Tuesday, February 5, 2013

IT News Head Lines (TechSpot) 06/02/2013


TechSpot Anonymous reveals personal information of 4,000 U.S. bank executives Members of the loose knit hacker collective Anonymous have published a spreadsheet that claims to contain personal information on more than 4,000 US bank executives as part of an ongoing campaign called Operation Last Resort. The group’s latest efforts are designed to provoke computer crime law reform following the suicide... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Android malware steals data, records audio via PC microphone Two newly-discovered Android apps found on Google Play were designed to spy on their users, claim security experts at Kaspersky. The apps, SuperClean and DroidCleaner, posed as innocuous Android clean-up utilities; however, each app could quietly copy photos, contacts and other information to a remote server. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Detailed Xbox 720 GPU specifications leak online GPU specifications of Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox 720 are now online courtesy of tech site VGleaks. This is the same publication that revealed specs on the console’s CPU a couple of weeks ago. If accurate, we now have a complete picture of what Microsoft’s next generation gaming console will look like... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
3DMark gets cross-platform mobile test, new DX11 gaming benchmark Originally expected to arrive by the end of last year after being announced in November, Futuremark has finally released its latest version of 3DMark, which brings three new benchmarks including one for various mobile platforms, another for mediocre everyday computers, and a third for high-end machines. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Revised AMD Never Settle bundle includes Crysis 3, Tomb Raider AMD has announced a new game bundle for those who purchase a Radeon HD 7800 or Radeon 7900 series graphics card. The promotion, aptly named Never Settle: Reloaded, is a follow-up to last year’s Never Settle bundle that offers a variety of titles depending on which card and how many... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop suggests Windows tablet on the way Three months in, the Surface tablet hasn’t really seen the level of adoption Microsoft would have hoped for, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a future for Windows tablets. In fact, Redmond’s flagship partner in the smartphone space might be looking to jump into Windows tablets in the future, as... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
House of Representatives ban Spotify claiming P2P security concerns Members of the House of Representatives appear to have some quiet days ahead as officials have banned the use of streaming music service Spotify while on the job. Despite the fact that Spotify isn’t a peer-to-peer file sharing program like the original Napster and similar offerings, it is being treated... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Wine developer demos Windows software running on Android We’ve already seen applications that let you run Android apps on Windows. But now it looks like the opposite is possible too thanks to an ARM-friendly version of Wine, the popular 'compatibility layer' used to run Windows software on Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, Mac OSX and BSD. ... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Evasi0n iPhone 5, iPad mini jailbreak now available Last week we published a story pointing out that a tethered jailbreak for iOS 6.1 had just been released. That hack only worked on older pre-A5 iOS devices like the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS but we were told at the time to be on the lookout for a... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Happy Birthday: Facebook turns nine years old today It was on this day nine years ago that Facebook first went online. The social network, created by Mark Zuckerberg and four friends - Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes – during their time at Harvard University is now a global phenomenon with more than 1 billion members. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
HP's first Chromebook officially out, priced at $330 HP’s Chromebook plans were first revealed last week through a product sheet on its website, but now the company has made it official. Joining the likes of Samsung, Acer, and Lenovo, HP is embracing Google’s browser-based operating system with its own Pavilion 14 Chromebook. Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
Office 2013: To upgrade or not to upgrade For many of us, Office 2007 brought some unsettling changes. The ‘ribbon’ interface was tough for some users to get the hang of, but brought an exciting new way to interact with word processing. Office 2010 refined the features of the ribbon interface further, and brought some slick tweaks to... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
THX launches iOS calibration app for home theater components THX, the company behind the audio reproduction standard that’s been in existence as we know it for 12 years, has released a calibration app for iPhone and iPad designed to help consumers get the best out of their audio / video equipment. Considering how much some people tend to spend... Read Entire Article…Read Comments Read More ...
FreeFileSync 5.12 FreeFileSync is a free and Open Source folder comparison and synchronization tool. Read More ...
Trend Micro DirectPass 1.5 Trend Micro DirectPass manages website passwords and login IDs in one secure location, so you only need to remember one password. Read More ...
TaskUnifier 3.1.8 TaskUnifier is free and open source except the synchronization feature. Read More ...
3DMark Basic Edition The new 3DMark (2013) includes everything you need to benchmark your hardware. With three all new tests you can bench everything from smartphones and tablets, to notebooks and home PCs, to the latest high-end, multi-GPU gaming desktops. Read More ...
SiSoftware Sandra Lite 2013 SP1a 19.29 All around tool, benchmarking, system diagnostic and analyser. Read More ...
3DMark 11 Basic Edition 1.0.3 Designed to measure your PCÂ’s gaming performance 3DMark 11 makes extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11 including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading. Read More ...
AdwCleaner 2.110 AdwCleaner is a tool that deletes Adware/Toolbar/PUP/Hijacker. Read More ...
HWiNFO64 4.12-1850 Professional hardware information and diagnostic tools supporting latest components, industry technologies and standards. Read More ...
AppRemover 3.0.5.1 Effectively remove any security application. Read More ...
Glary Utilities Pro 2.53 Powerful and top all-in-one utility to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your PC. Read More ...
Opera Mini 7.5.1 for Android Try one of the world's fastest Android browser. Read More ...
HWiNFO32 4.12-1850 A powerful system information tool for Windows. Read More ...
KeePass 2.21 Light-weight and easy-to-use password manager. Read More ...
Linux Kernel 3.7.6 Download the latest version of the Linux operating system. Read More ...
DVD Slim Free 2.6.0.8 DVD Slim Free - a simple, easy to use tool to create covers to like CDs, DVDs, VHS, PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox, Nintendo Wii, BlueRay and much more. Read More ...
Gmail for Android 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. Read More ...
System Cleaner 7.0.8.220 Keep your PC running faster, cleaner, and error-free with System Cleaner full set of 7 powerful tools. Read More ...
Glary Utilities 2.53 Powerful utilities to increase your PC performance and maintain your system. Read More ...
ICQ 8.0.5990 Send files from your PC to mobile, Facebook and Google+ friends. Read More ...
Adobe Reader 10.4.2 for Android Adobe(R) Reader(R) is the free, trusted leader for reliably viewing and interacting with PDF documents across platforms and devices. Read More ...
ooVoo 3.5.6.44 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. Read More ...
Praat 5.3.40 Speech analysis and manipulation software. Read More ...
Freebie Notes 3.54 Great little program for users who just want sticky notes with an alarm timer. Read More ...
Notepad++ 6.3 Free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment. Read More ...
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