IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 9/2/2013

Microsoft boosts Exchange Online, Office 365 inbox storage to 50GB

Microsoft is doubling the storage capacity of inboxes for those using Exchange Online and Office 365. The rollout from 25GB to 50GB is already under way and should be completed sometime in November according to a post on the Office 365 blog.

Moto X $100 price cut, custom wooden covers coming in Q4

If you’re eyeballing Motorola’s highly customizable Moto X smartphone but haven’t yet pulled the trigger, it might be wise to wait a few months before doing so. That’s because the handset is expected to see a $100 price cut later this year according to rumor specialist EV Leaks. ...

Weekend game deals: BioShock Infinite $20, Dark Souls $7, Tomb Raider $12

Celebrating Greenlight's one-year anniversary, Valve has approved 100 new games for Steam along with knocking 10% to 75% off some previously greenlit titles. Meanwhile, at rival distributors you'll find Dark Souls for $7.49, XCOM for $9.99, Tomb Raider for $12.49, BioShock Infinite for...

Samsung may shift to metal chassis with Galaxy S5

The successor to Samsung’s Galaxy S4 could ship with a feature that many have been demanding for quite some time – a metal chassis. That’s right, the latest rumor suggests the fifth generation hero phone could do away with the plastic body in favor of an aluminum or magnesium housing...

Weekend Open Forum: How often do you open your PC case?

When I first started getting into the hobbiest side of PCs, I'd open my case at least a few times a week -- in fact, it was something of a necessity because I could only get the thing to boot by clearing the CMOS on its budget Abit motherboard. Although...

'Godus' beta coming September 13 via Steam Early Access

22Cans has announced the beta for their highly anticipated crowdfunded god game will be available for purchase starting September 13. Godus, described as the reinvention of the god game genre by creative director Peter Molyneux, will arrive via Steam’s Early Access program priced at $19.99 for both Windows and Mac...

Game bundles are back: Nvidia to offer Batman Arkham Origins free with select GeForce purchases

Nvidia has partnered with Warner Bros. to provide a free digital copy of Batman: Arkham Origins with the purchase of any qualifying GeForce graphics card through participating retailers including Amazon, Newegg, TigerDirect and NCIX. Such a bundle isn’t unheard of as Nvidia has bundled other games – most recently Tom...

LG targets multitaskers with new UltraWide all-in-one PC

LG added a new product to its lineup of All-in-one PCs today. The unconventional looking device features an IPS 21:9 UltraWide display and is powered by an Nvidia GeForce GT 640M graphics chip. According to the press release, it will ship with Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system and come with a...

Amazon's top 11 Android apps are free to download today only

Amazon is offering up 11 paid apps completely free of charge today only in celebration of the one year anniversary of Europe’s version of the Amazon Appstore. Up for grabs are nearly $40 worth of apps and games to those in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US and the...

Apple's iPhone trade-in program officially goes live across the U.S.

Apple has now officially launched the iPhone trade-in program we previously reported on. Users can now trade-in older model iPhones to put towards a new one at Apple retail stores across the US.

Galaxy Gear smartwatch to feature 10 hour battery life

More bits of information on Samsung’s upcoming smartwatch have hit the web today including the claim that it will carry a 10 hour battery life. The Galaxy Gear will also ship with 1GB of RAM and your choice of either 6GB or 8GB of onboard storage according to a source...

AT&T's prepaid wireless service Aio expanding nationwide next month

AT&T’s no-contract wireless service Aio is preparing to stretch its legs next month following an initial launch in a handful of markets earlier this year. The service will be available to all US customers starting mid-September according to a press release on the matter.

Parallels Desktop 9 detailed, available September 5

Parallels just recently released its new Access application that allows users to remotely control their Windows or Mac computer from an iPad, and now the company has revealed the launch date of Parallels Desktop 9.

Sony's answer to Chromecast revealed in updated FCC filing

Sony is working on a Chromecast-style TV dongle of its own. Known only by model number NSZ-GU1, the device surfaced in an FCC filing earlier this month that was recently updated with more information and photos.

Xbox One voice commands limited to just five countries at launch

One of the more compelling features of the upcoming Xbox One is its ability to understand voice commands. For example, the console should understand basic terminology such as “Xbox On”, which would subsequently power up the device. Unfortunately, according to the official Xbox site, voice-compatibility will be limited to just...

Further PC market declines predicted as IDC lowers 2013 estimates

For the third time this year, research firm IDC has lowered their PC shipment predictions for 2013, citing continued growth in the mobile device sector at the expense of traditional PCs. IDC now believes that worldwide PC shipments will fall by 9.7% in 2013, dropping from 349.2 million in 2012 to an estimated 315.4 million.

Microsoft brings OCR text scanning to SkyDrive images

Microsoft’s cloud storage service now has the ability to extract text from images through a process known as optical character recognition (OCR). The Bing-powered technology is the first of several features designed to make SkyDrive photos smarter according to a blog post on the subject.

Knowingly texting a driver that has an accident could make you liable, court says

We all know that texting and driving is banned in the majority of states in the US and is, at the very least, frowned upon elsewhere. But did you know that you might also be liable for knowingly texting someone that is driving in the event they are involved in...

