IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 01/05/2011

Sunday, May 1, 2011

IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 01/05/2011

Digital Trends

Bose Corporation founder gives majority share of company to MIT
Bose Corporation founder Amar Bose donates his majority share in the company to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, though the gift comes with no voting rights and cannot be sold.

Royal wedding boosts Internet traffic, crashes BBC website
The royal wedding resulted in a massive surge in Internet traffic around the world yesterday, and while most organizations handled the extra demand without too many problems, it did cause the BBC website's live video feed to crash.

Amazon cuts cost of hit songs to 69 cents
Amazon has cut the cost of some top songs in its MP3 music store to 69 cents in a bid to take music lovers away from Apple's iTunes store.

Google brings video chat to Android via update
In the next few weeks, Google will be rolling out Google Talk with video in an Android OS update.

Digital Trends’ top 5 viral videos of April 29, 2011
In this week’s edition of our weekly viral videos: Extreme texting, the early days of the muppets and a mountain shows a skier who’s house he is in.

Don’t worry, Logitech: Google TV is going to get better
Logitech cut Google TV down a few notches with its earnings report today, but not to worry, a fix is on the way.

Samsung ‘Alex’ could be first Chrome OS netbook
Is the internally named 'Alex' the consumer version of the Cr-48? Here's a first look at what could be the long-awaited commercial Chrome OS netbook.

Gear Guide: Ultimate camping packing list
It's time to start heading out to the woods for weekends of relaxation, fun, and maybe a little drinking with friends. Our ultimate camping packing list has you covered with all the gear, gadgets and other essentials you might need to kick back in the great outdoors.

The Darkness 2 hands-on preview
We go hands-on with the first 20 minutes of Jackie Estacado's latest blood-soaked return in The Darkness 2.

F.E.A.R. 3 delayed again, pushed back to June
The survival horror FPS has been delayed again, and the May 24 release date has been pushed back until June 21.

The big four phone carriers spill on their location and customer data collection policies
The Location-gate fallout continues, just as the four major carriers detail what exactly your data and location is being used for, and how they get it.

More Portal 2 content coming this summer, and it will be free (Updated)
In a recent interview, members of Valve have confirmed that the first DLC for Portal 2 is due this summer.

Sprint adds 1.1 million mobile subscribers, Wi-Fi Xoom
Number-three U.S. mobile operator Sprint added 1.1 million subscribers during the first quarter of 2011 - the best it's done in five years.

Read the fine print: Why the lawsuits over phone location tracking are bogus
Two Michigan men are suing Google for tracking their locations without a warrant. Here's why the lawsuits over phone location tracking don't make sense, and why the legal leeches deserve to lose.

Logitech Revue sales totaled only $5 million
Logitech's 2010 results show sales the much-hyped Google TV-powered Logitech Revue totaled only $5 million - and Logitech will cut the price next month.

Tech blogs’ disabled Facebook pages caused by DMCA abuse
Fraudulent copyright infringement reports are running rampant. Several popular tech blogs have recently had their Facebook pages disabled due to DMCA abuse.

Klausner inks visual voicemail settlements with Yahoo, others
More dominos fall: Klausner Technologies has reached settlements with Yahoo, Panasonic, Avaya, and Qwest over visual voicemail.

Pepsi’s Social Vending Machine sends soda gifts to friends instantly
Pepsi's new Social vending machine uses the idea of social networking to allows you to buy soda's for friends remotely.

ICANN names Black Hat/Def Con founder as security chief
Jeff Moss - founder of the infamous Black Hat and Def Con security conferences - has been named ICANN's chief security officer.

Sony seeking ways to ‘make good’ on continuing PSN and Qrirocity outage
Sony releases another Q&A addressing more common questions being lobbed in its direction as the ongoing PlayStation Network/Qrirocity service outage continues into its tenth day.

RIM cuts profit forecast
Canada's Research in Motion is seeing its stock take a beating as it cuts its profit forecasts and analysts question its ability to stay in the smartphone game.

Fan select Peyton Hillis for Madden 12 cover, game features and updates revealed
Fans select Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis as the cover athlete for Electronic Arts' August 30 release, Madden NFL 12.

Amazon (finally) apologizes for cloud services outage
Amazon has apologized for last week's catastrophic AWS outage and says it will be compensating customers with a credit on their accounts.

All six Bit.Trip games will be released as 3DS collection Bit.Trip Saga
Aksys Games announces plans to collect all six Bit.Trip games into a single collection, Bit.Trip Saga, which is coming to the Nintendo 3DS with newly enhanced 3D graphics.

GameStop developing Android-friendly version of game-streaming Spawn Player
A new GameStop job listing reveals that the company is developing an Android app that will utilize recent acquisition Spawn Labs' streaming technology to bring console games to tablets and smartphones.

Redbox to offer low-priced video game rentals starting in June
Redbox announces plans to expand video game rentals out of the testing phase to more than 21,000 rental kiosks starting on June 17, 2011.

Fast Five Review
Review: In "Fast Five", Director Justin Lin and a cast spanning the last five Fast and Furious movies combine to bring us the best film in the series.

Hacker forums suggest PlayStation data is up for sale
A security firm has said that recent discussions on underground Internet forums suggest that the recently stolen PlayStation data belonging to millions of gamers is now up for sale.

UK royal wedding embraces digital age
The UK's royal family has well and truly embraced the digital age, with today's royal wedding being live streamed to record numbers around the world.

Microsoft profits up, though now lower than Apple’s
Microsoft has reported a profit jump of 31%, although for the first time in 20 years Apple profits are higher.

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