Tuesday, September 10, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 9/11/2013

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12 Tips to Reduce Your Monthly Wireless Bill
Wireless providers thrive on peddling a myriad of extra features and services on top of your basic service plan. Early nights and weekends, roadside assistance, mobile TV, hotspots and GPS are all fair game and can add anywhere between a couple of bucks to $10 or more to your wireless...

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Haswell-powered Chromebooks reportedly coming at IDF
According to a report from PCWorld, new Chromebooks powered by Intel's 'Haswell' processors are expected to be announced at the Intel Developer Forum, which runs from September 10-12 in San Francisco.

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Opera launches Coast: a tablet-inspired web browser for iPad
Opera has launched a new browser for the iPad called Coast. It’s the result of nearly a year and a half of work born out of the frustration that browsers haven’t really changed since the days of Mosaic despite the fact that devices have evolved a lot since then. With...

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Carl Icahn gives up fight to take control of Dell
Activist investor Carl Icahn has given up his fight to take control of Dell. It puts an end to a 14-month-long episode that saw Icahn battle with founder and CEO Michael Dell over the fate of one of the world’s top sellers of PCs.

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Facebook gives TV networks and news organizations access to age, gender and location of viewers
Facebook announced two new tools today that will help TV networks and news related websites track public interest surrounding different topics, events, people and other things. Normally news networks tend to look to Twitter in order to analyze trends and gauge public interest on stories, but now Facebook has launched the...

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Microsoft schedules Surface 2 event on September 23 in NYC
Microsoft will be unveiling its next generation Surface tablet at a media event in New York City on September 23 following a string of recent leaks and price breaks on the original Surface. Press invites were sent out earlier today asking them to mark the date on their calendar for...

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Monday tech deals: Dell XPS 12 $940, Dell 23" IPS multitouch monitor $450, Samsung 840 EVO $183
Our top pick today is the Dell P2314T 23" 1080p multi-touch 1080p monitor with IPS panel, now available with a massive $150 Dell e-gift card. We also found the innovative XPS 12 convertible 12" 1080p ultrabook with touchscreen and Haswell processors with a very rare coupon code.

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Nvidia Tegra Note spied in FCC filing with Tegra 4, 7-inch display
Rumors of an Nvidia-branded tablet aren’t new but we now have some solid evidence that such a slate exists thanks to the FCC. A device dubbed the Tegra TAB (or Tegra NOTE) recently passed through the FCC with a 7-inch IPS display operating at 1,280 x 800 and either a...

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Reversal: Windows 8.1 now available to developers via MSDN and TechNet, torrent leaks were the only option before this
Update: Microsoft should either stick to a decision or make a better one in the first place. After receiving some expected backlash for not distributing the final version of Windows 8.1 to developers via MSDN and Technet, today they reversed course. Windows 8.1 RTM is now available for downloads to...

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Found: The color difference that you see, it's all in your brain
Known as the Munker-White illusion, as explained in the video above, our brains process what we see within a certain context. The result is that you can seriously trick your eyes if you mess around with the correct parameters. In this case, you could swear two colors are different (they...

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Instagram to run ads as user base tops 150 million monthly users
Many thought Instagram had reached its pinnacle when Facebook agreed to purchase Instagram for $1 billion last year. Would the social networking giant tarnish the app or would they actually have something useful to bring to the table? If you consider a substantial contribution to the overall user base to...

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Seagate rethinks tablet storage with 500GB hard drive
Seagate has unveiled a new hard drive designed specifically for tablets that promises to deliver a wealth of storage with the same performance that flash memory delivers. Known as the Ultra Mobile HDD, Seagate’s latest uses software to boost performance on Android tablets by using a caching technique.

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LG to introduce world's first LCD panel with Intel's WiDi tech
LG Display has unveiled what it calls the world's first LCD panel for monitors with Intel's Wireless Display (WiDi) technology built-in. As of right now the company is talking about a 23.8-Inch LCD display that, with the WiDi tech, will allow users to stream content from their WiDi enabled devices...

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Seagate's Shingled Magnetic Recording to bring 5 TB HDDs in 2014
Seagate has tried its hardest to shrink the read/write heads of hard drives even further, but with the latest 1 TB 3.5-inch platters, the company believes they've hit a physical brick wall: the head simply can't get any smaller. The same goes for the tracks on the platters, which Seagate...

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California may be first to get electronic license plates
The California State Senate recently approved a bill that will allow residents to be the first in the nation to own electronic license plates. The bill, which has already passed the state’s assembly, now only needs approval from Governor Jerry Brown to become a reality.

