Sunday, February 16, 2014

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 17/02/2014

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Kickstarter hacked, customer information compromised
Add Kickstarter to the growing list of sites that have recently been hacked. The crowdfunding website’s CEO, Yancey Strickler, announced the security breach via blog post on Saturday and thankfully, it doesn’t appear as though too much damage was done.

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Borderlands 3 isn't in development at Gearbox
Fans of Gearbox Software's critically-acclaimed Borderlands series may be disappointed to hear that the studio isn't currently working on Borderlands 3. Speaking to Polygon, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford said that "we have more to do in the franchise, but no there isn't a Borderlands 3."

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Weekend game deals: Arkham Origins $17, Crysis 3 $5, The Witcher 2 $4, Tomb Raider $7, Blacklist $15
With Thief 4, Titanfall, Dark Souls II, TES: Online and other major games due in a month or two, you have just enough time to catch up with some of last year's biggest releases including Batman: Arkham Orgins for $17, Crysis 3 for $5 and Tomb Raider for $7 at...

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AMD Radeon R9 290X price still inflated, but only in North America
If you've headed to a retailer recently in the hopes of purchasing one of AMD's high-end graphics cards, you may have discovered the prices have rocketed above what was set at launch. While the Radeon R9 290X's price was set at $550 when the card launched, retailers such as Amazon...

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Weekend Open Forum: What's your favorite mobile messaging app?
Even though overall WhatsApp has taken the lead for monthly active users, the mobile messaging app landscape continues to be highly fragmented, with different services doing well in different global regions. What are you using for your mobile messaging needs?

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Cable companies, tech firms create coalition to combat Wi-Fi spectrum crunch
Multiple top-tier cable companies as well as several other tech firms have joined forces to help alleviate what they are calling the Wi-Fi spectrum crunch. The 18-member coalition, known as WiFiForward, is described as a group of like-minded companies, organizations and public sector institutions who believe that Wi-Fi is critical...

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Apple patent points at auto disposable email address tech to combat spammers
Based on a patent filing, Apple appears to be interested in developing a new email system that will help to better filter spam mail, among other things.

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Three in five US households with broadband also own a connected TV
A new report from TDG Research suggests that if you have a broadband connection but don’t own an Internet-connected television, you’re now part of the minority. A full 63 percent of all US broadband households now own such a device which is up from 53 percent a year ago although...

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Google is working to provide 10 gigabit Internet speeds
According to a USA Today report, Google is working on increasing data transfer speeds for its Fiber Internet service by 10 times. Patrick Pichette, Chief Financial Officer at Google, announced during the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet conference that developers at Google are endeavoring to attain data transfer rates of...

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PlayStation 4 outsold Xbox One by nearly double last month
Sony is off to a solid start in 2014 as January sales of the PlayStation 4 were nearly double those of Microsoft’s next generation Xbox One according to the latest report from research firm NPD Group. It’s unclear exactly how many consoles were sold during the month, however.

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Apple and Samsung's legal battle continues after the latest mediation talks reportedly fail
The legal battle between Apple and Samsung continues after reports say recent talks between the two companies aimed at coming to some sort of settlement outside of court has again ended without either side coming to an agreement.

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Survival horror game 'The Evil Within' gets August 2014 release date
Bethesda’s promising survival horror game The Evil Within will arrive on August 26 for those in North America and on August 29 in Europe, the publisher revealed today. The latest from Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami will be available on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3,...

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Japan's Rakuten acquires Viber messaging app for $900 million
As mobile messaging apps continue their rapid rise in popularity, Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has announced plans to buy its way into the action by gobbling up Viber for around $900 million in cash. The deal should add over 300 million users to Rakuten's existing 200 million users according to reports.

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Hackers steal more than 4,000 Bitcoins from Silk Road 2.0
The Deep Web black market has had a tough go of it as of late. We’ve seen several sites come and go since the second half of last year and who can forget the FBI’s seizure of the original Silk Road and subsequent arrest of alleged mastermind Ross Ulbricht? ...

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Rumor: Intel Broadwell CPUs delayed until late 2014
It appears Intel's upcoming 'Broadwell' processors are in for another delay. According to a recent report, the first wave of Broadwell processors won't land until the fourth quarter of 2014, thanks in part to the "slow digestion" of current-generation 'Haswell' CPU inventories.

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Taco Bell to accept orders via smartphones later this year
If standing in line to order food at the local fast food joint is too much of a chore for you, Taco Bell has you covered. The fast food chain is planning to roll out a mobile ordering platform nationwide later this year according to a report from Nation’s Restaurant...

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Microsoft sells 200 million copies of Windows 8
Microsoft has revealed a milestone in sales for Windows 8, with Executive Vice President of Marketing, Tami Reller, saying the company has sold 200 million licenses of the operating system. The last time we heard about Windows 8 sales it was back in May 2013, when Microsoft passed the 100 million copies sold milestone.

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Testing AMD Kaveri's Dual Graphics Performance
Currently Kaveri APUs can be paired with one of two discrete GPUs: the Radeon R7 240 and R7 250. Both are sub-$100 cards that we wouldn't typically recommend gamers invest in, but when combined with the A10-7850K's on-die GPU, we could see performance that has bigger implications for value-oriented builders....

