Tuesday, March 4, 2014

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 05/03/2014

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Verizon introduces rollover data with new AllSet prepaid plans
Verizon recently unveiled a new set of plans for prepaid customers that add a bit more flexibility for those on a budget (or those that simply don’t want to submit to traditional contract-laden plans). Pricing for the AllSet plans start at just $35 but it’s a new rollover feature for...

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Netscape's mid-'90s workplace culture was decades ahead of its time
What do a giant green lizard, a fish cam, a rubber chicken and no dress code all have in common? In the 1990s, the answer was Netscape – one of the hottest Internet and telecommunications firms in the world at the time.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 to arrive with more than $500 worth of app subscriptions
In the wake of being partially responsible for the world’s most retweeted tweet and debuting the first commercial for the Galaxy S5, Samsung has revealed that the upcoming flagship handset will ship with more than $500 worth of premium app subscriptions.

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Kickstarter has now brought in $1 billion in pledges, with more than half coming in the last year
Now more than four years after it debuted back in 2009, popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter has surpassed $1 billion in pledges. The site made the announcement with a special page on its website to celebrate the benchmark. Kickstarter says the $1 billion comes from $5.7 million people and that half...

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Samsung Chromebook 2 gets faux leather lid treatment, improved display and more
Chromebooks are approaching the level of popularity that netbooks hit during their prime before the tablet takeover but manufacturers are hoping they won’t see the same steep drop-off in sales. To make sure that doesn’t happen, these notebook alternatives will need new and innovative features that won’t drive prices up. ...

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Apple could be interested in Tesla's massive new battery Gigafactory
Electric car company Tesla has announced its plans to build a massive 10-million square foot battery manufacturing facility. The company expects the new Gigafactory to bring the cost of lithium-ion based batteries down due to the large scale of the operation and its expertise in the field. The same tech...

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Microsoft to remind Windows XP users of pending end-of-support date, offers free data migration tool
Despite the fact that a sizable number of people still run Windows XP, Microsoft is preparing to discontinue general support for the aging operating system on April 8, 2014. And starting March 8, the Redmond-based company will remind XP Home and Professional users (that have been getting regular updates) of...

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Apple unveils CarPlay, calls it "the best iPhone experience on four wheels"
Today at the Geneva Motor Show Apple unveiled a new service that aims to provide better connectivity between the car and the driver's iPhone. Dubbed CarPlay, the service allows drivers to make calls, access contacts, use maps, listen to music, and more, without taking their hands from the steering wheel. Ferrari,...

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Cortana is Microsoft's answer to Siri, will arrive in Windows Phone 8.1 update
Microsoft’s answer to Siri and Google Now will be included in the upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update. It’s called Cortana (from the Halo series) and it will replace the built-in Bing search feature within the mobile operating system.

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Mt. Gox sets up call center after $400 million Bitcoin go missing
Just a few of days after Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy, the company announced on Sunday that it has set up a call center to "respond to all inquiries". The call center is set to go into operation on Monday and will only be entertaining calls from 10 AM to...

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The yet-to-be-announced HTC One (M8) appears in a 12-minute video
Just a couple of weeks after noted leaker @evleaks posted images of the new HTC One "M8", during the weekend a kid from Schaumburg, IL uploaded an exhaustive 12-minute hands-on video review of the device (developer version).

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Karbonn's upcoming smartphone will run both Android and Windows Phone
Karbonn Mobile might not be a household name outside of India, but the company is looking to do something no other smartphone manufacturer has done yet: produce a handset that dual-boots both Android and Windows Phone.

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Google adds restaurant menus to search results
Google is making life a bit easier for those in search of a restaurant’s menu. Instead of having to search for a restaurant, follow a link to their site then navigate to the menu section (or download a .PDF of the menu), the search giant has added menus from multiple...

