Thursday, April 28, 2016

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 28/04/2016

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Final specifications for the AMD Radeon Pro Duo announced

AMD already announced the Radeon Pro Duo earlier this year, but today we're finally getting all the juicy details about the dual-GPU graphics card the company is aiming at virtual reality creators and consumers.

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Mozilla launches Firefox 46, as dull of an update as they come

Mozilla on Tuesday pushed Firefox 46 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. The latest version of the popular web browser is a pretty small update in terms of new desktop features with Mozilla instead focusing most of its attention on Android and behind-the-scenes security and stability...

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Apple earnings decline for the first time in 13 years

Apple on Tuesday announced financial results for its fiscal 2016 second quarter and for the first time in 13 years, it posted a year-over-year decline in revenues.

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Auto, tech giants form lobbying group to expedite the arrival of self-driving cars

There’s billions of dollars to be made (and lost) in the autonomous vehicle sector. The problem? It’s still many years away, a realization that some of the world’s most influential companies want to expedite.

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T-Mobile adds 2.2 million subscribers in Q1 as Uncarrier initiative continues to impress

In January 2015, Timotheus Hottges, CEO of T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom, said he was intrigued by the idea of merging with Sprint. More importantly, he conceded that T-Mobile’s disruptive Uncarrier strategy wasn’t sustainable.

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German city introduces sidewalk traffic lights for those pedestrians addicted to their smartphones

Even though texting while walking is less dangerous than using a mobile when driving, pedestrians are still a risk to themselves and others if they’re distracted by their smartphones. In New Jersey, a recent bill could see this activity banned, but in Germany, one city is taking a different approach...

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YouTube is rolling out six-second, unskippable Bumper ads for mobile devices

Mobile devices continue to revolutionize how we consume media and subsequently, how we’re served ads – you know, those necessary bits of evil that keep the Internet alive.

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The End of Hardware?

The picture isn’t pretty. Whether it’s PCs, tablets, smart watches or now, even smartphones, the outlook for most major hardware device categories is not looking good, particularly in the US. The issue is that both consumers and businesses have already bought a lot of these devices. Plus, they’re hanging on...

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Extortionists make over $100,000 from threatening DDoS emails without ever launching an attack

Companies will go to extreme lengths to prevent themselves from becoming the victims of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, even if it means handing over cash to the cybercriminals who threaten to disrupt the firms. It turns out that one group of extortionists realized this, and have made over $100,000 by...

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Can virtual reality restore the LAN party?

One of the reasons I’m immensely interested in modern virtual reality is because I no longer play video games. I know that sounds odd but hear me out.

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Zotac's new product puts a PC inside a backpack to make VR a more mobile experience

I’m a huge fan of virtual reality, but when I used the HTC Vive for the first time I found the trailing wires to be a bit of an issue. The problem is one that many people notice, especially during those games where users often make 360-degree turns.

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Pre-order Gears of War 4: Ultimate Edition to get early access, season pass and more

Microsoft is now accepting pre-orders – both in stores and digitally – for a premium version of the next entry in the Gears of War franchise.

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Hundreds of Spotify user details appear online, but site denies it was hacked

The last few days have brought news of two major data leaks involving millions of people’s personal details, but unless you’re a registered Mexican voter or a member of a dating site reserved for beautiful people, you’re unlikely to have been affected. However, news of another possible data breach has...

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'90s kids, rejoice! Hi-C Ecto Cooler is returning this summer (as is Clearly Canadian)

Ready for a blast, err... splash, from the past? Coca-Cola, parent company of Hi-C maker Minute Maid, has announced it’ll be bringing back the “ghoulishly green” Ecto Cooler citrus juice drink next month after a 15-year hiatus.

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Former Top Gear hosts are developing DriveTribe, a one-stop shop for motoring enthusiasts

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are hard at work filming a new motoring show for Amazon. The program, which doesn’t yet have a name, isn’t the only project the trio is working on.

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Nokia to buy health and wearables company Withings for 170 million Euro

Nokia has made another acquisition today, announcing plans to purchase French digital health and wearables company Withings for €170 million (US$192 million) in cash. Subject to the usual regulatory approvals, the deal is set to close in early Q3, 2016.

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Dating website for "beautiful people" breached, details of 1.1 million customers leaked online

A controversial dating website that restricts its membership to “beautiful people” has had the personal details of over 1.1 million members leaked online, according to a report by Forbes.

