Wednesday, September 11, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 9/12/2013

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Intel Centrino Wi-Fi users still experiencing connectivity issues
Earlier this year a number of users reported disconnection errors with Intel’s Centrino 6230 / 6235 Wi-Fi adapters. The chip maker has since released a series of updates but it would seem the issue still persists and affected users are losing their patience waiting for a fix.

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Hong Kong provider demonstrates 300Mbps LTE Advanced service
It’s been less than three months since we were talking about the first LTE Advanced network hitting speeds of 102Mbps in Korea and now a 300Mbps LTE Cat 6 radio network is being primed in Hong Kong. The company behind the service, Hong Kong’s CSL (which operates 1010 and one2free),...

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Intel gets serious about wearables with Quark SoC
Intel just announced a new line of tiny chips at the company’s annual Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Known as Quark, the open architecture SoC platform was designed specifically with wearable technology and the Internet of Things in mind according to CEO Brian Krzanich.

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3DMark benchmarking app comes to iOS, allows for Windows, Android comparisons
Futuremark released its performance benchmarking app 3DMark for Android back in April, and now the company has launched the iOS version previously listed as "coming soon."

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Spec-by-spec: How the new iPhones stack up to the competition
Apple’s iPhone event marked a slight shift in the company’s ongoing strategy for new releases. Instead of announcing a new device and lowering the price on the previous generation, the company introduced two new phones: one flagship and one aimed at more budget-conscious buyers. Yes, the iPhone 5S and 5C...

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AMD working on 4- and 8-core ARM-based chips for embedded market
AMD started building low-power server chips based on the ARM architecture earlier this year with the “Seattle” Opteron X-Series. The move marked an interesting shift for the company in its attempt to challenge Intel’s dominance of the steadily growing data center market -- but it isn’t stopping there. As hinted...

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Apple iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S now official: a few surprises in both hardware and software
Apple on Tuesday unveiled two new iPhones during a special presentation held at the company’s campus in Cupertino, California. As rumors leading up to the event correctly speculated, the iPhone 5S will be Apple’s flagship handset for the coming year while a budget model known as the iPhone 5C will...

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Apple Glass: Cupertino built Google Glass-like prototypes years ago
Apple at one point built visor-style prototypes similar to Google Glass but ultimately abandoned the project because they didn’t have time to turn them into actual products. The admission came from current Nest CEO and former Apple senior VP Tony Fadell during a chat as part of Fast Company’s Oral...

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PayPal unveils Beacon USB dongle to facilitate hands-free payments
PayPal recently unveiled a new hands-free payment system known as Beacon. Working alongside compatible Point of Sale systems (Booker, Erply, Leaf, Leapset, Micros, NCR, PayPal Here, Revel, ShopKeep, TouchBistro and Vend), the small USB dongle simply plugs into a power source to facilitate wireless payments in brick-and-mortar stores.

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SolidRun unveils mini PCs that supports both Android and Linux
Miniature PCs are apparently all the rage these days. With the success of comparable projects such as Raspberry Pi and Beaglebone, these 2-inch cube computers are another inexpensive alternative, starting at just $44.95 for the rudimentary CuBox-i1. Armed with a 1GHz single-core ARM processor, this device includes 512MB of DDR3 memory,...

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Roku updates Android app, allows users to stream video content from mobile to the big screen
Roku, the popular streaming device maker, updated its iOS app last month to allow users to push video from their devices and send it directly to Roku hardware. Essentially, it allows those without an Apple TV to send video content directly to a Roku compatible device including the Roku Streaming...

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Google proposes further concessions in EU antitrust case
Google has offered up additional concessions in an effort to end a three-year investigation surrounding complaints they blocked competitors like Microsoft in web search results and avoid a $5 billion fine. EU Commission spokesperson Jonathan Todd said they have received a proposal from the search giant and are in the...

