Wednesday, September 4, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 9/5/2013

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Xbox One enters mass production with a 150 MHz CPU speed boost
We're just a couple of months away from the launch of the Xbox One, and Xbox chief marketing officer at Microsoft, Yusuf Mehdi, has revealed that the console has entered full mass production. He also mentioned that final units will feature another speed boost, thanks to the hard work of...

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Kapture wristband records the last minute of audio with a simple tap
Talk. Tap. Share. That’s the motto behind a new project on Kickstarter called Kapture, an always-on wristband that allows users to save and share the last 60 seconds of audio it records. With a simple tap, the past minute is captured and synched to your smartphone via Bluetooth.

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Sony to reportedly take on Oculus Rift with PlayStation 4 VR headset
Multiple reports hit the web today suggesting Sony is working on a virtual reality headset for the PlayStation 4. Sources claim the device borrows from the Oculus Rift in terms of functionality and is already undergoing internal testing with upcoming PS4 titles.

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Kodak crawls out of bankruptcy as a commercial printing company
Photography pioneer Kodak on Tuesday ended the Chapter 11 bankruptcy it entered in January of last year. The reorganized Kodak is described by chairman and CEO Antonio M. Perez as a technology company serving imaging for business markets – including packaging, functional printing, graphic communications and professional services.

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Xbox One to support up to eight controllers simultaneously
It might seem like a little bit of overkill, but the upcoming Xbox One will support up to eight wireless controllers simultaneously. To put this into perspective, its predecessor allows for up to four local players to game simultaneously, while the PlayStation 3 can support as many as seven. At this...

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Western Digital expands Red line to include 2.5-inch drives
Western Digital on Tuesday announced the expansion of their Red line of SATA hard drives designed for home and small office network attached storage (NAS) systems. Up until now, the hard drive maker only offered Red line drives in 3.5-inch form factors but starting today, customers can pick up 1TB...

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Key Lime Pie is out, KitKat is in as codename for next Android version
Key Lime Pie has been given the boot as the codename for the next version of Android in favor of KitKat. No, today isn’t April Fools’ Day – apparently Google reached out to the candy maker and a deal was made to use the trademarked name as the codename for...

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Apple sends out media invitations for September 10 iPhone event
Apple has sent out media invitations for an event scheduled for September 10, shoring up rumors that next Tuesday would be the day Apple unveils some new hardware. The event is scheduled to take place at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, and begin at 9 a.m. pacific time.

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Amazon accidentally lists new Kindle Paperwhite ahead of time
Someone appears to have pushed the wrong button at Amazon and accidentally published a landing page for the still unannounced second generation Kindle Paperwhite. According to the listing -- which has since been pulled -- the device...

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Get paid to sell your personal data to companies with Handshake
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, most companies make money by selling customer data. This can take place either by selling trends or surfing habits to interested parties or aggregating data into a bundle for marketing purposes. But now there’s a start-up that wants to eliminate the middleman by buying user data...

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The Nymi smart bracelet uses cardiac rhythms to control your smartphone, car and more
Canadian startup Bionym has developed a smart bracelet that will allow you to automatically login to your device, unlock your car or even open your front door, among many other things.

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Images of colorful iPhone 5Cs in plastic packaging surface
Alleged images of Apple’s upcoming budget-minded iPhone 5C recently hit the web. The leaked photos specifically show the plastic packaging that Apple will use for a rainbow of colored handsets including pink, white, yellow, green and blue.

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Spotify partners with home-audio manufacturers for new Connect service
Popular music streaming service Spotify has teamed up with home-audio manufacturers to reinvent the way we listen to music. The new initiative is set to launch in just a few months, allowing premium members to connect to Spotify via their Wi-Fi compatible speakers. Although this idea sounds very much like...

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Time Warner Cable, CBS reach agreement to end blackout
Time Warner Cable and CBS Corp. came to an agreement late Monday to end a month-long blackout that left millions of Time Warner Cable subscribers without access to the popular network’s programming. Such a deal was inevitable as...

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Windows Phone OEMs still important as Microsoft targets 15% market share
Overnight, Microsoft stunned the tech world by announcing they've purchased Nokia's Devices and Services unit for 5.4 billion euros, with the deal expected to close in early 2014. By making this acquisition, Microsoft has absorbed the largest Windows Phone manufacturer and its Lumia line, but the company insists that other...

