Monday, January 13, 2014

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 14/01/2014

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Rumor: Windows 9 'Threshold' expected in April 2015
Microsoft is reportedly targeting an April 2015 launch for the operating system sequel to Windows 8.1, codenamed 'Threshold'. According to Paul Thurrott, Microsoft is trying to put the less-than-fantastic launch of Windows 8.1 behind it by calling the OS Windows 9, and although it hasn't entered the development phase, the...

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Weekend tech reading: Chips after Moore's law, tech companies nearing death, CES highlights
Not long after Gordon E. Moore proposed in 1965 that the number of transistors that could be etched on a silicon chip would continue to double approximately every 18 months, critics began predicting that the era of "Moore's Law" would draw to a close...

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Samsung: 4K Ultra HD television adoption will happen faster than anticipated
Despite being tempted by a number of great deals on televisions during Black Friday, I’ve already made up my mind that the next set I purchase will be 4K Ultra HD compatible. I get that there isn’t much content available right now and prices are astronomical but according to HS...

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Depression Quest back on Steam Greenlight amid controversy
One of the biggest issues that plagues the globe isn't something that we can see or easily explain. Violence, sickness, accidental injury, these are all things we come in contact with on a daily basis. But for some, there are the added demons of depression, a mental illness that affects...

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Hackers steal card data from high-end retail chain Neiman Marcus
Krebs on Security, the same publication that first reported the Target hack in which up to 70 million customers were affected, has since learned of a second retailer that has fallen victim to a similar attack.

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MSI motherboard suggests socketed Kabini APUs are coming soon
AMD’s Kabini APU first hit the scene last May but thus far, it’s only been available as a pre-soldered combination already mated to a motherboard. That’ll likely change in the not too distant future, however, based on some hardware spied this past week at the Consumer Electronics Show. ...

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Weekend Open Forum: What are your most anticipated games of 2014?
With the release of the new consoles behind us for the most part, its time to look forward at what we know so far about this year's game releases. As I've mentioned on WOF before, I am a fan of the stealth genre and had a lot of fun getting...

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Glass has more competition on the way, this time from military-grade eyewear maker Lumus
We’ve seen our fair share of Glass clones since Google first unveiled the technology but perhaps none have the pedigree of Lumus, a company that’s been making heads-up displays for the US military for quite some time.

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Google Play Services gets asynchronous multiplayer, Google Drive API and improved battery life
Google recently began rolling out update 4.1 for its Google Play Services adding a number of new features and enhancements. The search giant has now added asynchronous multiplayer capabilities, a Google Drive API, enhancements to ad targeting, Google+ improvements, and better battery life for those using Google Location Reporting.

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Sony is still talking with Microsoft about adopting Windows Phone
Unlike most other handset manufacturers, Sony apparently isn’t content to rely on just one mobile operating system. It would seem that the Japanese tech giant is eyeballing Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform (and perhaps others) as it looks to the future.

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Google updated Gmail allowing strangers to send you messages, here's how to disable it
Yesterday, Google introduced a feature to Gmail some might not be too happy about. By default, anyone with a Google+ account can now send an email to your Gmail account whether they have your address or not. As long as your name is attached to a Google+ and Gmail account,...

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Weekend game deals: XCOM Collection $15, Hitman Pack $11 and a new Humble Bundle
Holiday sales are slowing but most distributors are keeping the spirit alive with deals including Torchlight II for $5 at Steam, an XCOM pack with Enemy Unknown for $15 at Amazon, Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut for $5 at Get Games...

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SteamOS now supports Intel and AMD graphics (Updated)
When the first SteamOS beta was released last month, gamers with Intel and AMD GPUs were left out in the cold due to the initial "Nvidia graphics only" requirement. Well, things have changed now. The latest alchemist update to the Valve's operating system adds support for AMD and Intel graphics,...

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Motorola is bundling Chromecast with off-contract Moto X purchases
It’s rare to see a company unleash as many promotions for a single handset as we’ve seen Motorola do for the Moto X. The latest will see the Google-owned company provide a free Chromecast streaming dongle to anyone that buys the handset off-contract via Moto Maker.

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IBM forms new Watson business unit, invests $1 billion
IBM announced Thursday that the company is investing $1 billion to provide its Jeopardy! champ computing system Watson its own business division and a new headquarters. Dubbed IBM Watson Group, the new business division will be located at 51 Astor Place in New York City’s “Silicon Alley” technology hub, and...

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Nintendo 3DS sales shot up 45 percent in 2013
Nintendo’s Wii U isn’t nearly as successful as the company might have hoped for but the same can’t be said about the 3DS. Despite the fact that smartphones now account for the majority of mobile gaming, Nintendo has managed to sell 34.98 million 3DS consoles worldwide (which includes the 3DS...

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Target data breach update says up to 70 million customers affected
Target has issued an update on the recent data breach that affected holiday shoppers saying up to 70 million names, mailing addresses, phone numbers or email addresses were stolen as part of the hack. Previously, the company had estimated around 40 million credit and debit card accounts -- including expiration...

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SteamOS now supports Intel and AMD graphics
When the first SteamOS beta was released last month, gamers with Intel and AMD GPUs were left out in the cold due to the initial "Nvidia graphics only" requirement. Well, things have changed now. The latest alchemist update to the Valve's operating system adds support for AMD and Intel graphics,...

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PC shipments dropped 6.9 percent last quarter as market suffered its worst year ever
If there was any lingering doubt that we are now in a post-PC era, the latest figures from Gartner should dispel that notion. PC shipments dropped 6.9 percent during the fourth quarter of 2013 as the market in general suffered its worst year since the birth of the personal computer,...

