IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 10/09/2011

Privacy breach: Personal data of 20,000 Standford Hospital patients leaked online
The medical records of about 20,000 Standford Hospital patients was posted online since September 2010, and was only removed last month.

Video game sales down 23 percent in August – 3DS sales up 260 percent
Retail sales of video games were down again in August, this time posting a 23 percent decline from last year. Deus Ex: Human Revolution and the Nintendo 3DS are the only winners.

Is Full House Tournament Fighter the greatest family sitcom fighting game never made?
It's Uncle Jesse vs. Joey in Full House Tournament Fighter Turbo!

Contagion’s bacteria billboard will give you an immediate urge to wash your hands
A billboard petri dish and live bacteria form the perfect Contagion promotional tool.

Anonymous releases Twitter tool to take over trending topics
Anonymous hackers have released custom software that allows users to "hijack" Twitter's trending topics.

Google uses a heap of power, says it’s green
Despite its size, the company is more efficient and cleaner than ever.

Apple to match charitable donations made by its employees
New Apple CEO Tim Cook has marked his arrival in the position by announcing a new scheme where the company will match employees' charitable donations up to $10,000 annually.

MSN slowly returning after global outage
All msn websites are currently experiencing a prolonged outage. It started Thursday evening at about 8.30pm PT. The computer giant is issuing a steady number of tweets via its official feed and says it doesn't yet know the cause of the problem.

SkyNET has arrived to crack your Wi-Fi network from above
The growth of portable, remote controlled flying transports that hack into Wi-Fi networks seems to be explosive as of late. A group of researchers has created SkyNET and possibly doomed all mankind unless Sarah Connor shows up soon.

Square Enix brings time travel to Final Fantasy with the Historia Crux
Square Enix has revealed that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be getting a time traveling system called the Historia Crux. Plus, new screenshots

13 percent of Americans watch TV or movies while at work
What better place to catch the latest episode of The Office than hiding under your desk at work? A recent study shows that the popularity of online video extends into the workplace.

Real-life Angry Birds game created in China, Rovio in talks
The popular Angry Birds game appears to have stepped outside the virtual world and turned up in a theme park in China.

ViewSonic kills the Boxee-powered HDTV
Is a dramatic shift in the decreased amount of free Web-based video content making television manufacturers rethink the smart TV concept? Viewsonic is one of the first to scale back on implementing smart TV.

Michael Hart, inventor of e-book, dies aged 64
Michael Hart, the inventor of the e-book and founder of online book resource Project Gutenberg, died this week at his home in Illinois.

Google Music beta now available for iOS via safari web browser
Google's Music service is now accessible on iOS devices through the safari browser, and not through an official iOS app.

Find your lost pet with GPS-powered Tagg The Pet Tracker
Why put up flyers for a lost pet when you can use GPS to instantly locate them? The Tagg tracking system uses tracking technology to help pet owners always keep an eye on Fido.

Nike’s Back to the Future shoe is official, and only 1,500 will be sold for charity
The future is here today! Nike officially announced it will sell 1,500 pair of Nike Mag shoes, which are to be exact replicas of the self-tying shoes from Back to the Future.

First impressions of Sony’s new VW1000ES 4K projector
What does four times 1080p resolution look like in a home theater? We had a chance to sit down with Sony's upcoming VW1000ES and find out.

The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection Review
Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection HD for PlayStation 3 packs two of the best video games ever made onto a single disc, with newly made-over HD visuals. What more do you need to know?

How Pioneer made digital amplification sound more musical
Pioneer worked with THX and Air Studios to dramatically improve audio quality for the D3 digital amplifiers found in the new Elite SC receivers.

Google’s Zagat buy whips up smorgasbord of bad food puns
Google's purchase of restaurant review empire Zagat as media outlets making some delectably bad food puns and references.

Dead Island code slip-up on Steam casts spotlight on unexpectedly offensive character ability
Steam's accidental release of an unfinished build of Techland's Dead Island results in PC-savvy fans discovering old, unused code for an offensively named ability for one of the game's female characters.

NASA rovers carried World Trade Center aluminum to Mars
The recovered metal was re-purposed as a pair of shields on Spirit and Opportunity.

Holy cannoli! Google buys Zagat
Zagat has been around for more than 30 years, but that hasn't stopped Google. The unstoppable acquisition machine has purchased Zagat to improve its Google Places ratings service.

What will Yahoo do next?
Yahoo has the public's attention, whether it likes it or not. It next steps in the wake of Carol Bartz's departure should be weighed carefully.

Fujifilm X10 questions answered
Fujifilm addresses a few details about its new X10 digital camera.

Concept iPhone case takes inspiration from rubber bands
This iPhone 4 case design, which is concept-only at the moment, uses slits in the backside of the silicone as a handy holder for your earbuds or credit card.

Pioneer Music Tap speaker systems support Apple AirPlay
Pioneer's new Music Tap speaker systems support Apple AirPlay, as well as DLNA, and can be controlled from iOS devices with a free remote control app.

Twitter now has 100 million users
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo revealed today that the service currently has 100 million "active" users, and receives around 400 million pageviews per month.

Symantec: Cybercrime costs $114 billion a year
Symantec's Norton Cybercrime Report for 2011 finds 431 million adults were victims on online crime last year, to the tune of $114 billion.

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Saturday, September 10, 2011

IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 10/09/2011

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