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Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa gains HMP, turns into actual 8-core chip
Up until now, Samsung's 'octa-core' Exynos 5 Octa system-on-a-chip (SoC) hasn't really contained an octa-core CPU. The quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 and quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPUs were split, with software choosing which set of cores to use depending on the system load: A15s for intense tasks, A7s for low-power tasks. ...

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Is your school ranked among the nation's top collegiate pirates?
University networks are unique in that they typically offer students a very speedy connection to the web that can’t be had elsewhere but even these networks are struggling with the same issues facing traditional ISPs: piracy. To highlight the behavior, TorrentFreak has put together a collection of the top 50...

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Outlook.com for Android 7.8.2.11.48.4848
The Official Microsoft Outlook.com app gives you easy access to Outlook.com. Send and receive emails on the go from your Android device. Sign in using your existing Microsoft account, usually your Outlook.com email address and password.









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Google Hangout for Android 1.1.2
Hangouts brings one-on-one and group conversations to life with photos, emoji, and video calls for free. Connect with friends across computers, Android and Apple devices. Brought to you by Google. (Replaces Google Talk)









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Avast! Free Antivirus Beta 9.0.2001
A-list freeware antivirus application.









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Roku for Android 2.3.0.2083614
Turn your Android device into a control center for your Roku streaming player.









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Adobe Flash Player 11.8.800.170
Adobe Flash Player is a cross-platform browser-based application runtime that delivers uncompromised viewing of expressive applications, content, and videos across screens and browsers.









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Kik Messenger 6.6.1
50 million users love Kik! It's the fast, simple, and personal smartphone messenger that connects you to everyone you love to talk to.









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TaskUnifier 4.0.4
TaskUnifier is free and open source except the synchronization feature.









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Partition Logic 0.72
Partition Logic is a free hard disk partitioning and data management tool.









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Kantaris Media Player 0.7.9
Kantaris is an all new media player based on code from Videolan client (VLC) and Bass audio library.









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Baidu PC Faster 3.7.2.42022
Baidu PC Faster is a full set of system utilities designed to speed up your PC and keep it clean, healthy, and running at peak performance. It also helps users recover available space on hard drives, improves boot time, and protects user privacy.









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SUMo 3.8
Thanks to SUMo you'll be able to keep your PC up-to-date by using the most recent version of your favorite software.









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FreeRIP 4.4.1
FreeRIP is a Windows application that can convert your audio CDs to a number of audio file formats.









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KMPlayer 3.7.0.106
Versatile media player which can cover various types of container format such as VCD, DVD, AVI, WMV among others









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Anvil Studio 2013.09.01
With this free version, you can create an unlimited number of MIDI tracks, and two one-minute audio tracks.









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WhatsApp Messenger for iPhone 2.11.4
WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger available for iPhone and other smartphones.









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Windows 8 Manager 1.1.6
Windows 8 Manager is a system utility that helps you optimize, tweak, repair and clean up Windows 8.









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EssentialPIM Free 5.57
EssentialPIM - free and innovative Personal Information Manager.









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Aqua Mail for Android 1.2.5.0
Easy automatic setup for popular email services: Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail (POP3 only), FastMail, Apple mail services (@me.com / @mac.com), GMX and more.









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Adobe Flash Player Uninstaller 11.8.800.164
Uninstall Adobe Flash Player properly from your computer.









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Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.4.144
Play 3D games, view product demos, online learning applications and more.









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JAlbum 11.5
Web photo gallery generator.









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EarthView 4.3.1
EarthView is a dynamic desktop wallpaper and screen saver, which displays beautiful views of the earth with daylight and night shadows.









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JAlbum for Mac 11.5
Web photo gallery generator.









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Adobe AIR 3.8.0.1430
The Adobe AIR 3 runtime enables developers to use HTML, JavaScript, Adobe Flash software, and ActionScript to build web applications that run as standalone client applications without the constraints of a browser.









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Adobe Shockwave Player for Mac 12.0.4.144
Experience high-performance multimedia created in Director.









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