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Daemon Tools keeps track of what you mount
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:21
Neowin program Daemon Tools keeps track of what you mount and run using a service called MountSpace. A site named discovered that Daemon Tools hashes every image you mount and sends it to MountSpace servers, even if you disable this feature during the installation of Daemon Tools.
MountSpace is a service that keeps track of the software that people are mounting and running in Daemon Tools. It does this by keeping track of every image you mount, along with information regarding the specific .iso file you used; it even knows if you're a first time user. By sending all of this information home, MountSpace ends up with your IP address, your history and who knows what else.

Daemon Tools offers you the option of disallowing MountSpace from using your mount statistics at installation, but this doesn't actually stop it from collecting them. As the privacy setting itself says, you're not telling it to stop collecting the information; you're just telling it to not 'allow Mountspace to use [your] mount statistics.' Ideally, these files are deleted immediately, but who knows?

 

 
AMD Catalyst 11.11 CAP3 published
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:21
AMD has created Catalyst Application Profiles version 3 (CAP3) for the Catalyst 11.11 driver, you can download it .
This release of AMD Catalyst™ delivers support for the latest AMD CrossFireX™ profiles in a separate executable file ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC.

New profiles added to this release:
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Improves CrossFire performance
  • Saints Row 3 (DirectX 9 version): Improves CrossFire performance
  • Serious Sam 3: Improves CrossFire performance
  • Java Control Panel: Fixes black screen corruption seen on single and multi GPU configurations when Anti-Aliasing is forced on through the Catalyst Control Center
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    Microsoft to patch 20 bugs tomorrow
    Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:21
    Tomorrow's edition of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday will deliver 14 bulletins addressing 20 security vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, IE, Publisher and Windows Media Player.

    A full list of the bulletins is displayed . Included are three critical updates for Windows, and eleven important updates, mainly for Windows and Office.
     
    Wireless USB 1.1 specification announced
    Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:21

    Wireless USB 1.1

    The Wireless USB Promoter Group today announced the completion of the Wireless USB 1.1 specification, the technical map for product developers to bring the next generation of Wireless USB products to the market.

    Wireless USB 1.1 delivers key performance enhancements to Wireless USB technology, as well as added UWB upper band support for frequencies of 6 GHz and above, and offers backward compatibility with Wireless USB products currently in use by consumers. Wireless USB is evolving with optimized power efficiency and ease of use. Lower idle power requirements and improved battery life enhance Wireless USB power efficiency, and the new association model offers support for Near Field Communication (NFC) and proximity-based association, making Wireless USB even easier to install and use. 

     
    Mozilla publishes Firefox 4 Beta 4
    Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:21

    Firefox 4 beta 4

    Mozilla published the latest Firefox 4 Beta 4, with A new feature gives users a visual overview of all open tabs, allowing them to be sorted and grouped. and this new release has a new tab management feature and debuts support for Direct2D hardware acceleration! The GPU acceleration feature is disabled by default, to activate it in the "about:config" page.

     
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