IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 07/12/2015

Porsche approves all-electric 'Mission E' sedan for production

Mission E, the high-performance electric sedan concept from German automaker Porsche, has been given the green light to enter production.

Volvo let a 4-year-old remotely 'drive' one of its trucks, chaos ensues

Kids (and adults) of all ages have a fascination with construction equipment and big trucks in general – it’s why toymakers like Tonka have been around for ages. Heck, there’s even a company in Las Vegas that’ll let you play around with the machines you see on construction sites (for...

Chromebooks now account for more than half of US classroom devices

Chromebooks have become immensely popular in US classrooms in recent memory. Market research firm IDC last December reported that Chromebooks had displaced iPads as the teaching tool of choice in schools across the country, a trend that’s shown no signs of deviating.

Google publishes "Best of 2015" list for Android apps and games

Google has released its annual “Best of” list comprised of the top Android apps and games of 2015. The search giant has also compiled the top-selling albums, books, movies and television shows as well as its personal favorites in several of those categories.

Weekend Open Forum: How many PCs do you own?

Nary has a month passed without hearing about a new poll or study preaching the decline of the PC. The chatter is not without merit, however, as there’s plenty of evidence to validate the trend. Smartphones, tablets and streaming media boxes are replacing the traditional computer for millions, but is...

Microsoft, global law enforcement agencies disrupt Dorkbot botnet

Microsoft, in cooperation with a number of law enforcement agencies around the world, managed to disrupt a botnet that’s infected over a million PCs across more than 190 countries.

Sony buys Toshiba's image sensor division for $155 million, extending dominance over the industry

Sony on Friday announced it had come to an agreement with Toshiba to purchase its image sensor business for 19 billion yen, or around $155 million.

Some third-party heatsinks are bending Intel Skylake processors

Some third-party cooling solutions are reportedly causing damage to 6th generation Intel Skylake CPUs and their motherboards. German tech site PC Games Hardware suggests the issue may lie in the fact that Skylake chips are built on a thinner substrate than previous generation chips.

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Fitbit narrowly staves off Apple for top spot as wearables market grew nearly 200 percent in Q3

Shipments of wearables shot up nearly 200 percent in the most recent quarter. While that’s great news for the industry as a whole, data from research firm IDC paints a vivid picture of volatility among market share leaders.

Apple open sources their Swift programming language

At WWDC in June, Apple announced that their Swift programming language would eventually become open source before the end of the year. The company has fulfilled this promise just a few weeks before the end of 2015, launching a new website for Swift and releasing much of its code to...

Fujitsu, Toshiba and Vaio reportedly considering merger of PC divisions

The mobile revolution has taken a toll on the traditional PC industry in a way that few predicted. While PCs aren’t going away overnight, sales have certainly slowed down – a trend that has some considering drastic measures to remain relevant.

Google's Cardboard Camera app lets you create 3D virtual reality photos with your Android smartphone

Google has released a new Android app that lets users take 3D panoramic photos and view them through the Google Cardboard virtual reality viewer. Dubbed ‘Cardboard Camera,’ the app also records audio along with the images to give a more immersive VR experience.

The Blue Origin team reacting to successful rocket landing is touching

Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, made history last week when its New Shepard reusable rocket successfully landed back on Earth completely intact. As you can imagine, the entire team must have been absolutely giddy as they witnessed the culmination of years of hard work...

The Game Awards: Witcher 3 walks away with Game of the Year, Konami prevents Kojima from attending

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt came out on top at The Game Awards yesterday, winning several categories - including the coveted Game of the Year award. The massive RPG faced stiff competition from the likes of Fallout 4, Metal Gear Solid 5, and Bloodborne, but judges decided that CD Projekt...

OnePlus 2 no longer requires invite to purchase, OnePlus X order window opening soon

OnePlus, the Chinese handset maker that’s been making waves in the industry over the past couple of years, is finally doing away with its invite-only system… at least, for one of its devices.

Corsair launches an ultra-compact liquid CPU cooler for mini-ITX builds

Most CPU cooler launches aren't exciting enough to cover, but this latest product from Corsair looks like an interesting and unique solution for those wanting to liquid cool their processor in a mini-ITX case.

Oculus and Harmonix announce that Rock Band VR will be coming to the Rift

Earlier this week, Oculus Rift co-founder Palmer Luckey announced that he was going to make a “special announcement” regarding the virtual reality device at The Game Awards on Thursday. The majority of people, including me, suspected that Luckey would reveal the release date and price for the VR headset -...

Facebook begins rollout of live video streaming feature to all

Facebook over the summer rolled out the ability for users to stream live video to followers at any time. The "catch" is that it was initially only offered to public figures. Four months later, the social network is now ready to bring everyday folk aboard.

An image recognition service for developers is here from Google, but you have to apply to try it

Google just released a new machine vision tool for developers to help them build applications that can “understand” the content of images. In a blog post, the company announced the beta version of its Cloud Vision application programming interface (API) on Wednesday. Currently, only select developers get the chance to...

Virgin Galactic will launch satellites from a Boeing 747

For several years, Virgin Galactic has been working on a low-cost method of sending small satellites to space. The system consists of the company's LauncherOne rocket traveling into the upper atmosphere via a plane, where it's then launched into space mid-flight, reducing the amount of fuel needed compared to launching...

Acer Predator X34 Gaming Monitor Review

Acer's Predator X34 has a curved UQHD (3440 x 1440) AH-IPS panel and garners reasonable gaming cred with a 100Hz vertical refresh rate, G-Sync and an interesting design. Should GeForce owners be drooling or is this one a hard pass?

