Sunday, December 11, 2011

IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 11/12/2011

Digital Trends



Banned Xbox game picks up prestigious award in UK
Despite Xbox banning it from its platform due to its risqué content, a sex education game featuring a gang of condom-hatted marines managed to pick up a prestigious BAFTA award in the UK.





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NPD: Gaming industry hauls in $3 billion in November 2011
With millions of gamers spending countless hours slaying fire breathing dragons within Skyrim, the gaming industry made an astounding amount of money during November 2011.





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San Francisco man plans to sue Apple over iPhone prototype search
While we will have to wait until 2012 to see if another Apple employee will lose another unreleased iPhone, a San Francisco man plans to go after Apple for searching his home for a missing iPhone prototype.





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HP makes WebOS open source, new WebOS tablet possible for 2012
After much speculation, tech giant Hewlett-Packard has finally announced that it will be offering its WebOS platform to the open source community. But will there be any takers?





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Spotify Radio vs. Pandora: Hands-on showdown
Spotify took direct aim at Pandora Friday, launching an updated version of Spotify Radio. Can Pandora keep up with the fast moving Spotify? Check out our hands-on showdown to find out.





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Motorola chomps Apple in German patent victory, now what?
Motorola may have done what Samsung and others have failed to do: Landing an injunction that could take iPhones and iPads off shelves. But was it a fluke or a sign or things to come?





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Win a copy of the Resistance dual pack for the PS3!
Read on for details on how you can be entered for your shot at winning the Resistance dual pack, featuring the first two Resistance games!





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Avoid ever going to the store with Manpacks subscription service
Create a perfect Manpack out of your chosen shirts, underwear, and other basics and you'll receive a shipment every three months, just like clockwork.





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Turn to Web and mobile apps for your holiday greeting cards this year
Whether you want to go green or just need an easy fix, there are plenty of options for creating and customizing your own greeting cards this holiday season.





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Win a copy of Driver: San Francisco for the PS3!
Comment below to be automatically entered for a chance to win Ubisoft’s Driver: San Francisco.





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Weekly Rewind: Verizon plans Netflix-competitor service, Xbox Live gets a dashboard update, and Facebook’s Timeline officially launched in New Zealand
This week we saw Microsoft launch a new Xbox Live dashboard update, learned about Verizon's plans to beat Netflix, and watched Facebook's Timeline feature launch...in New Zealand.





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DoJ seeks to delay or dismiss AT&T/T-Mobile antitrust trial
Sorry, AT&T: The US Justice Department has asked a judge to delay or dismiss its antitrust case against the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, saying it is now unnecessary since AT&T has withdrawn its application from the Federal Communications Commission.





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EU Commissioner calls for tech to protect dissident bloggers
EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes says the EU should develop technology to help bloggers and others living in repressive regimes to communicate safely - and anonymously - with the rest of the world.





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