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Google+ users can now e-mail you without knowing your address
Google has added a new feature to its social network that will allow users to e-mail any of their Google+ contacts and vice versa without actually knowing their e-mail address. Specifically, members can opt to receive correspondence from those in their circles, extended circles, anyone on Google+ or choose not...

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The Steam Controller: How Valve is building a new way to play games
In 2014, the PC gaming giant will be launching their first official piece of hardware: The decidedly odd, innovative Steam Controller. What will happen when a company steeped in software releases their first piece of hardware? No one -- including the people making the controller -- is quite sure.

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Overstock becomes first major online retailer to accept Bitcoins
It’s official: Overstock.com is now the first major online retailer to accept Bitcoin as a payment method. The company made a promise late last year that they would begin accepting the controversial virtual currency within the first half of this year but few expected it would happen so quickly. ...

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Audi hits the highway to demonstrate latest self-driving car technology at CES
Audi was on hand at the Consumer Electronics Show once again to showcase their latest efforts in the field of self-driving vehicles. Unlike last year’s demonstration which was limited to an Audi A6 Avant navigating a parking garage at a snail's pace, the auto maker took guests for a spin...

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Audi hits the higway to demonstrate latest self-driving car technology at CES
Audi was on hand at the Consumer Electronics Show once again to showcase their latest efforts in the field of self-driving vehicles. Unlike last year’s demonstration which was limited to an Audi A6 Avant navigating a parking garage at a snail's pace, the auto maker took guests for a spin...

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Google pushing Glass branding guidelines to developers
As Google prepares for the next phase of its Google Glass launch, third party accessory developers are also readying their add-ons. As the first order-able pair of prescription glasses and adapters specifically designed for Google Glass debuted earlier this week from designer OpticsPlanet, the search giant has made the brand...

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Free-For-All: How Valve Is Building a New Way to Play Games
The decidedly odd, innovative Steam Controller. What will happen when a company steeped in software releases their first piece of hardware? No one -- including the people making the controller -- is quite sure.

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Listen N Write 1.14.0.0
Listen N Write can be used to play and transcribe ordinary audio and video recordings (WAV, MP3, OGG, WMA, AVI, MPG, WMV, OGV, FLV, VOB, TS, etc).









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Ultimate Windows Tweaker 3.0.1.0
Ultimate Windows Tweaker is a freeware TweakUI Utility for tweaking and optimizing Windows 7 & Windows Vista, 32-bit & 64-bit.









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Google Web Designer Beta 1.0.2.1210
Create engaging, interactive HTML5-based designs and motion graphics that can run on any device.









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Baidu Antivirus 2014 4.0.3.56061
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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PeerBlock 1.1 r691 Beta
PeerBlock lets you control who your computer "talks to" on the Internet.









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Lansweeper 5.1.0.29
Lansweeper helps you with your Network Inventory and Asset Management and pro-actively alerts you of non-compliance issues before they become a problem.









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License Crawler 1.35
If you want to setup your computer system again you need to have the licenses and serial numbers at hand for all the software programs that you have purchased and registered, LicenseCrawler finds them for you.









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Kingo Android Root 1.1.8
Android Root is free of any change. Ultras safe and secure software without any risks. The easiest Android root software you have ever seen. Supports almost every Android device and all Android versions.









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ChrisPC Free VideoTube Downloader 5.90
ChrisPC Free YouTube Downloader Converter is a powerful software with converter capabilities that allows you to download and store locally videos from your favorite online video websites.









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Dolphin Browser for Android 10.2.3
Simplify your mobile life. Let Dolphin do all the work so you donÂ’t have to. Dolphin Browser is the world's first Gesture, Sonar and Add-on enabled mobile web browser on Android.









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BDtoAVCHD 2.0.0
BDtoAVCHD is a tool to create AVCHD discs from Blu-Ray or MKV files. As output we get the folder structure ready to burn to a DVD5 or DVD9.









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KiTTY 0.63.0.6
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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Vole Media CHM 3.11.40108
Vole Media CHM is a Microsoft Word, CHM, images and multimedia integrated platform and platform controller.









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SteamOS 1.0 Beta (1/8/2014)
Thousands of games, millions of users. Everything you love about Steam as a free operating system designed for the TV and the living room.









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Iobit Uninstaller 3.1.7.2379
IObit Uninstalller helps you uninstall and remove unwanted programs and folders from your computer fast and easily.









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Handy Start Menu 1.92
A free tool that we have developed to make the work with the Start menu much more convenient and efficient.









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Vole Internet Expedition 3.11.40108
Vole Internet Expedition is a scene reproduce internet browser collection controller.









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Joyfax Server 9.60
Fax software allows you to send and receive faxes in a network environment.









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Fast Link Checker 2.2.608
Fast Link Checker is a tool used for searching sites for broken links. It begins checking from the starting page and goes through all pages one by one until it checks all links on the site.









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Vole CHM Reviewer 3.11.40108
Vole CHM Reviewer is a subset of Vole Media CHM, dedicated to add notes to Office CHM doc and without any modification to it.









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ToDoList 6.8.5
ToDoList is a rare form of task management tool, one that allows you to repeatedly sub-divide your tasks into more manageable pieces whilst still presenting a clean and intuitive user experience.









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Anti-Porn 20.3.1.7
Anti-Porn blocks thousands of porn sites. Monitor the online activity of your children. Set limits on the time children spend on internet, computer games, and instant messages.









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ID3 Renamer 7.1.0
Rename a large number of files in a directory accordingly to their ID3 description and a given "formula".









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RandPass 1.2.0.0
Random password generator.









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PHP 5.5.8
PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.









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