Wednesday, April 9, 2014

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 10/04/2014

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HTC One M8 Review: Solid Feature Set, Unmatched in Android Hardware Design
The HTC One was one of my favorite pieces of hardware from 2013. It was the first time we had really seen a company succeed at producing an Android smartphone with a premium look and feel that rivaled Apple’s iPhone. In 2014, HTC is releasing the all new One, or HTC...

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Apple granted patents covering push-to-talk and new slide-to-unlock features
Apple was granted a large cache of patents earlier this week by the US Patent and Trademark Office, one of which points at the company possibly being interested in push-to-talk technology.

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Lenovo refreshes A-series tablet lineup with prices starting at $129
Lenovo on Tuesday revealed pricing for a trio of new Android tablets, a refresher of their 2013 A-series lineup. The TAB A7-50, TAB A8 and TAB A10 as they’ve been named don’t exactly offer the most impressive hardware currently available but Lenovo is hoping an introductory price of just $129...

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Twitter acquires Android lockscreen maker Cover
Twitter on Monday acquired Cover, an Android app that intelligently populates the lockscreen with app shortcuts depending upon where you are. The team behind Cover made the announcement in a blog post on its website.

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Shipments of curved TVs estimated to reach six million by 2017
Curved television screens were once a staple in homes around the globe but ultimately gave way to the flat panel sets we are accustomed to today. That’s about change in the coming years as most new sets will once again be sold with a curve, albeit of the concave style...

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Amazon says it has surpassed Apple and Hulu to become the third largest video streaming service
The battle over online video streaming continues as Amazon said its Instant Video platform is now the third most popular of its kind in the US. While there isn't all that much of a battle happening considering Netflix's supremacy in the field, Amazon claims it has surpassed both Apple and...

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Intel emulates Ethernet connection over Thunderbolt with 10Gbps speeds
Intel is taking Thunderbolt 2 technology a step further with the addition of Thunderbolt Networking. As the name suggests, this is a new way to directly connect computers using a standard Thunderbolt cable that emulates an Ethernet connection environment and will reduce the need to use an external hard drive...

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Samsung reportedly readying the Gear Solo, a smartwatch with built in phone capabilities
One of the biggest limitations of today's smartwatches is their dependency on the wearer's smartphone, but it looks like Samsung and SK Telecom are working on a solution. According to a Patently Apple report, the South Korean companies are jointly preparing to release a smartwatch equipped with a Universal Subscriber...

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Critical security vulnerability Heartbleed disclosed in OpenSSL
The OpenSSL project on Tuesday disclosed a major security flaw called Heartbleed that could be used by those with malicious intent to spy on the “secret digital handshake” that takes place during secure transactions using Transport Layer Security (TLS) / Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.

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Israeli startup shows off breakthrough battery tech that goes from zero to charged in 30 seconds
StoreDot, a Tel-Aviv, Israel-based startup, is advancing towards a technology that claims to completely charge your smartphone battery in just 30 seconds. The company's technology stems from naturally occurring organic compounds called peptides, which are the building blocks of proteins.

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Glass for Work program aims to connect working professionals with developers
Google has received a ton of criticism as it relates to privacy issues with its Glass headset but perhaps they’ve been going at it all wrong. What if Glass wasn’t best suited for consumers but rather for working professionals?

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China finally approves Microsoft's purchase of Nokia's devices business
Chinese regulators have finally given a green light to Nokia’s $7.2 billion sale of its devices and services business to Microsoft. With the approval, the Nokia-Microsoft marriage has cleared a big hurdle, and the deal could now close before the end of this month.

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Twitter profile redesign gets official, rolling out as of today
Twitter on Tuesday announced a massive profile page redesign that’s already rolling out to select users. It’s the same design that we caught a glimpse of back in February but now we have all of the details to go along with the redesign courtesy of the little blue bird. ...

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Windows 8.1 Update goes live, download required for 8.1 users to receive patches beyond May 13
As expected, Microsoft has flipped the switch on the first major update to Windows 8.1, bringing a series of changes and tweaks designed to improve the operating system’s non-touch experience for mouse and keyboard users.

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Watch 30 years worth of mobile phones (and pagers) wired together to create electronic music
Korean wireless provider SK Telecom recently gathered 30 of the most popular mobile phones (and four pagers) from the past three decades and wired them all together to create a bit of electronic music. The end result is a surprisingly catchy remake of the company’s current jingle.

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Microsoft has finally ended support for Windows XP
After what has felt like an eternity, Microsoft has finally ended all forms of official support for Windows XP, more than 12 years after the operating system launched, and still with a significant portion of users globally.

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Netflix begins 4K Ultra HD streaming with second season of 'House of Cards'
Netflix is officially in the 4K Ultra HD streaming game as the company quietly rolled out a limited selection of titles over the weekend. It’s the first full-length 4K content to hit the streaming service although the 4K era is still a ways off.

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SK Hynix unveils 128 GB DDR4 module
It may still be a few years before we see proper DDR4 adoption in the consumer space, but some memory manufacturers are certainly gearing up for the onslaught of motherboards supporting the improved memory spec. SK Hynix is one such company, today unveiling a DDR4 module with a massive capacity...

