IT News HeadLines (VR-Zone) 22/09/2010

SingTel Reveals Asia's Top 10 Apps
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At the Accelerate 2010 business innovations forum, SingTel has unveiled the top ten web and mobile applications, from over 200 submissions in a competition and ten countries.

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Tt eSports Unveils SHOCK Gaming Headset
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Tt eSports, manufacturer of gaming mice, keyboards, and headsets, has launched the foldable SHOCK gaming headset, targeting gamers. The portable headset boasts a noise-canceling microphone, stereo sound, inline audio controls, and a 40mm speaker driver with enhanced bass.  The SHOCK, available in diamond black and shining white colors, is expected to hit store shelves come end October.



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Addonics Presents 5-Drive Compact RAID
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Addonics Technologies has announced the Compact RAID, an ultra-small 5-drive RAID storage device. Measuring 77 x 138 x 124mm and weighing 610g, the storage device features a JMicron JMB393 controller, 48-bit LBA addressing, NCQ, RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 or JBOD support (via DIP switches), an USB 3.0 interface (with optional USB 3.0 to eSATA adapter), and accommodates up to five 2.5 SSDs/ HDDs. The Compact RAID is equipped with a 40mm fan for cooling and can be purchased from major retailers and e-tailers at a MSRP of USD 149.



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Nokia: Adopting Android Is Like Finnish Boys Peeing In Pants For Warmth
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The Android platform has gain quite a huge marketshare that there was a period it overtook Apple, as according to some analyst groups. But not all smartphone manufacturers are placing their on the Google platform. According to Financial Times (FT.com), a Nokia executive was quoted as saying adopting Android are like Finnish boys peeing in their pants for warmth in winter.

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AMD Refreshes Phenom II Lineup With Three New Processors
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Are you thinking of shopping around for some processors to grant your PC a little more speed and power? It might be worth your while to consider what AMD has to offer: the company has announced several new processors for the desktop, with three of them being released under the Phenom II branding.
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HP Unveils Envy100 eAll-in-one Printer
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Today, HP announced the new Envy100 eAll-in-one printer that offers wireless and web-connected printing. The stylish printer features a touchscreen display and allows users to print from the web easily with direct access to popular web content without a PC.

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Twitter Hacked By Cross-Site Scripting
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Twitter may be a great way to inform friends about what one is currently doing in the form of short text messages, but is its service safe enough? That is a question you will have to ask yourself, especially after the popular service had been compromised yesterday by a hack which exposed users to pop-ups and retweeted messages without any approval.
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Sony Introduces New PIIQ Headphones
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Should headphones serve a dual role of delivering both outstanding audio quality and a fashion statement? Apparently Sony seems to think so: the Japanese electronics company has just announced its new range of PIIQ headphones, which claim to make both bold and unique fashion statements.

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iOS 4.x Trojan Masquerading As Jailbreak Exploit
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Have you been swayed into downloading apps which claim to be able to Jailbreak the recently patched iOS 4.x operating system? You might want to hold your horses a little and wait this one out, because it has been reported at a certain trojan has been masquerading as such a Jailbreak. And its purpose? Why, to steal your passwords and private data from your desktop PCs, of course.
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BlackBerry Tablet To Be Announced Next Week?
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The BlackBerry Developer Conference is happening next week in San Francisco, and many speculate that the company may be announcing the rumored BlackBerry Tablet, which is intended to compete with the Apple iPad.

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Universal Tool For Rooting Android Phones Released On the Internet
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The OS may be open-source, but rooting an Android smartphone is not exactly the easiest thing to do. And while one-click rooting applications have been developed by the hacking community, they still suffer from the major drawback of only being to work with a specific phone. Enter Androot, a new app which claims to be capable of rooting most Android smartphones, without the need of a PC or any hacking. Sounds good, no?
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NVIDIA next-gen is "Kepler", 28nm in H2 2011
vr-zone.com - At GTC 2010, Nvidia has revealed its next-gen architecture's codename - Kepler. Currently, Nvidia is still busy filling out its Fermi series, with the last chip - GF108 - to be released in October as GeForce GT 400. Following that, we may see further variations of the GeForce 400 series. After that, the next major step forward comes only in H2 2011, however, at 28nm, with Kepler.

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Samsung Craft Is First LTE Phone To Launch In Vegas
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Samsung Mobile has announced the latest Samsung Craft (model: SCH-r900) phone which is the first to support LTE 4G, multi-mode and CDMA networks networks. It sports a 3.3-inch AMOLED display and featuers full QWERTY slide-out keyboard and 3.2-megapixel built-in camera.

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Mobile Editing On Google Docs Come To iPad And Android
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Search engine giant Google has announced the addition of mobile editing functionality to their Google Docs for both Android and Apple iPad devices. The mobile editing feature will be made available in the next few weeks.

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AMD Phenom II X4 970 BE Review: The Best Quad Core?
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The K10-based Deneb lives on with AMD's introduction of the new Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition quad core processor, clocked at an impressive 3.5GHz. With its operating frequency and competitive pricing, AMD is gunning for the mainstream performance crown. Join us as we find out if the X4 970 BE has what it takes to be the best bang-for-buck quad.

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