Tuesday, April 1, 2014

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 02/04/2014

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BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Episode 2 Review
Burial at Sea has long promised to let us finally step into the shoes of Elizabeth, the young woman who in BioShock Infinite alternated as sidekick, damsel in distress, sad woman in need of comfort, super-powered plot device, and harbinger of the apocalypse. The game picks up more or less...

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Back-up cameras will be required on all new vehicles by 2018
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Monday announced a new law that will require nearly every vehicle sold in the US to be outfitted with a rear back-up camera by 2018. Back-up cameras aren’t exactly new as they’ve been a feature on some vehicles for years but they...

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Goat Simulator, the game that started as an Internet joke, launches on Steam tomorrow
Goat Simulator – the perfect title for an April Fools’ Day prank – is set to launch on Steam tomorrow for $9.99. What started as little more than an online joke a couple of weeks ago soon picked up steam (no pun intended) and Swedish developer Coffee Stain Studios ran...

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T-Mobile (sort of) eliminates employer discounts, tries to spin it as a good thing
T-Mobile CEO John Legere on Monday revealed the latest step in his company’s Un-carrier approach – eliminating employer rate plan discounts. The outspoken executive noted previous programs were designed to help big carriers close big corporate contracts by using employees as bargaining chips.

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Philips introduces giant OneSpace luminous ceiling
Philips has been in the light bulb business for many years, and now it looks as though it's set on reinventing itself with the new OneSpace luminous lighting solution.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 crowned best performing smartphone display
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 has picked up a laundry list of accolades from DisplayMate ahead of its April 11 debut. Company president, research scientist and display expert Raymond Soneira said in an in-depth analysis that the S5 is the best performing smartphone display they have ever tested.

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Activists planning to appeal US judge's ruling that treated Baidu's censorship as free speech
Just a few days after a US judge ruled that the Chinese search engine Baidu has the right to block pro-democracy speech from its search results, the group of activists, who filed the original lawsuit is now planning to appeal the ruling, according to a PCWorld report.

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Google Maps launches Pokemon Challenge, gotta catch 'em all
Never mind the calendar – it’s already April Fools’ Day at Google. According to a new recruiting video, the search giant is looking for the worlds best and brightest to fill the role of Pokemon master via the Pokemon Challenge.

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Intel extends SD card-sized PC line with slightly larger Atom-based version
Back at CES 2014, Intel revealed a number of technologies aimed towards the wearable market. Along with an interesting wireless earpiece technology called Jarvis, the company also showed us its SD card-sized “Pentium class PC" called Edison. Intel said the chip was going to be based on the wearable focused...

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Microsoft's Nadella fills three top-level executive positions
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday announced a trio of executive changes which come as a result of recent departures and acquisitions. Specifically, Microsoft has replaced former Xbox executive Marc Whitten with one of their own, promoted Scott Guthrie from an “acting” position to a permanent role and will hire...

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Dropbox clarifies its policy after 'DMCA takedown' incident
Dropbox's privacy policy came under the scanner on Saturday after one of its business customers tweeted that the cloud storage service blocked a file from being shared under U.S. copyright law. The tweet has been retweeted more than 3235 times since then, fueling a concern that Dropbox is scanning users'...

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Samsung's 28-inch, billion-color, UHD 4K display up for pre-order for less than $700
Samsung on Monday unveiled a trio of new monitors but it’s the UD590 that we’re most excited about. This headline-grabbing 28-inch LED display features a UHD 4K resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 (157 pixels per inch) although Samsung opted to include a TN panel instead of an IPS / PLS...

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Three Mozilla board members step down over new CEO appointment
According to the Wall Street Journal, three of six Mozilla board members have resigned over the appointment of Brendan Eich as CEO. Gary Kovacs, former Mozilla CEO and current head of AVG; John Lilly, former Mozilla CEO and now a partner at venture-capital firm Greylock Partners; and Ellen Siminoff, CEO of...

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YaTube? Yahoo reportedly planning to launch its own YouTube competitor
If rumors are to be believed, Yahoo is planning to launch a YouTube-like online video site in the next few weeks. The key difference would be that it won't be a free, open platform for everyone, as content would be cherry-picked by the company. According to a Re/Code report, Yahoo has...