T-Mobile ranked first in Consumer Reports survey

T-Mobile may only be ranked third in terms of subscriber count but according to Consumer Reports’ fifth annual customer satisfaction survey, team magenta is the best option among the top four carriers in the US.

Nintendo chief says NX console will be "unique and different"

Recently appointed Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima has ensured fans that the company’s next console – codenamed NX – won’t simply be the next version of the Wii U.

Kyocera has developed a washable, soap-proof smartphone for germaphobes

Germaphobes, listen up! Japanese electronics maker Kyocera has developed a smartphone that’s not only water-proof but soap-proof. That means after a busy day out on the job site or camping over the weekend, you can lather up the device and give it a good cleaning just as you would your...

Zus Smart Car Charger & Locator charges your devices, finds your car

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Researchers create the world's first 'true' 3D color hologram

Researchers from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) have developed what they’re calling the world’s first true 3D colored hologram.

Amazon took home 35.7% of Black Friday 2015 online spending, leaving competitors far behind

It looks like Amazon took over Black Friday. TechCrunch reports that an analytics firm kept track of the recent shopping mayhem, and Amazon accounted for over 35 percent of all Black Friday sales. In second-place is Best Buy with 8 percent, which almost sounds like a joke compared with Jeff...

YouTube looking to acquire rights to stream new movies and TV shows

When YouTube Red launched in October, it introduced a way for subscribers to watch YouTube without ads and gave them the option to save videos for offline viewing. Now, reports have surfaced suggesting that the company is preparing to strike deals with Hollywood studios and production companies to bring streaming...

Apple's rumored 4-inch iPhone will include A9 SoC and Apple Pay, ship early next year

Apple’s decision to bump the screen size of its iPhones to 4.7 and 5.5 inches last year has certainly paid dividends, allowing the company to field handsets in what most would consider mainstream and phablet categories. Apple also offers the two-year-old iPhone 5s as the budget model but it continues...

Acer Predator X34 Monitor Review: G-Sync Meets Ultrawide

Acer's Predator X34 has a curved UQHD (3440 x 1440) AH-IPS panel and garners reasonable gaming cred with a 100Hz vertical refresh rate, G-Sync and an interesting design. Should Geforce owners be drooling or is this one a hard pass?

VidCoder 1.5.32
VidCoder is a DVD/Blu-ray ripping and video transcoding application for Windows. It uses HandBrake as its encoding engine.

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inSSIDer 3.1.2.1
inSSIDer for Home gives you visibility into your Wi-Fi environment.

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Tixati 2.28.1
Tixati is a peer-to-peer file sharing program that uses the popular BitTorrent protocol.

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Slimjet 6.0.6.0
Slimjet is a fast, smart and powerful web browser based on the Blink engine. It is built on top of the Chromium open source project, on which Google chrome is also based.

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WhatsApp Messenger for Android 2.12.374
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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Dropbox 3.12.4
Dropbox allows you to sync your files online and across your computers automatically.

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McAfee AVERT Stinger 12.1.0.1826
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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RemoveIT Pro XT - SE 12.5.2015
Remove many viruses that other popular antivirus software cannot discover.

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Symantec Norton AntiVirus Definition Update December 5, 2015
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.

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Trend Micro Update File 191 for December 5, 2015
Trend Micro's latest compilation of patterns for virus identification.

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Bitdefender 9-10 Virus Definitions December 5, 2015
Keep your Bitdefender Anti-Virus 9 to 10 updated with the latest definitions.

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VIPRE Antivirus Definitions Update File 45610 December 5, 2015
VIPRE Antivirus out to date with the latest definitions available.

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Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool 2015.12.5
The Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool application was designed to be another virus scanner and detection software from Kaspersky

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RemoveIT Pro v7 Enterprise 12.5.2015
Locates & Removes many new dangerous files that other popular AV programs do not find.

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ClamAV Virus Database Update December 5, 2015
ClamAV is an open source antivirus solution for Windows operating systems.

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Symantec Norton AntiVirus X 9.x-10.x Update for Mac December 5, 2015
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus for Mac up to date.

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BitDefender Virus Definitions Update December 5, 2015
Keep your Bitdefender Anti-Virus updated with the latest definitions.

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SUPERAntiSpyware Database Update December 5, 2015
Keep SUPERAntiSpyware up to date.

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AVIRA Antivirus Definition Update December 5, 2015
Update AVIRA Desktop for Windows with latest virus definitions and scan engine.

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RemoveIT Pro v7 Ultra 12.5.2015
Locates & Removes many new dangerous files that other popular AV programs do not find.

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Norman Malware Cleaner 2015.12.5
Norman Malware Cleaner is a free utility that may be used to detect and remove specific malicious software (malware).

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F-Secure Virus Definitions Update December 5, 2015
Keep your F-Secure products updated.

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Bitdefender 2010-08 Virus Definitions Update December 5, 2015
Keep your Bitdefender Anti-Virus 2008 to 2010 updated with the latest definitions.

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AVG Anti-Virus Update 11118 December 5, 2015
Keep your AVG Anti-Virus updated.

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McAfee SuperDAT Update 8004 December 5, 2015
Keep your Mcafee based virus scanner up to date with the latest SuperDAT Update.

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Kaspersky Anti-Virus Update December 5, 2015
Virus definitions for Kaspersky Anti-Virus.

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avast! Virus Definitions Update December 5, 2015
Protect your system and valuable data against computer viruses.

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Microsoft Security Essentials Definition Update December 5, 2015
Provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

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BlueStacks App Player 2.0.0.1011
Install and run Android apps on your PC or Mac. BlueStacks puts the Android operating system on your desktop.

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