Tuesday, October 26, 2010

IT News HeadLines (VR-Zone) 26/10/2010

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Wall Street Journal Now Offered To iPad Users In Asia And Europe
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Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal has an Apple iPad app for users to get their latest news updates and market data on their wireless tablet computer, although it is only offered to the US readers. Well, it seems there's good news after all. The daily newspaper will be offering the app to include regional editions for users in Asia and Europe.

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Facebook Files Lawsuit Against Faceporn, Demands Return of Domain Name and All Revenue
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'Face' and 'book' may be common words in the English dictionary, but as far as Facebook is concerned, the act of using either of these two words for any online-related networking service constitutes an attack on its trademarks. And the latest website to get sued for doing so? An adult online social-networking site known as...you guessed it, Faceporn.
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ASUS introduces the ASUS-LAMBORGHINI VX6 netbook
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Stylish and uniquely crafted to honor the Lamborghini tradition, the new ASUS-Lamborghini VX6 fields powerful NVIDIA ION graphics, a dual-core Intel Atom D525 processor, audio by Bang & Olufsen, and the super-fast USB 3.0 standard.

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Seagate Thinks Hybrid HDDs Are The Future Of Data Storage
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Swapping out the traditional HDD for an SSD is usually the fastest (and most expensive) way to experience an instantaneous performance boost on a PC, but does it have what it takes to displace the mechanical HDD as the standard for data storage? Apparently, Seagate does not think so.
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Sony Walkman Cassette Player Heading To Retirement
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Sony Walkman
The Sony Walkman Cassette player has been around for more than thirty years, and perhaps many of us aren't familiar with it, thanks to the digital age. Recently, the Japanese company has announced that once the final batch produced in Japan, in April this year are sold out, that will be the end of the product line. Goodbye Sony Walkman, its been nice knowing you.

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Microsoft To Release Windows 8 By 2012?
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Yep, you heard that right. If everything goes according to Microsoft's plans, the next version of Windows (currently dubbed as Windows 8 by most people) should be released to be the market for retail by 2012. And according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, the next version of Windows is going to be the company's 'most risky product' yet.Read on for more information.

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The Lenovo IdeaCenter A310: The Desktop PC Gets A New Idea
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Do PCs need new ideas? Apparently, Lenovo strongly believes so: after all, a black tower with messy cables and energy-guzzling hardware does not sound like how a modern PC used for idea generation should resemble. Enter the company's new IdeaCenter A310, an  All-In-One PC which clearly has an idea on how a proper, stylish PC with decent performance should look like. VR-Zone takes Lenovo's latest Idea under the knife to see if it has what it takes to back its ideas.

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Barnes & Noble To Launch Nook Kids
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Barnes & Noble
Who says ebooks aren't suitable for kids? Well, Barnes & Noble is launching Nook Kids for children aged 3 to 8 years old. According to the largest book retailer in the United States, the digital collection will consist of more than 12,000 books including picture books and novels.

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ARCTIC Freezer 13 CPU cooler announced
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ARCTIC has unveiled the Freezer 13 CPU cooler, which the company believes will carry on the legacy of the renowned Freezer 7 Pro. The improved tower heatsink features four high-performance heat pipes, a 92mm variable speed fan and an easy mounting mechanism that is shared across various platforms.

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