IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 16/12/2015

Micron is developing GDDR6, likely as a stopgap to HBM shortages

Micron is reportedly preparing to bring GDDR6 memory to market next year as the company's answer to high-bandwidth memory (HBM). Kristopher Kido, Director of Micron’s global Graphics Memory Business, recently confirmed the news with Fudzilla.

Verizon Fios customers can now watch DVR-recorded content away from home

As the cord-cutting trend continues to sweep the nation, cable and satellite television providers are doing everything in their power to prolong the inevitable and Verizon is no exception. The ISP is leaning on one of the core strengths of traditional cable packages - the DVR - to help sway...

Amazon pulls most 'hoverboards' from store over safety concerns

"Hoverboards" are one of the hottest toys this holiday season and I mean that quite literally. If you've paid attention to the news over the last several weeks, you've no doubt seen multiple reports of fires related to the trendy two-wheeled electric scooters.

Pandora puts your favorite songs to use in Thumbprint Radio

Pandora is getting on the music personalization bandwagon with their new Thumbprint Radio stations. Announced today on the company blog, each person's Thumbprint station is created from all the songs they’ve given a thumbs up and similar songs added by Pandora. The company says that it is a “living, breathing...

Huawei Honor smartphones coming to the US next month

We're quickly approaching the end of yet another year which - for gadget and tech enthusiasts - means the Consumer Electronics Show is just around the bend. While not as anticipated or significant as other major trade shows, the Consumer Electronics Show typically generates at least a handful of noteworthy...

Hate commuting? Uber wants to fix that with two new pilot programs in Seattle and Chicago

Uber is launching two new pilot services in Seattle and Chicago. According to a Uber blog post, uberHOP is a bus-like service and uberCOMMUTE is a carpooling service. The uberHOP pilot started in Seattle on Thursday, December 10 and basically sounds like a privatized bus service. Here’s how Uber says...

Drone owners must register with the FAA or face stiff penalties

The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday announced that pilots of consumer drones weighing between 0.55 pounds and 55 pounds must register their aircraft with the agency by February 19, 2016.

Tech Deals: Dell 34-inch Ultrawide QHD curved monitor for $680, Venue 10 tablet for $299, and more

Christmas is just around the corner and there are tons of great deals to be found, particularly on high end TVs and monitors. There are also some great electronics, gadgets, and computer deals curated by our partners at TechBargains. The holiday shopping frenzy is on and many of these deals...

This smartphone packs a massive 10,000mAh battery, can last up to 15 days on a single charge

Smartphones continue to get slimmer and sleeker yet as they do, the cry for better battery life gets louder and louder. At least one handset maker has heard the call for improved battery life and is actually doing something about it.

Star Wars Battlefront team start work on new Battlefield game, set for release next year

Dice developmental director Dan Vaderlind has announced on Twitter that, now Dice Stockholm has finished development of Star Wars: Battlefront, most of the team will be moving onto the next Battlefield game.

Facebook's German headquarters attacked and defaced

Police are searching for over a dozen people who damaged Facebook’s German headquarters in the northern city of Hamburg. The unidentified gang smashed windows, threw paint and sprayed “Facebook dislike” on a wall, police said yesterday.

This is when your HTC smartphone will get Android 6.0

An upgrade schedule for most of HTC's current generation Android devices has leaked, revealing how soon you'll get an update to Android 6.0 'Marshmallow'. Unfortunately, for the majority of devices out there, you'll be waiting a while to get your hands on the latest version of Android.

Star Citizen funding passes the $100 million mark as Alpha 2.0 update is released

To give you an idea of just how big Star Citizen’s crowdfunding campaign is, consider this: the second highest-earning crowdfunded project ever – and the most successful ever seen on the Kickstarter platform - is the Pebble Time smartwatch project that raised $20.3 million. Star Citizen, which continues to raise...

Rumor suggests Samsung Galaxy S7 will have pressure sensitive screen

Considering Samsung typically launches a new flagship smartphone in the first few months of the year, it shouldn't be overly surprising that rumors relating to the Galaxy S7 are starting to appear with greater frequency.