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Xbox One dashboard previewed in leaked YouTube video
We’ve seen bits and pieces of the Xbox One’s dashboard via various public showings but it’s a recently posted video from YouTube user Jackson Carson that gives the best look yet. The two and a half minute clip showcases the controller, the console and the dashboard in action which is...

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Tiny PlayStation Vita TV console announced alongside new PS Vita
During a livestream straight from Japan, Sony has announced a new version of their PlayStation Vita, just three weeks after announcing price cuts for the handheld gaming console. The company has also revealed an interesting device called the PlayStation Vita TV, a tiny console which melds together Vita hardware with...

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Xbox Music comes to iOS & Android, ad-free web streaming launches
Almost a year after it launched with Windows 8, Microsoft is bringing Xbox Music to iOS and Android today in the form of applications for both operating systems. The apps provide basic access to Microsoft's sizable collection of songs stored in the Xbox Music cloud, and there's also the ability...

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Amazon wants to give away its smartphone free of charge (not)
Update: Well, a rumor is just that, and two days later Amazon has responded to the source of the original rumor confirming they won't be selling a smartphone in 2013, and that if they decided to sell one later down the road, it won't be free.

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How to Reduce Your Monthly Wireless Bill: 12 Useful Tips
Wireless providers thrive on peddling a myriad of extra features and services on top of your basic service plan. Early nights and weekends, roadside assistance, mobile TV, hotspots and GPS are all fair game and can add anywhere between a couple of bucks to $10 or more to your wireless bill each month, per service.

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HardCopy Pro 4.1.3
HardCopy Pro is a versatile, easy to use screen capture utility for Windows. It can capture rectangular screen areas and whole windows.









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IObit Start Menu 8 1.2.1
Start Menu 8 is specially designed for Windows 8. It offers a perfect solution for users who work with Windows Start Menu all the time and are not accustomed to the new Metro start screen in Windows 8.









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Trojan Killer 2.1.8.6
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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SynciOS 2.1.1
Syncios is free but powerful iPad/iPhone/iPod to PC transfer which offers you ultimate solution for transferring media contents between iOS devices and PC.









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Mobile Media Converter 1.8.2
The Mobile Media Converter is a free audio and video converter for converting between popular desktop audio and video formats.









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OpenRocket 13.09
OpenRocket is a free, fully featured model rocket simulator that allows you to design and simulate your rockets before actually building and flying them.









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VLSub 0.9.10
Search and download subtitles automatically from opensubtitles.org using the hash of the video currently playing or its title.









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Puran Defrag Free Edition 7.7
Very simple disk defragmenter which will defrag the files and optimize your system.









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Speccy 1.23.569
Speccy is an advanced System Information tool for your PC.









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DVDFab HD Decrypter 9.0.6.3
Copies entire DVD movie to hard disk, and removes all the protections while copying.









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Google Play Games for Android 1.1.0.4
Google Play Games app is the easiest way for you to discover new games, track achievements and scores, and play with friends around the world. It brings all your gaming on Google Play together in a unified Android experience.









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Earth Alerts 2013.2.32
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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STDU Viewer 1.6.284
STDU Viewer is a free viewer for multiple file formats. The goal of this software is to replace the multiple document viewers with a single one simple application.









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GameGain 2.9.9.2013
Enhance gaming, it increases overall speed and squeezes out every last bit of performance from your computer.









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GameBoost 1.9.9.2013
Boost your PC games by optimizing your computers' speed and internet performance.









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Throttle 6.9.9.2013
Optimize your internet connection by modifying your Dial-up, DSL, ADSL, Cable, ISDN, and Satellite modem settings.









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SuperRam 6.9.9.2013
SuperRam increases computer performance by freeing wasted memory.









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Wise Care 365 2.7.6
Wise Care 365 is an all-in-one PC tune-up utility. It will keep your Windows secure, clean and fast.









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Royal RSS Reader 1.52
Read posts on RSS feeds. This program checks on startup, and if you like periodically, for new posts on RSS 0.91/0.92/1.0/2.0/Atom feeds.









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NirLauncher 1.18.23
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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PCMedik 6.9.9.2013
Enhance PC performance, it increases overall speed and squeezes out every last bit of performance.









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PcBoost 4.9.9.2013
Boost the speed of your computer by making games and applications run faster.









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Puran Utilities 3.0
A set of more than 20 software utilities including but not limited to utilities that can help you get the best performance out of your computer. It also provides an automatic and a one click solution to keep your computer clean and error free.









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Data Crow 3.12.3
Data Crow is the ultimate media cataloger and media organiser.









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Doro PDF Writer 1.86
Create colored PDF files from any windows application for free. No banners nor any annoying restrictions! Just download and install Doro. After installation you have an additional printer called 'Doro PDF Writer'.









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