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Galaxy S5 ad debuts at Oscars; Note 3 selfie with celebrities breaks record for most retweets
Samsung debuted its first Galaxy S5 ad during the Oscars yesterday. The commercial focused on the built-in heart rate monitor, which is placed just below the S5’s camera. The device, which sports a 5.1 inch full HD display, is expected to hit the market in April.

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Weekend tech reading: The Mt. Gox debacle, open source drones, battery-free gesture recognition
Anyone holding Bitcoins -- or pretty much any cryptocurrency, really -- has taken a substantial hit in the last few months, with the exchange rate of dollars to Bitcoins dropping from a high of around $1200 last November to around $550 today...

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Valve launches Steam Family Sharing for all users
After a beta period lasting over five months, Valve is finally ready to give all Steam users access to Family Sharing. The program gives a user the chance to share their entire game library with up to five others, with some restrictions in place to ensure the system isn't abused. ...

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Weekend Open Forum: What is your favorite set of headphones?
Buying headphones always seems like an impossible task for me considering all of the choices and my unwillingness to try out pair after pair in a busy music store. Over the years I have tended to go for headphones from brands in the pro audio market like AKG, Beyerdynamic and...

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Newspaper replaces professional photographers with iPhone-wielding reporters
A reputable newspaper in central Florida is eliminating its entire photography department. In what it calls a restructuring effort designed to increase the quality of video on its site, the Orlando Sentinel will instead send reporters out in the field armed with iPhones / iPads to report the news.

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Tor is set to launch public beta for new anonymous instant messaging service next month
The Tor Project is well known for its anonymous browsing software among other things, and now the group has a new messaging service in development. According to news from the Tor 2014 Winter Developers conference in Iceland, the service is an anonymous instant messenger that works with the open source...

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Netflix hack uses Fitbit data to determine when you've fallen asleep, pauses playback automatically
A group of Netflix engineers have come up with a handy hack that ensures you won’t miss a minute of your favorite show should you doze off mid-episode. It uses a Fitbit activity tracker to communicate when a viewer has fallen asleep, pausing the programming at that point.

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California court okays reading maps on phones while driving
In a significant ruling, the California appeals court on Thursday declared (PDF) that it is perfectly legal for drivers to read digital maps on phones, even though state law restricts the use of phones while driving.

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Weekend game deals: GTA IV + Max Payne 3 $10, Borderlands 2 GotY $20, The Walking Dead $7
Along with 75% off both Nazi Zombie Army releases, Steam offers State of Decay for $10 and a Commandos collection for $2. Elsewhere, Amazon has assorted combo deals including GTA IV and Max Payne 3 for $10, GameFly offers deals on various 2K titles (several of which are bundled for...

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Microsoft contemplating free version of Windows 8.1 for Windows 7 users
One sure fire way to boost the number of people using your software is to give it away for free. That’s the approach Microsoft is reportedly taking in creating a new version of their latest OS, tentatively dubbed Windows 8.1 with Bing.

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Github unveils Atom text editor for developers
GitHub yesterday unveiled what it says is a "hackable text editor for the 21st Century". Dubbed Atom, the new text editor is an open source, web technology-based desktop application, which has its own icon, native menus and dialogs, and complete access to the file system.

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Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange breaks silence, files for bankruptcy protection
Those behind troubled Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox have finally broken their silence after abruptly shutting down shop earlier this week without explanation. During a news conference at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Friday, the site’s French CEO Mark Karpeles announced they were filing for bankruptcy protection after losing...

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Thief Benchmarked: Graphics & CPU Performance
Despite being built with the aging Unreal Engine 3, Thief touts some cutting edge rendering techniques that have put the game on our radar. Thief's benchmark appears to do a good job of demonstrating a worst-case performance scenario, so if your system can average 60fps in the benchmark you should enjoy perfectly smooth gameplay from start to finish.