Twitter emails some users warning them that they may be targets of a 'state-sponsored attack'

Twitter has sent emails to an unknown number of users warning them that their accounts may have been “targeted by state-sponsored actors.” The alert is the first of its kind to come from the microblogging site.

The Best Computer Mice: Best overall, best for gaming, wireless/portable & budget choices

Deciding what's the best mouse you can buy is a subjective process where several things come into play, such as intended use, feature set, price and how comfortable it feels in your hand and grip style. Today we bring you our choices for the best overall mouse, best gaming mouse,...

Samsung SSD 950 Pro 512GB PCIe Review

Cyberfox Web Browser 43.0
Make the most out of your system be it 32 or 64-bit, Intel or AMD, with this optimized web browser.

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Tumblr for Android 5.0.0.13
Find and follow Tumblr blogs. Post Anything.

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Joomla! 3.4.6
Popular powerful content management system.

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UltraEdit 22.20.0.49
The ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers.

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Line 4.0.3.724
There are no limits. Call and message as much as you want.

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Mozilla Firefox 43.0
Improve your browsing experience with Mozilla's open-source and highly acclaimed Firefox.

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LinkAssistant SEO Tool 5.9.2
Get Your Search Engine Rankings High By Improving Your Site's Link Popularity.

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Mozilla Firefox for Mac 43.0
Bringing together all kinds of awesomeness to make browsing better for you.

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GoodSync 9.9.36.6
GoodSync is an easy and reliable file backup and file synchronization software.

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LameXP 4.13
LameXP is a GUI for the LAME mp3-encoder .

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RJ TextEd 10.90
RJ TextEd - A Unicode source and text editor.

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J. River Media Center 21.0.27
Organize and experience all your media: Music, photos and video YOUR way -- all from a single software program.

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Kodi (formerly XBMC) 15.2
Kodi is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on Linux, OSX, Windows, iOS, and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls.

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Advanced Codecs for Windows 8/7 5.6.5
Watch High Definition video playback without needing expensive players. Listen to bitstreamed TrueHD and DTS Master audio using HDMI to an AVR.

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NirLauncher 1.19.64
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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Apple iTunes 12.3.2 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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Smultron for Mac 8.1.5
Open-source text editor written in Cocoa for Mac OS X Panther with many of the features that you might need.

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Mozilla Firefox for Linux 43.0
Improve your browsing experience with Mozilla's open-source and highly acclaimed Firefox.

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UC Browser for Windows 5.5.8071
UC Browser is the leading mobile internet browser with more than 400 million users across more than 150 countries and regions. Now their technology is available for Windows.

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madVR 0.89.18
madVR is a high quality DirectShow video renderer.

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Destroy Windows 10 Spying 1.6.716
Destroy Windows Spying is the most popular program to remove spyware in Windows 7, 8.1 and 10.

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Chromium 49.0.2592.0
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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Free Hide IP 4.0.9.6
Anonymize your web surfing, send anonymous emails through any web based mail system, get unbanned from restricted forums or other websites, and keeping your computer safe from hacker attacks.

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Efficient Sticky Notes 5.20.513
hrow away the traditional paper sticky notes and start using the powerful and unqiue Efficient Sticky Notes.

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AkelPad 4.9.7
AkelPad is an open source editor for plain text. It is designed to be a small and fast.

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VueScan 9.5.32
VueScan is an easy to use scanner program that saves you time and improves your productivity.

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Spotify 1.0.20.94
Millions of tracks, any time you like. Just search for it in Spotify, then play it. Just help yourself to whatever you want, whenever you want it.

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Kaspersky ScraperDecryptor 1.0.0.2
The malicious program Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Scraper encrypts user files to block access to them. After the data has been blocked, the user is required to pay a ransom.

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SIV (System Information Viewer) 5.06
General Windows utility for dumping lots of useful Windows, Network and hardware info

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RogueKiller 11.0.3.0
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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IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 16/12/2015

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