IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 04/12/2011

Irish woman campaigns to get Effin hometown on Facebook
A woman is campaigning to get a small Irish village, oddly named Effin, onto Facebook.

Survey: Most young adults go online for ‘no particular reason’
With the seemingly endless amount of content available online, it seems that more young adults are booting up their laptops and tablets to simply wander around the digital wasteland of silly cat videos, Internet memes and Web comics.

The iPhone gets banned in Syria to curb protest coverage
The iPhone gets banned from Syria to keep protesters from recording government violence.

Amazon and eBay battle in Washington over Internet sales tax
While more shoppers are purchasing holiday gifts online than any previous year, both Amazon and eBay are battling over an Internet sales tax applied to all online retailers.

Facebook acquires Gowalla to help with Timeline
While Facebook continues to dominate other U.S. based social networks in terms of total users, the social network is stepping up competition with location-based social network Foursquare due to a recent acquisition.

2013 Hennessey Venom GT Spyder poisons your wallet for $1.1 million
You're wallet will be substantially lighter once you plunk down the 1.1 million and add the 2013 Hennessey Venom GT Spyder to your garage.

YouTube’s big redesign is all about you
Personalization and content creation take center stage in YouTube's major makeover as Google continues to try and take the platform onto bigger and better things.

Gifts they’ll never expect: Unique, obscure and just plain strange gifts for techies
What do you get for the person that has everything? Something they've never even heard of.

Halo 4 story details leaked
Details regarding the plot, the setting, and the fate of the characters from the first non-Bungie Halo game have surfaced.

Valve employee caught wearing Half Life 3 shirt
Does a recently captured tweet signify that we may finally have some news about Half-Life 3 on the horizon, or is it yet another cruel rumor?

Fieldcandy tents add design, personality to the camping outdoors
Thought all tents looked the same? This innovative brand is injecting some much needed personality (and print!) into your basic camping tent.

Amazon Kindle Fire set to take second in 2011 tablet race
Just two weeks after its release, Amazon's inexpensive Kindle Fire tablet is on track to become the second most-sold tablet of 2011, according to market estimates.

eSleeper makes use of old eMac as a high-tech cat bed
DIY designer Samuel Cox combines an eMac shell, Arduino, and Twitter for a high-tech bed for his feline friend.

Bungie’s pre-cursor to Halo, The Marathon Trilogy, is now available for free
The company that created the Halo series has released its earlier games, the Marathon trilogy, as a free download for PC and Mac.

Bose IQ concept offers a solution for party goers varied musical taste
The Bose IQ concept is a great solution for house parties where peoples music tastes can be wide ranging.

V-moda introduces affordable, earphone-like earplugs
Headphone maker V-moda now offers an inexpensive earplug which it claims will evenly reduce ambient noise by 12dB across the frequency spectrum.

AT&T quietly enables 4G LTE network in NYC
It's (un)official: AT&T's 4G LTE network is up and running in New York City, but it's not entirely clear why.

Electronic Arts acquires social dev KlickNation, turns it into BioWare Social
Electronic Arts acquires social games developer KlickNation and renames it BioWare Social, with the focus on creating social RPG experiences.

Volkswagen Beetle R Concept pictures
Check out pictures of the Volkswagen Beetle R Concept from the 2011 LA Auto Show.

Australian Galaxy Tab ban extended another week
Apple has won another week's ban on the sales of Samsung Galaxy Tabs in Australia, giving Apple time to file its objections to the order.

RIM loses half a billion dollars due to unsold and discounted PlayBooks
RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is finally selling, but the $300 discount has cost the company $485 million during the last three months.

Weekly Rewind: Spotify does apps, Facebook IPO may come this spring, and two iPhone 4s spontaneously combust
This week we learned about Spotify's new offerings, saw two iPhones mysteriously combust, and heard that Facebook's IPO date may be closer than we think.

Console jailbreaking may follow smartphone jailbreaking as a legally acceptable practice
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a request for new DMCA exemptions with the U.S. Copyright Office, seeking protection for those who wish to run unsupported software on their gaming consoles, among other things.

Minecraft gets a new lead developer as Notch steps away to prepare his next trick
Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson steps down from his role as lead developer on the recently released world-building game, handing the reins over to Mojang's Jens Bergensten.

Battlefield 3’s Back to Karkand DLC coming next week
The first expansion pack for Battlefield 3 has received a released date of December 6 for PS3 and December 13 for Xbox 360 and PC.

Windows 8 ARM tablets may not get the classic desktop
A new rumor suggests that Windows 8 may not have a classic desktop when run on ARM tablets and notebooks. Is this a good idea?

Verizon to buy $3.6B of spectrum from Comcast, Time Warner, for 4G LTE
Verizon Wireless has plans to purchased 122 spectrum licenses from Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks for $3.6 billion.

Carrier IQ responds to scandal: We’re not doing anything wrong
Carrier IQ, whose covertly-installed software records and transmits data to wireless carriers, says claims that it is doing anything wrong are false.

Microsoft and Apple confirm no Carrier IQ spy software on iOS 5 or Windows Phone
Microsoft has officially denied any involvement with Carrier IQ and Apple says that most of its iOS 5 devices no longer use the controversial software.

Jaguar XKR-S convertible pictures
Check out pictures of the Jaguar XKR-S convertible from the 2011 LA Auto Show.

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 04/12/2011

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