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Tizen Association welcomes 15 new Partner Program members
The Tizen Association, a collective of three dozen companies backing the Linux-based open-source mobile operating system, recently welcomed 15 new supporters to the team. You’ll no doubt recognize several big names as well as two mobile carriers – SoftBank Mobile and Sprint.

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Consumers hoarded $47 billion in old smartphones last year
Unless you take part in one of the major wireless carriers’ early upgrade programs, you’ve no doubt faced the question of what to do with your old mobile phone after upgrading to a shiny new handset. Curious to see exactly what happens to these old phones, research group OnePoll recently...

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Android and iOS made up for 95.7% of worldwide smartphone shipments in 2013
Android and iOS smartphone shipments grew 6.1% year-over-year in 2013, making up for 93.8% of all smartphone shipments in the year, according to IDC's latest figures. Q4 2013 numbers saw the two dominate platforms increase even further to account for 95.7% off all smartphones shipped, 4 percentage points higher than...

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Microsoft delivers on promise to fix Skype chat syncing
It’s been nearly three months in the making but Microsoft is finally delivering on a promise to fix an annoying issue that has plagued Skype users for several months.

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Lenovo posts record breaking Q3 numbers, says Motorola deal will cause short term declines
Lenovo has now released its 2013/14 Q3 financials, posting record breaking numbers for the company as well positive revenue and shipment numbers. While the company is the world's largest PC maker, its mobile business is showing significant signs of growth as well.

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Microsoft's PC gaming and entertainment division chief splits after less than six months
Microsoft hired Jason Holtman, Valve’s former director of business development, last summer to run the Redmond-based company’s PC gaming and entertainment division. Talk at the time suggested this was just the boost that Microsoft needed to revive interest in PC gaming but apparently that relationship was short-lived. ...

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Comcast agrees to buy Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion
Comcast has agreed today to acquire Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion ($69 billion including debt) in an all-stock deal. As per the deal, Comcast will pay $158.82 per share for TWC's 277.9 million outstanding shares, which is about $23 per share higher than TWC's Wednesday closing price of $135.31.

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AMD A10-7850K Dual Graphics Performance
AMD Kaveri APUs can be paired with two discrete GPUs: the Radeon R7 240 and R7 250. Both are sub-$100 cards that we wouldn't recommend for gaming, but when combined with the A10's on-die GPU we could see performance with bigger implications for value-oriented builders.

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uTorrent Beta (utorrent) 3.4.1.30591
uTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint.









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ZenKEY 2.5.2
ZenKEY. Instant and complete control of your PC.









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The Bat! Home Edition 6.2.14
Popular email client that allows to work with unlimited number of the mailboxes, and many more other features.









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GoodSync 9.7.9.9
GoodSync is an easy and reliable file backup and file synchronization software.









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Ventrilo 3.0.8
Ventrilo is the next evolutionary step of Voice over IP (VoIP) group communications software. Ventrilo is also the industry standard by which all others measure themselves as they attempt to imitate its features.









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Swift Publisher for Mac 3.3.4
Page layout application for designing and printing colorful flyers, newsletters, brochures, letterheads, etc.









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ProgDVB 7.02.2
ProgDVB is the universal and very power software for watching digital TV and listening to radio channels.









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C3 Voice Chat 0.5.2.2143
The most comprehensive gaming communications platform. Ever.









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AstroGrep 4.3.1
AstroGrep is a Microsoft Windows grep utility. Grep is a UNIX command-line program which searches within files for keywords.









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Advanced SystemCare Free 7.2.0.431
One-Click and All-In-One solution for PC maintenance and protection.









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Mumble 1.2.5
Mumble is an open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software primarily intended for use while gaming.









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GPU-Z 0.7.7
GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.









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Trojan Killer 2.2.1.6
Developed specifically for automatic removal of viruses, bots, spyware, keyloggers, trojans, scareware and rootkits without the need to manually edit system files or registry.









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WYSIWYG Web Builder 9.3
Web Builder 8.x is a WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) program used to create web pages.



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SIV (System Information Viewer) 4.43
General Windows utility for dumping lots of useful Windows, Network and hardware info









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Don't Sleep 3.13
Don't Sleep is a small portable program to prevent system shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, Turn Off and Restart.









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SwiftKey for Android 4.4.3
SwiftKey for Android replaces your deviceÂ’s on-screen keyboard to help you type in an easier, faster and less frustrating way.









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SpyShelter Personal Free 9.0
SpyShelter is an antikeylogger which can protect you against attacks that happen even when you do ordinary computer tasks like: typing into your computer, getting screenshots, opening files, and visiting sites.









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PicEdit 4.0
Professional image editing capabilities, supports a variety of graphic styles and effects processing.









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BBM for Android / iOS 2.0.0.13
BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) is the best way to connect and share instant messages, pictures and more for free, in real time.









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Mac DVDRipper Pro 4.1.6
The easiest DVD ripper for your Mac.









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Calibre 1.24.0
calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books.









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WindowBlinds 8.03
Make Windows skinnable with WindowBlinds.









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Mozilla Firefox 27.0.1
Improve your browsing experience with Mozilla's open-source and highly acclaimed Firefox.









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