Surface Pro price permanently cut by $100, Touch Covers cut by $40

In August, Microsoft announced that they would be temporarily reducing the price of their Surface Pro tablet by $100, following reports of poor revenue generated by the Surface line. Now, as confirmed by ZDNet, Microsoft has permanently discounted the Surface Pro by $100, also cutting the price of accessories and...

Samsung begins mass-production of enterprise DDR4 memory

Samsung has begun mass production of the "industry's most advanced" DDR4 memory, destined for the next-generation of enterprise servers and data centers. The company is touting their DRAM as being the highest performing yet, while also reducing power consumption significantly compared to DDR3 RAM.

SimCity launch screwed up a second time, Mac version riddled with bugs

Update: Maxis says that a fix has been found and those unable to install the game yesterday will be able to do so now.

Flexible OLED market to quadruple by 2014 to $95 million

A new report from IHS predicts that the global market for flexible OLED displays will more than quadruple by 2014, reaching an unprecedented $95 million. The report, titled “In-depth analysis for Technical Trends of Flexible OLED”, also noted that current flexible displays are rudimentary and will take some time to...

Pressy transforms your smartphone's headphone jack into a button

Wish your Android smartphone had another physical button that could be used as a shortcut to launch an app, take a photo or check in to social networks? A new Kickstarter campaign is peddling just that – a smartphone accessory called Pressy that transforms your headphone jack into a multi-function...

GameStick finally shipped to Kickstarter backers, expected to hit retail next month

PlayJam, the company behind portable Android game console GameStick, has finally begun shipping Kickstarter backer units and should start doing the same for retail orders by the end of September. In a recent blog post, the company explained an initial pilot run had been completed, which meant Kickstarter units were primed...

Meet the CODE keyboard, designed and built by a programmer

Programmers rely on their keyboard perhaps more than any other profession I can think of. When I heard Jeff Atwood, author of the blog Coding Horror and co-founder of coding Q&A website Stack Overflow, just launched a keyboard with the help of Weyman Kong from WASD Keyboards, I figured it...

Gorilla for Mac 5.1.4
Gorilla is a suite of software tools designed to assist the creative individual in making a film, or a video.

Logitech Gaming Software 8.50.281
Logitech Gaming Software lets you customize Logitech G gaming mice, keyboards and headsets.

Total Privacy 6.3.3.241
Total Privacy protects your privacy by cleaning up all the tracks of your Internet and system activities.

Combofix 13.08.30.1
Scan your computer for known malware, and clean these infections automatically.

PDF-XChange Viewer 2.5.212
The PDF-XChange Viewer is smaller, faster and more feature rich than any other FREE PDF Reader/ PDF Viewer/ PDF Editor available.

Pokki 0.265.14.368
Pokki brings your favorite apps to your PC.

Trojan Killer 2.1.8.5
Developed specifically for automatic removal of viruses, bots, spyware, keyloggers, trojans, scareware and rootkits without the need to manually edit system files or registry.

PARTYBlaster 1.1
PARTYBlaster , As the name itself tells the story, this is a basic music player with a look that suits perfectly if you are having a blast with your friends and want to have a cool party club house touch.

Advanced SystemCare 7 Beta 2.0
Advanced SystemCare with Antivirus incorporates top anti-virus capabilities, as well as the already proven comprehensive PC tune-up ability.

IObit Driver Booster Beta 4.0
Driver Booster is a brand new driver updating tool.

Mobile Media Converter 1.8.1
The Mobile Media Converter is a free audio and video converter for converting between popular desktop audio and video formats.

StatWin Pro 9.0.1
Monitoring and reporting suite, capable of reporting all the user actions!

Advanced Host Monitor 9.58
A full-featured network monitor program.

FastKeys 2.0
Start menu, Shortcuts and user-defined Commands to run files, open webpages, send macros or automate anything. Incredibly powerful but yet simple to use.

Connectify Hotspot 6.0.1.28704
Connectify is an easy to use software router for Windows computers that utilizes your PCÂ’s built in Wi-Fi card to wirelessly share any available Internet connection with friends, co-workers, and mobile devices.

iDevice Manager 2.4.0.0
The iDevice Manager is called earlier iPhone Explorer and is more than the iPhone Browser and iExplorer.

Baidu PC Faster 3.7.1.41360
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.

MacMaintenance 3.3.5
MacMaintenance is a very easy to use application designed to help you keep your Mac clean and adjust certain system settings.

Calibre 1.1.0
calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books.

Steam for Windows, Mac & Linux
One of the most complete and popular digital distribution platforms for games.

SiSoftware Sandra Lite 2013 SP5 19.58
All around tool, benchmarking, system diagnostic and analyser.

BitTorrent Sync 1.1.70
Sync unlimited files between your own devices, or share a folder with friends and family to automatically sync anything.

EagleGet 1.1.0.4
Easy your downloads, get everything done.

Restore Point Creator 1.3.22
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.

Twitter for Android 4.1.6
Wherever you are, Twitter brings you closer.

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IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 9/2/2013

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