Tuesday, September 24, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 9/25/2013

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Colin Farrell, Paula Patton offered leading roles in World of Warcraft film
Production on a screen adaptation of World of Warcraft is scheduled to get under way in January 2014. The film, directed by Duncan Jones and written by Charles Leavitt, is said to center on the conflict between the Alliance and the Horde with two Hollywood A-listers tipped for leading roles.

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Google helps to digitize all current constitutions with 'Constitute'
Google on Monday launched a new website called Constitute. Developed by the Comparative Constitutions Project with seed funding from Google Ideas, the goal of the project was to make the world’s constitutions easily available to those in countries that are drafting new constitutions or those that are updating existing ones. ...

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FilmOn owner sends threatening, hostile messages to Aereo CEO
Some harsh words are being tossed around by Alki David, the billionaire owner of unlicensed live programming distributor FilmOn, towards Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia recently. David says the hostile words were based on ongoing Denial of Service attacks towards FilmOn's website that he believes Kanojia had a hand in.

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BlackBerry confirmed to go private in deal valued at $4.7 billion
The saga surrounding Canadian handset maker BlackBerry appears to be over. On Monday, the company announced they have reached an agreement to be taken private by a consortium led by Fairfax Financial Holdings as part of a deal valued at $4.7 billion. Fairfax already owns 10 percent of BlackBerry, ownership...

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New York Attorney General sets up sting operation to crackdown on fake online reviews
Fake and misleading reviews are everywhere online, and now New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will be announcing a crackdown on a number of groups engaged in illegitimate review practices.

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Valve's SteamOS promises to bring PC gaming to the living room
In the first of three scheduled announcements for this week, Steam has unveiled a free operating system designed for the living room that the company promises will combine the rock-solid architecture of Linux with a gaming experience built for the big screen. It’ll be a combination of Steam’s current platform...

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Oracle's Larry Ellison: Data will fly around at 'ungodly speeds' with new in-memory database technology
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison recently revealed a number of new products designed to speed up data flow in corporate data centers and across the Internet in general. Chief among them is a new in-memory option for the company’s 12c database that promises speed increases of at least 100x at the...

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Microsoft takes another stab at hardware with new Surface 2 tablets
Microsoft announced the follow up to last year’s Surface tablets at an event in New York City this morning. As expected, the company is sticking to the same form factors and architectures with a lower-price ARM model running Windows RT 8.1, and a higher-price x86 machine running full Windows Pro...

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Microsoft takes another stab at hardware with new Surface tablets
Microsoft announced the follow up to last year’s Surface tablets at an event in New York City this morning. As expected, the company is sticking to the same form factors and architectures with a lower-price ARM model running Windows RT 8.1, and a higher-price x86 machine running full Windows Pro...

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Leaked Android 4.4 KitKat images show a flattened 2D design
With iOS 7, many people said Apple’s mobile operating system became a bit more like Android with live wallpaper, control center and the like. It’s a bit fitting then that the latest purported images of Android 4.4 KitKat seem to suggest a flattened, 2D design that looks strikingly similar to...

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iPhone sales top 9 million in launch weekend, iOS 7 overtakes iOS 6
You’re probably familiar with the drill by now: Apple announces a new iPhone, analysts and so-called experts feel underwhelmed and forewarn of waning consumer interest, stocks go down a bit due to wary investors, then Apple announces another record-shattering launch weekend. It was no different this year save for the...

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Apple's Touch ID fingerprint scanner has been hacked, group claims
A Berlin-based group of hackers claim they have successfully hacked the fingerprint reader on Apple’s new iPhone 5S just days after its release. The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) said fingerprints should not be used to secure anything as we leave them everywhere and it’s far too easy to make fake...

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BlackBerry postpones BBM for Android and iOS launch
This weekend was supposed to be a shining moment among the recent sea of negativity for BlackBerry. Looking past the job cuts and restructuring for a moment, BlackBerry Messenger for Android and iOS was scheduled to launch this past weekend but it never happened.

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These 10 Electronic Devices Are Nearly Impossible to Repair
It's becoming tradition that with every new high-profile gadget release, we showcase whatever findings the repair commandos at iFixit.com share with us, whether it's the latest iPhone 5S and 5C, the Nvidia Shield, Moto X smartphone, or the yet unfinalized Oculus Rift VR headset.

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TechSpot PC Buying Guide: Mid-2013 Update
TechSpot's PC Buying Guide offers an in-depth list of today's best desktop PC hardware, spanning four typical budgets starting at ~$500 for a well-balanced machine capable of medium workloads, up to $3,000+ for the Luxury build which includes the best PC hardware recommendations when budget is not a big concern....

