IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 8/14/2014

Apple releases employee diversity statistics, CEO Cook says numbers not satisfactory

Apple's US workforce mainly consists of whites, Asians, and males, according to a diversity report released by the company today. The report comes a month after Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company would detail the demographics of its work force.

Sony has sold 10 million PlayStation 4 consoles worldwide

Today during its Gamescom 2014 press conference, Sony Computer Entertainment's Jim Ryan announced that the company has now sold 10 million PlayStation 4s worldwide. Sony pointed out that this isn't a shipped number, this is the amount of actual units sold to gamers. Sony said that it had sold over...

Lyft cries foul, accuses Uber of playing dirty tricks to hurt its business

Lyft and Uber have been battling to control the car-on-demand market for a couple of years now, but it looks like the competition has taken an ugly turn. According to CNNMoney, Lyft has alleged that a total of 177 Uber employees in the US have booked and canceled more than 5,000...

New software dramatically reduces existing smartphone charge times

Developers and manufacturers are constantly looking towards innovation in battery tech for mobile devices, just recently uBeam began prototyping wireless ultrasound charging. But now, a new piece of software is able to dramatically enhance the efficiency of charging on current gen hardware.

California's smartphone kill switch bill passes legislature, about to become law

In an effort to fight smartphone theft, California state legislators yesterday passed a bill that makes it mandatory for smartphone manufacturers to install a "kill-switch" in their phones to render them inoperable if lost or stolen. Introduced by Sen. Mark Leno and sponsored by San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon,...

Alienware Alpha pre-orders go live, will bring console-like PC gaming to living rooms by November

After making an appearance at E3 2014, Alienware’s Alpha small from factor gaming PC is now up for pre-order at $550 with shipments due in November. The device was originally announced as part of the initial Steam Machines lineup, but after Valve postponed the initiative to further polish its software...

Xbox One will be able to stream TV directly to smartphones with an upcoming update

Microsoft has seemingly big plans for its Xbox SmartGlass app, just last month the company updated the service to turn smartphones and tablets into TV controllers. Soon the company will be back with more updates that will allow users to beam media content to their mobile devices, according to a...

T-Mobile's revamped Pay as You Go plan offers a flat rate of $0.10/minute or message, adds data

T-mobile announced yesterday that it will soon launch a simplified Pay as You Go plan that offers a flat rate for calls and texts, as well as the option to purchase 4G LTE data passes.

$14,500 will net you a 1970s smartwatch prototype from HP

Back in 1977, smartwatches weren't nearly as smart as they are today. There were no flashy OLED displays, no email notifications, no navigation tools, and no fitness trackers. In fact most people hadn't even thought of a watch doing anything other than telling the time.

Apple patent points to Siri-like assistant for OS X

MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and iMacs could get their own Sir-like personal assistant in the near future, according to a patent application published by the US patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last week. Titled Intelligent digital assistant in a desktop environment, the 92-page document explains in great detail how a...

Nvidia's 64-bit Tegra K1 'Denver' SoC packs Haswell-like performance

Nvidia has released some new information surrounding their upcoming 64-bit Tegra K1 variant, codenamed 'Project Denver', discussing the architecture of the chip while also making some bold performance claims.

Google investing in 'Faster' trans-pacific cable to connect US and Japan

Google has announced that it is investing in a new undersea cable that will connect major West Coast cities in the US to two coastal locations in Japan. Dubbed FASTER, the system will feature the latest high-quality 6-fiber-pair cable and optical transmission technologies, with an initial design capacity of 60Tb/s. ...

Tweaking.com - Windows Repair 2.8.6
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.

K-Lite Codec Pack Update 10.6.6
This is a cumulative update for the latest version of the K-Lite (Mega/Full/Standard/Basic) Codec Pack.

Gmail Notifier Pro 5.2.3
Gmail Notifier Pro is a Windows application capable of checking multiple Gmail accounts for new mail and display notifications.

Dropbox for Android 2.4.3
Dropbox is the easiest way to store, sync and share your files online and between multiple computers.

FrostWire 5.7.5
BitTorrent/Cloud client with a full featured media player.

GPU-Z 0.7.9
GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.

Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.176
Adobe Flash Player is a cross-platform browser-based application runtime that delivers uncompromised viewing of expressive applications, content, and videos across screens and browsers.

Trillian 5.5.0.12
Trillian is a multinetwork chat client that currently supports mIRC, AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo Messenger.

EditPad Lite 7.3.3
A general-purpose text editor, designed to be small and compact.

Free Any Burn 2.5
Free Any Burn is a light weight but professional CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software that every one must have.

Bandizip 5.01
Bandizip is 100% free Archiver for home and office.

Adobe Flash Player Debugger 14.0.0.176
Adobe Flash Player Debugger provides access to debug players and content debuggers and Standalone Players for Flex and Flash Developers.

Synei System Utilities 2.00
The complete care package for your computer! This program will clean, speed up, maintain, secure, and repair your system to make your computer run like brand new.

Auslogics BoostSpeed 7.1.1.0
BoostSpeed is the simplest way to repair, clean up and speed up your PC.

Wise Disk Cleaner 8.24.584
Free up disk space by deleting junk files that are no longer used.

WinLock 6.23
Comprehensive security program for personal or publicly accessible computers.

Picasa Photo Organizer 3.9.0.138.150
Automatically finds and organizes all of your pictures.

PeStudio 8.31
PeStudio is a free tool performing the static investigation of any Windows executable binary. A file being analyzed with PeStudio is never launched.

Logitech Control Center for Mac 3.9.1.20
Logitech Control Center (LCC) is designed to support Mac OS X and allows you to take full advantage of your Logitech keyboard, mouse or trackball.

TotalFinder 1.6.2
Brings tabs to your native Finder and more.

Opera Next 24.0.1558.34
Opera introduces the looks and the performance of an exceptional new web browser.

MacVCD X for Mac 4.7.3
Discover the easy way to play VCD, SVCD* and almost everything else with this easy to use video media player software.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 8/14/2014

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