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Watch Steve Wozniak hand-deliver an iMac to a young fan
A couple of years ago, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak received an e-mail from the father of a huge Apple / Woz fan. Apparently the family had just purchased their daughter an iMac and they asked Woz to deliver it personally. Being the cool guy he is, he agreed.

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HTC boosts One M8 benchmarks, calls it a feature
It’s no secret that nearly all Android OEMs “cheat” with regard to benchmarks. By cheating, I simply mean that they inject code that is used to detect if a benchmark application is running and pump up the CPU clock speeds to obtain the best possible score.

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Testing Battery Life Across Media Players and Video Formats
Video playback is one common case scenario where efficiency is crucial and where a lengthy battery life is an infrequently found godsend. But what you may not realize is that the video player itself, and the format your videos are encoded in, can also have an impact on power consumption.

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Media Players and Video Formats: A Detailed Battery Life Analysis
Video playback is one common case scenario where efficiency is crucial and where a lengthy battery life is an infrequently found godsend. But what you may not realize is that the video player itself, and the format your videos are encoded in, can also have an impact on battery life consumption.

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Wipe 2014.06
Deletes cookie files, history, cache, temp files and other personal tracks. You will get more free space on the disk.









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Tweaking.com - Hardware Identify 1.0.0
Tweaking.com - Hardware Identify will help identify unknown hardware on your system. This program does not help you download drivers but helps let you know what the hardware is so you know what drivers to find.









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360 Browser 7.5.1.116
Chrome based browser, fully compatible with its pulg-ins, designed with security in mind.









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Codec 8.4g
One of the most advanced codec packs with essential codecs to play many popular media formats.









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ChrisPC DNS Switch 1.20
Makes DNS changes more easily and lets you choose the one that fits your browsing habits from a series of alternative DNS.









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Slim Browser 7.00.085
Tabbed multiple-site browser with built-in popup killer, skinned window frame, form filler, etc.









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AVG LinkScanner 2014.4355
Verifies the safety of web pages you visit, and of links.









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Becky! Internet Mail 2.66.00
Internet Mail is the software specifically designed for the Internet e-mail.









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VLC for Android 0.9.0
VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols.









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Ares Galaxy 2.2.8
Ares is a file sharing software which allows you to share any kind of file from the Internet. It's a free open source file sharing program that enables users to share any digital file including images, audio, video, software, documents, etc.









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UVK Ultra Virus Killer 6.2.0.0
With an easy-to use interface, UVK allows users to easily remove all kinds of malware, and perform all tasks related to Windows optimization, maintenance, repair and info retrieval. Compatible with Windows 8.









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GOM Player 2.2.57.5189
Freeware media player that supports many features for advanced users who desire to watch video files at the best quality.









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aTube Catcher 3.8.7955
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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Task Coach 1.3.37
Task Coach is a simple open source todo manager to keep track of personal tasks and todo lists. It is designed for composite tasks, and also offers effort tracking, categories, notes and more.









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Aloaha PDF Suite 6.0.15
Create vector based, high resolution PDF Documents.









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ExtractNow 4.8.2.0
ExtractNow is a cool utility that allows you to extract files quickly and easily.









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Baidu PC Faster 4.0.3.63781
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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Surf Anonymous Free 2.3.6.8
Surf Anonymous Free is an advanced and reliable software for Internet users who want to ensure that their sessions and all online activities are secure and private.









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Samsung Kies 3.2.14034
You can transfer large applications easily by connecting your Samsung device to your PC.









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Sublight 4.0.5201
Sublight is popular Windows application for searching and downloading subtitles for movies and TV Series.









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MarkdownPad 2.4.2
MarkdownPad is a full-featured Markdown editor for Windows.









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Kaspersky RectorDecryptor 2.6.23.0
Cybercriminals use Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Rector for disrupting normal performance of computers and for unauthorized modification of data making it unusable.









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Efficient Sticky Notes 3.62.357
hrow away the traditional paper sticky notes and start using the powerful and unqiue Efficient Sticky Notes.









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Free Port Scanner 3.3.4
Free Port Scanner is a small, fast, easy-to-use and robust port scanner.









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