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• Microsoft Removes Start Menu, Button from Windows 8 in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-02-05 20:15:59)
  For all intents and purposes, this is only a minor change, and were this any other operating system or graphical environment, it would never warrant an entire news item. However, we're talking Windows, the most popular desktop operating system of all time, here. After 17 years of trusty service, Microsoft has removed the Start button from the taskbar in the upcoming Consumer Preview release of Windows 8.
  
  
• Cables Reveal Extent of US Copyright Pressure on Sweden in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-02-05 13:26:34)
  "Among the treasure troves of recently released WikiLeaks cables, we find one whose significance has bypassed Swedish media. In short: every law proposal, every ordinance, and every governmental report hostile to the net, youth, and civil liberties here in Sweden in recent years have been commissioned by the US government and industry interests."How such prestigious nations with such long and proud histories, like Sweden, The Netherlands, and so on, can succumb to pressure from a former colony i ...
  
  
• EU Regulators Want Google to Halt New Privacy Policy in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-02-04 15:53:59)
  "A group of European regulators has written to Google calling on it to halt the introduction of its new privacy policy, saying it needs to investigate whether the proposals sufficiently protect users' personal data."I'd rather regulators are on top of this now than when it's too late and we're all plugged into the Google Hivemind Overlord.
  
  
• Samsung Says EU Probe Will Find it Compliant in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-02-04 15:37:25)
  "Samsung, in its first acknowledgment of the European Commission's antitrust investigation of its patent licensing practices, Friday said it believed the commission would ultimately conclude the company complies with the rules. The investigation arose out of Samsung's dispute with Apple over trademarks and patents that cover smartphones and tablet computers."
  
  
• Do iOS Applications Crash More Often than Android Applications? in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-02-04 00:43:45)
  There's an article making the rounds right now about how applications on iOS crash more often than applications on Android. I'm not going to detail the entire methodology - the article itself does so - but it does raise an interesting talking point about how both mobile operating systems handle application crashes and updates.
  
  
• *Parabola GNU/Linux: Freedom Packaged* in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-02-03 00:22:16)
  There are different reasons people use Unix-like operating systems, including configurable, availability free of charge, powerful command line interface an many more. Some people are motivated by the moral issue: they reject non-free software. Specifically for such users Free Software Foundation developed Guidelines for Free System Distributions and created the list of absolutely free ("as in freedom") distributions. In this article we are going to look at the most recent entry on the list - Par ...
  
  
• Google Now Scanning Android Apps for Malware in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-02-03 00:11:56)
  "Google has added an automated scanning process that is designed to keep malicious apps out of the Android Market , the company announced today. The new service, code-named 'Bouncer', scans apps for known malware, spyware, and Trojans, and looks for suspicious behaviors and compares them against previously analyzed apps. Every app is then run on Google's cloud infrastructure to simulate how the software would operate on an Android device, he said. Existing apps are continuously analyzed, too."
  
  
• Microsoft: Windows Phone 8 To Use NT Kernel in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-02-03 00:07:09)
  This is the kind of news just tailor-made for OSNews. After 16 years of trusty service, the venerable Windows CE will be history as far as Microsoft's mobile operating system offering goes - the next major version of Windows Phone will use the NT kernel from Windows 8. As a heavy former Windows PocketPC Mobile CE Ultimate SP2 Edition user, this makes me sad. As a fan of the NT kernel, this makes me happy.
  
  
• Songr 1.9.36-Descarga canciones directamente, sin publicidad ni virus in Windows Windows Last news (Windows) (Windows): Softonic (2012-02-02 16:00:00)
  Songr simplifica la tarea de encontrar canciones en Internet, llevando a tu Escritorio la comodidad de los buscadores web. Desde la ventana de Songr puedes buscar simultáneamente y de forma transparente en, de momento, quince buscadores distintos de MP3. Los resultados que Songr arroja son de calidad variable, aunque en general puede decirse que buenos. Songr te permite reproducir directamente las canciones, así como descargarlas. Su búsqueda incluye también vídeos de Youtube aunque, para filtr ...
  
