Wednesday, November 6, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 11/7/2013

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Study finds playing video games gives a boost to certain regions of the brain
I was always told growing up that playing video games was a waste of time. Turns out, those people were wrong. A new study published in Molecular Psychiatry found that video gaming causes increases in the brain regions responsible for spatial orientation, memory formation, strategic planning and fine motor skills.

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Holiday Gift Guide 2013: Erik's recommendations
Welcome to TechSpot's 2013 Holiday Gift Guide! We are taking a more personal approach to this year's tech gift recommendations by asking each of our editors and staff members to provide their own picks on gifts they would like to receive or give. Erik, who manages TechSpot's downloads section is...

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Nike+ Move App turns your iPhone 5S into a FuelBand, sort of
Want the benefits of Nike's popular FuelBand but hate wearing wrist accessories? Lucky for you (if you have an iPhone 5S), the sports apparel company has recently released the Nike+ Move application into the Apple App Store. Many of you may recall seeing a preview for this app at Apple's...

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Google's Nexus 5 earns favorable repairability score from iFixit
Google’s latest smartphone appears to be an early hit among consumers (it’s certainly priced right) and according to teardown specialist iFixit, it’s also a winner in terms of repairability. The team awarded the Nexus 5 an eight out of 10 repairability score (10 being the easiest to fix) based on...

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Apple's new Arizona manufacturing plant to create 2000 jobs, rely on renewable energy
In yet another move to expand its 'Made in USA' efforts, Apple will build a new manufacturing plant in Mesa, Arizona. The facility will provide employment opportunities to more than 2,000 people and is expected to create 700 "quality" jobs in the first year. The remaining 1,300 or so positions...

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Bungie's Destiny to hit PC? Definitely not, at least for now
PC gamers, prepare to be upset: A new and highly anticipated franchise developed by none other than Bungie won't be hitting store shelves for you, at least not anytime soon.

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Tuesday tech deals: HP Envy Leap Motion $893, Seagate Wireless HDD $70, Logitech Solar Keyboard $50
Topping today's deals is the new HP Envy 17.3-inch laptop with a built-in Leap Motion sensor for $893. Also don't miss the lowest ever price on Acer's Touchscreen LCD Monitor. Scroll down to get these and the rest of today's best deals.

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Share ripped movies with your friends online using new Streamnation feature
Streamnation is now adding the ability to stream movies and TV shows to your friends in addition to photos and videos. It may sound a bit too good to be true but founder Jonathan Benassaya, who is also co-founder of music streaming service Deezer, says he is confident in the...

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Neowin: Google Nexus 7 (2013) review
The evolution of the tablet has been one of the most interesting, and certainly among the most significant, developments in personal computing history. Its genesis arguably lies in science fiction, with tablet-like devices featuring in movies, such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, and TV shows, such as Star Trek, giving...

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iPad Air reportedly costs Apple between $274 and $361 to produce
Some new data on how much it costs Apple to produce the iPad Air has surfaced from IHS courtesy of All Things D, and looks as though the company is making top dollar on its most well received tablet to date. Based on the data, Apple is making as much...

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T-Mobile's Uncarrier strategy leads to another positive quarter
T-Mobile’s ongoing Uncarrier strategy has paid off once again as the carrier added 643,000 postpaid customers to its roster in the third quarter. Any gains are welcomed when you consider the company lost 492,000 customers in the year-ago period.

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Acer CEO steps down due to disappointing Q3 PC sales
In light of recent disappointing financial results, Acer chairman and CEO J.T Wang has announced that he will be stepping down starting in the new year.

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Give or get help over live video with Google Helpouts
With a goal to "help people help each other", Google has officially launched Helpouts, a platform where anyone can sell their skills and services over live video to help those in need. As shown in the promo video below, you can use Google Helpouts to easily reach out to experts...

