Tuesday, May 3, 2011

IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 03/05/2011

Digital Trends



Gears of Wars 3 beta players can bring in friends by earning buddy tokens
Microsoft and Epic Games launch the "Never Fight Alone" phase of the ongoing Gears of War 3 beta, inviting players to participate in challenges this week in exchange for buddy tokens which can be used to bring friends into the beta.





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Osama Bin Laden death raid live-tweeted by accident
Two Pakistani men took to Twitter when reports of helicopters and blasts began to emerge from Abbattabad, Pakistan, late yesterday. Little did they know that they were capturing the death of Osama Bin Laden in 140 characters or less.





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IGN to acquire UGO, will operate gaming-focused website outside of News Corp.
Reports indicate that IGN is set to acquire UGO, with the plan being for the former to split off from its parent, News Corp., and continue building its gaming-focused website as one of the top sources on the Internet.





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Apple rumored to release new iMacs with Sandy Bridge Tuesday
Apple will reportedly release a new line of iMac all-in-one desktop computers on Tuesday.





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Apple’s rumored iCloud service may be an upgrade to MobileMe, ‘Castle’ codename spotted
Code strings discovered in a recent developer preview of OS X Lion suggest that MobileMe will soon be replaced by something called Caste, presumably Apple's rumored iCloud service.





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Space Shuttle Endeavor final mission delayed to May 8 at the earliest
Space Shuttle Endeavor's final launch delayed again due to the extended repair time required after a heater malfunction led to the scrubbing of Friday's planned launch.





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Osama bin Laden dead: The Internet reacts
After ten years, two wars and hundreds of thousands of lives lost, 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden has been killed by US forces in Pakistan. Here, the Internet's first reactions, and its role in reporting the new biggest story in the world.





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Sony details this week’s limited PSN and Qrirocity return, ‘Welcome Back’ program
Sony details plans for the initial restoration of PSN and Qrirocity services, as well as its "Welcome Back" customer appreciation program.





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Sony boss Kaz Hirai publicly addresses ongoing PSN and Qrirocity service outage
Sony boss Kaz Hirai addresses the ongoing PlayStation Network and Qrirocity service outage in a press conference, saying the plan is to have full service restored within the month.





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FCC offers public a chance to chime in on AT&T/T-Mobile deal
The Federal Communications Commission opens up ongoing deliberations over the AT&T/T-Mobile merger to public comment on its website.





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