung does from Apple. The study, which looked into the buying habits and demographics of people who purchased a new smartphone in the past 90 days, also...

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Researchers sneak malware onto Apple's App Store, exposing iOS security flaws
Researchers have been trying to sneak malicious software onto the App Store to expose holes in Apple's iOS security system for a while now. Well, a team at Georgia Tech led by Tielei Wang managed to do just that a few days ago, sneaking malware onto Apple's marketplace disguised as your...

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Researchers sneak malware on to Apple's App Store, exposing iOS security flaws
Researchers have been trying to sneak malicious software onto the App Store to expose holes in Apple's iOS security system for a while now. Well, a team at Georgia Tech led by Tielei Wang managed to do just that a few days ago, sneaking malware onto Apple's marketplace disguised as your...

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Xbox One: 23 day one games, free FIFA 14 with European pre-orders
At Microsoft's Gamescom 2013 press event, the company has detailed several aspects of the Xbox One launch. Firstly, Europeans who pre-order or who have already pre-ordered the console will be gifted a free digital copy of FIFA 14 "while stocks last", adding value to the €499/POUND 429 purchase. There will also be...

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AMD Radeon HD 7000 series GPUs currently lack DirectX 11.2 support
AMD's graphics cards based on their first-generation Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture, the Radeon HD 7000 series and the OEM-rebadged HD 8000 series, aren't currently compatible with DirectX 11.2. Speaking at GDC, AMD engineer Laylah Mah revealed that the current range of AMD GPUs will be incompatible with Microsoft's new...

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Microsoft reportedly killing Games for Windows Live in July 2014
According to a since-deleted support page from Microsoft, discovered by Polygon, Games for Windows Live will be discontinued on July 1, 2014. At least one title that relies on the service, Age of Empires Online, will be affected by the closure, with the support page indicating the game will no...

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AMD Catalyst 13.8 beta 2 driver brings 25% boost to Saints Row IV, more
Following up on the Catalyst 13.8 beta driver released earlier this month, AMD has released a second revision with scattered tweaks, including new frame pacing support for World of Warcraft, Sniper Elite, Watch Dogs and Tomb Raider when playing on a Crossfire setup. Frame pacing was introduced with the previous...

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Microsoft shutting down its proprietary alternative to QR codes
Microsoft Tag, the company’s colorful take on QR codes is no more. Launched in 2009, the little-known service was supposed to be the software giant's answer to traditional bar codes, black-and-white QR codes, and other scannable tags. But while some major companies and ad agencies adopted the technology, in part...

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Zeus Trojan modified for social media purposes
As the influence of social media on our daily lives continues to grow, business owners and marketing pros are always out to seize the opportunity. By building a social media empire of Facebook “likes”, Twitter “followers”, and Instagram “fans” a company can generate product buzz and a sense of community...

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AirCast app now available free, streams local video to Chromecast
We last reported on developer Koushik Dutta with his Chromecast mod that allowed users to stream local video and audio content from their Android device. The developer has now released an APK based on the mod and dubbed it AirCast.

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Five-minute Google outage reportedly caused 40% drop in global traffic
A brief outage in Google's services last week nearly halved the web traffic recorded by analytics outfit GoSquared. The downtime reportedly lasted only a few minutes on Friday afternoon, but it was significant to affect most of the company's major products including Gmail, Calendar, Drive and YouTube. While the hiccup...

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Google Maps for Android
Whether you need directions to your destination, the closest good place for a bite to eat, or just a sense of where you are, Google Maps for Android can help.









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Free TvDB 4.9.5
Free TvDB is a tv series, anime and cartoons database software. Manage your personal collection of tv series, anime and cartoons with a simple and powerful software.









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BWMeter 6.6.0
Powerful bandwidth meter, monitor and traffic controller, which measures, displays and controls all traffic.









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R-Undelete File Recovery Software 4.7
File Undelete and file recovery software for FAT & NTFS file systems.









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PDFZilla 3.0.6
Edit Your PDF Documents In MS Word. Convert PDF To Word Document Just In Only 3 Clicks. Convert PDF To Word with ALL text and Graphical Data. Convert Selected Pages of PDF File To Word document. Over 20 Languages Supported. Convert 1,000+ PDF Files in Bulk.









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Power Notes 3.67
Power Notes is a desktop notes organizer, reminder and scheduler for Windows.









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WinScheduler Free Edition 7.6.3
Automate repetitive tasks. Use task scheduler to run jobs and macros automatically - at specific time, when a file is changed, when a file is created/deleted, when a computer screen changes, when there is no activity on computer, etc.









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PC Auto Shutdown 5.6
Auto shutdown, power off, reboot, hibernate or suspend computers at schedule time.









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Light Alloy 4.7.2
Light Alloy - is a compact multimedia player. It supports all popular multimedia formats. It is very easy in use but at the same time has lots of configuration settings. Player is optimized for quick launch and minimum load of the system resources.









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Atomic Alarm Clock 6.15
Set your alarm clock and replace your standard tray clock using different skins.









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Subtitle Workshop 6.0
Subtitle Workshop is the most complete, efficient and convenient freeware subtitle editing tool.









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A1 Sitemap Generator 4.2.5
Generate rich sitemaps for your website, be that HTML or XML Google sitemaps.









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Windows 8 Manager 1.1.5
Windows 8 Manager is a system utility that helps you optimize, tweak, repair and clean up Windows 8.









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Dynamic Notes 3.67
Dynamic Notes is a multi-featured scheduler, reminder, organizer for Windows.









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Master Voyager 3.16
Protecting DVD/CD/USB sticks by password for travel, backups, postal mail.









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Emsisoft Emergency Kit 4.0.0.13
The Emsisoft Emergency Kit contains a collection of programs that can be used without a software installation to scan and clean infected computers for malware.









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Sublight 4.0.4980
Sublight is popular Windows application for searching and downloading subtitles for movies and TV Series.









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PHP 5.5.2
PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.









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Trojan Killer 2.1.8.4
Developed specifically for automatic removal of viruses, bots, spyware, keyloggers, trojans, scareware and rootkits without the need to manually edit system files or registry.









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Restore Point Creator 1.3.12
Ever found that creating Restore Points in Windows is a bit tedious? Click this, click that, go there, click another thing, and then finally youÂ’re at where you need to be to create a Restore Point. ThereÂ’s got to be an easier way to do all of that. Right? Well, now there is.









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Startup Delayer 3.0.337
Startup Delayer gives you the power to optimize your Startup Process by delaying applications from starting up as soon as you log into your computer.









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DarkWave Studio 4.1.8
DarkWave Studio is a free, open source, Digital Audio Workstation for Windows.









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EverEdit 2.90.2074
EverEdit is a fast, lightweight, extendable text, source and binary editor for Windows. While it can serve as a good Notepad replacement, it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.









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C-Organizer Lite 4.9
Elegant PIM which combines tasks, address book, password manager and notebook.









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Lunascape 6.8.8
Lunascape ORION is a simple, easy to use browser for Windows, downloaded more than 20 million times worldwide.









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