Tuesday, May 12, 2015

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 5/13/2015

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Ultimate SSD Showdown: 14 consumer-grade drives compared

SSD technology grew stale after saturating the SATA 6Gb/s bus, bringing minor improvements and making up for it with price cuts. With new PCIe and M.2 drives presenting a high performance alternative, it's time for a roundup. We review fourteen of the best consumer-grade SSDs using the SATA, PCI Express...


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Google's self-driving cars have been involved in 11 minor accidents

Although you’re likely to be much safer with an autonomous driving system transporting you around town, accidents are still bound to happen if left on the road long enough. Since last September, four of the 48 self-driving vehicles licensed to operate in the state of California have been involved in...


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Here's how to add a GIF search engine directly inside your Gmail with Giphy

GIFs have been around for quite some time. On websites, inside of emails, Twitter feeds and other apps, they are pretty much everywhere. While it is, for the most part, as easy as just sliding over to Google Images or some other site to scoop up a hilarious moving picture to...


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Apple rumored to be testing nanowire material for iPad Plus display, stylus seems likely

New rumors regarding Apple’s large-screen iPad Plus claim the company has requested silver nanowire material samples from a number of display suppliers. Panels using this technology are said to be more flexible than tradition touch panels and could allow Apple to equip its business-minded tablet with the type of Force...


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'Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night' from 'Castlevania' producer on track to smash Kickstarter goal

Well-known game designer and producer Koji “IGA” Igarashi is turning to Kickstarter to help fund his latest project, a gothic, exploration-focused action platformer featuring RPG and crafting elements called Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.



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Chinese smartphone shipments drop for first time in six years

After years upon years of strong growth, it finally appears as though the Chinese smartphone market is slowing down. According to research firm IDC, smartphone shipments in China for Q1 2015 dropped four percent compared to the same quarter last year, the first year-on-year decline in six years.



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Nintendo will reveal details about its 'NX' console in 2016, could arrive without region lock

There’s both good and bad news to share as it relates to Nintendo. During a recent investor meeting, Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata said his company won’t be discussing its next console, its mysterious health project or its slate of five smartphone games at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo...


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Security breaches cost the US healthcare system $6 billion each year

Cyber attacks targeting the US healthcare system now cost the country roughly $6 billion per year. The uptick is directly related to organized crime units shifting their attention from financial firms and large retailers to healthcare providers.



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Web browser gets hacked onto the tiny Apple Watch display

There's one pretty obvious feature missing from most smartwatches released onto the market today: a fully-fledged web browser. What could be better than browsing complex web pages on a tiny display with basically no resolution to work with?



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'Photofucket' creators arrested on conspiracy and fraud-related charges

The Department of Justice recently announced the arrest of two men believed to be responsible for a popular hacking tool called Photofucket.



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Neowin: JiaYu S3 smartphone review

Smartphones come and go, but every once in a while there is that "one" which either has some really unique specs, is priced really well, has everything you want or just looks nice. Sometimes it's a combination of all of those. I've been interested in the JiaYu S3 since it...


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Samsung preparing slim, metal-clad Galaxy Tab S2 with 4:3 display

Samsung's Galaxy Tab S series contained some of the more attractive Android tablets released to date, so it's good to see Samsung is working on a sequel, at least according to the latest rounds of rumors.



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Save over 25% on this high-speed 6 port USB charger

Too many gadgets, but not enough USB ports to charge them all? It’s a common problem, and Kinkoo’s 40W 6-Port High Speed Charger is the solution. Right now, TechSpot readers can pick one up for over 25% off.



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AeroMobil flying car prototype crashes, pilot suffers only minor injuries

Flying car startup AeroMobil recently experienced a scare as its prototype vehicle crashed during a test flight in Slovakia. Creator and pilot Štefan Klein suffered only minor injuries as he was able to successfully deploy the vehicle’s parachute and thus, avoid bearing the brunt of the impact.
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Project CARS Benchmarked, Tested

Project CARS (or Community Assisted Racing Simulator) is a racing sim game that's been on everyone's radar since its drool-inducing visuals started to make the rounds as far back as 2012. In short, the game looks amazing and is the most visually impressive racing simulator we have ever seen. Now let's benchmark it....