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Valve reveals design of prototype Steam Machine
The launch of the next-generation consoles isn't too far away, and Valve wants to get in on the party, having recently shown off the design of their prototype Steam Machine. The system, which has been developed as a reference design and likely won't be released to the public, features impressive...

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This camera records at one trillion FPS and can capture moving light
Did you know that there exists a camera that can capture one trillion frames per second and is fast enough to capture moving light? Me neither, but apparently it’s been around for nearly two years and was created in the MIT Media Lab.

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Best Tablets of 2013: Holiday Season Edition
Apple just announced a new iPad Air and iPad mini, Microsoft pushed out the second generation Surfaces, Amazon Kindles hedged its bets on high-end hardware and real-time support, Samsung did its own thing with numerous Android devices and Google is set to refresh the Nexus line later this month.

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FastPictureViewer 1.9.328
FastPictureViewer is a small and fast image viewer for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.









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xShredder 6.8.2.1
xShredder for Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and Win 7 protects your privacy.



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MAME 0.151b
Multiple arcade machine emulator.



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JAlbum 11.6
Web photo gallery generator.









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JAlbum for Mac 11.6
Web photo gallery generator.









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ComicRack 0.9.175
s a reader ComicRack supports all the state of the art features you can expect: different display modes, full screen, information overlays, magnifier, color adjustments, automatic backcolor matching and a multi tab interface to quickly switch between eComics.









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StrokesPlus 2.7.5.1
Whether it's a faster route to work, pressing 0 to talk to a human being instead of listening to an automated menu, or your favorite Internet browser pinned to the Windows taskbar.









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SmartGit/Hg 5.0.0
SmartGit/Hg is a client for Git and Mercurial. It runs on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.









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ReNamer 5.73
ReNamer is a small, yet very flexible file and folder renaming tool, that offers all the standard renaming procedures.









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AnTuTu Benchmark for Android 4.1
AnTuTu Benchmark is Android Benchmarking tool.









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Maxthon Cloud Browser 4.1.3.4000
Maxthon cloud browser (Maxthon Cloud)is a suite of state-of-art, cloud-powered web browsers that work in concert, making it easy for users to maintain a continuous experience, un-tethered to a single device or operating system.









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Wise Care 365 2.8.6
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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Start Menu Reviver 1.0.0.1816
The only start menu for Windows 8. Bring back and enhances the Start Menu. Launch desktop and metro apps. Truly touchscreen-friendly. Totally free.









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FrostWire 5.6.7
BitTorrent/Cloud client with a full featured media player.









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FrostWire for Android 1.2.0
BitTorrent/Cloud client with a full featured media player.









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Hamster Free Zip Archiver 2.0.1.8
Zip Archiver is a powerful tool, can read and write any Zip archive formats like WinZip or 7zip.









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DivX Player 10.0.1 for Windows
Play DivX, AVI, MKV, MP4 and MOV videos, transfer videos to your devices with DivX To Go and navigate your videos with greater speed and precision.









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Disk Order 3.2.5
Disk Order is an advanced double-panel file manager with built-in FTP client.









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Gimp for Mac 2.8.8
Open Source image manipulation software for Mac OS X.









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Cocktail for Mac 7.0.2
Simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions, gives access to hidden Mac OS X settings, let you easily optimize your system.









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Skype for Mac 6.9.0.7.01
The whole world can talk for free with this p2p telephony software.









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Opera Developer 19.0.1310.0
This version is the bleeding edge development from Opera; features will be piloted, and may be shelved, taken back to the drawing board, or taken forward to the Opera Next stream - feature complete, but potentially buggy.









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TeamViewer for Mac 8.0.20942
TeamViewer is the fast, simple and friendly solution for remote access over the Internet.









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BitTorrent Sync 1.2.67
Sync unlimited files between your own devices, or share a folder with friends and family to automatically sync anything.









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The Cleaner Database Update 2141 November 5, 2013
Keep your computer and data safe from Trojans / Worms / Keyloggers / Spyware and all manner of malware.









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