  
• Songr Portable 1.9.36-Descarga música sin complicarte ni instalar nada in Windows Windows Last news (Windows) (Windows): Softonic (2012-02-02 15:00:00)
  Songr Portable simplifica la tarea de encontrar canciones en Internet, llevando a tu Escritorio la comodidad de los buscadores web. Desde la ventana de Songr Portable puedes buscar simultáneamente y de forma transparente en, de momento, quince buscadores distintos de MP3. Los resultados que Songr arroja son de calidad variable, aunque en general puede decirse que buenos. Songr Portable te permite reproducir directamente las canciones, así como descargarlas. Su búsqueda incluye también vídeos de ...
  
  
• Messenger Plus! for Skype 0.07.0.75 Build 75-El complemento definitivo para Skype in Windows Windows Last news (Windows) (Windows): Softonic (2012-02-02 14:00:00)
  Messenger Plus! for Skype es la versión para Skype del complemento más famoso para programas de mensajería instantánea. Se instala rápidamente y añade a Skype una útil barra lateral repleta de funciones tan útiles como una grabadora de voz y vídeo, iconos animados y guardado de logs. Tras instalar Messenger Plus! for Skype, debes autorizar la activación del complemento. Hecho eso, verás aparecer la barra lateral de Messenger Plus! for Skype, que se pega a la ventana de Skype para que no la "pie ...
  
  
• Debut Video Capture 1.64-Graba vídeo desde cualquier webcam o tarjeta capturadora in Windows Windows Last news (Windows) (Windows): Softonic (2012-02-02 13:00:00)
  La potencia de los ordenadores actuales es más que suficiente para capturar y poner a buen recaudo vídeos de muy distinto origen. Tanto si quieres hacer una copia de seguridad de tus viejas cintas VHS, como si necesitas grabar un mensaje con tu webcam, necesitarás un buen programa de captura. Debut Video Capture es un capturador de vídeo versátil y sencillo. Además de capturar la señal de webcam y dispositivos externos, puede grabar lo que se ve en pantalla. En nuestras pruebas, Debut Video Cap ...
  
  
• Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 Released in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-02-02 12:26:43)
  Apple has released Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 (by far Apple's most inelegant product name). It's a whole bunch of under-the-hood stuff, mostly bug fixes. It adds support for Catalan, Croatian, Greek, Hebrew, Romanian, Slovak, Thai, and Ukrainian. It's all in Software Update.
  
  
• Retenciones IRPF 2012 (a partir del 1 de febrero) 1.00-¿Cuánto te retienen de tu salario? in Windows Windows Last news (Windows) (Windows): Softonic (2012-02-02 12:00:00)
  Retenciones IRPF 2012 es el programa que la Agencia Tributaria española pone a disposición del contribuyente para calcular las retenciones de IRPF de su salario mensual. Esta versión de Retenciones IRPF 2012 tiene en cuenta los cambios que afectan a las nóminas a partir del 1 de febrero de 2012 , por lo que todavía no sabes cómo te afectará la subida de las retenciones, con Retenciones IRPF 2012 lo podrás saber. Retenciones IRPF 2012 es fácil de usar : indicas tu NIF, tu año de nacimiento, situ ...
  
  
• Eraser 6.0.9.2343-Borrado seguro de archivos, carpetas y espacio vacío in Windows Windows Last news (Windows) (Windows): Softonic (2012-02-02 11:00:00)
  Cuando borras un fichero no estás eliminando sus datos, sino que conviertesel espacio que ocupan en disponible. Para asegurarte que desaparezcan necesitas algo más. Eraser es un eliminador seguro de ficheros. Cuenta con seis algoritmos (como el Gutmann o el DoD) que sobreescriben los ficheros con datos aleatorios en múltiples pases. A mayor cantidad de pases, más difícil será recuperar el fichero (por no decir imposible). La ventana principal de Eraser es un administrador de tareas en el que es ...