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Thief Review
Thief is the long-awaited fourth entry in the storied Thief series. Its predecessors are often credited with revolutionizing if not flat-out inventing a particular genre of immersive stealth game. Unfortunately the latest release boils down to a city full of closed doors and dead ends, boxed in and lined with nothing but rough edges.

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Toshiba Encore Windows 8 Tablet Review
When it comes to 8-inch Windows tablets, the release of Windows 8.1 has seen many companies try their hands at crafting the perfect tablet. Today we check out Toshiba's Encore tablet that packs a 1280x720 HFFS LCD display, Intel Bay Trail internals and expandable 32 or 64 GB internal storage.

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Mobile Messaging Clients Compared
Messaging is not only among the top activities on smartphones (if not THE top activity), messaging apps are increasingly seen as social networks. After all people use them to send each other texts, videos, photos and other content either one-on-one or as a group. Sounds familiar, right?

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Trojan Killer 2.2.1.8
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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Baidu PC Faster 4.0.3.59413
Baidu PC Faster is a full set of system utilities designed to speed up your PC and keep it clean, healthy, and running at peak performance. It also helps users recover available space on hard drives, improves boot time, and protects user privacy.









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Network Monitor II 19.0
Network Monitor II is a small but useful windows Gadget which shows important and interesting information about your Wired or Wireless Network and Internet connections.









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FreeNAS 9.2.1.1
FreeNAS is an Open Source Storage Platform based on FreeBSD and supports sharing across Windows, Apple, and UNIX-like systems.









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CryptoExpert 8.33
Secure offline data storage for Windows.









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Praat 5.3.65
Speech analysis and manipulation software.









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Samsung Kies 3.2.14024
You can transfer large applications easily by connecting your Samsung device to your PC.









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Maxthon 4.3.1.2000
Maxthon Internet Browser software is a powerful tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface.









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System Explorer 4.6.0
System Explorer is free, awards winning software for exploration and management of System Internals.









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Any Video Converter 5.5.6
A professional video converter.









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OrangeCD Player 6.5.3.19427
OrangeCD Player is a compact freeware program that allows you to listen audio CDs through your computer CD-ROM and audio card.









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Wise Folder Hider 2.01.82
Wise Folder Hider is a free file/folder hiding tool. You can use it to hide files and folders on local partitions or removable devices.









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PrivaZer 2.16
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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Tonido 4.78
Private file acces, sync and sharing solution for your home and business. No Uploading. No Storage Limits. No Security Worries.









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Tweaking.com - Windows Repair 2.4.2
All-in-one repair tool to help fix a large majority of known Windows problems including registry errors and file permissions as well as issues with IE, Windows Update, Windows Firewall and more.









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SilverSHield 6.1.0.130
SilverSHielD, a tiny SSH and SFTP server for Windows.









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Razer Game Booster 4.2.42.0
Simple yet power solution to get the absolute best performance out of your system and games.









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ProcessKO 3.33
ProcessKO is a small useful tool (Multilingual) designed to quickly kill any running or hanging process / program.









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Skitch 2.3.0
Get your point across with fewer words using annotation, shapes and sketches, so that your ideas become reality faster.









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Minecraft 1.7.5
Minecraft is a fun arcade game where you explore lost worlds, kill monsters and uncover various secrets. This is "The Twitch TV Update."









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Calibre 1.26.0
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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Smultron for Mac 6.0.5
Open-source text editor written in Cocoa for Mac OS X Panther with many of the features that you might need.









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AnyDVD & AnyDVD HD 7.4.3.6 Beta
Automatically removes the copy protection of a DVD movie as soon as it's inserted into the drive.









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Free CUDA Video Converter 6.8
Decoding and encoding of High-Definition videos. General video format converter to convert video files. Audio file converter to convert audio files. Transformation between video and pictures. Support iPhone 4/iPhone 4s, a variety of smart phones.









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Google Chrome Beta for Windows 34.0.1847.11
Google Chrome's development is high-paced and here's their latest beta.









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