IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 6/3/2015

MediaTek unveils Helio P10 octa-core SoC with 21-megapixel camera, Cat 6 LTE

After unveiling its flagship Helio X20 SoC less than three weeks ago, MediaTek is back with a follow-up. The mid-range Helio P10 is a 28-nanometer affair with a core arrangement that should go a long way in preserving battery life.

Netflix is testing pre- and post-roll advertisements

One of the huge advantages Netflix has enjoyed over rival Hulu Plus is its lack of ads. Both services charge customers a monthly fee to access their respective premium services although Hulu also forces members to watch commercials at regular intervals.

Major security flaw spotted on Macs released before 2014

A security bug has been spotted over the weekend that may leave older Apple computers vulnerable. To some, the Mac is impenetrable to viruses and other malicious software, but the rest of us know that's not true as it looks like another security hole has been overlooked by Cupertino.

Nintendo's upcoming NX console may be powered by Android

Nintendo President and CEO Satoru Iwata previously stated that his company has no intentions of discussing its next generation console until 2016. Fortunately, the rumor mill doesn’t adhere to those guidelines as we’re now hearing that the NX will be powered by Google’s Android mobile operating platform.
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Minecraft-like building game 'Lego Worlds' hits Steam Early Access

Lego Worlds, the Minecraft-like open-world building game that kept the rumor mill busy this past week, is indeed the real deal. Warner Bros. Interactive, TT Games and The Lego Group on Monday launched Lego Worlds as a Steam Early Access title that’s available to play as of writing.

Corsair goes for the living room with Bulldog PC kit, supports liquid cooling and high-end hardware

Corsair is well known for its PC components spanning a range of categories -- from memory to cases, power supplies, cooling and more. But this year it's trying something new with Bulldog, a barebones, console-like Mini-ITX box that’s designed for the living room and can handle high end hardware.
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Asus ROG, In Win show off practical transforming PC tower at Computex

Asus announced a bevy of new products earlier today at Computex but one thing you might have missed is this transforming desktop PC chassis. Crafted with help from In Win, this unique convertible case from Asus’ ROG division takes the company’s popular “transformer” brand to a whole new level.
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Google bundles privacy and security settings into single hub

Google has created a central location for nearly all of its privacy and security features and options. Dubbed My Account, this new section allows users to review security settings and activities via a security checkup as well as manage visibility settings and the data Google uses to personalize a user’s...

Nvidia releases GeForce 353.06 WHQL driver for Heroes of the Storm

Just two weeks after releasing new GeForce drivers for The Witcher 3, Nvidia is back again with the GeForce 353.06 WQHL drivers, which are 'Game Ready' for Blizzard's upcoming MOBA Heroes of the Storm.

Asus announces ZenWatch 2, USB Type-C Transformer Book, ZenFone Selfie and more

As usual, Asus is showing off a huge selection of new products at Computex 2015 in Taipei, including a brand new smartwatch, a convertible tablet with USB Type-C, a tablet with interchangeable backs, a selfie-oriented smartphone, an all-in-one with Intel RealSense, and a professional grade monitor.

Microsoft lets Windows 7 and 8.1 users reserve free upgrade to Windows 10

Starting today, current users of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 will be able to reserve a free upgrade to Windows 10 once the operating system is released in a few months' time. And yes, the free upgrade will give you a full copy of Windows 10, not a trial version.

Nvidia introduces mobile G-Sync and new G-Sync monitors

While the big news out of Nvidia overnight was the launch of the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, the company also decided to share some new information about G-Sync, their adaptive refresh rate technology that's been available for a couple of years now.

Microsoft to release Windows 10 on July 29th

Microsoft has finally revealed that Windows 10 will officially launch on July 29th, 2015, confirming a previous statement from AMD CEO Lisa Su that suggested the operating system will launch in late July.

Mozilla Firefox 38.0.5
Improve your browsing experience with Mozilla's open-source and highly acclaimed Firefox.

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Adobe Flash Player Beta for Mac 18.0.0.154
Flash Player 14 introduces new developer features and enhanced user privacy protection.

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Opera Beta 30.0.1835.47
Download Opera today to get the fastest and most powerful web browser available and make the most of your time online.

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Apple Remote Desktop 3.8.4
Apple Remote Desktop with real-time screen sharing is the ideal desktop management solution for education, businesses, and professionals on the go.

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ooVoo 3.6.7.19
ooVoo brings easy video chat to all platforms - our free video chat app is available to download for your computer (Mac, PC), smartphone (iOS, Android) & tablet.

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phpMyAdmin 4.4.8
phpMyAdmin is a free software tool written in PHP, intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the World Wide Web.

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Mozilla Firefox for Linux 38.0.5
Improve your browsing experience with Mozilla's open-source and highly acclaimed Firefox.

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BBEdit for Mac 11.1.1
BBEdit is a high-performance HTML and text editor for the Macintosh.

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BitTorrent for Mac 7.4.3.40399
Protocol for distributing files. It identifies content by url and is designed to integrate seamlessly with the web.

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Atom 0.204.0
A hackable text editor for the 21st Century.

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CheatBook Issue 6/2015
The encyclopedia of game cheats.

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ImageMagick 6.9.1-4
Convert, Edit, And Compose Images.

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DUMo 2.0.1.12
DUMo (Drivers Update Monitor) keeps your PC up-to-date & safe by using the most recent version of required hardware drivers,

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License Crawler 1.47
If you want to setup your computer system again you need to have the licenses and serial numbers at hand for all the software programs that you have purchased and registered, LicenseCrawler finds them for you.

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K-Lite Codec Pack Update 11.2.0
This is a cumulative update for the latest version of the K-Lite (Mega/Full/Standard/Basic) Codec Pack.

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Mozilla Firefox for Mac 38.0.5
Bringing together all kinds of awesomeness to make browsing better for you.

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Wine 1.7.44
Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs.

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NirLauncher 1.19.36
NirLauncher is a package of more than 100 portable freeware utilities for Windows, all of them developed for NirSoft Web site during the last few years.

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ImageMagick for Mac 6.9.1-4
ImageMagickTM, is a free software suite for the creation, modification and display of bitmap images.

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DropIt 8.1
When you need to organize files, DropIt can eliminate much of the drudgery of searching and manually opening folders and moving files around.

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Sticky Password 8.0.4.33
A password manager that automatically fills in login and password fields on web pages and program windows. Passwords are encrypted in storage.

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VideoCacheView 2.86
Extract Web site video files from the cache of your Web browser.

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WinScan2PDF 2.91
WinScan2PDF is a very small (~40k) and portable program that allows you to scan documents and save them on your computer as a PDF by using any installed scanner.

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Google Drive for Android 2.2.183.17.34
With Google Drive, you can store all your files in one place, so you can access them from anywhere and share them with others.

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SUPER 2015.65
SUPER is a Multimedia Encoder and a Multimedia Player, easy-to-use with 1 simple click.

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J. River Media Center 20.0.114
Organize and experience all your media: Music, photos and video YOUR way -- all from a single software program.

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K-Lite Codec Pack Basic 11.2.0
The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools.

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Google Chrome Dev for Linux 45.0.2414.0
This version is intended for only for developers and early testers.

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RogueKiller 10.8.0.0
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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