IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (Digital Trends) 26/02/2011

Netflix says 30 percent of streaming titles now subtitled, more coming this year
Netflix says it's moving closer to offering all of its streaming content with subtitles, but it's also created some controversy in the process.

Bottlehood recycles old bottles to make everyday tumblers
Etsy seller Bottlehood brings recycled life back to old vodka and beer bottles for your everyday home use

Facebook translates privacy policy for non-legal experts
Facebook has cut down on its privacy policy's lawyer-speak in an attempt to accurately explain its guidelines to its users.

2010 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD Review
Volvoâ€™s refined XC60 T6 AWD funnels brutal turbocharged power through a silky smooth transmission and all-wheel drive for a quick, confident driving experience.

Timex EZ Read watch features black-on-black design, Indiglo lighting
The EZ Read watch by Timex features clean lines and a sleek, black-on-black style, not to mention an affordable price tag.

Consumer Reports: Verizon iPhone is subject to death grip
Consumer Reports verifies what we all knew was coming: The Verizon iPhone is susceptible to the death grip.

Digital Trendsâ€™ top 5 viral videos for February 25, 2011
In this weekâ€™s edition of our weekly viral videos: Soccer players cheat, saluting incorrectly can cost you your life, and a man breaks the spirit of Mt. Eiger.

Anthem MRX-700 Review
If it has been a while since you last shopped for A/V equipment, then you may not yet be familiar with Anthem. Anthemâ€™s beginnings date back to the early 90â€™s when Sonic Frontiers International first began producing high end A/V equipment under the brand name Anthem. In 1998, Sonic Frontiers International was purchased by speaker [...]

Bingâ€™s Facebook integration to expand
Countering Google's recent social search push, Bing will pull more information from Facebook for its search results.

Google navigation addition is not Google +1
Calm down! That new navigation feature below your toolbar isn't Google's long-awaited social project.

Whoâ€™ll take home the Oscars? Our picks for the 2011 Academy Awards
This Sunday, James Franco and Anne Hathaway will host the 83rd annual Academy Awards. Our own Jeffrey Van Camp and Ryan Fleming discuss their picks for who should win, and who will win.

China blocks, then restores, LinkedIn in after pro-democracy posts
LinkedIn was shortly added to China's block list, and even after being restored, faces an uncertain future.

Survey: Three out of four say mobile manners worse than in 2009
Think people are getting ruder using their mobile phones? A new survey finds three-quarters of U.S. adults say "mobile manners" are worse now than in 2009.

T-Mobile sheds subscribers in the fourth quarter
T-Mobile says it lost 318,000 contract customers in the fourth quarter of 2010...and posted its lowest quarterly profit in four years.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

IT News HeadLines (Digital Trends) 26/02/2011

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