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Ridesharing service Uber is launching an on-demand courier service UberRUSH today
Uber, the popular ride-sharing service that uses a mobile app to connect drivers and riders, is launching an on-demand courier service that'll allow users to order pickup and delivery of packages through a smartphone app. Dubbed UberRUSH, the service will initially be available only south of 110th Street in Manhattan, but...

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Nvidia's GeForce 337.50 Beta driver significantly boosts performance
Yesterday, Nvidia posted a new beta driver for their GeForce graphics cards, promising significant performance improvements over previous drivers. Through DirectX optimizations in the new GeForce 337.50 beta driver, Nvidia claims performance gains of up to 64% in single-GPU configurations, and up to 71% in SLI configurations, compared to R334-branch drivers.

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Study finds violent video games don't make players aggressive, non-mastery of the games do
Violent video games have been a heavily debated topic among psychologists and those in the media for years but according to a new study, it’s not the content of games that is causing issues but rather the gameplay mechanics.

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AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Review: A Dual-GPU Beast
Today marks the arrival of AMD's successor to the Radeon HD 7990. The latter was a formidable rival for the GeForce GTX Titan but it faced poor frame latency performance and enormous power consumption figures. Later on the single-GPU R9 290X managed an even more impressive feat but that card was also...

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HTC One M8 Review
The all new HTC One, or HTC One M8, is the evolution of last year's model featuring a larger 5-inch display, a new Duo Camera array that allows after-the-fact refocusing, a faster Snapdragon 801 chipset inside replacing the Snapdragon 600, there's a refined Sense 6.0 interface atop Android 4.4, and much more.

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AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Review
Considering the Radeon R9 290X's record for being pretty hot at its 300w TDP, I had my doubts about AMD placing two Hawaii XT GPUs on a single 500w TDP card. However, with a closed-loop water-cooling system AMD has solved the thermal and acoustic problems that most dual-GPU cards face.

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Hola Unblocker 1.3.31
Fast surfing. Quick downloads. Smooth video. Access sites that are censored by your government or corporation.









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VarieDrop 1.3.1.0
VarieDrop generate multiple-size-images in one operation. Multiple file input is supported.









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PlayOn 3.8.24
Never Pay Outrageous Cable Bills Again. Free Movies, TV Shows, Live Sports and more.









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Actual Window Menu 8.1.3
Roll up, window transparency, minimize to tray etc. Try these tools for free.









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StatWin Pro 9.0.6
Monitoring and reporting suite, capable of reporting all the user actions!









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Adobe Camera Raw 8.4
The camera raw converter functionality in Adobe Photoshop software provides fast and easy access to the raw image formats produced by many leading professional and mid-range digital cameras.









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Combofix 14.04.08.01
ComboFix is a program, created by sUBs, that scans your computer for known malware, and when found, attempts to clean these infections automatically.









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Adobe DNG Converter 8.4.0.199
Convert files from your cameras to Digital Negative (DNG).









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Windows 8 Manager 2.0.6
Windows 8 Manager is a system utility that helps you optimize, tweak, repair and clean up Windows 8.









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Adobe AIR SDK 13.0.0.83
Adobe AIR SDK provides the tools you need to package and deploy Adobe AIR applications, if you prefer working with a text editor or another development environment.









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Adobe Flash Player Debugger 13.0
Adobe Flash Player Debugger provides access to debug players and content debuggers and Standalone Players for Flex and Flash Developers.









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XYplorer 13.90.0100
Multi-tabbed dual pane file manager for Windows, featuring a powerful file search, a versatile preview, and a highly customizable interface.









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VSDC Free Video Editor 2.1.5.116
The video editor is intended for editing video files and creating videos of any complexity involving various visual and audio effects. The program offers rich functionality and yet has a simple and intuitive interface, allowing you to create videos with a bare minimum of efforts.









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Fiddler 2.4.7.1
Fiddler is a Web Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP(S) traffic between your computer and the Internet.









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Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter Update: April 2014
Microsoft has released the update for the Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter.









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FreeText 1.46
Notepad for recording different information. The program for everyday use.









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Adobe Lightroom 5.4
Helps you bring out the best in your photographs.









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Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 5.11
Removes specific malicious software.









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RJ TextEd 8.95
RJ TextEd - A Unicode source and text editor.









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Hornil StylePix 1.14.3.2
StylePix is an image editor that has all the features of raster graphics editor and adhered to lightweight design and effective UI. In addition, it has a built-in image viewer and batch processor.









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PowerArchiver 2013 14.05.01
PowerArchiver offers hundreds of features, yet remains easy to use, small and fast.









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RealVNC Free 5.1.1
VNC is remote access and control software for an unrivalled mix of Windows, Mac, UNIX and Linux computers. With a simple peer-to-peer architecture, no agents or centralized servers are required.









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Comic Seer 2.30.1
Comic Seer is the fastest and most efficient application for viewing, reading, and managing your comics.









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Adobe Flash Player Uninstaller 13.0.0.182
Uninstall Adobe Flash Player properly from your computer.









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Google Chrome for Mac 34.0.1847.116
Chrome combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.









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