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Intel Ivy Bridge-E Debuts: Core i7-4960X Review
Haswell has been out in the wild for 3 months now, while Sandy Bridge-E has remained Intel’s "ultimate" desktop platform for almost 2 years. However Intel is now ready for a refresh of its Extreme platform, but they won’t be skipping the Ivy Bridge architecture and moving straight to Haswell. ...

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Intel Core i7-4960X Ivy Bridge-E Review: New flagship, old flagship
Intel is now ready for a refresh of its Extreme platform, but they won't be skipping the Ivy Bridge architecture and moving straight to Haswell. Rather, the LGA2011 platform is getting an upgrade with new Ivy Bridge-E processors.

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Multi Commander 3.5.0
Multi Commander is a multi-tabbed file manager that is an alternative to the standard Windows Explorer. It uses the very popular and efficient dual-panel layout.









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MessageMe for Android 1.5.0
Experience the free messenger that everyoneÂ’s talking about.









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File Expert for Android 6.0.0
File Expert is an ultimate app for managing your files on your mobile phones, tablets, personal computers and cloud storage servers.









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Instagram for Android 4.1.2
100 million users love Instagram! It's a free, fun, and simple way to make and share gorgeous photos on your Android.









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Dropbox for Android 2.3.10.4
Dropbox is the easiest way to store, sync and share your files online and between multiple computers.









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KCleaner 2.0.0.50
KCleaner is designed to be the most efficient Hard Disk cleaner to give you all the resources you may need.









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AVG Antivirus Free Edition 2014.0.4116
The free version of the AVG Antivirus protection tool.









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AntiToolbar 1.0.4
Tired of annoying toolbars on your computer? Anti-Toolbar will automatically detect any Toolbars installed on your PC and give you the opportunity to erase or disable - 100% FREE.









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Daum PotPlayer 1.5.39659
Daum PotPlayer It feels like the KMPlayer, but is in active development.









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PowerSuite 2013 4.1.7.1
Boost your PC and keep it running at its best with the award winning full performance solution.









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Advanced Installer 10.5
Powerful and easy to use Windows Installer authoring tool. Install, update and configure your products safely, securely and reliably.









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OpenVPN 2.3.2-I003
OpenVPN is an open source VPN daemon.









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Movienizer 6.3
Organize, track and research your movie collection for free









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Praat 5.3.55
Speech analysis and manipulation software.









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CleanApp for Mac 4.0.5
CleanApp helps you to thoroughly eliminate applications, running under Mac OS X.









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MediaCoder 0.8.25.5556
Free universal audio/video batch transcoder.









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SpeedUpMyPC 5.3.9.1
Utility software that ensures your PC is automatically optimized for maximum performance in just a few easy clicks.









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aTube Catcher 3.8.4272
Download millions of videos to your PC, Cellphone, TV or IPOD from Internet and all the best video sites for free.









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DVDFab Passkey Lite 8.1.0.3
DVDFab Passkey Lite is a simple combination of Passkey for DVD and Passkey for Blu-ray. It is a free DVD Decrypter and Blu-ray Decrypter that can work with any software that Passkey for DVD and Passkey for Blu-ray works with to access unprotected content.









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ArsClip 4.12
ArsClip is a freeware utility for the windows clipboard. ArsClip monitors the clipboard and keeps track of the entries.









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WinRAR 5.00 for Linux
WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files.









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WinRAR 5.00
WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files.









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UltraVNC 1.1.9.3
UltraVNC Server and Viewer are a powerful, easy to use, free software that can display the screen of one computer (Server) on the screen of another (Viewer).









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Freemake Video Converter 4.0.4.1
Convert video free to AVI, MP4, WMV, MKV, 3GP, DVD, MP3, iPad, iPhone, PSP, Android phones. Video to MP3 with one click! Rip & burn DVD. Convert YouTube to MP4, AVI, etc. with Freemake! Guaranteed result.









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Amaya 11.4.7
Amaya is a Web editor, developed jointly with W3C, to very simply edit and publish pages.









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