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Panasonic announces new headphones for iOS -- Palm and Blackberry along for the ride

Publié: septembre 14, 2013, 11:19pm CEST par Alan Buckingham

Panasonic has introduced its new lineup of headphones, including four over-ear, or monitor styles, and two in-ear, or earbud, models. In-ear has become quite popular after the success of the iPod and now many smartphones even come with an included pair, albeit generally of questionable quality.

My Galaxy Nexus included a set that has proven to be quite a bit better than average, even featuring a remote button on the cord that allows for play and pause -- well, most of the time anyway.

In a market filled with solid competitors like Bose, Skullcandy and Klipsch, to name only three, Panasonic hopes its new lineup can compete on price, bringing in two models, the RP-TCM190 and RP-TCM25, at $34.99 and $19.99 respectively.

The company touts the features of each -- "RP-TCM190 headphones in-ear headphones produce deep bass sound quality due to Neodymium magnet and an extended long sound support port. An ErgoFit design provides ultimate comfort and fit for hours of wear. The Panasonic RP-TCM190 headphones will be available in a metallic finish in purple, blue, black and silver". Meanwhile, "the RP-TCM25 Headphones feature an ErgoFit design for ultimate comfort and fit and are available in black, white, red, purple and blue".

The new models are up for sale now, and target perhaps a lower-end market, while still providing a quality advantage over the typical big box store versions that many use.

There is an obvious drawback, in that Android is not included -- the earbuds will work just fine, only the remote button will fail to function. That may lead to the new products being a non-starter for some, but those with a compatible device and thinner wallet will certainly want to take a look. Both models are available for immediate sale.
The most popular stories on BetaNews this past week -- September 8-14

Publié: septembre 14, 2013, 4:18pm CEST par Mark Wilson

Big news came from Apple and Microsoft this week. Microsoft seemingly had a change of heart; having previously said that Windows 8.1 RTM would not be made available before its official launch date, the company announced that it would be released to people with TechNet and MSDN subscriptions.

The same group of people also gained access to the pre-release version of Skype. Microsoft was clearly in a very giving mood this week as the company also announced that it was giving free copies of Office 365 to non-profit organizations.

But it was Apple with the really big news. As well as revealing that iOS 7 will be available on September 18, the long-awaited new iPhones were also unveiled. The iPhone 5c is Apple's colorful addition to the iPhone line-up, while the higher end iPhone 5s benefits from a 64-bit processor, new camera options and, of course, that fingerprint reader. Pre-orders were opened soon after the announced launch.

Not content with what's available to buy now, Ian looked further into the future to see what we could expect from the word of tech in the year ahead. Joe revealed the latest range of Chromebooks will be based on Haswell chips.

Social networking giant Facebook revealed not only that possibility that public posts could start to appear in TV broadcasts, but also that we should brace ourselves for the arrival of auto-playing video ads. AVG announced CrowdControl, a new tool managing privacy settings on Facebook.

This was also a week of offense. AT&T caused ripples with an ill-advised ad-campaign that featured 9/11 imagery on the anniversary of the tragedy. IN the UK, the domain name registry Nominet asked for input from customers to determine whether potentially offensive domain names should be banned.

Mihaita spent some time this week looking at life online. As well as embracing Just Delete Me's easy method closing down online accounts, he was also pleased that Microsoft finally added IMAP support to Outlook.com.

Tablet users could be in line for a boost in storage space -- Seagate's 500GB Ultra Mobile HDD indicates a move away from SSDs where space is traded off for speed. On the subject of mobiles, Brian got a little vocal about the issues he has with Android, while I voiced my dislike for a lot of what I found in Windows Phone 8. Mihaita looked at how Google is shunning Microsoft's mobile OS by delivering uglier interfaces to WP users accessing its online services.

Moving to the desktop, Wayne opined about the installation process of Windows 8.1. He also showed his age (sorry, Wayne!) reminiscing about his punk days, as Google celebrated the music of The Clash. Also on the musical front, Google rolled out an update to Music All Access that allows for better personalization of the service.

We already knew that the PlayStation 4 is not too far off, but Sony also announced the PlayStation Vita TV. Essentially a Chromecast-style media streaming unit, the Vita TV also allows for the streaming of PS4 games from one room to another. Anyone already packing a Roku streamer now has a new Android app that allows for video to be streamed from Android to Roku.

These are just some of the highlights from this past week. The next seven days promise to be at least as busy!

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Restore lost files from your Windows shadow copies with Z-VSSCopy

Publié: septembre 14, 2013, 9:17am CEST par Mike Williams

In principle, the Windows Volume Shadow Copy service (VSS) was a great idea: a fully automatic system which would transparently back up your files at regular intervals, maintain multiple file versions as required, and allow you to restore them with the minimum of hassle.

VSS wasn’t exactly easy to configure, though. Restoration options used to be hidden away in the File > Properties > Previous Versions dialog, and in Windows 8 even that’s disappeared. So if you want to take control of your shadow copies, then you’ll need some third-party assistance from the free-for-personal-use Z-VSSCopy.

The program opens with a few key statistics, showing you whether VSS is used on your drive, and the amount of space it’s consuming. A pie chart is included, just for anyone who hasn’t yet got the message, and a Reserved setting allows you to define the maximum amount of drive space VSS can claim.

Click the "Shadow copies" tab and life gets a little more interesting, though, with Z-VSSCopy displaying all the shadow copies available for your current system.

If you’re looking to restore a lost file, then select a shadow copy from just before it was deleted, and click Show to view that copy in a simple Explorer-type window. Find and right-click that file, click > Export > Export and you can save it wherever you like.

You can also create a new shadow copy with a click, handy if you’d occasionally like to take more regular backups. Or the Delete button will wipe the currently selected shadow copy, recovering a little hard drive space.

Finally, the Mount button makes your chosen shadow accessible from Explorer, for even easier browsing and recovery: just drag and drop selected files or folders to your preferred destination.

There are also some significant issues here. In particular, Z-VSSCopy’s "Export" option only allows you to restore one file at a time. And you can’t always get around that by using the "Mount" feature, either, as that only works with shadow points created from within the program.

Still, if you only need to recover a few files -- or, maybe, you've no backups and undelete programs have already failed -- then Z-VSSCopy could be a useful tool of last resort. Go take a look.