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Apple TV 6.0 update pulled, includes iTunes Radio, AirPlay from iCloud
During the weekend Apple TV users have been reporting that the latest 6.0 update is bricking devices. Although the issue is not happening to everyone, with many users able to successfully update and enjoy the newly added features post-upgrade

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Microsoft: PlayStation 4 can be played through Xbox One's HDMI-In
During a recent presentation at the Tokyo Game Show, Xbox senior director of product management and planning Albert Panello fielded a question about the Xbox One’s HDMI-In feature to support a feed from any device – specifically, the PlayStation 4.

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Weekend tech reading: AMD Eyefinity vs. Nvidia Surround framerate analysis, first Apple A7 die shot, looking ahead at 'post-post-PC' tech
In January 2013 I revealed a new testing methodology for graphics cards that I dubbed Frame Rating. At the time I was only able to talk about the process, using capture hardware to record the output directly from the DVI connections on graphics cards, but over the course of a...

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Deep Web news: Silk Road competitor Atlantis calls it quits
Silk Road competitor Atlantis recently announced plans to shut down shop following a brief six-month run. A message on the website said the service was forced to close down due to security reasons out of their control. Anyone with coins still in the system has one week to remove them;...

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Brazilian hacker brings down NASA homepage, mistakes it for NSA's
Last week, NASA got an interesting surprise when 14 of their websites were taken down by an experienced Brazilian hacker. The cyberattack targeted pages by NASA’s Ames Research Center, including one which contained information about the Kepler Space telescope.

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10 Electronic Devices That Are Nearly Impossible to Repair
It's becoming tradition that with every new high-profile gadget release, we showcase whatever findings the repair commandos at iFixit.com share with us. If it's controversy and indignation you want, this is the week you've been waiting for! Here are iFixit's top 10 hardest-to-repair electronics.

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LockHunter 3.0.2
LockHunter is a foolproof file unlocker.









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The Bat! Professional Edition 5.8
The Bat! is a powerful, highly configurable, yet easy to use email client.









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Acme CAD Converter 8.6.0
Acme CAD Converter is a format conversion software for batch and vector files.









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Windows 7 Manager 4.3.2
A powerful software tool to tweak, optimize, maintain and tune up your Windows 7, it bundles more than 30 different utilities in one.









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OSHI Cleaner 1.2.36
Clean and optimize your PC. Improve the speed and stability of your system.









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Joyfax Server 9.25
Fax software allows you to send and receive faxes in a network environment.









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FastReport 4.14.7
Report generator with visual designer, dialog forms and scripting languages.









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Earthquake 3D 2.9
Zoom and spin your way around the globe while viewing earthquakes in three dimensions!









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MYOB Password Recovery 1.0w
Recovers lost or forgotten passwords for MYOB Accounting data files.









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AdwCleaner 3.005
AdwCleaner is a tool that deletes Adware/Toolbar/PUP/Hijacker.









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PrivaZer 2.3.2
PrivaZer is a privacy cleaner that scans your computer and provides you with a complete report of all computer and Internet traces that can be found on your PC.









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SynciOS 2.1.2
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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Hotkeycontrol 7.8
Create hotkeys that let you do almost anything using your keyboard.









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SnapPea 2.63.0.4343
Manage your Android from your PC.









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Atomic Alarm Clock 6.18
Set your alarm clock and replace your standard tray clock using different skins.









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Tweak-SSD 1.0.21
Everything you need to optimize your SSD drive on Windows 7 or 8.









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Chaos Free 8.0.6.6
Manage contacts, appointment calendar, task list, and cloud sync with ChaosHost.com.









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FastKeys 2.01
Start menu, Shortcuts and user-defined Commands to run files, open webpages, send macros or automate anything. Incredibly powerful but yet simple to use.









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Baidu Antivirus 2013 3.6.1.43145
Baidu Antivirus is a ultra light weight, easy to use, extremely fast anti-virus program that protects your system from malware, viruses, spyware, adware and other malicious programs.









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Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 0.9.3 Beta
Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit protects against all known and unknown 0-day vulnerability exploits, protecting users where traditional antivirus and security products fail.









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UC Browser for Android 9.2.3.324
UC Browser is the leading mobile internet browser with more than 400 million users across more than 150 countries and regions. This version is for mobile devices (phones and tablets) with Android.









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Xinorbis 6.0.25
Xinorbis is a simple but powerful hard disk analyser.









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KiTTY 0.63.0.4
KiTTY is a fork from version 0.62 of PuTTY, the best telnet / SSH client in the world. KiTTY is only designed for the Microsoft Windows platform.









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Spotify 0.9.4.169
Millions of tracks, any time you like. Just search for it in Spotify, then play it. Just help yourself to whatever you want, whenever you want it.









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Yadis! Backup 1.10.9
Yadis! Backup is a free and easy backup application that protects your private information within minutes. It's intuitive design will guide you through a few steps, and before you know it, your personal data is brought in safety.









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