Thursday, October 22, 2015

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 23/10/2015

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Microsoft's Joe Belfiore is taking an extended leave of absence

Joe Belfiore, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of the Operating Systems Group, recently revealed on Facebook that he will be taking an extended leave of absence from the Redmond-based company.

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey apologizes to developers, vows to "reset" tarnished relationship

Newly reappointed CEO Jack Dorsey took the stage today during Twitter’s second annual developer conference to offer an apology for the way his company has treated developers over the years.

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iOS 9.1 out now with new emoji, Live Photos tweak and overall performance enhancements

Apple has publically released the first major update (but third overall) for iOS 9 since its September launch. iOS 9.1, available as of writing as an over-the-air update, includes a handful of noteworthy additions and changes including a tweak for Live Photos.

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Fossil unveils four connected wearables including flagship Q Founder smartwatch

Fashion retailer Fossil has unveiled four new connected wearables as part of its new Q line, all of which were built in collaboration with Intel.

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Sanford and Renovo unveil an electric-powered, self-driving DeLorean that can drift like a pro

To coincide with ‘Back To The Future Day’ - October 21, 2015, being the date Marty McFly visited in Back To The Future II – engineers at the Revs Program at Stanford have unveiled MARTY, a self-driving, electric DeLorean.

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PlayStation 4 price cuts go global

Sony’s PlayStation 4 has a new weapon in the ongoing war against arch rival Microsoft and its Xbox One: a price cut. After shaving $50 off the cost of ownership in the US earlier this month, Sony is going global with its thrifty ways – just in time for the...

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YouTube Red: ad-free videos, offline viewing, Google Play Music included for $9.99

YouTube on Wednesday unveiled a monthly paid subscription option it’s calling YouTube Red. With it, members will be able to watch their favorite videos uninterrupted – that’s right, no ads – in addition to several other perks. Read on for a full rundown of all the important details. ...

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Magic Leap shows off its latest augmented reality video

Magic Leap - the augmented reality company that received $542 million from a group of investors led by Google last year - has revealed another video (below) showing off some of the amazing technology that money helped fund.

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Save 50% on one year of Backblaze Unlimited Backup

It’s the ultimate safety net for all your videos, family pictures and irreplaceable computer files...now get 1 year of unlimited data backup storage from Backblaze for half-price in the TechSpot Store.

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Google requires full-disk encryption on new Android 6.0 devices (if they're fast enough)

In the months leading up to Google’s launch of Android 5.0 Lollipop, the search giant told anyone that would listen that its new mobile operating system would have data encryption enabled by default. But once third-party devices running Lollipop made it into circulation, it was discovered that encryption wasn’t enabled...

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Microsoft offers Safe Harbor replacement plan to avoid a "return to the digital dark ages"

As thousands of companies on two continents worry about the repercussions from the European Court of Justice's recent ruling that the Safe Harbor agreement is invalid, Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer, Brad Smith, has presented a four-step proposal to replace the system and stop a “return to the digital...

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Yahoo and Google announce search and advertising partnership

On the heels of another disappointing quarter, Yahoo announced a three-year search and advertising partnership with rival Google. As per the agreement, Google will provide search ads and pay Yahoo a percentage of the revenue said ads generate.

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Microsoft's $25 Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows is now available

Microsoft's Major Nelson has finally announced that the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows is now shipping to retailers. The dongle is available as a standalone product for $25, or bundled with an Xbox One wireless controller for $80.

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Western Digital to purchase SanDisk for $19 billion

Western Digital has today agreed to purchase flash storage company SanDisk in a deal worth around $19 billion, paving the way for the hard drive manufacturer to expand into the growing NAND market.

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New Windows 10 Mobile Preview build 10572 adds a ton of new features

Microsoft has rolled out a new Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview build today to those in the Fast Ring, bringing with it a ton of new features alongside significant performance and battery life improvements.

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Apple iTunes 12.3.1 for Windows XP, 7, 8 and 10
iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV.

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MKVToolNix 8.5.1
MKVToolNix is a set of tools to create, alter and inspect Matroska files under Linux, Mac, other Unices and Windows.

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YouTube for Mobile 10.40.58
Keep up with your favorite YouTube channels and access the world’s videos anywhere with the official YouTube app for Android.

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Facebook Messenger for Android 45.0
Get Facebook Messenger to instantly reach friends on their smart phones, feature phones or desktop computers. Also available here for iOS, and Windows Phone.

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Spybot Anti-Beacon 1.5 for Windows 10
Spybot Anti-Beacon for Windows 10 is a tool that will attempt to curtail Windows 10 from sending data back to Microsoft. Created by the developers of Spybot Search and Destroy.

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PeaZip 5.8.1
Cross-platform file and archive manager. Features volume spanning, compression, authenticated encryption.

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VirtualBox 5.0.8
VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.

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Skype 7.13
Skype is free and simple software that will enable you to make free calls anywhere in the world in minutes.

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Dropbox Experimental 3.11.38
Dropbox allows you to sync your files online and across your computers automatically.

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Apple iTunes 12.3.0.44 for Windows 64-bit
iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV.

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EasyBCD 2.3
Dual-Boot Vista and Anything! EasyBCD is a bootloader modification tool for Windows Vista.

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DiskSavvy 7.9.24
DiskSavvy is a disk space analyzer allowing one to analyze local disks, network shares and NAS storage devices.

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Format Factory 3.8.0.0
Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter.

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DriverMax 7.71
Easily back up all your drivers.

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Chromium 48.0.2543.0
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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DarkWave Studio 5.0.1
DarkWave Studio is a free, open source, Digital Audio Workstation for Windows.

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Apple iTunes 12.3.1 for Mac OS X
iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV.

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Safari Browser for Mac 9.0.1
Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world.

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DVDFab Passkey Lite 8.2.5.1
DVDFab Passkey Lite is a simple combination of Passkey for DVD and Passkey for Blu-ray. It is a free DVD Decrypter and Blu-ray Decrypter that can work with any software that Passkey for DVD and Passkey for Blu-ray works with to access unprotected content.

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J. River Media Center 21.0.17
Organize and experience all your media: Music, photos and video YOUR way -- all from a single software program.

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CSE HTML Validator 16.00
One-click HTML, CSS, SEO, spelling, accessibility, and link checking with CSE HTML Validator for Windows saves you time and helps you eliminate website problems that cause visitors to leave your website.

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Shotcut 15.10.06
Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor.

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Apple Security Update 2015-007
Improve the security of Mac OS X.

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K-Lite Mega Full Codec Pack Beta 11.5.6
Collection of codecs and related tools. The K-Lite Codec Pack is a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files.

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Apple Xcode for Mac 7.1
Xcode is Apple's powerful integrated development environment for creating great apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

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McAfee AVERT Stinger 12.1.0.1771
Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an infected system.

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Symantec Norton AntiVirus Definition Update October 21, 2015
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.

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RemoveIT Pro XT - SE 10.21.2015
Remove many viruses that other popular antivirus software cannot discover.

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VIPRE Antivirus Definitions Update File 44708 October 21, 2015
VIPRE Antivirus out to date with the latest definitions available.

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Trend Micro Update File 993 for October 21, 2015
Trend Micro's latest compilation of patterns for virus identification.

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