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Ultimate Consumer SSD Showdown
SSD technology grew stale after saturating the SATA 6Gb/s bus, bringing mostly minor improvements and making up for it with price cuts. But with new PCIe and M.2 drives presenting an alternative for users seeking maximum performance it's time for a roundup. We'll cover a total of fourteen consumer-grade SSDs that use either the SATA, PCI Express or M.2 interface. As always, we'll be looking at price vs. performance to see where each product stands.


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Project CARS Benchmarked: Graphics & CPU Performance
Project CARS is a racing simulation game that's been on everyone's radar since its drool-inducing visuals started to make the rounds as far back as 2012. In short, the game is the most visually impressive racing simulator we have ever seen. Now it's benchmark time.


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Camtasia Studio 8.5.2
More than a simple screen recorder, Camtasia gives you the tools you need to truly customize and edit your videos.


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Opera Mini for Android 8.0.1807
Try one of the world's fastest Android browser.


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UltraEdit 22.0.66.0
The ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers.


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Snapchat for Android 9.7.3.0
Snapchat is the fastest way to share a moment with friends. You control how long your friends can view your message - simply set the timer up to ten seconds and send.


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Balabolka 2.10.0.580
Balabolka is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program. All computer voices installed on your system are available to Balabolka.


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FireAlpaca 1.3.0
FireAlpaca is the image editor that can be used readily and easily.


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Nero Burning Rom 2015 16.0.02700
The powerful burning software Nero Burning ROM allows you to burn your data, music and videos to disc.


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MKVToolNix 7.9.0
MKVToolNix is a set of tools to create, alter and inspect Matroska files under Linux, Mac, other Unices and Windows.


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Pale Moon 25.4.1
Custom-built and optimized Firefox browsers for Windows.


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Bullzip PDF Printer 10.12.0.2361
The Bullzip PDF Printer works as a Microsoft Windows printer and allows you to write PDF documents from virtually any Microsoft Windows application.


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WhatsApp Messenger for Android 2.12.79
WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS.


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BurnAware Free 8.1
BurnAware allows you to easily perform the most common disc burning operations.


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WinToUSB 2.1
WinToUSB is a free software that allows you to install Windows/WinPE on a USB hard or flash drive and run Windows/WinPE from that drive.


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Free Any Burn 2.8
Free Any Burn is a light weight but professional CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software that every one must have.


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RogueKiller 10.6.3.0
RogueKiller is a program written in C++ and able to Kill malicious processes, stop malicious services and unload malicious DLLs from processes.


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Tweak-SSD 2.0.0
Everything you need to optimize your SSD drive on Windows 7 or 8.


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WSCC - Windows System Control Center 2.5.0.1
WSCC is a free, portable program that allows you to install, update, execute and organize the utilities from various system utility suites.


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Emsisoft Anti-Malware Free 10.0.0.5366
Keep your PC free from Viruses/Worms, Trojans, Bots, Keyloggers, Dialer and Spyware/Adware with the power of two major scan engines.


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Mozilla Firefox 38.0.5 Beta 1
Experience cutting edge features but with more stability.


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GPU Monitor 9.2
GPU Monitor lets you monitor the most recent stats of your NVIDIA or AMD/ATI Desktop Graphic Card.


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Vivaldi 1.0.162.9
From the creators of Opera, a browser that is fast, but also a browser that is rich in functionality, highly flexible and puts the user first. A browser that is made for you.


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ZenKEY 2.5.3
ZenKEY. Instant and complete control of your PC.


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Chromium 44.0.2398.0
Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web.


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Earth Alerts 2015.1.46
Earth Alerts is a Windows-based application that allows you to monitor in near real-time a variety of natural hazard events that are occurring anywhere around the world.


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USB Drive Letter Manager USBDLM 4.8.9.7
USBDLM is a Windows service that gives control over Windows' drive letter assignment for USB drives.


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Iperius Backup Free 4.2.4
Automatic backup of any type of file. Easy-to-use, lightweight and totally reliable. The best free backup software for PC and Server.


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Crystal Security 3.5.0.120
Crystal Security is a cloud-based system that detects and removes malicious programs (malware) from your computer. Its technology provides fast detection against malware and lets you know about the changes on your computer in real time.


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Driver Magician 4.6
Device driver backup, restoration and update tool for Windows.


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