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WordPress 4.5.1
State-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.

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Tails 2.3
Tails is a live operating system, that you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity on any computer.

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Adobe Reader for Android 16.0
Adobe Acrobat Reader is the free, trusted leader for reliably viewing, annotating, and signing PDFs.

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PaperScan Free 3.0.14
PaperScan Scanner Software is a powerful TWAIN & WIA scanning application with an OCR engine centered on one idea: making document acquisition an unparalleled easy task for anyone.

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WinScan2PDF 3.15
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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Netflix for Android 4.4.1
Netflix is the world’s leading subscription service for watching TV episodes and movies on your phone. This Netflix mobile application delivers the best experience anywhere, anytime.

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uTorrent Beta (utorrent) 3.4.7.42300
uTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint.

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Plants vs. Zombies 2 for Android 4.7.1
The zombies are coming… back. It’s about time! The sequel to the hit action-strategy adventure brings the fun to tablets and touchscreens.

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Tor Browser for Mac 5.5.5
Protect your privacy. Defend yourself against network surveillance and traffic analysis.

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Facebook for Android 73.0
Facebook app for your Android device. Keep in touch with your friends anywhere, anytime. Fast and secure download.

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Anvil Studio 2016.04.01
With this free version, you can create an unlimited number of MIDI tracks, and two one-minute audio tracks.

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Duolingo: Learn Languages Free for Android 3.21.0
Free language education for the world.

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VSDC Free Video Editor 4.0.1
The video editor is intended for editing video files and creating videos of any complexity involving various visual and audio effects. The program offers rich functionality and yet has a simple and intuitive interface, allowing you to create videos with a bare minimum of efforts.

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Gmail for Android 6.4.1
Gmail is built on the idea that email can be more intuitive, efficient, and useful. And maybe even fun. Get your email instantly via push notifications, read and respond to your conversations online & offline, and search and find any email.

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BlueStacks App Player 2.2.21.6212
Install and run Android apps on your PC or Mac. BlueStacks puts the Android operating system on your desktop.

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Line for Android 6.2.1
There are no limits. Call and message as much as you want.

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Mozilla Thunderbird Earlybird 48.0 Alpha 2
Now with tabs, better search, and email archiving.

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Facebook Lite for Android 6.0.0.7
This official 'Lite' Facebook app is designed to be more efficient with data and work in all network conditions, especially slower mobile connections.

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Chromium 51.0.2718.0
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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Uber for Android 3.99.2
Get a reliable ride in minutes with the Uber app, no reservations or waiting in taxi lines. From low-cost to premium.

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Tor Browser 5.5.5
Protect your privacy. Defend yourself against network surveillance and traffic analysis.

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Snapchat for Android 9.29.3
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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DVDVideoSoft Free Studio 6.6.7
Free Studio is a single package which bundles all free software from DVDVideoSoft to work with DVD, video and audio files.

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CCleaner for Android 1.14.55
Keep your Android clean, safe and fast using CCleaner.

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AVG Antivirus Free Edition 2016.7596
The free version of the AVG Antivirus protection tool.

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Mozilla Firefox for Android 46.0
Enjoy the latest from Firefox on your Android device.

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Bitdefender Anti-Ransomware 1.0.11.147
This new tool protects against known and possible future versions of the CTB-Locker, Locky and TeslaCrypt crypto ransomware families

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Skype for Android 6.31.0
Free voice and video calls to anyone else on Skype, whether they’re on an Android, iPhone, Mac or PC, as well as IMs to your friends and family, no matter where they are.

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UVK Ultra Virus Killer 7.8.2.0
With an easy-to use interface, UVK allows users to easily remove all kinds of malware, and perform all tasks related to Windows optimization, maintenance, repair and info retrieval. Compatible with Windows 8.

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AMD Radeon Software Beta for Vulkan 16.15.2401.1001 Beta
As a complement to OpenGL, descended from AMD's Mantle, and forged by the industry, Vulkan is a powerful low-overhead graphics API that gives software developers deep control over the performance, efficiency, and capabilities of Radeon GPUs and multi-core CPUs.

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Nvidia Linux Display Driver for Linux 364.19 Beta
This beta is an extensive update which also includes a long list of fixes.

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AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.4.2 Hotfix Update
This hotfix offers up to 35% faster performance using Quantum Break.

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