Saturday, August 21, 2010

IT News HeadLines (HardOCP) 21/08/2010



Full Car Motion Simulator
Even though I am more of a first person shooter kinda guy, there is no denying that this full car race simulator is pure awesomeness. Tell me this wouldn't look great in your game room! Comments
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Make the Most of a Small Workspace
Lifehacker has a short article on making the most of a small workspace. Some pretty good stuff there but, if you really want some good ideas on how to set up your computer area, there is no better resource than our forums. Comments
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Stupid Criminal of the Day
The award for stupid criminal of the day goes to this guy. Authorities in the southern city of Wuerzburg said the 19-year-old sent emails to police and two newspapers to point out factual errors in the report of his bank raid in the town of Roettingen a week ago. Comments
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E-voting Machine Hacked to Play Pac-Man
You might laugh but being totally honest, these hacked voting machines might bet our only hope of getting a good candidate these days. Blinky for Governor! Comments
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GameStop Selling Download Codes At Retail?
Personally, I thought the whole idea of downloadable content was to save you a trip to a retail store but I could be wrong. What do you think about all this DLC being sold in retail stores? Reiner reported back from Gamestop, and said that the redeem code is something that is printed off in-store. So basically, you'd pay at the store with cash, credit card, or trade-in credit, then type the code in when you get home. Comments
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LG Says Optimus Smartphones Better Than iPad
During an interview with the Wall Street Journal, LG's vice president of marketing for mobile devices made the following statement: "Our tablet will be better than the iPad." The first LG tablet, which will run on Google Inc.'s Android software, will set itself apart from Apple Inc.'s iPad by focusing on the ability to create content, rather than simply display it, Mr. Ma said in an interview. Mr. Ma said that the iPad is a great device, but he doesn't do much work on it. Comments
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RIAA Pushes Google, Verizon for Piracy Crackdown
The RIAA is pushing Google and Verizon for a crackdown on piracy? Who are they to push for anything? If I were running Google or Verizon, I would have just two words for the RIAA and they rhyme with "blow" and "me." "The current legal and regulatory regime is not working for America's creators," the groups, including the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), said Wednesday in a letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt. "Our businesses are being undermined, as are the dreams and careers of songwriters, artists, musicians, studio technicians, and other professionals." Comments
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Intel SSD Drives Win Flash Consumer Award
The Intel® Solid-State Drive (SSD) Toolbox with SSD Optimizer has won the Most Innovative Flash Memory Consumer Application Best of Show Award at the 2010 Flash Memory Summit. The toolbox with optimizer is an easy-to-use set of tools that allows Windows users to better manage and retain the out-of-box performance and health of their Intel®X25-M Mainstream SATA SSDs. Comments
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Apple's New Creepy Patent Application
This new patent application from Apple is pretty damn creepy when you think about it. Seriously, heartbeat recognition of an authorized user? What the hell? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week revealed a patent application from Apple entitled "Systems and Methods for Identifying Unauthorized Users of an Electronic Device." The security-centric invention describes methods to identify users through a picture, the sound of their voice, or even their unique heartbeat. Comments
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Internet Access Increases Odds of Romantic Relationships
OMG, OMG, OMG! If this story is true, we may all finally have a change at getting a girl! And I mean a real girl, not one of those girls that has the last name .JPEG either! Adults who have Internet access at home are much more likely to be in romantic relationships than adults without Internet access, according to research to be presented at the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Comments
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Facebook Places = Epic Fail?
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (Epic) is taking issue with the newly announced Facebook Places feature. Facebook responded to the ACLU on Thursday. "We're disappointed that ACLU's Northern California office ignores (Facebook's attention to privacy sensitivity) and seems to generally misunderstand how the service works," a statement read. "Specifically, no location information is associated with a person unless he or she explicitly chooses to become part of location sharing. No one can be checked in to a location without their explicit permission. Many third parties have applauded our controls, indicating that people have more protections using Facebook Places than other widely used location services available today." Comments
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